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Agree with @jwin615, medical power supplies are usually cheap used and can sometimes be found in lots if you don’t mind swapping the polarity. Other small appliance power supplies (some routers, modems, things like that) are also steals. Looking up voltage then amps ie 9V1A has been better in my...

I’ve always been tempted to this more for just having some better than completely blank enclosures on hand and then I realize how huge I write with a sharpie / paint marker. Always ends up like this Dry erase or chalk board paint could be interesting depending on the intended vibe. Wouldn’t...

Man this one sent me down a fun rabbit hole. Based on this thread I did buy some orange masking tape but "PCB assembly jig" or "pcb assembly frame" are definitely the better search terms than "pcb holder." John Collier DIY'd one here for ~$100 in parts. A lot documented there is more work than...

If the preview color is the main issue you're trying to solve here, I would suggest separating out the process of designing the art vs preparing the art for print in your workflow, even with the latter being sometimes a relatively quick task here. I'll always setup one working file for a design...

I use blu tack but also run into issues described in this thread, for me it's just barely ekes out compared to using tape: it's easier for me to grab a small piece of blu tack vs grabbing tape, it's easier to reposition, etc. It can be harder to remove and get in nooks and crannies but I figure...

Big shout out to @Giorfida for posting a picture of one in the whats on your workbench thread. Snagged one of ebay instantly

Gem from 1958. Assuming its not gonna cost a thousand dollars I’m gonna try to design and get my own printed

Time for some "inspired by" and a few ounces of goop

The current one is what was used on the first FZ-1 (essentially a connected version of the Gibson logo font) which is kind of weird to use considering it predates the horn logo that they’re also using

Stumping me too. For some reason I had always thought it was Allegro or Lunda, the former of which being pretty far off. Lunda has some similarities but isn’t it either. Both are derivatives of Corvinus Kursiv which might be a useful starting point for anyone else.

I know nothing about sourcing in Australia (how do you guys have the best psych rock on the planet the past few decades, btw??) but Mouser australia has the 1N4614 in stock which is also a 1.8 zener. Red LEDs can also fall in the same range for clipping diodes. All of that said, what @Cybercow...

Map typography, on top of being soo cool, has so many lessons for ‘traditional’ graphic design. I buy any cheap print atlas’ and maps I come across in used bookstore dollar bins for my reference library. Font and color combinations, text on curves, conveying a large range of visual hierarchy...

Boring photo but: EMG 60A for the neck position of my ec-1000. I was hoping to find the 60A with the X preamp used but the price on this was just too good to pass up. As far as I’m concerned this is the best neck humbucker pickup, period. Flatwounds + this and you’re in 1950s jazz guitar land...

This is cool as hell. Mech keyboard people love this type of shit, I can only imagine it’ll be popular. Opening the thread I was really expecting just the option of black or white on different solder masks instead of being locked into one (black on yellow is readable as fuuuuck) but this is more...

Testing SOT-23 adapter boards for the DCA75 that rip off the one on the Bside version of the atmega transistor tester. Works great without pressure applied. 2.54mm headers are kind of a pain with the test clips, especially with the actual adapter being small they can throw off the balance...

I've never sourced anything this fun but your general experience mirrors mine pretty much to a T. The number of times I haven't even heard back from US based suppliers is astonishing when asking for quotes well beyond MOQs. Meanwhile, Chinese companies will bend over backwards to get your...

The Square Wave is KILLER. Criminally underrated. If you do it make sure to put a feedback cap across the first transistor to quell the noise - I’m on my phone otherwise I’d link to details but it solves the noise issue without impacting how brutal it sounds

Hard to go wrong with a scrambler but there’s definitely more pissed off sounding octave fuzzes. (Although a boosted scrambler is beautiful) The FY-2 is IMHO a must build if only for the historical importance of it - the Super Fuzz and Hyper Fuzz’s tone controls do make the circuit more...

I will echo the recommendations of the Monoprice amp (if you're in Europe Thomann sells the same amp rebadged under Harley Benton and it may be cheaper with shipping factored in). I have no experience with it but have done plenty of research on it and am surprised I don't own one yet. I would...

I used a light gray sharpie on my midi controller, too self conscious to use the same on my korg minilogue