Maestro Fuzztain clone

[johnk_10]

Build Rating

5.00 star(s)

Just completed this one, a Maestro Fuzztain clone using an EAE PCB from Oshpark. It's mounted in a 1590B with all top jacks with relayed true bypass. I had the original a little while ago and it sounds just like it.














here's a pic of the orignal that i had:

 

[genXslacker]

I like the aesthetic of most of Maestro's older stuff, but your homegrown Fuzztain looks better than the store-bought. The polish on the aluminum looks excellent next to the gloss black.

I don't hate the Maestro by any stretch, but it looks like an '80s children's radio compared to their older stuff.

I know the Fuzztains are from the mid '70s, and I've heard they're built to survive some pretty rough treatment, but that's what the aesthetic puts me in the mind of.

Anyway, I'm already a fair hand at polishing aluminum, but I'd like to hear about what you've done to make the top graphic look so nice.

 

[johnk_10]

I like the aesthetic of most of Maestro's older stuff, but your homegrown Fuzztain looks better than the store-bought. The polish on the aluminum looks excellent next to the gloss black.

I don't hate the Maestro by any stretch, but it looks like an '80s children's radio compared to their older stuff.

I know the Fuzztains are from the mid '70s, and I've heard they're built to survive some pretty rough treatment, but that's what the aesthetic puts me in the mind of.

Anyway, I'm already a fair hand at polishing aluminum, but I'd like to hear about what you've done to make the top graphic look so nice.

I make a decal using white decal paper and design the printout with photoshop, then print it on a laser printer, cut it out with an exacto #11 blade on a cutting mat, then apply it to an enclosure that has it's face sanded with a Bosch orbital sander using 220 grit. I use micro-set to set the decal, then use multiple coats of Krylon matte finish on the decal. Once dried, I wet block sand it with 1000 girt 3M sandpaper, then finaly buff it on a large floor standing buffer with multiple menzena sold compounds.