What’s on *YOUR* workbench?

Robert said:
Two can play this game, sucka.

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Right now? Nothing....
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Chop chop, get busy buddy. 😂

EHX Frequency Analyzer

Q: Are we not men? A: We are effects pedal fanatics! Anyway, the Frequency Analyzer is a really unique vintage ring mod which was favored by Devo’s Mark Mothersbaugh, and I’ve got an uncontrollable urge to build one. Take a listen for yourself if you fancy (couldn’t find demo that shows off...
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J Rockett Alan Holdsworth Signature Overdrive

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ZVex Loop Gate

Utility pedals are always good to have, and the loop gate has more applications than the two existing offerings as far as more “produced” gating goes (ie; Gated Reverb, Gated Delay, even can *technically* work as a rudimentary sidechain) also just the best gate to use for cutting ring mod...
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MXR Phase 100

A favorite of Jimmy Page, Keith Richards, John Frusciante, Steve Hackett, and countless Fender Rhodes players. for a long time building one seemed infeasible to many due to the hard to find and expensive trio of VTL5c4/2 vactrols needed, but now that the Xvive work-alikes are readily available...
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DOD Gonkulator

Classic, super janky ring mod (here are shots from the original schematic. I could email it as a pdf though)
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Board of Thumpadoom!! I’m just twiddling with some short lengths of wood debating if I want a properly shaped Les Paul or just go funky like an explorer or flying V having a seizure inside a Dali painting :unsure: Also saying dahellwit the main bits of the shartcaster and converting it to routing templates.
 
Bricksnbeatles said:
Since the “what’s on the workbench” thread is constantly getting hijacked by people (myself included 😳) who post their own stuff even though it’s meant to be what’s on Bugg’s bench, let’s just have a thread of our own.
Post what’s on your workbench!

Just finishing up the shielding on my Bass Vi
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Man, I want one of these. Are you planning to run it as a bass or low tune guitar?
 
MichaelW said:
Man, I want one of these. Are you planning to run it as a bass or low tune guitar?
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Both, sorta. I always keep it tuned E-E, and I play it thru the bass rig (honestly this one is why I have a lot of odd effects on my bass board), but I play it both as a bass and as a guitar that’s one octave down. I do tons of stuff with crunchy triads on G,b,e strings, but as a whole I consider it to be one of my basses. I’m a big Soft Macgine fan, and the way Roy Babbington plays his VI pretty much encapsulates 90% of my own approach to the instrument
 
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So I’ve been tinkering with the aft pre amp (I’ve posted yesterday on the wrong workbench haha) the circuit calls for an oc139 ge transistor and I don’t have one of those so I’ve only been swapping out the transistor while maintaining that 470r in place of r5 and here’s my thoughts on what a couple of these little guys do:

2n5088 - this was the first one I tried I immediately fell in love with this sound so much in fact it’s what made me buy the circuit. There is ALOT of boost on ready and will easily get you into overdrive territory.

2n5089 - the one I ultimately am going to use in the final build. This screams even louder while still maintaining the character of your amp and guitar. This thing is my favorite sounding it’s what I currently have installed in the pic. Take my word for it I think they could’ve went this route in the original and still made a killer pedal!

Mpsa18 - WAYYYYYY TOOOOO LOUDDDD
This thing not only makes you wish you wore ear plugs but it drives so hard you lose character in the sound of your amp. Some people might find this suitable but for me it’s just to much……did someone call my name?……

2n3906 - pathetic…….

2n3904 - sounds really really good but I feel it’s a little darker than both the 5088 and 5089. Something that ultimately made me lose interest as I was already fixated on what the 2n5088 and 2n5089 sounded like.

Bc238 - will keep you updated….

Bc108b - tbd
 
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Bricksnbeatles said:
Both, sorta. I always keep it tuned E-E, and I play it thru the bass rig (honestly this one is why I have a lot of odd effects on my bass board), but I play it both as a bass and as a guitar that’s one octave down. I do tons of stuff with crunchy triads on G,b,e strings, but as a whole I consider it to be one of my basses. I’m a big Soft Macgine fan, and the way Roy Babbington plays his VI pretty much encapsulates 90% of my own approach to the instrument
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Dude, I have no idea how you can be 24 years old and love the same music as I do. I’ve been a Soft Machine fan since the early Holdsworth days.
 
MichaelW said:
Dude, I have no idea how you can be 24 years old and love the same music as I do. I’ve been a Soft Machine fan since the early Holdsworth days.
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Bundles is a desert island record for me. At the beginning of the pandemic I had the goal of transcribing the whole album, but I forgot about it after I got around 60 measures into Holdsworth’s solo on Hazard Profile pt-1
 
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