Dirtbaby Delay

This is Madbean’s Dirtbaby delay. It is his take on a PT2399 based delay that has some of the same qualities of the BBD Electro-Harmonix Deluxe Memory Man. This is by no means a “Clone” of the Deluxe Memory Man but a great sounding PT2399 based delay. This is by far my favorite sounding PT based delays that I have built and the 2nd runner up is a 1776 Effects Multiplex (They really are 2 different beasts since the multiplex is a great tape emulation). It really is the modulation that sells this for me as it sounds so lush and adds a whole other dimension to the delays.

The artwork may be familiar since it was used on another pedal I did a year ago but I loved it so much I really wanted to do a pedal that would be a staple on my board with it. The original artwork is from a bands cover art that I found on Google Images. I did a reverse etch and painted it with the Rust-Oleum 7250830 Metallic Spray and used a Dupli-Color clear coat.
The knobs I used are silver aluminum knobs from Eagle Plastic Devices bought from Mouser. Eagle Plastic Devices make some great plastic & aluminum knobs.

Box Shot:

Gut Shot:

The 3PDT breakout board was made by me in Diptrace and is available here if you wish to etch it for yourself. It really helps to keep your switch install clean.
Dirtbaby 3PDT