Acetylene Overdrive - Wampler Ace 30 Something

[Rpschultz13]

Recently built this. I used the original Tayda drill template but it was tight at the bottom and didn't allow for the use of Illuminated LED switches. So I modified the template as listed in the Templates area. Now it allows for Illuminated LED's. I *love* the breakout boards for those. I used resistor cutoffs to connect the switch breakout boards to the main board. Works great, very clean.






(of note, the LED's in this photo are backwards. @brightlight pointed this out and helped me fix it!)

 

[jwin615]

Very clean. Looks great. Next tayda order, grab some male to male 2.54 header pins. Makes the pad above pad footswitch install a breeze and looks damn tidy as well. Just make sure everything is tightened down before soldering.
So, how's it sound?

 

[Rpschultz13]

Good point. I have some of those, just didn't think about it.

I've only played it a few minutes. I'll get back to you on that.

 

[Rpschultz13]

Also, I changed the RLED's (R52, R53) from 10k to 1k. Normally RLED's default to 5k or 4k7. But for illuminated LED switches, I have found something between 500-1k5 work best. Test them on the bench first or socket them.

 

[joelorigo]

Looks great! I'm interested to hear the sound opinions as well.

 

[Giorfida]

Looks great! Is that one of the “Candy Red” Tayda boxes?

 

[Rpschultz13]

Yes! Waited a few months for those to get back in stock.

 

[Giorfida]

Yes! Waited a few months for those to get back in stock.

they definitely elevated it to the next level!
Also made me throw one of these boards on my wishlist!

 

[Rpschultz13]

I forgot about this, been working on other stuff. Playing it tonight for a while, mostly nice. It seems to have some low end problems. Not sure if I did something wrong or what, but it tends to fart out the low notes if I push them.

Ideas?