Recent content by HamishR

On a side note - for all of you non-Aussies out there when @owlexifry says "they are an absolute c*nt to get right" he is employing specialist Australian engineering jargon. Don't be alarmed.

Probably sounds more exotic than it really is! Kiste is German for Box, and Steine means stones, or maybe even rocks. So you get where I'm going with this! As is my wont I have added a bass pot which I think really makes a difference for this one. I have also pointed out the mids cap which was...

D'oh! Completely forgot where you live! Being near the Dandenongs explains the yard. That must be a lovely lace to live. My brother was in Rowville for a while. When my son was a lot younger we went to visit my brother and as he drove us out to Rowville we went past paddocks with sheep and cows...

Oh yeah - there is only one I haven't built yet. That's the Carcosa. I have built multiples of some of these. I tend not to post them because I don't use visible graphics (only invisible). Most people find that boring. I can take some pics if you want? I just figured that seeing as I have these...

Well this is the Wampler for you! I was playing my Les Paul through it today and no mud. I don't like mud. I guess the reason I don't usually like Wampler pedals is that they are normally a bit generic sounding, a bit too pedal sounding. Instead of having a fixed 47µF bass cap this goes from...

I can't remember if I've posted this anywhere before, but I really like it! It's based very clearly on the Wampler Plexidrive which I was surprised by. It sounded better than I expected. (Sorry Brian!) I did find the cap on the source of Q2 was a bit big which for me made the bass a bit fizzy...

I use 1590B enclosures all the time and rarely have problems with end jacks. I drill the phono jacks 17mm in from the ends and 9mm from the open edge. I drill the 9V jack in the centre 9-10mm from the top of the enclosure. Everything fits fine. I use a variety of jack plugs and they all seem to...

What GOTA said! That's the Marshall sound I like! I really like the 2203/2204 sound although these days I use a 1987 with a pedal. Never really gelled with the Silver Jubilee - it uses red LEDs for clipping. Somehow it seems wrong to use LED clippers in an amp, especially a Marshall. I don't...

Part of the process of powdercoating often involves media blasting whatever you're coating first to clean it of dirt and stuff. So if it was me I'd just take it to get re-powdercoated. The places I have used here would be more expensive than a Tayda powdercoat but not crazy. Media blasting would...

This is something I came up with while trying to add a bass pot to a Bluesbreaker.

That looks like a Sydney yard! Where are you? That's a cool yard. Most afternoons we sit having coffee in our small backyard with grevilleas next to our deck. Grevilleas flower for most of the year and have sweet nectar with the wattle birds love so we see them daily. Sometimes they have...

I would guess so - I can fit the inside threaded version inside a 1590 with top jacks.

I've heard good things about the Dagger OD so thought I'd try something. I like simplification so rather than using two single op-amp chips I tried using a single dual op-amp. It may (will probably) sound different but that's ok - this was a bit of an experiment. Now I want to try building the...

That looks like it! I didn't know there was a PCB. That's the schematic I used though.

At least the exterior looks way better than any Cornish pedal I've seen! I wonder if those 10meg resistors really need to be 10meg?