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I have a buddy who wanted "something interesting" so I decided to make him a Zapper and figured I would make myself one as well. It's the first time I used the no-film waterslide and I really love the way that it turned out. I have a lot to learn about getting it done more cleanly, but I am really happy with how it looks. I did have some issues with the powder coating on these pedals though in that it chipped off a few places when I did my drilling, which is not something I have had happen before and almost all of the enclosures I've used have been Tayda powder coats, so that was a little strange. Not too big of a deal as most of them are covered up, but there is one that shows a bit around the LED bezel. Maybe it was a bum batch, or something particular to the color, or I was doing something differently. Guess I'll find out next time I do some drilling.
When I finished these the other day I had one that didn't work and assumed that the one that was working was not working properly. I was more frustrated with myself than anything and let that spill over in to this. Anyways, I'm just a dummy who put an IC in upside down so it was an easy fix.
The guts are not as clean as I expect from myself - I had some heat-shrink fall off while finagling things and didn't notice (I need to use a different color than the wire I use!) and left the sleeve and +/- wire too long but it's not terrible and everything works well so I'm happy.
This is a strange beast and requires some time and experimentation, especially on bass, but it can do some really interesting things once you can get a feel for how changing the frequency and bandwidth play with each other, but there are some very usable tones in this thing. I do wish that the gain had some more grit and drive to it, though. That would be a good area to come back to some day and try to improve upon when I have more experience.
When I finished these the other day I had one that didn't work and assumed that the one that was working was not working properly. I was more frustrated with myself than anything and let that spill over in to this. Anyways, I'm just a dummy who put an IC in upside down so it was an easy fix.
The guts are not as clean as I expect from myself - I had some heat-shrink fall off while finagling things and didn't notice (I need to use a different color than the wire I use!) and left the sleeve and +/- wire too long but it's not terrible and everything works well so I'm happy.
This is a strange beast and requires some time and experimentation, especially on bass, but it can do some really interesting things once you can get a feel for how changing the frequency and bandwidth play with each other, but there are some very usable tones in this thing. I do wish that the gain had some more grit and drive to it, though. That would be a good area to come back to some day and try to improve upon when I have more experience.