Fingolfen
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So I had a request for a standalone build of the Gladio SC preamp. I'm a huge SRV fan, so I figured it would be a fun build!
PedalPCB has a clone of the Gladio SC released as the Scenario Preamp. As with all PedalPCB boards, it is well laid out and all of the components are easy to identify and place. I'm using all modern bits for this build - 1% tolerance metal film resistors from Yageo, 5% tolerance metal film capacitors from WIMA and KEMET, and 20% tolerance electrolytic capacitors from Nichicon. For the pF range capacitors I did go ahead and splurge and use silver mica caps. The ICs are all socketed, and six 1N4148 diodes round out the components. Absolutely nothing that is hard to find in the mix.
The rest of the build was straightforward as well. I decided to relocate the LED from the main board to my 3PDT daughter board - largely for artwork considerations! The main board is connected to the daughter board with ribbon cable, while all of the the other connections are made with aviation grade hook-up wire. Per my normal practice, all of the connections to the audio and power jacks are insulated with heat shrink tubing.
As this was a custom job, I worked with the recipient to come up with a design he wanted. He'd previously seen my Steggo-san and Zen Steggo designs, and wanted something along the same lines. I decided on a Theropod as the dinosaur mascot and then created one with text for myself - and one without for the requestor!
As to the pedal itself, I'm sad to report that I don't sound like SRV... Oh, it captures the tone just fine, but I'm just not that level of a player! Guess I need to spend more time practicing... though I have a song in a very different genre I'm currently focused on...
Link to blog entry (with more preamble and dino facts): https://steggostudios.blogspot.com/2024/05/capturing-legends-sound-cloning.html
PedalPCB has a clone of the Gladio SC released as the Scenario Preamp. As with all PedalPCB boards, it is well laid out and all of the components are easy to identify and place. I'm using all modern bits for this build - 1% tolerance metal film resistors from Yageo, 5% tolerance metal film capacitors from WIMA and KEMET, and 20% tolerance electrolytic capacitors from Nichicon. For the pF range capacitors I did go ahead and splurge and use silver mica caps. The ICs are all socketed, and six 1N4148 diodes round out the components. Absolutely nothing that is hard to find in the mix.
The rest of the build was straightforward as well. I decided to relocate the LED from the main board to my 3PDT daughter board - largely for artwork considerations! The main board is connected to the daughter board with ribbon cable, while all of the the other connections are made with aviation grade hook-up wire. Per my normal practice, all of the connections to the audio and power jacks are insulated with heat shrink tubing.
As this was a custom job, I worked with the recipient to come up with a design he wanted. He'd previously seen my Steggo-san and Zen Steggo designs, and wanted something along the same lines. I decided on a Theropod as the dinosaur mascot and then created one with text for myself - and one without for the requestor!
As to the pedal itself, I'm sad to report that I don't sound like SRV... Oh, it captures the tone just fine, but I'm just not that level of a player! Guess I need to spend more time practicing... though I have a song in a very different genre I'm currently focused on...
Link to blog entry (with more preamble and dino facts): https://steggostudios.blogspot.com/2024/05/capturing-legends-sound-cloning.html
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