Some cool yard sale junk

[Erik S]

Hit up a barn sale yesterday on my way home from the dump. There were some remains of an estate lot from someone who worked on radios. I was running late for a date with my wife and I didn’t have time to really inspect everything, so I made a quick pile and crossed my fingers there would be something cool. Paid 35 dollars.

Lots of stuff I’ll probably never use, but there are a few winners in there.

Some highlights:

• 130 - 2n4401s - looks useful
• 50 - 2n 4402s
• 12 - metal can op amps marked “sd709c” I didn’t find an exact match data sheet, But if it’s equivalent to an LM709 it’d be a good Ratter I think
• 30 - mu10 UJTs - maybe some kinda tremolo thing?
• Exactly one jack, and it’s a switched, enclosed, TRS jack which I needed to finish a build.
• Couple sweet big knobs
• Some cool vintage/ non standard LEDs and bezels
• Buncha sockets

Less useful, but interesting:

• A large box containing a tangled mess of old resistors. Do these have mojo? I don’t know.
• Some random and likely bad tubes
• A cool analog meter, and an old capacitance tester
• Lots of big capacitors and power transistors
• A big mess of heat sinks
• Lots of random switches and hardware

 

[steviejr92]

JACKPOT!

 

[Harry Klippton]

Lots of people around here know I'm the junk man. Love this stuff

 

[steviejr92]

I would use all of this stuff as one offs.....

Fuzz Faces, Tone benders, Rangemasters.....

All on vero board....

 

[steviejr92]

Maybe not yard sale junk but eBay junk?

Not as extensive as your collection but I have some weird stuff in here.

 

[Erik S]

I would use all of this stuff as one offs.....

Fuzz Faces, Tone benders, Rangemasters.....

All on vero board....

If I ever try my hand at some point to point stuff some of those weirder resistors could look sweet.

Maybe not yard sale junk but eBay junk?

Not as extensive as your collection but I have some weird stuff in here.

Nice! I’ve fallen into the eBay vortex with some of my other hobbies, but I’ve mostly avoided it with pedal stuff so far. I bet there are some real interesting grab-bag box lots of electronic junk.

 

[steviejr92]

Nice! I’ve fallen into the eBay vortex with some of my other hobbies, but I’ve mostly avoided it with pedal stuff so far. I bet there are some real interesting grab-bag box lots of electronic junk.

I highly suggest taking your time. You can find some real cool things on eBay but also a bunch of B.S.

I mostly look for N.O.S. Lots whether it be caps, resistors, transistors, etc. You'll be surprised on what kind of deals you can find if you really look!

 

[jwin615]

I highly suggest taking your time. You can find some real cool things on eBay but also a bunch of B.S.

I mostly look for N.O.S. Lots whether it be caps, resistors, transistors, etc. You'll be surprised on what kind of deals you can find if you really look!

And knobs! Who doesn't love a good knob?

 

[steviejr92]

And knobs! Who doesn't love a good knob?

Ahh I need to make an order for knobs too!

 

[PedalBuilder]

130 - 2n4401s - looks useful

Those sounds really good in a Rosac Nu-Fuzz build. The ones I have are typically in the 270-300 hFE range, which is the sweet spot for that circuit. If you haven’t built a Nu-Fuzz before, I highly recommend giving it a try. It was designed by the creator of the Mosrite Fuzzrite to be a Fuzzrite with more tonal range, and that’s exactly what it is. It has Iron Butterfly and Black Keys tones in spades. I don’t think that PedalPCB offers a Nu-Fuzz PCB, but one of the channels on the EQD Spires (Loft Fuzz Green Channel) is a modified Nu-Fuzz, so these might be a good fit for that build.

Regardless, that’s a great barn sale score that you have there!

 

[Erik S]

one of the channels on the EQD Spires (Loft Fuzz Green Channel)

Def adding that one to the wishlist. Thanks!