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[pettert]

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A bunch of enclosures and components from Tayda.

For the RANT pedal, did you use anything more than just the WHITE layer?

It looks great from here

 

[PedalBuilder]

For the RANT pedal, did you use anything more than just the WHITE layer?

It looks great from here

It’s a double pass of white and matte varnish.

 

[Hal Harvey]

10 NOS 80s GE 5751s.




I auditioned in V1 in my GT120. All sweet, no duds I ordered 10 more and a couple of Raytheon 12AU7s.

I recently tried a NOS MIJ 12AU7 in the GT120 driver position and I was pretty amazed. More headroom but also feels like more power too (over a JJ EC83S). I really should break out my scope to measure.

 

[tegendemuur]

My first gamble with this brand. Via HeavyMetal FX, which had good discounts. Dunwich DA-120 (Matamp GT120) and Bajaman's Ampeg SVT. Without import duties... (No idea why!), and shipment costs similar to stuff within the EU.

Too bad the amount of boards is wrong... (Update: but coming my way now!)

 

[darwin999]

Too bad the amount of boards is wrong...

Hmm, maybe the US govt took some PCBs to pay the tariff...?
Just joking (kind of).

 

[Hal Harvey]

Hmm, maybe the US govt took some PCBs to pay the tariff...?
Just joking (kind of).

My theory is they saw USA on the labels and the US Flag on the PCB and were like "fuck ya".

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

Warmoth had a garage sale this morning of super discounted necks. $100 plus shipping got me three necks:

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- a Precision neck with black blocks and stainless frets. Exactly the specs I’ve been wanting to order a neck with for the past few years, minus binding (but for $30 I couldn’t really expect ALL of the specs I wanted). Discounted because of some black sawdust caught in the wood grain. I bet I can get it out though before I finish it.
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- a solid ziricote strat neck. Discounted because the dot inlays are ever so slightly off center.
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- roasted maple Strat neck with ebony board and stainless frets. Discounted because of the slight tapering error visible right around the 9th fret on the treble side of the board.

Necks came a day or two ago. The ziricote neck in particular is gorgeous. Gonna go with this walnut strat body I’ve been holding onto for ages. I’m thinking maybe a wide-bevel 5-ply B/W/B/W/B pick guard or maybe the vintage tortoise that WD has (mint instead of white, thinline for the black ply).

Looking to do a tele pickup with white fiber flatworm in the bridge position, and looking for suggestions for neck and middle. I’ve got my favorites, but I’m looking to shake things up a bit and try something a bit different.
Also looking for bridge suggestions— the vegatrem seems like a fan favorite but I honestly think it’s too ugly. Thinking maybe the something from the Gotoh EV510 series, but the Floyd Rose Rail Tail seems like a possibility too.

 

[Paradox916]

Hated my Tu-3 and it was taking excess space on the pull out shelf and I still couldn’t even see it without getting out of the chair on top of being pretty much useless for turning a baritone so after some time on the fence I splurged on a rack mount Korg pitch black.. a pedal tuner just wasn’t going to work for me….. It’s rock solid on lower tunings and I don’t have to interrupt my flow to tune now l, so well worth the few extra dollars to me

 

[szukalski]

A faceplate I need to reorder for a quad opamp OD-1.

 

[jwin615]

Via HeavyMetal FX, which had good discounts. Dunwich DA-120 (Matamp GT120) and Bajaman's Ampeg SVT. Without import duties... (No idea why!), and shipment costs similar to stuff within the EU.

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Not the mailbox, instead a local estate sale. Walked in during the last 15 minutes.

Grizzley 48 in sander.
Offered them a buck 20(1/3 original asking, though most estate sales do half off the last day) and they took it! These guys are $7-800 new and I'm sure that price will go up given overseas manufacturing and all.
Has a stand but I removed in for easier transport. Old man put a nice support bolt in to reduce flex.
I meant to go by first day as it was 10 minutes from the house and there were a TON of tools. Old man had a huge self made lumber mill with a 48 in saw ran off what looked to be an old farm all tractor engine geared up. Probably 35-40 ft long sled leading up to it.
Just got a new set of belts in today. Gonna clean it up, sand down and oil the angle table and find a place for it. I think I have a spare variable speed controller somewhere I can mount on it.
One of the tools that was on my "if I ever have a reason or find a good deal" list. Will make easy work of polishing enclosures and truing the face. I think some of my etching struggle has been getting a true flace surface. No more!

 

[Silver Blues]

Necks came a day or two ago. The ziricote neck in particular is gorgeous. Gonna go with this walnut strat body I’ve been holding onto for ages. I’m thinking maybe a wide-bevel 5-ply B/W/B/W/B pick guard or maybe the vintage tortoise that WD has (mint instead of white, thinline for the black ply).

Looking to do a tele pickup with white fiber flatworm in the bridge position, and looking for suggestions for neck and middle. I’ve got my favorites, but I’m looking to shake things up a bit and try something a bit different.
Also looking for bridge suggestions— the vegatrem seems like a fan favorite but I honestly think it’s too ugly. Thinking maybe the something from the Gotoh EV510 series, but the Floyd Rose Rail Tail seems like a possibility too.

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Great wood (phrasing), that's gonna be beautiful when it's done.
For what little guitar I play, I'm a fan of Sophia tremolos - the 2:22 might be up your alley, though they're not cheap...

 

[Audandash]

Didn't come in the mail but i had to pick it up. A friend put it together for me. The tolex was free. Not gonna lie though, I'm kinda diggin the pink. Its an 18w TMB. Sounds awesome.

 

[DamirBogdan39]

Well, they work. Sorta.

But it looks like the pitch is actually closer to 3.81mm.

I was able to bend the leads on these and get em to go in.

It's not perfect, but it'll work. Honestly, if I had a mouser cart put together I'd add three of these:

https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/Phoenix-Contact/5442772?qs=9Y9qB%2FCsC3nDIcFLMznlJQ%3D%3D

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Hi, sorta new to this forum thing, I’m slowly collecting parts for this build, would you mind sharing which pots did you use? Will the alpha style long leg pcb pots be adequate not to mess up the height for the rotary?
Your build looks very clean, hope mine turns out like it.

 

[pettert]

PCBs!

 

[Stickman393]

Hi, sorta new to this forum thing, I’m slowly collecting parts for this build, would you mind sharing which pots did you use? Will the alpha style long leg pcb pots be adequate not to mess up the height for the rotary?
Your build looks very clean, hope mine turns out like it.

Would ya believe that I never finished it?

Still sitting on a shelf filled with a bunch of other populated PCBs that I never quite got around to boxing up.

Normal length alpha-style pots will do the trick, though. You just wanna make sure you don't solder em flush with the PCB.

Long-leg pots will overshoot your target there.

 

[giovanni]

Hi, sorta new to this forum thing, I’m slowly collecting parts for this build, would you mind sharing which pots did you use? Will the alpha style long leg pcb pots be adequate not to mess up the height for the rotary?
Your build looks very clean, hope mine turns out like it.

This kind of thing has bit me before. What I do now Is put the pots and rotary and switches in the enclosure (or rather a custom jig I laser cut - happy to send a link to the file), then fit the PCB on top and spot solder them so they don’t move. Then I can finish soldering out of the enclosure (or I keep it in the jig).

 

[Erik S]

This kind of thing has bit me before. What I do now Is put the pots and rotary and switches in the enclosure (or rather a custom jig I laser cut - happy to send a link to the file), then fit the PCB on top and spot solder them so they don’t move. Then I can finish soldering out of the enclosure (or I keep it in the jig).

Mounting everything in the enclosure and soldering in the box isn't quite as slick as the custom jig route, but it serves the same purpose. Particularly if you're hand drilling, lining everything up where the holes are instead of where they were supposed to be might even be better.

 

[giovanni]

Here’s the jig thread:
Thread 'Pedal assembly jig'
https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/pedal-assembly-jig.17259/

 

[jessenator]

Life is complete

 

[drgonzo1969]

Life is complete
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Just in time for spooky season! Ernest Scared Stupid is an all time classic!