What’s on *YOUR* workbench?

Im no noob to magnet swaps but I never really used A4 before @MichaelW recommended them. I'm hooked on them. Magnet swaps are a great way to cheaply dial in a humbucker/P90. A4 is a great mix of A2 and A5. Good mids, tight and focus low end and sweet highs. Slightly less compressed and lower output than A5. They are going in every guitar and these are replacing the A5 magnets in my SG pickups.
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Guardians of the analog said:
I would. I don't like to say things like this but they definitely have a more vintage mojo to the feel and tone. Totally refocused the pickups. Im dialing in my rig on a macro level now. It's pretty much perfect
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Magnet swaps are fun. Except then you’ll find another rabbit hole to go down.. oriented, unoriented, smooth cast, rough cast…. Pickup Q….

A8 is fun. I like A4. A5 in the right pickup just works. A2 is good, especially low resistance and neck. A3 I haven’t tried.

Quick! Someone throw me a line: I’m falling into a rabbit hole again!…..
 
PunchySunshine said:
I just made a few of these boxes for presents and to see if they'll sell. Plugs into a mic line and needs 48vdc phantom, but runs the phone like a champ! You get key presses and the beautiful carbon mic lofi. Plus you can just swap phones without ruining them. A whole mic locker at the goodwill now! :D
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What is the circuit? I've seen one that uses a 600/600 transformer, a 6k8 resistor and a capacitor.

Right now I've taken the carbon mic out of the receiver because it adds noise.
I was also thinking of buying a few whole phones and modding them with a toggle switch to choose the mic and a proper jack, and hanging up would ground the signal, for money.
It's a lot easier to just use a 1/4" jack though.
 
andare said:
What is the circuit? I've seen one that uses a 600/600 transformer, a 6k8 resistor and a capacitor.

Right now I've taken the carbon mic out of the receiver because it adds noise.
I was also thinking of buying a few whole phones and modding them with a toggle switch to choose the mic and a proper jack, and hanging up would ground the signal, for money.
It's a lot easier to just use a 1/4" jack though.
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Well, after having a fuzz face running on perf, then trying to get the switch installed, it all crapped out. Mind you, this is in a 1590a and one of the leads fell off an NPN germ. Time to strip out the good caps and try again.
 
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just noticed recently the NOTADOOMER build doc (schematic) has been made available.
so I gave it a crack on the breadboard. (didnt have any 820N, so i just used 1U, also subbed an 82N for 100N, close enough)

firstly - LOL - couldn't help but notice this is almost the same as a Raincoat. (haven't breadboarded that one yet, but maybe i should)

compared to my acapulco gold build, this is one seems a little more polite. slightly less ragged. but still very burly. and probably a little more practical. the input control helps with this.

honestly the filter control on this is kinda redundant, sounds best maxed out (full treble).
if i was gonna build one of these, i'd probably just leave it at input and output controls.
or even just the og 1 knob, cos it sounds best (to me) with input cranked.
 
DGWVI said:
Putting the final touches on my personal Peacock, and a couple of (not so) lowtidez on commission
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Didn't take any photos but revived a friend's MS2000b rack today.
New switch/button PCB from eBay has lost by USPS months ago and magically showed up today.
Cleaned the jacks and a new mono output jack was bodged in as I don't have any of the wired jacks korg used.
Found a couple of D shaft knobs to replace the 2 missing knobs. Mismatched and a little bigger but works out well on the main volume and filter cutoff. Ready to roll.
I would recap the power section but we are meeting up to see Pallbearer at The Caverns in a few and don't have time. It runs on Boss power so they're probably fine. All the other electros are solid Als.
 
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