Some older builds for friends: deflector, twin face, dragon's breath

[comradehoser]

Sorry, some have no gutshots since I don't have them.

pPCB deflector aka Spirit Architecture:



pPCB Twin Face aka Janus:



pPCB Dragon's Breath (can't remember what I called it)

 

[jcpst]

Is that pencil on the dragons breath? I really like the aesthetics on that one.

 

[giovanni]

The drawings are really cool!

 

[comradehoser]

Is that pencil on the dragons breath? I really like the aesthetics on that one.

Pencil under clear coat, yup, and thank you.

 

[hamerfan]

Cool looks.
Just a remark on the Dragons Breath. I socketed all crucial parts. The input caps on the Range pot and the transistor. I swapped the caps according to my guitars several times (now they are 4.7n and 33nF).
Recently I got some MP38a GE transistors. They work great and so I swapped the 2N2222a (hfe 155) to a MP38a (hfe 187) to get a smoother grit. The lower hfe MP38a's were a bit less compressed and more clear. The differences among them are not big though.

 

[comradehoser]

Cool looks.
Just a remark on the Dragons Breath. I socketed all crucial parts. The input caps on the Range pot and the transistor. I swapped the caps according to my guitars several times (now they are 4.7n and 33nF).
Recently I got some MP38a GE transistors. They work great and so I swapped the 2N2222a (hfe 155) to a MP38a (hfe 187) to get a smoother grit. The lower hfe MP38a's were a bit less compressed and more clear. The differences among them are not big though.

Thanks, I'll pass the info along to my friend who is the owner of the pedal. He's a synth head, so I'm sure it wouldn't be an issue to insert sockets and muck about.

 

[jcpst]

Thanks for sharing- I just picked up Moonn’s version of this, which includes a Si/Ge toggle. I was also thinking of adding the input attenuation pot that’s included in the mkII version by Catalinbread.