Loft Dual Fuzz

[Robert]

I'm working on the Loft Dual PCB today...

Let's take a vote, would you prefer a 1590BB or 125B?

The circuit is small enough to fit but I've been shying away from dual footswitches in 125B enclosures, so, let's see what everyone else prefers.

 

[manfesto]

I’m team “smaller is better” / “easier to put a small board in a big enclosure than the other way around”

 

[Harry Klippton]

What is it?

 

[benny_profane]

I’ve found diminishing returns with dual foot switches on a 125B. It gets crowded quickly and I end up spacing them away from other pedals—defeating the purpose a bit.

 

[Nic]

125B leaves you the option of boxing it in a bigger box ... reverse, not so much.

 

[Hirti]

Is this one the EQD Spires?

 

[Laundryroom David]

strongly prefer 1590BB over 125B for dual footswitches

duals in a 125B gives me horrible flashbacks to some 1590A builds I did…shudder … the stress is real

 

[Mentaltossflycoon]

My 13 wides do just fine with dual switch 125bs.

 

[finebyfine]

125b with intelligent relay style single footswitch control 👁

 

[Feral Feline]

Well 1590N1 is just fine for dual footswitches if you make it a horizontal layout — but it's still gotta be top jacks...

I, too, have gunboats such as Mentaltossflycoon, but am much clumsier I am sure. Beginning to think portrait 1590BB is good for dual footswitches (and of course horizontal 1590BB).


The real problem is if you've got a couple (or more) dual-footswitch 1590N1 pedals next to each other on the pedalboard...


One more thing about 1590BB...\

More space for graphics!


I hope the loft inspires you all.

 

[Billyhank]

1590BB gets my vote.

 

[jwin615]

Old thread/kick in the ass.
125b layout BUT duplicate two of the three pot pads so that you can rotate the pots 90° for a 1590?
So each pot, or 2/4 pots have 5 pads allowing the user to choose box size.

 

[Feral Feline]

Old thread/kick in the ass.
125b layout BUT duplicate two of the three pot pads so that you can rotate the pots 90° for a 1590?
So each pot, or 2/4 pots have 5 pads allowing the user to choose box size.

Which 1590?

1590...

LLB​

LB​

H​

Y​

A​

G​

G2​

B​

B2​

BS​

B3​

BB​

BB2​

BBS​

Q​

KK​

J​

XX​

X​

P1​

DD​

BX2​

BX​

Oh, I forgot one.
1590N1, or more commonly called a 125B.

 

[KR Sound]

Which 1590?

1590...

LLB​

LB​

H​

Y​

A​

G​

G2​

B​

B2​

BS​

B3​

BB​

BB2​

BBS​

Q​

KK​

J​

XX​

X​

P1​

DD​

BX2​

BX​

Oh, I forgot one.
1590N1, or more commonly called a 125B.


View attachment 59687

Some of those “non-standard” ones would be cool to use.

 

[jwin615]

Which 1590?

1590...

LLB​

LB​

H​

Y​

A​

G​

G2​

B​

B2​

BS​

B3​

BB​

BB2​

BBS​

Q​

KK​

J​

XX​

X​

P1​

DD​

BX2​

BX​

Oh, I forgot one.
1590N1, or more commonly called a 125B.


View attachment 59687

Bigger than a B but smaller than a DD

 

[Feral Feline]

I think the 1590Q is criminally underrated and underused. It has 1mm more depth clearance than the ubiquitous B, so circuits should fit in fine the Q where a BB prevents top-jacks and it'll be the same height as vertical N1s on the pedalboard.

I'm particularly fond of the Trapezoids. Not sure what pricing is like now, but the TRPB was MUCH cheaper than a B2 last I checked, when I bought a few.

	H mm	W mm	D mm
B2	112	60	34
TRPB	112	61.5 / 79	35

There are a few 1550 series worthy of putting a build into them.

I went through the entire Hammond catalogue long time ago making note of which might be suitable for my builds, so tried to keep depth below 38mm (about 1.5"), the height of a BBS.

For instance, the KK is a nice sized square of 125x125 (4.9"x4.9") but the depth is a whopping 53mm (slightly over 2").

The DD vs D, they're the same height and width but the DD is a superb 33mm depth whereas a D is a rude-obnoxious 56mm.


I'm always cramming more schtuff than should go in any given size, so one millimetre makes a huge difference between whether the lid will go on or not; I was delighted when Hammond came out with the B2, B3 and BB2.



Anyway, I've digressed — this thread is pitting the N1 against the BB.

I was undecided before, so would've been happy with any Loft PCB.
I'll change my vote to portrait BB, a fairly happy compromise as it's the height of an N1, so will match with the plethora of PPCB builds we all have (or have yet to build), but is a little bit wider to accommodate those of us who wear gunboats for shoes.