Caesar again

Erik S

Erik S

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Caesar / Walrus Julia Chorus

I built one of these three years ago, but gave it away to a cousin who was taking up guitar. Feels good to have one again, and to finish something. This one has been on my bench for months. Hopefully whatever I build next goes faster.

I've been having fun with the lag all the way down where the sound gets a little more flanger-y.


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Good stuck. No ticking? I have to box mine up and can't be bothered to use shielded wire. I have it, I'm just lazy. But ticking pedals bother me
 
Good job, CE-2 is a classic. I like when the chorus has that little bit of flanging myself. Ironically I just finished a chorus that's been sitting on my desk for a bit now. I'm also struggling to cross the finish line on a handful of builds that are just waiting to be boxed up.
 
andare said:
What gauge is the solid wire you use? 26AWG?
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22 ga

22 AWG Gauge Solid Hook Up Wire Kit, 25 ft Length Each, 0.0253" Diameter, UL1007, 300 Volts: Amazon.com: Tools & Home Improvement

22 AWG Gauge Solid Hook Up Wire Kit, 25 ft Length Each, 0.0253" Diameter, UL1007, 300 Volts: Amazon.com: Tools & Home Improvement
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I'll concede that stranded can be more robust long term because of the flexibility, but I take the risk for the payoff of no tinning ends, no strands to deal with, and the fact that solid stays where you put it.

I also wire in the box, so the wire isn't taking the stress of getting jammed in the box after it's soldered.

If you like to rock before you box, or if you like to take your pedals apart a lot for mods (or troubleshooting) I think solid probably gets riskier.
 
Erik S said:
No ticking!

I’ve never tried shielded wire, but I do always route my in/ out wires as far as I can from the pcb.
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I'm pretty sure out of the four I've built of these I had ticking every time. Even running the input/output wires as close to the enclosure as possible... I ended up having to switch every one of them to shielded wire... You'd think I'd go ahead and build them that way... But kept trying regular wire.
 
swelchy said:
I'm pretty sure out of the four I've built of these I had ticking every time. Even running the input/output wires as close to the enclosure as possible... I ended up having to switch every one of them to shielded wire... You'd think I'd go ahead and build them that way... But kept trying regular wire.
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Now I have FOMO for ticking.

I just spent some time fiddling to make sure, but I couldn't get any ticking out of it.

With a noisy overdrive before it I get a little whooshing because it's modulating the noise, but I think that's a feature not a bug.

With a clean signal going in to it it's dead quiet.
 
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