I've boarded the cheese wagon

dawson

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Greetings,
I've decided to add some breadth to my PPCB forum activity to dilute the percentage of elementary questions I've been posting recently, so here we have it:

PedalPCB's take on the famed Lovetone Big Cheese

This thing tastes good. It tastes real good.
I checked out this PCB to see what all the hype was about and after testing it, I couldn't get it into an enclosure fast enough. All sorts of sounds are possible with this thing, from a number of classic fuzz tones to a smooth overdrive that I was surprised to find: easy on the curds with the tone setting at the cheese-wedge, but since I don't need to use it as an overdrive, I've got it set to a nice dark fuzz- tight, but hairy, seen here:

I matched the control labels by ear using a few internet videos, so I could be wrong, but I'm 80% sure, which was good enough for me. Cow graphics etched into a 125B aluminum enclosure with ferric chloride.

Thanks for looking!
 
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Nice. I’ve been using gimp, it’s good but could be a bit more user friendly haha. Asking as a fellow etcher! I use good old glossy cardstock paper and caustic soda.
 
Neat- I tried the photo paper first but had poor results, no doubt due to poor technique. I broke down and got some of the paper that's made for the laser toner transfer because I know I'll be etching enclosures for awhile. Never tried the caustic soda, I'll have to go peep some of your build reports.
 
Ha! I had the opposite results, bad result with expensive toner transfer (PnP blue and the other PCB kind) but got some of the thinnest cardstock paper in bulk at an office supply store and it’s been wonderful. My technique is ever changing, I should have a build report up pretty soon of my latest build and method.
 
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