u/That_Immo

PROD (Profound Retrocognition OverDrive) is a custom one-off bass-dedicated mod/clone of the Electra/COT-50 circuit a buddy has made for me years ago. I received the guts only, broke them like a klutz immediately after receiving the package, and the sorry mess spent a decade in a drawer. Recently I finally learned some basic electronic skills and fixed it, and designed the enclosure and controls layout.

It's a drive pedal and its primary function is to push dirt pedals and make them sound more retro. It also works rather well on its own. It runs an all-time classic 2N5088 transistor into a symmetrical duo of diodes and has an extra clipping section.

* Lightning Toggle = selection between Drive (small bolt; status LED goes blue) and Overdrive (big bolt; status LED goes red)

* L knob = Level (self-explanatory)

* S knob = Sizzle (reversed bias, works only with Overdrive and goes from compressed and warm - essentially a slightly boosted Drive mode - at zero to sizzly but not velcro-ish when dimed)

* Purple selector = rotary switch for clipping mode selection; clockwise it goes from no extra clipping (warm, least dirty), single asymmetric Schottky diode (slightly less warm, slightly more dirty) and a symmetric array of two Schottky diodes (quieter, least warm, lows cut and the most crunch).

After spending two weeks pondering the idea of getting my first own drill/driver and dedicating a budget of a hundo for it, I obviously tripled it and went with one of the best options I could get for my absolute ceiling budget. Having studied reviews and opinions and caveats, this little monster - DCD805 - impressed me the most. Liking it a lot so far.