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almondcity said:
Here's my new neck. It looks really great. The raw roasted maple is much more "raw" than my Warmoths.

Do you guys have a favorite kind of oil to wipe on the backs of necks? I like the feel of it I'm worried it might get too worn if I don't protect it with something
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I like to use Danish Oil. Sand to 400grit, wipe it down with IPA, hit it again with some 800 grit to take the grain raise off.

The apply a generous coat of Danish oil with a cloth. Let it soak 15-20 min, wipe it all off, repeat. I usually do 3 coats.
After the final wiping off, let the neck cure for a couple of days. Then I slap a couple coats of carnauba wax on it.
 
I decided that designing and building pedals would be a good winter project (I'm in the PacNW). I've built the AionFX Radian (Rangemaster) and Cerulean (Bluesbreaker/~KOT) but wanted to move away from kits to breadboards and do either vero or pcb builds. As a result I have my first orders from mouser, PedalPCB, tayda, and LoveMySwitches in the mail to me.

First build will be a Hoochie Mama / Clark Gainster clone using the Red Herring board and a few component changes. Then I think I'll breadboard a whole load of op-amp based designs to explore clipping with diodes / LEDs / MOSFETs etc.
 
DeadAirMD said:
@Laundryroom David Fyi, you can put C18 and C10 on a dpdt toggle and turn the 69 Drive into the Diamond Drive. Cool easy mod!
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There's a fair amount of overlap with GPCB.

SAME-SAME (some w/ a few value tweaks)

Diamond Drive, V6, 69 Stones

Funk 49 is a repackaged OMG Mongoose (BTW, the GPCB Mongoose is NOT the Roger Mayer Mongoose)

Vibe, Dr Phybes (Dr PCB has holes for mounting-standoffs, but circuit is same MXR Phase 90, IIRC)

Superlead OD can be built on Dr Rock

Bass OD, Champ



I have a sample of each of the above, and if I don't have it I'll build it on the equivalent PCB (ex build the Funk49 on a spare Mongoose board, and Champ on a Bass OD...)

I really like the utility PCBs from GPCB, such as the 2KnobJob etc.
 
Feral Feline said:
There's a fair amount of overlap with GPCB.

SAME-SAME (some w/ a few value tweaks)

Diamond Drive, V6, 69 Stones

Funk 49 is a repackaged OMG Mongoose (BTW, the GPCB Mongoose is NOT the Roger Mayer Mongoose)

Vibe, Dr Phybes (Dr PCB has holes for mounting-standoffs, but circuit is same MXR Phase 90, IIRC)

Superlead OD can be built on Dr Rock

Bass OD, Champ



I have a sample of each of the above, and if I don't have it I'll build it on the equivalent PCB (ex build the Funk49 on a spare Mongoose board, and Champ on a Bass OD...)

I really like the utility PCBs from GPCB, such as the 2KnobJob etc.
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Yeah the 69 drive was a total impulse buy. I found a stash of j113s I’d ferreted away on myself and when I saw the 69 drive uses em I said to myself, self, you need that.
 
RetiredUnit1 said:
The good news is I finally found 1w 3.3M carbon film resistors. The bad news is it was minimum 1000. The good news is that at that quantity they're only $0.039 each. The bad news is that's still 39 buck$ plus tax & shipping. This is the resistor that is needed on the reverb circuit for Fender (and maybe more) amps. And wouldn't you know it Tayda had 3M, but not 3.3M.... doh.....

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Schwing! I had ordered from a company called Electronix Express, they took 15 *days* to ship me metal oxides - no substitution note, not even a packing slip, WTF?. They refunded me after I send a Nasty-Gram tho, and apologized nicely. I might repackage these in 10's and sell on eBay. Then again I may not. Seems like a hassle......

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Taylor 914ce arrived with some goodies . . . .
It feels so strange to hold a fine acoustic guitar that weighs so little; less than 5lbs. But it sounds like it weighs several tons. It's one of those guitars that doesn't require any plectrum to get it to sing. Just hammering fingered notes, slides and chords gets it chime so sweetly. Aesthetically, it is gorgeously detailed & appointed.
And yeah, that's an Eventide H9 Max under that pile in the 3rd pic. I'm destined to have a peak inside of it but quite doubtful I'll trace it.
A birthday gift. Feels strange to receive something so attractive.
But what's really feels weird is being the same age as old people.
Hopefully, I'll live long enough to hear it obtain its aged voicing.

Taylor_914ce_01.jpg Taylor_914ce_04.jpg Taylor_Goodies.jpg
 
Cybercow said:
Taylor 914ce arrived with some goodies . . . .
It feels so strange to hold a fine acoustic guitar that weighs so little; less than 5lbs. But it sounds like it weighs several tons. It's one of those guitars that doesn't require any plectrum to get it to sing. Just hammering fingered notes, slides and chords gets it chime so sweetly. Aesthetically, it is gorgeously detailed & appointed.
And yeah, that's an Eventide H9 Max under that pile in the 3rd pic. I'm destined to have a peak inside of it but quite doubtful I'll trace it.
A birthday gift. Feels strange to receive something so attractive.
But what's really feels weird is being the same age as old people.
Hopefully, I'll live long enough to hear it obtain its aged voicing.

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Well that definitely trumps my 3.3M 1W carbon film resistors! :cool:
 
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