Recent content by TheHammer1982

A member here was kind enough to send me a transistor set for the MK1 Tone Bender I was building which made the pedal that much more special.

I was helping a friend date some music gear this past weekend and before I left he walked up and handed me this. He knew that I wanted it but couldn't afford to pay what it's worth so he gave it to me 😮. It looks to be an early 80's DMM and has four of the MN3005 BBD and a 2-prong attached AC...

I have one the first runs of the Black Eye and love it! I would highly recommend building one.

I work on vehicles/large tractors all day then come home and work on my own projects lol.

GPS. The base station is an AgGPS 442 and the display is a FMX/FM 1000.

I'm having to learn how to set up a Tremble system for land leveling with a scraper tractor for ag work. I'm so used to working with John Deere's guidance systems that Tremble feels completely foreign to me lol.

It's really interesting how something as relatively niche as pedal building can bring people from all walks of life together.

I'm starting to feel like an oddball with my background lol.

I'm a mechanic and work on everything from small gasoline engines to diesel pickups to large farm machinery. I also do metal fabrication including welding, lathe work, and mill work. People always look at me funny when they find out that I like to build effects pedals and work on guitar amps lol.

Now I'm not sure if I want a full station or a pen :unsure:

Ge fuzzes can really test your sanity, especially if they are going into a MK1 Tone Bender. I spent $40 on a transistor set from Small Bear and my MK1 sounded pretty "meh". Thankfully a very generous member here took the time to sort through his stash and test a bunch of Ge transistors until he...

2024 checking in. Any news on this?

$3.50 USD each doesn't seem too bad. I spent $20 for two sets of Fender Jazz Bass knobs for my King of Tone build and $3 each for some Neve/Marconi style wing knobs for a Hudson Broadcast build.

Definitely start with something simple, or you could do what I did and jump into this cluster f*#@ as your very first project. I couldn't even read a schematic when I started on this lol.

I'm still trying to decide what to build for my first DIY amp as there are quite a few solid choices to pick from. Something that I quickly realized is that most of the time building your own will NOT be cheaper than buying something ready to go so saving money shouldn't be the driving factor.