General Tso compressor

[SlowAudio]

Build Rating

5.00 star(s)

I wanted a compressor, and thanks to the high praise for the General Tso on this forum I picked one up. It sounds FANTASTIC! Thanks all! I’ve been trying to figure out how to make my Fender Player Strat’s single coils sound better, and have often thought of upgrading them, but I think this is what I needed to make them shine.

As a build it went well. I remember having a little trouble finding the right photo-resistors, but I happened to have 2 in an Alibaba alphabet soup brand Arduino electronics kits that looked right, and they seemed to work out just fine. A tried a little shrink wrap on the resistors and LEDs to darken them as I think it was mentioned here before. The pedal seemed to work great even when it was unboxed and I’m sure some light got in there, so I’m not certain it was necessary. Maybe if you didn’t use a bezel to mount the led and it was a bright 5mm there might be too much light inside? Could happen. Anyway. Fun build as always. Happy to finish another one.

 

[Erik S]

Those Mu-tron-y rectangles are fantastic.

I finished a tso this weekend too. Mine sounds good, but I wish it looked as cool as yours.

The little dude on the front reminds me of Gloop and Gleep from a cartoon called The Herculoids in the 80s.

 

[jwin615]

Those Mu-tron-y rectangles are fantastic.

I finished a tso this weekend too. Mine sounds good, but I wish it looked as cool as yours.

The little dude on the front reminds me of Gloop and Gleep from a cartoon called The Herculoids in the 80s.

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Gonna tell my grandkids this is @bean

 

[SlowAudio]

Thank you! I’m actually a huge Alex Toth fan!

Those Mu-tron-y rectangles are fantastic.

I finished a tso this weekend too. Mine sounds good, but I wish it looked as cool as yours.

The little dude on the front reminds me of Gloop and Gleep from a cartoon called The Herculoids in the 80s.

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[pigeonpedal]

This looks sick! 2nd the Mu-Tron look. Loving it.

 

[Gordo]

Holy crap that's a terrific enclosure. I like that look a LOT.

 

[SlowAudio]

Holy crap that's a terrific enclosure. I like that look a LOT.

Awesome! Thank you!

 

[Robert]

Saw this on Instagram recently, love that design! Would love to see a whole series of enclosures in this style.

 

[benny_profane]

Saw this on Instagram recently, love that design! Would love to see a whole series of enclosures in this style.

That's one way to drum up sales...

 

[T-Go]

Nice artwork! I'm currently brainstorming for artwork on my own General Tso's Compressor and I noticed your Mode switch is opposite from the build docs. Which one is correct?

 

[SlowAudio]

Nice artwork! I'm currently brainstorming for artwork on my own General Tso's Compressor and I noticed your Mode switch is opposite from the build docs. Which one is correct?

The build doc is correct. I messed up the labels.

 

[T-Go]

The build doc is correct. I messed up the labels.

Sorry to hear that. It happens. Thanks for letting me know.