Mirage Tremolo - Tube Tremolo Project

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Matchless has always been one of my favorite brands out there, so I guess it was only a matter of time before I got to this one. The Matchless Vibrobox is an all-tube tremolo/clean preamp with a vaguely Vox-ish flavor. Mirage Tremolo takes the Matchless circuit into a 1590BB enclosure, getting rid of the power transformer for an SMPS per my usual style.

The original acts as an always-on preamp with the tremolo section activated by footswitch. I've designed this to be operated either like the original or as a true bypass tremolo.

It's a pretty straightforward build if you've done any of the C2C builds before, no super weird components, or at least nothing weirder than in any of my other builds.

Anyway, check it out.

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Mirage Tremolo PCB Set

This is a PCB set for building your own Mirage Tremolo. This is not a beginner project, so if you’ve never built a pedal before, then this isn’t for you. I’ve tried to make this as affordable and a…
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I was thinking of ordering this PCB but I have been fiddling with my Nobelium PCB's while I am waiting on parts and I can't find the DI transformer PCB at the moment.
As soon as I can order another DI PCB for the Nobelium I will order the Mirage, I might order 2 of each daughterboard just to have on hand as they might be ok to use for experimental building blocks.
I haven't used tubes since I used to repair industrial equipment that used them when I was a maintenance electrician, I never liked them back then as the equipment generated 10,000 volts to 66,000 volts for testing insulation on cables.
 
I'm having trouble finding a video of someone using a bass with either the Mirage Tremolo or the Matchless Vibrobox... could someone send me a link?
 
vigilante398 said:
Matchless has always been one of my favorite brands out there, so I guess it was only a matter of time before I got to this one. The Matchless Vibrobox is an all-tube tremolo/clean preamp with a vaguely Vox-ish flavor. Mirage Tremolo takes the Matchless circuit into a 1590BB enclosure, getting rid of the power transformer for an SMPS per my usual style.

The original acts as an always-on preamp with the tremolo section activated by footswitch. I've designed this to be operated either like the original or as a true bypass tremolo.

It's a pretty straightforward build if you've done any of the C2C builds before, no super weird components, or at least nothing weirder than in any of my other builds.

Anyway, check it out.

c2celectronics.com

Mirage Tremolo PCB Set

This is a PCB set for building your own Mirage Tremolo. This is not a beginner project, so if you’ve never built a pedal before, then this isn’t for you. I’ve tried to make this as affordable and a…
c2celectronics.com c2celectronics.com
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The tayda link on the build doc sent me to the 125b instead of the 1590bb FWIW.
 
PunchySunshine said:
The tayda link on the build doc sent me to the 125b instead of the 1590bb FWIW.
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Thanks for the heads up, stuff like this comes up every now and then. I really need to set aside some time to just go through all of my BOMs one by one and 1) make sure all the parts that should be there are, 2) make sure there are no parts there that shouldn't be and 3) make sure all the links work and are to the correct part.
 
You do some amazing work sir! All this small, housekeeping crap always falls for me. I don't know how you manage to do it as well as you do!
That being said...ALL the store links on the Steadi Go doc do not work. Anyone have links for a long bat spdt from tayda?
 
I usually use this one:

You can use this one if you want to have more of the switch stick out, but it is more fiddly to hold in position to solder it in place:


I always mount the PCB with the transformer in the box before I solder it in to make sure it is in the right position, if the switch is angled a little bit up or down the switch might not operate properly.
 
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