Teardown Time !
And it turns out that it’s not “hand selecting parts” it really is different parts. It’s only a handful of parts for the filter. Notice how the board design is the same. They were prepared for these two versions from the start. That’s careful engineering. Also notice, and this is not discussed in the video but there is a jumper plug built into the board for the spring reverb. Also now we know specifically where the spring reverb is placed.
I will need to study this video a little to see if i can see about the digital reverb, is it a separate digital circuit, or is it just using part of the UI digital controller to do the reverb calculation and the A to D and D to A. In either case is there a way to wake it up again on the Blue and Gray.
Also ready for modification is replacing the surface mount components on the Standard edition with the through hole parts. That should be pretty easy and safe if you’ve got some experience. But the question is does it make that much of a difference.
I can also see people using other springs, or making mods in the spring part — start thinking up some ideas.
ADDED: Is it one firmware for both or two slightly different firmwares. Does anyone know ?
ALSO: The engineering and manufacture on both systems looks nice.