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Build Your Own Triple Combo – Wiring Guide
Hey everyone,
I put together a wiring guide for building your own triple combo out of any three NostalgiTone singles. Instead of being locked into a fixed triple PCB, you pick the three circuits you want, wire them in series with one set of in/out jacks, and power the whole thing from a single supply with the DC Hub.
The guide covers the full series audio path, ground wiring, and power hookup with a diagram showing exactly where every wire goes. It also includes a printable PDF version for the workbench.
The whole point is making it yours. Stack three drives, mix dirt with modulation, go all fuzz, whatever sounds good to you. And if you want order switching, there’s a tip in there for using the Dual Combo Creator on two of the three.
Would love to see what combinations people come up with. Post your dream trio below.
I’m breaking the rules with this suggestion by not using 3 NostalgiTone boards, but it’s a wicked combo. Try a Paramix with a NostalgiTone 70’s Naga Boost feeding a NostalgiTone Harbinger Fuzz in the Paramix effects loop. With everything on, this is a work alike of the Animato pedal used by Chris Wolstenholme of Muse. It will make some wicked 8-bit synth sounds. If Hysteria or nightshift superstar is not on your play list, then this might not be for you. I built an overly complicated version of this years ago and posted about it here. I used the old transistor Muff board but the Harbinger should get you to the same place. The Paramix is a must have for this combo to let you dial in some clean signal, especially If your going to use it for bass. I recommend using sockets in the Harbinger tone section if you want to modify the scoop and a tone bypass switch might be a cool mod too, also if your using this for bass, use the bass mod for the Paramix.
@BRD, i have two Paramix boards on their way, this is a great idea for how i might use them
@JasonWickersham , I’m a big fan of blending clean tone for both guitar and bass. There are quite a few great pedals that use it. Remember the phase switch on the Parimix as you are trying different combos in the effect loop, if it suddenly sounds bad, thin or really quiet, you need to invert the phase. The combo is a very unique sound, like I said, it’s not for everyone. The fuzz and boost are great on their own too, I hope you like it.
There is no bigger fan of the Paramix than me I bet, but it certainly deserves its own topic. I can come up with several great uses just off the top of my head that I doubt are things most people think about.
- Running 2 delays at the same time without one affecting the other. One set for slapback, the other in full guitar hero mode, both going simultaneously without creating a delayed mess.
- Or run a transparent drive in parallel with a sputtering fuzz. The drive stays clear and the fuzz sputters away on top of it, neither one stepping on the other. Makes for a more rounded, exotic tone.
- This one is a favorite. Run two drives in parallel and split the job between them. One drive dialed in with some Edge and tight on the bottom end, that one is your foundation. The other path is a fuzz with the bass rolled off, so it is only putting out top end. Because they run side by side, the fuzz never muddies the low end, and the tight drive never tames the fuzz. What comes out is a full natural drive tone with a wild screaming top end riding over it. Natural and wild at the same time.
- Now run that same split setup on bass guitar. A clean, powerful, full range tone with a tight bottom end, and in tandem a driven top end with the bass rolled off, and you have Chris Squire in a box.
The Paramix is a beautiful thing not to waste.
@brd, start that topic and lets discuss ideas.
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