What's in the mailbox? 📬 📦

[Feral Feline]

Well, it's more like, what's NOT in the mailbox.

Dude..............FedEx has been chaffing my balls, roughly, VERY roughly. 3 separate orders, from 3 different vendors/sellers, all didn't have an option for me to choose my preferred shipping, all went with FedEx. Package #1 was supposed to be delivered last Saturday, got it yesterday. Packages #2 supposed to be delivered Monday, bounced between 2 citites in IL, then sat in Chicago for over 24hrs, is apparently "coming" today. Package #3 had endless operational delays, still waiting.

Oh and this gem!

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I live in WI........the fuck did it go from MA to fucking San Fuckin Cisco for?!?!?! "Arriving late"......yeah no shit Sherlock. My damn package is taking a vacation

Ya gotta complain to each of the three vendors, because they must be made to understand their customers need OPTIONS and that the vendors' non-option of Fed-Expressly @$%^#&*-up isn't working in their, or their customers', favour.

I'm loathe to order from any company that doesn't let the customer choose the shipping-path-of-least-incompetence, but the problem is customers don't know there's not option 'til they're already in the "checkout" digital aisle.





I hope you get your packages soon.

 

[Feral Feline]

pouch of onions? what in the hobo dinner are you doing?

Hey, isn't that Brendan (right) from the Raconteurs?

 

[ICTRock]

Hey, isn't that Brendan (right) from the Raconteurs?

and he got chef boyardee all despite you and he eats it with a spork just to spite you

 

[DeadAirMD]

Does he have a rabbit foot earring/ some other dead animals foot?

 

[KR Sound]

This is for the ThorpyFX Dane/Fordoble Boost + Drive

 

[tegendemuur]

There used to be a time where I thought three of these compartimentalized boxes would be enough... Also a Peak DCA75 (+ SMD thingy) for checking up on all transistors I got and got coming.

 

[tegendemuur]

I feel like I've outgrown my Mission Engineering 529i so I'm going to use it instead for a bass rig board and I picked up one of these monsters for my guitar pedalboard. It should arrive today and I'll tear my board apart...again.
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Got the same, excellent choice! Being a desktop user, I also felt the design made the choice easy to go for this one instead of the hide-under-the-pedalboard selection at the store. Had hoped to use the AC out in some way (outside of daisy-chaining a second unit), but haven't got a device suitable for this, as 1,6A is too low for most things that come with such a plug.

 

[Synchrony Pedalworks]

I know that Pedalhacker has had some difficulties fulfilling orders, but they underwent some changes are seem to be working well. This is a recent order. The BA282’s are measuring forward voltages of 0.89 and the 1S1588 at 0.63. The diode sampler is a nice mix. Two of them may be defective, but I am not worried. I don’t know what many of the diodes are, but the measurements look good.

If you are needed obscure parts, I would give them a chance. They had some MA856 diodes that tempted me, but it was hard to justify the cost.

 

[Feral Feline]

Got the same, excellent choice! Being a desktop user, I also felt the design made the choice easy to go for this one instead of the hide-under-the-pedalboard selection at the store. Had hoped to use the AC out in some way (outside of daisy-chaining a second unit), but haven't got a device suitable for this, as 1,6A is too low for most things that come with such a plug.

RE: AC OUT

- Aion's legacy L5 Preamp — the build doc makes no mention of mA drawn, nor of whether the adapter's pin should be centre-negative...

- Craig Anderton's AC-powered Practice Amp — as found in his Projects for Guitarists book (can be found online)

- MadBean's UberTuber requires an 18v AC wall-wart: https://www.amazon.com/Dunlop-ECB004-Adapter-18V-Barrel/dp/B0002E3FBK?th=1
It's not clear from the description what it puts out. I zoomed in on the adapter and it says Output 15v, but it doesn't say if it's AC or DC.


I recall there being some Delays or Flangers that were AC-powered, and definitely some other Tube-based HV builds (all DIY) that were AC-based (Grind Custom's STM800?).

Probably won't be able to find many AC-based DIY projects these days.

 

[jwin615]

RE: AC OUT

- Aion's legacy L5 Preamp — the build doc makes no mention of mA drawn, nor of whether the adapter's pin should be centre-negative...

- Craig Anderton's AC-powered Practice Amp — as found in his Projects for Guitarists book (can be found online)

- MadBean's UberTuber requires an 18v AC wall-wart: https://www.amazon.com/Dunlop-ECB004-Adapter-18V-Barrel/dp/B0002E3FBK?th=1
It's not clear from the description what it puts out. I zoomed in on the adapter and it says Output 15v, but it doesn't say if it's AC or DC.


I recall there being some Delays or Flangers that were AC-powered, and definitely some other Tube-based HV builds (all DIY) that were AC-based (Grind Custom's STM800?).

Probably won't be able to find many AC-based DIY projects these days.

AC doesn't have a negative...?
Well, it does, but briefly.

 

[Feral Feline]

AC doesn't have a negative...?
...

I didn't say that... Just that the plug isn't specified as to whether the centre-pin is negative, or the barrel is negative.



The only negative to AC is it gets expensive running it all the time...

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Had hoped to use the AC out in some way (outside of daisy-chaining a second unit), but haven't got a device suitable for this, as 1,6A is too low for most things that come with such a plug.

RE: AC OUT
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Probably won't be able to find many AC-based DIY projects these days.

In addition to the projects @Feral Feline mentioned, there are a handful of projects from DeadEndFX that use AC power supplies.
I put this data together a few months ago, so there might be some newer projects also using AC, but…

Board Name	Clone of (Brand)	Clone of (Pedal)	Power Requirement	Current Requirement	Enclosure Size	Price	Effect Type
KAKEHASHI'S NIGHTMARE	Boss	DB-5 Driver	12V AC		1590D	$20	Octave Fuzz
POMPEI	EMS	Synthi Hi-Fli	12-15 AC	1000mA	1550J + 2x Wah Shell	$75	Multi-Effect
ATOMIC DUCK	Frostwave	Funk-a-Duck	16-18V AC		1590BBS	$15	Envelope Filter
HAPALOCHLAENA	Frostwave	Blue Ringer v.2	16-18V AC		1590D	$20	Ring Modulator
Q2 V.2	Frostwave	Resonator	16-18V AC		1590D	$20	Filter
TRESONATOR	Frostwave	Resonator	16-18V AC		Wah Shell	$20	Filter
QUINT	Maestro	USS-1A	14-16V AC	1000mA	1550J + 1032L	$60	Multieffect
CHEERIO	Maxon	TOD-9 Real-Tube Tubescreamer	12V AC	800mA	1590BBS	$20	Overdrive
LOLA PHASE - DEFX V.2 VERSION	Mu-Tron	Bi-Phase	16-18V AC		1550G	$35	Phaser
LOLA PHASE - ORIGINAL VERSION	Mu-Tron	Bi-Phase	16-18V AC		1550G	$35	Phaser
THROAT	Polytone	Multivoicer	16-18V AC		1590BBS	$15	Overdrive; Octave
DEFINITE PHASE	ProphecySound Systems	Infinitphase	16V AC	1000mA	1550G	$35	Phaser
DRIVE-BI	S.I.B!	Varidrive (Dual channel)	12V AC	800mA	1590D	$50	Overdrive
REFLEKTOR	S.I.B!	Echodrive v.2	12V AC	800mA	1590D	$40	Delay
HARVEY DENT	Schumann	Two Face Fuzz	12V AC	800mA	1590J	$15	Fuzz
LEO X	Schumann	Lion X	12V AC	800mA	1590J	$15	Overdrive
PLLain	Schumann	PLL (simplified)	12V AC	800-1000mA	1590XX	$20	Fuzz; PLL
PLLone	Schumann	PLL	12V AC	800-1000mA	1550G	$25	PLL; Synth; Fuzz

 

[PunchySunshine]

The AC out is an IEC plug FWIW. This would work to get it Edison. Just make sure to not exceed the amp limit for the output.

 

[Harry Klippton]

My wife spotted these in a local buy nothing group and asked if they were something I wanted. The OP said something to the effect of "does anybody even want these anymore? I might put them in the trash."

 

[Giorfida]

My wife spotted these in a local buy nothing group and asked if they were something I wanted. The OP said something to the effect of "does anybody even want these anymore? I might put them in the trash."

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Very cool find! extra Cool that your wife knew to ask you about them when she saw it!

 

[Harry Klippton]

Very cool find! extra Cool that your wife knew to ask you about them when she saw it!

She's the best

 

[tegendemuur]

Here's why I had to buy some more compartmentalized boxes...

There's two PedalPCB Pussy Melters boards and twp Pareidolia boards in there. And also two DBA Echo Dream II kits (Fuzz Dog). Another dual gang / dual mono build. This box will also contain a Boss Tera Echo PCB that I took out of a battered pedal for cheap, for some additonal stereo play. So yeah, this one's like the demented sibling to the psychedelic dual Low Tide + Dimension C that I am also building these days (some of the ICs for that build are in this pile somewhere).

Also, also... It looks like I have to at those "rocket sockets" with some sandpaper before using them. There's some nasty rough edges to them, which is crazy, as these are sold as to put pedals together scratch free...

 

[Cabintech]

Final beta of the V2.0 delay module hardware.

 

[chris.knudson]

Band's making money, so we bought some IEMs.

 

[Harry Klippton]

I got a really cool box of stuff today from @Guardians of the analog. There's a whole mountain of germanium transistors, some cool diodes I haven't seen before, a set of Seymour Duncan antiquity IIs and an extra tele neck pickup, enough solder sucker tubing for the rest of my life, a bias probe socket, and a cardinal tremolo pedal. I've been bummed with the slow recovery from breaking my hand and this is giving me a boost to get back to working on some stuff!