ED-E [MBP] Sparkplug rev1

[jessenator]

Working through my backlog of boards, I remembered I received this PiF from blearyeyes this last holiday, so I set to work. Sparkplug. Well, given my fixation with Fallout, the first thing that came to mind was actually Sparks from Fallout 4's Automotron DLC, but then I decided to play to type and pick an eyebot from New Vegas

ED-E

A pre-war relic, sent from the east, detouring in Chicago before finally making its way towards Navarro: the last bastion (fight me) of the Enclave. ED-E took a .308 round cruising down through the Mojave, before being picked up by passing courier who picked it up and dropped it off at the Mojave Express office in Primm. In the hands of another, it would be repaired to working order and accompany the fated "Courier Six" on their journeys. Companion, pack mule, defender, eDog, it was the only one who never complained about the questionable actions carried out by the courier, with them until the end.

This one was comparatively spur-of-the-moment, which thankfully came out 99% as intended. I suspect one of monojack holes was milled slightly larger than the other, hence the asymmetrical protrusions. I think it just slipped over the annular ring on the input jack.

I toyed with a few enclosure color options, but when looking at Tayda's "cream", I converted the approximate Pantone to HEX and that sealed the deal: #EDE9AD I kid you not.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

 

[Feral Feline]

Jessenator likes to keep his ED-E in cream,
it's a cream machine

 

[jessenator]

I guess I didn't really comment on the toan.

I had never heard of the referenced pedigree for this circuit, but I'm a fan. It's buttery, if I can take an overused descriptor, in all the ways I want, but having an extra to end on tap is just right.

Having mids control is nice, and I don't mind, in fact I prefer that it's a trimmer and can just set it forever and the top controls are minimal. Same with bass, though I'm more sensitive to low freqs, so I tend to like less than more. Same reason a bass rolloff is a must for an ODR, in my book.

I built it vanilla, since blearyeyes was kind enough to gift me the MOSFETs the build calls for. I might experiment on the breadboard just in case I build more of them.

 

[Tremster]

Fantastic!

I love that pedal, too. Built it when Madbean released it many years ago and it's still one of my favorites.