Engineer's Thumb (JMK Board)

[geekmacdaddy]

I'm not a compressor guy, but this pedal is very very nice sounding. I did all the mods except the treble boost as it gives a bit of sparkle without it. A tasty amount. The only way I'd know if it needed that would be to gig with it but this is going to Montana...Board by JMK

 

[jjjimi84]

I love that, I am secretly hoping for the five knob version via PedalPCB.

 

[geekmacdaddy]

I love that, I am secretly hoping for the five knob version via PedalPCB.

That would be fuckin' awesome.

 

[PapaBear]

Looks awesome!

 

[geekmacdaddy]

Looks awesome!

Thank you Barry

 

[Robert]

I like the look of the graphics against the bare aluminum.

I love that, I am secretly hoping for the five knob version via PedalPCB.

 

[geekmacdaddy]

I like the look of the graphics against the bare aluminum.



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Thank you Does this board exist? What's it's name? Can I buy it?

 

[chongmagic]

Looks good Jeff as always nice work.

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

OWIE!

All this beautiful work is getting a bit monotonous.

 

[geekmacdaddy]

Looks good Jeff as always nice work.

Thank you Jon

OWIE!

All this beautiful work is getting a bit monotonous.

Damn nice of you, Chuck!

 

[daeg]

I love that, I am secretly hoping for the five knob version via PedalPCB.

Same. I built the JKM twice and neither worked. Might have been bad IC's but I ended up really frustrated. Build the EQD Warden while I wait for PedalPCB to put out an Engineers Thumb PCB.

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

I'm definitely building one when the PedalPCB board comes available. The Engineer's Thumb uses a different approach to compression that is more accurate, more controllable and lower distortion. I'm not dumping on the Warden, it's a fine comp.

 

[chongmagic]

I have the deadend FX version, but damn it's a big board.

 

[jjjimi84]

I have the deadend FX version, but damn it's a big board.

Only reason I haven’t picked up their version and a few of their other projects, extremely odd sized enclosures. I do have the meaty balls coming up to build and the enclosure is a monster, but it also has ten controls and a ton of I/O.

 

[Mourguitars]

Wow ... fantastic build GMD !

Love the graphics ..

Mike

 

[geekmacdaddy]

Wow ... fantastic build GMD !

Love the graphics ..

Mike

Kind of you to say, Mike. Thank you.

 

[Robert]

Thank you Does this board exist? What's it's name? Can I buy it?

The layout was done over a year ago. There was something in the prototype that needed to be revised (seems like a reversed pot or something simple like that)...

I'll see about getting it finished soon.

 

[geekmacdaddy]

The layout was done over a year ago. There was something in the prototype that needed to be revised (seems like a reversed pot or something simple like that)...

I'll see about getting it finished soon.

Too cool. Thanks!

 

[geekmacdaddy]

The layout was done over a year ago. There was something in the prototype that needed to be revised (seems like a reversed pot or something simple like that)...

There's a thread at DIY where a guy replaced the 1uf Electro's with non-electro's and that was the fix. I used film. Read somewhere that C4 and C5 can be tantalum.

 

[Flying]

I built an earlier 5 knob version, but have just noticed a newer version that makes use of both halves of the OTA:

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