Hetari Gotoh
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The Obsidius is a lovely board with tightly packed components where the layout is sensible, logical, oh, symmetrical, practical. It did result in a build where I could be so detestable, oh, canonical, oh, unoriginal, typical. 
There were only two moments where the zen flow was interrupted: partially soldering the blend pot from the back because good luck getting in there without melting everything after populating the board, and fitting a WIMA 1000V capacitor inside its designated parking space. The hardest part was trying to figure out, as usual, why I had a 1000V 680pF cap in my inventory.
This time I tested a Power I/O module, going for the flush mount variety because the prospect of fitting a square connector through a round hole filled me with dread. Thankfully I measured everything correctly and it fits, but later on I found there's a thread in the toolbox section of the forum with the correct coordinates for the Tayda drill service. In any case here's my template.
The 1/4" jacks are Tayda A-5238 (stereo) and A-6976 (mono). The latter mysteriously burst at the back but it seems to work. The fact that they're not insulated makes the enclosure grounding less of a headache, but I think they require two extra M9 nuts and ideally lock washers that are not included to make everything fit perfectly and make good electrical contact.
The relay board is @szukalski's basic relay 2.1, which is the fluffiest and cutest implementation of Chuck D. Bones' simple relay bypass, for which he generously provided the gerber and assembly files. It's unnecessarily tiny for this 125b box, but I just look at it and it makes me happy. I mounted it with pin headers as suggested and wired the LED cathode to the main board's SW pad.
This is the second "Bocchi the rock" graphic design, this time inspired by the drunkard bassist Kikuri Hiroi, in turn based on the real musician Margaret Hiroi. Anyway, sake. The character drinks tons of cheap Onikoroshi sake and this pedal hopefully resembles the juice box from that particular brand. To make the surface more papery I had the enclosure painted matte white with gloss matte UV printing.
It's really hard to make this thing sound bad. The B3K has become a classic for a reason, I suppose. I particularly like the interaction between the level and blend knobs and the grunt + attack switches are actually usable. There are times when a biped needs stylish aggression and abrasiveness in their bass toan and this particular incarnation of the B3K circuit can count on the bold, menacing presence of a 1000V WIMA 680pF capacitor counterbalanced by the unbearable cuteness of a miniature sheepylove relay board. I am going to play the quack out of it.
There were only two moments where the zen flow was interrupted: partially soldering the blend pot from the back because good luck getting in there without melting everything after populating the board, and fitting a WIMA 1000V capacitor inside its designated parking space. The hardest part was trying to figure out, as usual, why I had a 1000V 680pF cap in my inventory.
This time I tested a Power I/O module, going for the flush mount variety because the prospect of fitting a square connector through a round hole filled me with dread. Thankfully I measured everything correctly and it fits, but later on I found there's a thread in the toolbox section of the forum with the correct coordinates for the Tayda drill service. In any case here's my template.
The 1/4" jacks are Tayda A-5238 (stereo) and A-6976 (mono). The latter mysteriously burst at the back but it seems to work. The fact that they're not insulated makes the enclosure grounding less of a headache, but I think they require two extra M9 nuts and ideally lock washers that are not included to make everything fit perfectly and make good electrical contact.
The relay board is @szukalski's basic relay 2.1, which is the fluffiest and cutest implementation of Chuck D. Bones' simple relay bypass, for which he generously provided the gerber and assembly files. It's unnecessarily tiny for this 125b box, but I just look at it and it makes me happy. I mounted it with pin headers as suggested and wired the LED cathode to the main board's SW pad.
This is the second "Bocchi the rock" graphic design, this time inspired by the drunkard bassist Kikuri Hiroi, in turn based on the real musician Margaret Hiroi. Anyway, sake. The character drinks tons of cheap Onikoroshi sake and this pedal hopefully resembles the juice box from that particular brand. To make the surface more papery I had the enclosure painted matte white with gloss matte UV printing.
It's really hard to make this thing sound bad. The B3K has become a classic for a reason, I suppose. I particularly like the interaction between the level and blend knobs and the grunt + attack switches are actually usable. There are times when a biped needs stylish aggression and abrasiveness in their bass toan and this particular incarnation of the B3K circuit can count on the bold, menacing presence of a 1000V WIMA 680pF capacitor counterbalanced by the unbearable cuteness of a miniature sheepylove relay board. I am going to play the quack out of it.
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