More 1590B builds - Greengage, Spirit Box and Roboto!

[CA138]

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Hi, several more downsized builds - this time the Greengage, Spirit Box and Roboto:










The Spirit Box PCB is about 1mm too wide for the 1590B enclosure, so it had to be mounted sideways with 9mm pots (and flying leads). Bit of a headache to build in this size box but it turned out well. I considered grinding down the sides of the board but didn't want to cause any shorts between the ground plane or any traces along the edges and the enclosure.

 

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And a 1590B Roboto as well - this one finished in metallic flake clearcoat. Extremely fun pedal with some epic 8-bit sounds. The Arp mode is great.

This is another tight build so be ready to use compact jacks and footswitch if attempting it.

 

[jcpst]

I know you said that Spirit Box was a headache, but I really like the way 3 knobs across looks on a 1590B over a 125B, and I kind of want to do that.

 

[Route14]

Where did you get the chip for the Roboto?

 

[CA138]

Where did you get the chip for the Roboto?

I had a couple in my IC collection for a few years. I can't find where I sourced them from, but I think it was actually an eBay seller who checked out. Be aware of fakes from China.

 

[CA138]

Couple of build comparisons of my favourite ever reverb circuit: