steviejr92
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You're preaching to the choir!
In all honesty man take your time, this circuit sounds incredible and my want/need for it isnt going anywhere! I've put this thread on watch to read up on those updates in the future!
New project stuff maybe?
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You're preaching to the choir!
In all honesty man take your time, this circuit sounds incredible and my want/need for it isnt going anywhere! I've put this thread on watch to read up on those updates in the future!
drgonzo1969
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There is plenty of room for artwork on this one. I have an extra 1590d I ordered years ago for a deadend fx Hooke. I think I may hack some upside down crosses for the vents and then paint it black. just an idea so far. but it could look rad with the tubes and leds illuminating them from behind 
Feral Feline
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Awesome configuration, ie there's a good amount of distance between the control set and the stompers and the stompers are not too close nor too far from each other.
vigilante398
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Yup, it helps that the enclosure is ginormous
Mike McLane
Active member
OK, so I get the 3D printed Strat body. . . . but what's the deal with the bass in the background???? Did Tayda have a sale on knobs and switches???
vigilante398
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Even worse, it's my latest rendition of a bass with an onboard tube preamp. In bottom to top order the pots go
- Volume, Treble, Mids, Bass, Gain
- Power On/Off, Preamp On/Bypass, Bridge Pickup On/Off, Neck Pickup On/Off
drgonzo1969
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What is the little digital display for? that is officially the coolest bass I have seen on here. that thing is wild.
owlexifry
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i'm gonna guess - possibly a similar method that folks use 'external/remote power' for active pickups like EMG does...
(i'd guess probably skipping out the battery altogether...)
vigilante398
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I can answer all of you at the same time. I power it with a 9.6V 1500mAh NiMH rechargeable battery. One of my specific goals when I designed it was to not need to be tied to a proprietary floor unit with a proprietary cable, I wanted it to behave just like any other active bass out there. Plug in any instrument cable to any pedal or amp and just go for it. I feel like if it has to be tied to a floor unit anyway then there's no real point in sticking the preamp inside the bass, just leave it on the floor.
The battery doesn't last forever, but it will run about 5 hours with the preamp on, and the back cover is held on with magnets so I can easily pop the battery out and pop in a fresh one so I can keep it charged between gigs (purely hypothetical, I play drums in my band). The little display on the front is a battery voltage meter, it lets me monitor the battery voltage so I know when it starts to dip below 9V it's time to pull it out and charge it.
A little off topic for this thread, but I like talking about gear, and this was a very fun project
drgonzo1969
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How much routing did you have to do under the pickguard? Is that dark spot on the back from the tube heating up or is that just wood grain? what material is that beautiful pickguard made out of?
vigilante398
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I did quite a bit of routing under the pickguard, but I have a CNC big enough to hold a body, so that wasn't difficult. The dark spot on the back is just wood grain.
The pickguard is one of my favorites I've done, it's aluminum that I milled out with the CNC and powdercoated with "prismatic cosmos" powdercoat then laser engraved. The engraving is the Mongolian national anthem written out in Mongolian old script. I'm not Mongolian, but my wife is, and I lived there for a few years, so it's a big part of my life.
drgonzo1969
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woah!!! I wouldnt have guessed powder coated aluminum. Thats fuckin sweet!
vigilante398
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Ceriatone
But yup it's fabulous. Best pedal platform amp I've ever played, it's like a chameleon with dirt pedals. It becomes whatever I feed it with.vigilante398
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Notch has been cut out to accommodate the middle screw in the 1590DD, and the MOSFET has been laid down to avoid hitting the lid. I want to spend a little time going over some other stuff to make sure nothing got broken while these were getting fixed, but if it all looks good I'll go ahead and get new boards on order.
