comradehoser
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Holy geez.
Most intense boxing ever.
Crowded layout, double layers putting component ends on top of ICs and barely enough 3pdt threads to hang the nut, that big honking dual gang pot pushing all the off-board levels up, a huge 220 cap, and that's before I decided I wanted to try to make everything including the TRS/XLR jack happen in a 125b. It ALMOST didn't happen by a millimeter and a half.
I had to cram the 9v and in jack way over, drill and file (only could find my rat tail so it was ragged and shittastique to say the least) a huge irregular hole, trim off parts of the 9v jack and TRS/XLR jack to fit, forgo jack and 3pdt washers, use incorrect screws (actually bolts) to fasten the XLR. Also had no idea what to do with the XLR side ground. Had to bend the hella big 220uf cap out of the way of the "3pdt and friends" board, as well as bend all of the caps on top to make the backplate fit on. Almost ran out of component legs to pull up. Oh yeah, you have to jumper the tabs for the XLR to the corresponding TRS tabs.
Tried to Erik S my wiring. Still l am the student and not the master.
The playing: does a dang good sunn beta, except for big pops from the 3pdt. Will go look at the pulldown resistor situation later. What's a sunn beta? I've built three, one from pcb guitar mania, two from Aion, so... I like them. Very powerful EQ. Up to noon on Drive pot is evocative (?) cleans. Makes your guitar sound surprisingly great and sparkletastic. After noon, filthy, filthy, beautiful distortion. And this circuit is LOUUUUUD. Can doom amply confirmed.
Also bonus: no oscillation issues as with both of my Aion builds. [Edit: as in, both my Aion builds had oscillation issues]
Most intense boxing ever.
Crowded layout, double layers putting component ends on top of ICs and barely enough 3pdt threads to hang the nut, that big honking dual gang pot pushing all the off-board levels up, a huge 220 cap, and that's before I decided I wanted to try to make everything including the TRS/XLR jack happen in a 125b. It ALMOST didn't happen by a millimeter and a half.
I had to cram the 9v and in jack way over, drill and file (only could find my rat tail so it was ragged and shittastique to say the least) a huge irregular hole, trim off parts of the 9v jack and TRS/XLR jack to fit, forgo jack and 3pdt washers, use incorrect screws (actually bolts) to fasten the XLR. Also had no idea what to do with the XLR side ground. Had to bend the hella big 220uf cap out of the way of the "3pdt and friends" board, as well as bend all of the caps on top to make the backplate fit on. Almost ran out of component legs to pull up. Oh yeah, you have to jumper the tabs for the XLR to the corresponding TRS tabs.
Tried to Erik S my wiring. Still l am the student and not the master.
The playing: does a dang good sunn beta, except for big pops from the 3pdt. Will go look at the pulldown resistor situation later. What's a sunn beta? I've built three, one from pcb guitar mania, two from Aion, so... I like them. Very powerful EQ. Up to noon on Drive pot is evocative (?) cleans. Makes your guitar sound surprisingly great and sparkletastic. After noon, filthy, filthy, beautiful distortion. And this circuit is LOUUUUUD. Can doom amply confirmed.
Also bonus: no oscillation issues as with both of my Aion builds. [Edit: as in, both my Aion builds had oscillation issues]
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. Check between the left pad of R1 and both pads on C1 to see where we get a beep.
