jwyles90
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Hey all! Been a while since I've posted a build report on here. Life has been throwing a few curve balls my way lately, so I've found myself a lot busier than usual, with less time to commit to building. That being said, I finished this one up yesterday and was pretty impressed with it right off the bat. The build itself was pretty straightforward and a lot of fun. As just a straight-up distortion this thing rocks, but throwing some of that octave in there takes it up like, ten notches and it can do all the crazy thumping heaviness you'd expect from a pedal like this. I'm still not entirely sure how I want to use the boost, since with this kind of pedal I'd keep the distortion relatively high anyways, but I like that the option to boost it a little further is there. I used an OP07 for the op-amp and a couple D9V diodes for the germaniums. Overall I think they sound great!
This was also my first time trying out a waterslide decal, and I had a bit of a mixed result with it. When I put the decal on it went on smoothly and the image looked normal. After it dried, for some reason those horizontal lines became more visible and turned this weird green color. I think it might've had something to do with the fact that the enclosure was drilled prior to putting the decal on, and maybe this particular brand of paper doesn't really like bare aluminum enclosures? I'm honestly not really sure, since this was the only enclosure that has had that happen (I've put decals on around 5 or 6 different enclosures now). It's not the worst thing in the world, since I kind of like the way it looks with that particular image but it's definitely not something I'd like to have happen everytime I use a decal. So, if anyone has any tips on applying waterslides, those are greatly appreciated.
This was also my first time trying out a waterslide decal, and I had a bit of a mixed result with it. When I put the decal on it went on smoothly and the image looked normal. After it dried, for some reason those horizontal lines became more visible and turned this weird green color. I think it might've had something to do with the fact that the enclosure was drilled prior to putting the decal on, and maybe this particular brand of paper doesn't really like bare aluminum enclosures? I'm honestly not really sure, since this was the only enclosure that has had that happen (I've put decals on around 5 or 6 different enclosures now). It's not the worst thing in the world, since I kind of like the way it looks with that particular image but it's definitely not something I'd like to have happen everytime I use a decal. So, if anyone has any tips on applying waterslides, those are greatly appreciated.