This is my first Fv-1 to hand solder. like many have said, I thought it was going to be more challenging to solder than it was. I took my time, and the advice of many on this forum and was able to solder it without an issue. however, my 1uf caps were far too large so I had to lay several caps on their side, but it worked out in the end. Otherwise, this build was fairly straight forward. I'm surprised at how many sounds are in this pedal. I get that their are six knobs which makes for lots of tweaking, but all the demos I heard were pretty much the same. Don't get me wrong, I don't think anyone will use it as an always on pedal, but it goes from a big hall-ish sound to a lush dreamy reverb with crazy reflections.
This is the second graphic design (non-faceplate) that I've done. Once again this is from amplify fun. apparently I like to make overly busy designs... oh well. I like it. I was considering between embracing the wizard theme of the original pedal or doing something space related, but then I realized my limited capabilities using a design program. and thought that tracing outlines with the pen tool was about as good as I could do this time. and tracing a wizard and a balrog was easier, than the space scene I had envisioned. I learned from my previous graphic that some ships look like blobs when they're just a silhouette. anywho, maybe next time I'll try to add more detail than a silhouette figure.
This is the second graphic design (non-faceplate) that I've done. Once again this is from amplify fun. apparently I like to make overly busy designs... oh well. I like it. I was considering between embracing the wizard theme of the original pedal or doing something space related, but then I realized my limited capabilities using a design program. and thought that tracing outlines with the pen tool was about as good as I could do this time. and tracing a wizard and a balrog was easier, than the space scene I had envisioned. I learned from my previous graphic that some ships look like blobs when they're just a silhouette. anywho, maybe next time I'll try to add more detail than a silhouette figure.
