B.Y.O.C. Green Pony Pre-Built Pedal

$99.99

The OD-820 was Maxon's answer to the popularity of the Klon Centaur.  While it's not a clone of the Centaur, it still employs the same dual-ganged drive knob concept that gives the Centaur its ability to go from a completely clean transparent boost to an overdrive and an internal charge pump that takes your standard 9 volt power supply and increases the voltage for extra headroom.  Where the two circuits really differ though is in the actual distortion circuit.The OD-820 uses Maxon's (and Ibanez's) famous Tubescreamer circuit.  This is a huge advantage for DIY-ers since there are many well documented modifications for the Tubescreamer, and most of them apply to the OD-820. 

Another place where the OD-820 circuit differs is in the way its dual-ganged drive knob works.  As you turn up the gain on the Centaur, it shunts clean signal to ground.  And as you turn down the gain on the Centaur, it shunts the overdrive signal to ground.  The Centaur sounds amazing with the gain knob mostly clockwise or mostly counter clockwise, but this method of gain control causes some tone loss when the drive knob is set more towards the middle, the same way adding a master volume control to a tube amp does.  It's not much, but it is noticeable, especially when you A/B it with an OD-820.  The OD-820's drive knob doesn't shunt any signal to ground, so it keeps your tone and pick sensitivity fully intact throughout the entire rotation of the drive knob.

The Pre-built BYOC Green Pony is based on the Maxon OD-820, but we've added all the obligatory Tubescreamer mods as stock options.  On the outside, you'll notice BYOC added a NORM/THIN/FAT switch which allows you to modify the bass response and gain and a LED/NONE/Si switch that allows you to modify the clipping.  On the inside, BYOC made the Si (silicon) clipping asymmetrical and changed the value of one of the capacitors in a low pass filter so that it doesn't cut as much treble, thus reducing the dreaded mid-range hump. 

This isn't just another modified Tubescreamer.  It has less noise, a fuller frequency response, no dull spots in the middle of the drive pot's rotation, and it has true mechanical bypass.

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