My Take on the MBP Phase 90 (nomnom)

[genXslacker]

Build Rating

4.00 star(s)

Aesthetically, it's hard to beat a 1590B. This one is a Love My Switches CNC Pro. I'm not CNC-equipped, but I dig the rounded edges on their box. It's my current favorite enclosure, and I look for boards that fit.

Apologies to Fairfield Circuitry for jocking their style. It's quick to mimic, and I like the look.

The 2N5952's are a tight match, and it phases deep, yo. Glad I read Keen's matching article.

If I was more of a phaser guy, I would have busted out the WIMAs, but I did test every part for tolerance. (Chorus is my true modulation love, with flange a distant second.)

My manageable (but real) OCD makes me hyper-aware of every cap with off-center leads, but, as usual, I sacrificed looks for tolerance.

That said, tear me up. I consider myself a decent paint-by-numbers builder (no deep EE understanding), but I'm ready to hear how to make better builds.

 

[dcfvgb]

Looks great, clean build, love the graphics esp "phase 73", nothing wrong here. Have you ever looked inside an 80's boss pedal? *Cringe*

My GF has OCD. She says my builds look like a box of candies. She looked at the gut pic and said that is a very pretty box of candy.

 

[genXslacker]

Looks great, clean build, love the graphics esp "phase 73", nothing wrong here. Have you ever looked inside an 80's boss pedal? *Cringe*

My GF has OCD. She says my builds look like a box of candies. She looked at the gut pic and said that is a very pretty box of candy.

Thanks to you both for the kind words. I've had an '80s DM-2 since the early '90s. I'm going to have to open it now and take a look... or maybe I shouldn't.

Hopefully your girlfriend's OCD is as manageable as mine. Mine leans heavily toward the O side, meaning that it's not obvious to those around me that I have it till I mention it. A low-dose head-med script and reminding myself that I'm obsessing over something with no real-world consequences when I catch myself in a perseveration loop keeps me on an even keel.

I can laugh at myself when I have thoughts like, "Well, this whole build is scrap," if I solder a resistor in with the tolerance band the "wrong" way around. But it's a safe bet I'm going to spend whatever time it takes to desolder it neatly and put a new one in the "right" way. God help us all if I melt the corner of a box cap.

 

[Band of Dans]

Nice build! I just finished one of these as well but mine is much less neat. I used a set of matched 2SK208’s from Aion, pre-soldered to daughter boards and could not figure out how to get them to fit neatly given the height constraints of a 1590B and the close placement on the board, so they’re just kind of piled in there. Your build confirms TO-92s fit much better, heh.

Curious what you do to fill the stamped letters and finish the enclosure. Looks like some kind of chemical wash but it could be the lighting.

 

[genXslacker]

Curious what you do to fill the stamped letters and finish the enclosure

It's black paint from a paint maker. One of these: https://a.co/d/05F5IxH1.

I was shopping for black just yesterday and only saw the whole set on Amazon. I nabbed the one I've been using from my wife. I like it because it's glossier than Sharpie's black paint marker. I don't think I'll splash out nearly $30 on a variety pack when all I need is black.

Thanks for the kind words

 

[pricklyrobot]

It rocks that they’re marketing markers specifically for painting faces on rocks!

I’ve had good luck with the DecoColor brand of paint markers. Paint holds up well on metal, and the marker tips don’t dry up after a few weeks/months like others I’ve tried.

 

[genXslacker]

It rocks that they’re marketing markers specifically for painting faces on rocks!

I’ve had good luck with the DecoColor brand of paint markers. Paint holds up well on metal, and the marker tips don’t dry up after a few weeks/months like others I’ve tried.

That's good to know. Sharpie paint markers are bad, in my experience, about drying up.