Erik S
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I spent a lot of time this summer prepping enclosures, but this is the first pedal I've finished since I did a Magnetron delay in April. I let a friend buy that one, and I've been missing it. I was hoping this would fill that void for me, and it definitely does.
Weirdly I've built some noisy pt2399 pedals and couldn't stand them, but having control over it with the noise knob, I'm into it. I spent a bunch of time running this with the noise and warble both maxed out and having a great time.
The build doc called for a 2n5089 with hfe >800 in Q1 and explained that the big hfe there = big warble. I tested 20 or 30 and the highest I found was 650, so I do wonder what that would be like with more oomph, but the chorus-y modulation I'm getting is pretty great. I have another one of these to build, and that one will get something with even lower hfe, so maybe I'll try the pot mod from 25k - 50k outlined in the build doc.
I bought some six lug DPDT stomps so I could do these up Aleph Null style, but when I gave them a couple test clicks, they just didn't feel right to me, so I went with a trusty Tayda blue instead.
In general I'm happy with my current enclosure system - posca lettering and matte clear epoxy spray paint, but once in a while there's a funny reaction where a particular posca pen wants to bead up on a particular enclosure instead of flowing out nicely. I don't know if it's some residual solvent on there from wiping it down, or maybe insufficient cleaning, but this was one of the bad ones. It's readable, but the ugly edges are still disappointing.
Weirdly I've built some noisy pt2399 pedals and couldn't stand them, but having control over it with the noise knob, I'm into it. I spent a bunch of time running this with the noise and warble both maxed out and having a great time.
The build doc called for a 2n5089 with hfe >800 in Q1 and explained that the big hfe there = big warble. I tested 20 or 30 and the highest I found was 650, so I do wonder what that would be like with more oomph, but the chorus-y modulation I'm getting is pretty great. I have another one of these to build, and that one will get something with even lower hfe, so maybe I'll try the pot mod from 25k - 50k outlined in the build doc.
I bought some six lug DPDT stomps so I could do these up Aleph Null style, but when I gave them a couple test clicks, they just didn't feel right to me, so I went with a trusty Tayda blue instead.
In general I'm happy with my current enclosure system - posca lettering and matte clear epoxy spray paint, but once in a while there's a funny reaction where a particular posca pen wants to bead up on a particular enclosure instead of flowing out nicely. I don't know if it's some residual solvent on there from wiping it down, or maybe insufficient cleaning, but this was one of the bad ones. It's readable, but the ugly edges are still disappointing.
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