SYLV9ST9R
Well-known member
Really liking this one, it will be a big plus playing direct in my mixing board to play with my other gear, or just to play into headphones.
It really makes the sound fuller and instantly more enjoyable both to play and listen.
I had trouble keeping my box caps straight, but pretty happy with my soldering on this one, getting better with every build. The only problem I faced was soldering the LED with polarity inverted. I know I’ll remember the Anode is the posi+ive side from now on… Unfortunately, I burned the LED pads unsoldering it, but thanks to @zgrav , I was able to solder it in the path (note to self: gotta learn to properly read schematics).
On the design side, I had bought a matte black enclosure as I tought it would look cool, but I quickly realized that I like my knobs to be labelled, just the way I am. So I did a quick and dirty underlay with some old gold model paint I had at hand (I actually bought that to repaint the numbers on my Strat knobs, but that’s another story). The paint was a bit sticky, but I left the imperfect lines as I liked their graininess, which looks good under the clear coat that is pretty glassy. I also had trouble with my decal, but after many coats and some wetsanding, the finished product looks good to my eyes.
It really makes the sound fuller and instantly more enjoyable both to play and listen.
I had trouble keeping my box caps straight, but pretty happy with my soldering on this one, getting better with every build. The only problem I faced was soldering the LED with polarity inverted. I know I’ll remember the Anode is the posi+ive side from now on… Unfortunately, I burned the LED pads unsoldering it, but thanks to @zgrav , I was able to solder it in the path (note to self: gotta learn to properly read schematics).
On the design side, I had bought a matte black enclosure as I tought it would look cool, but I quickly realized that I like my knobs to be labelled, just the way I am. So I did a quick and dirty underlay with some old gold model paint I had at hand (I actually bought that to repaint the numbers on my Strat knobs, but that’s another story). The paint was a bit sticky, but I left the imperfect lines as I liked their graininess, which looks good under the clear coat that is pretty glassy. I also had trouble with my decal, but after many coats and some wetsanding, the finished product looks good to my eyes.
