The 1590A Dilemma

[chris.knudson]

I always love the idea of building in a 1590A enclosure...until it's time to make it all fit in there and get it wired up.

 

[VanWhy]

I will say, it is pretty rewarding once everything is stuffed in there and it fires right up.

 

[chris.knudson]

I will say, it is pretty rewarding once everything is stuffed in there and it fires right up.

I know, but it's stressful. No matter how much I think I have it figured out, there's always something that I hadn't quite planned for, and it's not easy to get your fingers and the iron inside that little box.

 

[giovanni]

Man, I feel the same way about 1590B! I can’t even imagine doing what you’re doing!

 

[jwin615]

I just stick A boards in a B.
Side jacks eat up the size benefit
Tayda solid core made.me swear off 1590A

 

[chris.knudson]

Side jacks eat up the size benefit

I head you, but I just love the size of them. There's something about a guitar pedal that you can put into your pocket that I love. Also, you'd be surprised how many 1590As you can get on a Metro 16 board, and when you're hauling gear in and out of clubs and squeezing a five-piece band on a tiny little stage, you find out that size does matter.

 

[temol]

There's plenty of space there.. even for five 9mm pots

 

[chris.knudson]

There's plenty of space there.. even for five 9mm pots

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I'm not that ambitious...

 

[hamerfan]

I think we should start a thread like ‚The fine art of stuffing PPCB boards into a 1590a - show us your masterworks‘

 

[Diynot]

I use graph paper to plot out my drilling and I always try and get my jacks as close together and towards the top as possible. Using either an out-y power jack (at the risk of jack shame) or one of the tiny lumberg jacks helps to give you some wiggle room. You got this, just keep stuffing….

 

[CR0SSBL4DE]

I did a Diezel VH4 ch3 preamp in a 1590A as a gimmick/proof-of-concept of a topology I'm developing (this one uses only 1 dual opamp).

I ended up liking it so much, that I bought 7 more boxes to do other preamp designs in the same format.



PS: I actually got to test it just once, because I borrowed it to a friend to test and it ended up in his pedalboard for his live solo tone since then.

 

[chris.knudson]

To date, I've only built two 1590A projects -- an Acapulco Gold mod, and a PPCB Squidward (which I am still trying to get to work), but I have about 10 more planned. Once I get the Squidward working, I may try my hand at another one.

 

[coltonius]

I think we should start a thread like ‚The fine art of stuffing PPCB boards into a 1590a - show us your masterworks‘

Oh hell yes!


Mini Zen:

Mini Eternity:

Mini Lightspeed / Southland:


Also, I don’t want to suck my own tit or anything, but I once stuffed a Mini Bone into a 1590A. Does that make it a Micro Bone?

 

[chris.knudson]

Also, I don’t want to suck my own tit or anything, but I once stuffed a Mini Bone into a 1590A.

As a BB, that's no problem, but as an A neither of those is easy.

 

[temol]

Golden Pearl

 

[hamerfan]

Oh hell yes!
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Mini Zen:
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Mini Eternity:
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Mini Lightspeed / Southland:
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Also, I don’t want to suck my own tit or anything, but I once stuffed a Mini Bone into a 1590A. Does that make it a Micro Bone?

Good start, but show us the innards, thats where the fun is.

 

[PedalBuilder]

Good start, but show us the innards, thats where the fun is.

Not to mention the µBone. Four knobs and two switches in one of those things?!

 

[temol]

Not to mention the µBone. Four knobs and two switches in one of those things?!

Why not...?

 

[dan.schumaker]

How about 2 knobs and 4 switches?

 

[CR0SSBL4DE]

How about 2 knobs and 4 switches?

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whoa, insane to use 4 pt2399 and relay switching. Kudos!