Sea Horse (The Belafonte)

[thedwest]

Just finished up the Sea Horse build. Fun pedal with a lot of flexibility. Will probably take a while to dial but its fun to play with. I havent been that happy with how my waterslides have been turning out so, after reading the enclosure decoration thread, I tried my hand at printing a paper faceplate. I didn't have any spray adhesive, so i used a glue stick and let it dry for a while before hitting it with the clear coat. We'll see how it holds up in the long run but I'm pretty pleased with the look of it. I also used one of the Tayda predrilled enclosure for the first time and it definitely speeds up the process.

 

[zgrav]

looks nice. I also like the blue nut on the footswitch.

 

[geekmacdaddy]

Lovely

 

[jjjimi84]

Super nice looking! Where do you get the foot switch nuts?

 

[thedwest]

Super nice looking! Where do you get the foot switch nuts?

Thanks! I got a few them a little while back from Love My Switches. This is the first build I've used one on where I thought it looked appropriate. https://lovemyswitches.com/anodized-aluminum-nut-for-foot-switches/

 

[chongmagic]

Love it, one of my favorite movies!

 

[thedwest]

Love it, one of my favorite movies!

Mine too! Since the original pedal and the PCB went the aquatic theme, I decided to run with it.

 

[Ktid]

I dont have my pcb yet but the build docs come with a "3mm red" for Diode D1? This is just a small light correct, but I do not see it on the build doc schematic. Did you have one?

 

[moonlightpedalbuilds]

Turn on the pedal. Grab the strings and fretboard. Max out amp volume. Max pedal Depth. Do you hear ticking from the LFO?

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

Looks great! I have one of these in the queue. I like using the BLMS nuts on my pedals too, when I'm not using the light-up stomp switches. Was it tricky tightening the nut without knackering the paper label?

 

[Chuck D. Bones]

I dont have my pcb yet but the build docs come with a "3mm red" for Diode D1? This is just a small light correct, but I do not see it on the build doc schematic. Did you have one?

It's on the schematic, bottom center, next to IC4.2. FYI, this LED serves 2 or 3 purposes:
1) Indicates the pedal is engaged
2) Indicates the LFO speed
3) Creates a non-linear VCO control voltage (rev 1 only)

Yes, 3mm is a small LED.

 

[thedwest]

Looks great! I have one of these in the queue. I like using the BLMS nuts on my pedals too, when I'm not using the light-up stomp switches. Was it tricky tightening the nut without knackering the paper label?

I like the light up ones that I’ve seen on your pedals. I just haven’t gotten around to getting any yet. Wasn’t really hard tightening. I had a nut on the inside and tested it on another enclosure so I knew where to set the inside nut so that the outside nut tightened squarely.

 

[BurntFingers]

Turn on the pedal. Grab the strings and fretboard. Max out amp volume. Max pedal Depth. Do you hear ticking from the LFO?

Yes. Mine does. It's not that noticeable but it's impossible to unnotice if that makes sense.

 

[thedwest]

Turn on the pedal. Grab the strings and fretboard. Max out amp volume. Max pedal Depth. Do you hear ticking from the LFO?

I’ll check mine when I get a chance and let you know.

 

[moonlightpedalbuilds]

Yes. Mine does. It's not that noticeable but it's impossible to unnotice if that makes sense.

Makes perfect sense. I built two of these with 1/4watt resistors. I wonder if 1/8watt resistors would fix the tick.

 

[zgrav]

Makes perfect sense. I built two of these with 1/4watt resistors. I wonder if 1/8watt resistors would fix the tick.

unlikely that the wattage on the resistors would make a difference in the sound, even a small one.

 

[BurntFingers]

I just finished mine today as well.

 

[Ktid]

It's on the schematic, bottom center, next to IC4.2. FYI, this LED serves 2 or 3 purposes:
1) Indicates the pedal is engaged
2) Indicates the LFO speed
3) Creates a non-linear VCO control voltage (rev 1 only)

Yes, 3mm is a small LED.

Ok thanks man. Looking at the pedal it is based on, I thought maybe that was a second LED to indicate LFO speed.