DAJE
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The Sandspur I made for myself got a fair bit of admiration, so I ended up making two more for some mates.
One of them is a psychedelic rocker, the other more of a glam rocker (70s pre-punk, not metal).
Sticker from AliExpress on one, leopard spot duct tape from ALDI on the other. I'm all about class.
I set the bias for 4.5V with the bias pot at mid point. That works for me on mine.
Interestingly, I tested most of the components beforehand to ensure that they're within spec, and they're all pretty close to each other... but the pedals sound slightly different. Leopard spot is louder and has a bit more top end, greeny-violet has more low end. That's probably a good match for the recipients anyway so it's no big deal, just... interesting.
Yellowy orange LED in the leopard, ultra violet LED in the other. UV from Tayda, I grabbed a few to try. I'm a bit wary of UV LEDs, as there's no way to be sure they're not putting out lots of invisible-to-humans light that could potentially be bad for you. Or me. But, realistically, they're probably pretty low on the list of things that might give you cancer someday. Probably. To my human eyes, the light is fairly dull (4.6K resistor, lower than I usually use) and sort of a mild bluey-violet. I'd ask some insects or birds what it looks like to creatures that can see in that wavelength, but I never get much sense out of them.
One of them is a psychedelic rocker, the other more of a glam rocker (70s pre-punk, not metal).
Sticker from AliExpress on one, leopard spot duct tape from ALDI on the other. I'm all about class.
I set the bias for 4.5V with the bias pot at mid point. That works for me on mine.
Interestingly, I tested most of the components beforehand to ensure that they're within spec, and they're all pretty close to each other... but the pedals sound slightly different. Leopard spot is louder and has a bit more top end, greeny-violet has more low end. That's probably a good match for the recipients anyway so it's no big deal, just... interesting.
Yellowy orange LED in the leopard, ultra violet LED in the other. UV from Tayda, I grabbed a few to try. I'm a bit wary of UV LEDs, as there's no way to be sure they're not putting out lots of invisible-to-humans light that could potentially be bad for you. Or me. But, realistically, they're probably pretty low on the list of things that might give you cancer someday. Probably. To my human eyes, the light is fairly dull (4.6K resistor, lower than I usually use) and sort of a mild bluey-violet. I'd ask some insects or birds what it looks like to creatures that can see in that wavelength, but I never get much sense out of them.
