Under the Sea! Cloning the Quirky EQD Sea Machine

I've been on a bit of a modulation pedal kick lately because I'd gotten some requests from friends, including this build, a clone of the Earthquaker Devices Sea Machine. Touted as a "super chorus" pedal, as with most EQD modulation pedals, this one isn't a one-trick pony and has several very unusual controls that provide a very wide tonal palette. While it is still in production, the "real thing" runs around $199 brand new, so it isn't exactly a cheap pedal - making it a decent candidate for cloning.

Anasounds Trémolo - A Decent Teaching Pedal

There are a lot of different sources for guitar pedals and kits out there, but one I've come across recently, Anasounds, is just a bit different in a lot of ways. They only have two kits available, well, technically three, but I'll come back to that, and they appear to be mostly focused on hand-built pedals with a fairly wide range available. However, with those two kits, they demonstrate a major focus on the "how to" part of pedal building, including understanding the circuit, tracing it, and really understanding the underlying electronic principles. Their instructions are extensive including methods for testing the circuit at every stage of the build - which is very cool! The downside is that if you go by the instructions, you're building the circuit boards in sub-sections - which can lead to some challenges later on getting components to fit in tight spaces. I've built both of their main kits at this point, and this blog will feature the first build - the Anasounds Trémolo.