jessenator
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maybe thought about fixing (or at least looking at) it themselves, and then dropped it, saw the broken resistor, and realized, "well, it's broke now..."
What’s on *YOUR* workbench?
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Or read on TGP that if you clip this leg and run it at 18-24v, the increased headroom...
gtfields13
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Jumped on the Fuzz Explorer at Huntington Audio before the sell out the batch.
I have another Fuzz Face (Twin Face) to build, and want to add a tone bender. Lots of Soviet transistors to use, and this will be a whole lot easier for dialing in the component specs.
I have another Fuzz Face (Twin Face) to build, and want to add a tone bender. Lots of Soviet transistors to use, and this will be a whole lot easier for dialing in the component specs.
vigilante398
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The bass tech for a band that has been my favorite for 20+ years emailed me today and said the band's bassist is interested in trying out a couple of my pedals for his new touring board. I said I will absolutely send him whatever he wants, and mentioned that I love the band. The tech then replied that the guitarist would love to try some things as well if there was anything else I wanted to send.
So now I have 9 pedals on the workbench that I will be finishing up this weekend to send them. I don't care if nothing happens long term and I lose money on this, my favorite band playing my pedals has been a literal dream of mine since I started doing this.
So now I have 9 pedals on the workbench that I will be finishing up this weekend to send them. I don't care if nothing happens long term and I lose money on this, my favorite band playing my pedals has been a literal dream of mine since I started doing this.
Feral Feline
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You better be prepared for the inevitable influx of orders once the teaming-masses see what's on the band's boards — I'm thinking they must be fairly well known if the band has it's own bass tech...
Post a pic and name-drop when you get a chance.
Post a pic and name-drop when you get a chance.
Feral Feline
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Can't even hazard a guess...
Thanks for the Clean & Clear schematic shot. Adding it to my collection...
And Big Monk's rendition:
Layout from FSB, I forget who specifically:
GOTA has a parts list floating around the forum for turning the PPCB ShamWah into an 846:
Hopefully this may be of some interest to you or benefit someone else.
owlexifry
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...no mods yet.
but tonight i captured a baseline demo of the stock circuit (+/- an SD-1 cos it’s good)
breadboarded with LF353 & TL072 opamps, J201 input buffer. (output buffer skipped, with A100K output volume pot - per GCI MT-2 schematic - otherwise completely stock per Boss schematic, with 1N4148 clipping diode pair)
[vote for the MT-2 here]
vigilante398
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It's definitely a very well-known band. I don't know if I'm allowed to publicly name-drop yet, but I'll find out.
Feral Feline
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I figured as much, Nathan — it'll be obvious when pics start showing up online or a rig-rundown etc... I figure it's fair-game by then and I'm more likely to see it here as I might miss it out in the wilds of the Interwebs.
owlexifry
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update:
i’m a doofus and misplaced the clipping diodes when i was trying out red leds (not much difference), so that whole demo was opamp distortion.
there, a mod - no clipping diodes.
with the gain set at 10o’clock, it doesn’t really sound that different on a glance, but on closer inspection, it does affect the EQ (limited), overall less scooped, it’s louder, the distortion is a bit looser, it’s less smooth, and the crunch has a unique character you don’t get with 4148 clipping diodes.
i’d say it’s worth exploring as a mod.
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PunchySunshine
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Some nice vibes for just a reamp box!
gtfields13
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Fama
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I did the "paper and adhesive plastic" thing I mentioned a while back, it looks a bit crummy up close (as was expected), but it's fine from a little further away, and the details of the graphic do show up much better (although it's still a bit dark).
Pics don't necessarily do it justice, because the sun has forsaken my land for the year already, but then that's kinda how it looks for the next ~4 months anyway.
Fama
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Aaand it's boxed, cue shitty attemps at taking photos in the dark!
I literally thought "hey that was the easiest off-board wiring ever!" while boxing it, and then stumbled into the same issue VanWhy reported here https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/effects-layouts-sasquatch-ii.21580/ twice. O1 and O2 pads need to be flipped, but the description page said "Fuzz pads", when they are actually the octave pads... so I did three surgeries, switching F1 and F2, switching them back, and switching O1 and O2 around. But it turned out ok in the end.
For Q6-Q7 it says to use NPN germanium transistors around 200hFE, I first tried some AC175's, but they had way too much leakage I guess. I tried 2N2222's just to verify it works ok, and wasn't blown away. Switched Q6 to a 2N3904 and it was better. In the end I went with (I think) an AC187-VI (or VII) in Q6, which had very low leakage, and still the 2N2222 in Q7. It's a bit... soft? But pleasant sounding, and as a bonus the germanium got rid of the background hiss (but is otherwise not really gated, or just very, very slightly). Octave is kinda meh, it's a bit thin sounding, but for leads or rhythm using the neck pickup it could be cool.
Nice pedal, but it's a disgrace he's still selling the old revision boards (well I bought mine 11/2024, so at least back then) with not as much as even a permanent marker scribble to remind you that there's an issue with it or anything in the build docs - only a mention on the product page.
I literally thought "hey that was the easiest off-board wiring ever!" while boxing it, and then stumbled into the same issue VanWhy reported here https://forum.pedalpcb.com/threads/effects-layouts-sasquatch-ii.21580/ twice. O1 and O2 pads need to be flipped, but the description page said "Fuzz pads", when they are actually the octave pads... so I did three surgeries, switching F1 and F2, switching them back, and switching O1 and O2 around. But it turned out ok in the end.
For Q6-Q7 it says to use NPN germanium transistors around 200hFE, I first tried some AC175's, but they had way too much leakage I guess. I tried 2N2222's just to verify it works ok, and wasn't blown away. Switched Q6 to a 2N3904 and it was better. In the end I went with (I think) an AC187-VI (or VII) in Q6, which had very low leakage, and still the 2N2222 in Q7. It's a bit... soft? But pleasant sounding, and as a bonus the germanium got rid of the background hiss (but is otherwise not really gated, or just very, very slightly). Octave is kinda meh, it's a bit thin sounding, but for leads or rhythm using the neck pickup it could be cool.
Nice pedal, but it's a disgrace he's still selling the old revision boards (well I bought mine 11/2024, so at least back then) with not as much as even a permanent marker scribble to remind you that there's an issue with it or anything in the build docs - only a mention on the product page.
tegendemuur
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Detachable amp "head" of my combo almost done. Thank god for covid, and the extra spare time at home messing with this curve that I wanted, with intense muscle pains and a dish towel for a handkerchief to catch all the nasal leakage, because it's not all fun. Hard to sit still in a bedroom that has all my work screaming at me (finish me! finish me!). Anyway, kerf bending is an absolute pain when not bending lengthwise. Manual cuts and a bit of soaking in hot water, and the bending itself spread over two days (initial bend, then the most outward kerfings (?) which were stubborn as hell).. Just needs a lid and some finishing touches.
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nshane
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The workbench is currently the art and print bench. My kid somehow managed to break two knobs and the footswitch on a mini Tubescreamer. So I'm building the...whatever this is. Yes, that's comic papyrus because it ain't easy being, again, whatever this is.
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Paradox916
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my brother started to learn guitar, so for Christmas I built up a simple pedal board for him
Wanted to keep it simple for him minimal number of knobs, he plays acoustic for now, small stone chorus, AD9 delay and a digital Amazon reverb, I couldn’t build a reverb for $36(which sounds much better than I thought for the price point. ) so we will see if this is enough to get him hooked.
Wanted to keep it simple for him minimal number of knobs, he plays acoustic for now, small stone chorus, AD9 delay and a digital Amazon reverb, I couldn’t build a reverb for $36(which sounds much better than I thought for the price point. ) so we will see if this is enough to get him hooked.
