Mod Kits DIY The Persuader Tube Drive Effects Pedal Kit

 (3 customer reviews)

This was a lot of fun to build. The stock tube it comes with isn't the best. I ended up changing it out with the JJ 12ax7. I haven't taken it to too many shows but I use it at home a lot - it sounds great in my home studio.

if you know how to solder and you dont want to pay 300 bucks for one.. this is the one for you... i am not going to tell you it was easy,but the payoff in the end is worth it

This was my first attempt on building pedal. Now I'm hooked. It was such a joy putting it all together and quite a learning experience. I cannot emphasize on reading/studying the instructions thoroughly. I would rate the included instructions a 10, a 5 STAR. Very clear and easy for a novice pedal builder to understand and walk through. Very well illustrated as well. Take your time as you can easily overlook soldering connections. The main problem I encountered was a shorting problem. The two soldering terminals along each side of the tube socket were located very close to the tube base socket and volume/gain pots. Follow the instructions by running a wire between the volume and gain pots, as well as the tube socket. Once, I've addressed this problem, it was clear sailing from there.

The Persuader is a very versatile tube driven pedal that can be set to a clean, warm, tube boost to a hard driven warm tube fuzz distortion. it is very sensitive to what kind of...Read more