Aion Beta lead

[DailyDovetails]

Here is my Aion beta built with lead values. This is the first pedal I’m using my new shielded cable on and it’s proving to be very quiet. My plan is to use it for any long internal runs on all my future pedals.

I knew this thing was going to have a ton of gain on tap and get heavy but what I was surprised by was its ability to also get decent cleans. It’s hard to describe but it’s very flexible while still having its own unique voicing. It has tons of head room and the EQ works well. I will probably run it in place of where I typically run a fender twin style preamp for a while.

I like the Aion builds and I think they all sound very good when they are done but I seem to run into issues with their layouts. I suppose if I followed their build docs that probably wouldn’t happen but I like prefer to do the drill layout myself. This one was tight so I trimmed the breakout board and missed the fact that there was a trace running on the loops that are by the ins and outs on these boards. That’s why I have the red wire running to the resistor.

 

[lowpitch]

Ha. I have that same wire running to the LED resistor on my Beta Lead build. Snipped off the cable relief in the middle of the breakout board because of clearance issues only to find out there was a trace there.

 

[owlexifry]

good choice going with the shielded cable

another way to ensure minimal noise (perhaps on a less noise-prone circuit) is to just run the I/O wires as close to the enclosure walls as possible, keeping it away from the components, but also the proximity to the grounded enclosure has a shielding effect (feel free to blast me if i'm wrong)

I knew this thing was going to have a ton of gain on tap and get heavy but what I was surprised by was its ability to also get decent cleans. It’s hard to describe but it’s very flexible while still having its own unique voicing.

fuck yeah. humbuckers or single coils?
do we get to hear this too?

 

[DailyDovetails]

good choice going with the shielded cable

another way to ensure minimal noise (perhaps on a less noise-prone circuit) is to just run the I/O wires as close to the enclosure walls as possible, keeping it away from the components, but also the proximity to the grounded enclosure has a shielding effect (feel free to blast me if i'm wrong)

I found just taping it to the side with copper tape works pretty decent too. This style shielded cable is easy enough I will probably have it on all my future builds.

fuck yeah. humbuckers or single coils?

do we get to hear this too?

Both of course. I need to break it back out I haven’t used it in a bit now. Once I get my life back in order with our move to the new house I may work on one. I have tons of projects in the works that I’m looking forward to finishing and posting also.