A Blast from the Past - Custom Flanger

[Chuck D. Bones]

I built this in 1976 or 1977. It's basically an Electric Mistress with two more knobs. My brother found this in his garage. It's period-correct Electric Mistress right down to the Reticon SAD1024A BBD. Check the date code.







Chips are (L-R):
RCA CA339 quad comparator
National Semi CD4013B
Reticon SAD1024A BBD
National Semi LM1458N dual opamp

I'll post a schematic after I trace this one because the original hand-drawn schematic is long gone.

I have three other goodies that he gave back to me...
Roland AP-2 Phase II with an added DEPTH knob
Modd'ed Fender Blender
An original design two-knob opamp BMP using a rare (these days) Siliconix L144 triple micropower opamp.

 

[giovanni]

I built this in 1976 or 1977. It's basically an Electric Mistress with two more knobs. My brother found this in his garage. It's period-correct Electric Mistress right down to the Reticon SAD1024A BBD. Check the date code.

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Chips are (L-R):
RCA CA339 quad comparator
National Semi CD4013B
Reticon SAD1024A BBD
National Semi LM1458N dual opamp

I'll post a schematic after I trace this one because the original hand-drawn schematic is long gone.

I have three other goodies that he gave me back...
Roland AP-2 Phase II with an added DEPTH knob
Modd'ed Fender Blender
An original design two-knob opamp BMP using a rare (these days) Siliconix L144 triple micropower opamp.

The flanger looks much better than some professional builds I have seen from that period! Looks beautiful! Does it still work fine? Care to demo it? Cool stuff.

 

[HamishR]

Outstanding and very authentic looking relic job!

 

[drgonzo1969]

I built this in 1976 or 1977. It's basically an Electric Mistress with two more knobs. My brother found this in his garage. It's period-correct Electric Mistress right down to the Reticon SAD1024A BBD. Check the date code.

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Chips are (L-R):
RCA CA339 quad comparator
National Semi CD4013B
Reticon SAD1024A BBD
National Semi LM1458N dual opamp

I'll post a schematic after I trace this one because the original hand-drawn schematic is long gone.

I have three other goodies that he gave me back...
Roland AP-2 Phase II with an added DEPTH knob
Modd'ed Fender Blender
An original design two-knob opamp BMP using a rare (these days) Siliconix L144 triple micropower opamp.

So rad!

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

Outstanding and very authentic looking relic job!

I photo'ed it dirty just for you.

The flanger looks much better than some professional builds I have seen from that period! Looks beautiful! Does it still work fine? Care to demo it? Cool stuff.

I plan to power it up tonight.

 

[cooder]

Vintage Chuck! Amazing!

What did I do in 1976.... heck...