Cybercow
Well-known member
Just received the finished enclosures for PedalPCB's "Cobalt Drive" (Blues Driver) and Aion's "Cygnus-X" (Cornish P-2) yesterday and got 'em stuffed and tested. Woot!
The Cobalt Drive was a straight-up build with no issues and only two mods. The first mod was to use a 3-way toggle for the C14 tone cap for changing the range on the tone stack. The second mod was to use a dual-concentric pot for the gain control - instead of the specified dual-gang pot. (Just for grins and to find out what difference such a mod could make. While the tone cap mod is subtle, the dual-concentric pot for the Gain control makes for some interesting flexibility to control which gain stage will push harder. And with the dual-concentric pot, it's still easy to move the two shafts simultaneously to act like a dual-gang pot.
The Aion "Cygnus-X" was an interesting build because it has a few options to consider BEFORE building. A builder could go with the Cornish P-2 or G-2 circuit build. And elect whether or not to have the buffer option. I went with the P-2 and the internal buffer switch. And an, I gotta say that buffer is absolutely transparent on its own. I haven't tried it with pedal in a chain, but I ran it thru my hybrid, solid state and tube amps and I could NOT distinguish between when the buffer was on or off. I'm guessing the buffer will really show it's quality when in a pedal chain.
By now you may wondering, "Why is there a sticker on the enclosure if they were professionally finished? Did he forget to add the IN/OUT and DC labels?"
Well I did not forget to add the labels for the IN/OUT & DC. What I did was not pay attention to the digital proofs before they went to production. I had the "IN" & "OUT" labels reversed. DOH!
So, I resorted to printing out some plastic venial stickers to cover my tracks. Bummer. Expensive lesson learned. Still, as always, the building is enjoyable.
Thanks for looking. Happy building!
The Cobalt Drive was a straight-up build with no issues and only two mods. The first mod was to use a 3-way toggle for the C14 tone cap for changing the range on the tone stack. The second mod was to use a dual-concentric pot for the gain control - instead of the specified dual-gang pot. (Just for grins and to find out what difference such a mod could make. While the tone cap mod is subtle, the dual-concentric pot for the Gain control makes for some interesting flexibility to control which gain stage will push harder. And with the dual-concentric pot, it's still easy to move the two shafts simultaneously to act like a dual-gang pot.
The Aion "Cygnus-X" was an interesting build because it has a few options to consider BEFORE building. A builder could go with the Cornish P-2 or G-2 circuit build. And elect whether or not to have the buffer option. I went with the P-2 and the internal buffer switch. And an, I gotta say that buffer is absolutely transparent on its own. I haven't tried it with pedal in a chain, but I ran it thru my hybrid, solid state and tube amps and I could NOT distinguish between when the buffer was on or off. I'm guessing the buffer will really show it's quality when in a pedal chain.
By now you may wondering, "Why is there a sticker on the enclosure if they were professionally finished? Did he forget to add the IN/OUT and DC labels?"
Well I did not forget to add the labels for the IN/OUT & DC. What I did was not pay attention to the digital proofs before they went to production. I had the "IN" & "OUT" labels reversed. DOH!
So, I resorted to printing out some plastic venial stickers to cover my tracks. Bummer. Expensive lesson learned. Still, as always, the building is enjoyable.
Thanks for looking. Happy building!
