What’s on *YOUR* workbench?

[Fama]

Second pedal this week! This is the Frost drive, in case it's not obvious. This also fired up without issues (well, first time I had a grounding issue with the jacks due to not removing the powder coat, I did that on one of the jacks and that was instantly fixed) just like the Aberration fuzz, which is a nice boost of confidence after the Sugarbag disaster.

Also again thanks to @Passinwind for the suggestion to sand the LED's surface, it's a little bit of effort to get it smoothly sanded but I absolutely love the super diffused LED's without needing a bezel or anything.

 

[Harry Klippton]

Replacing a keystone button on this Epiphone flying V and cleaned a dirty tone pot for a customer

 

[Harry Klippton]

And one for @Erik S I'm still trying to drill out these set screws to take the PTO clutch off my tractor.


There are 3 mounting holes and each one has a pair of screws. It's been slow go and sucks

 

[Erik S]

And one for @Erik S I'm still trying to drill out these set screws to take the PTO clutch off my tractor.
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There are 3 mounting holes and each one has a pair of screws. It's been slow go and sucks

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I’ve put in some time drilling out screws. Slow and sucky sounds like the right approach. Nice feeling when it works though.

 

[andare]

cleaned a dirty tone pot for a customer

How does it feel to be a glorified dishwasher?
And look at that jar of jam next to the soldering station. So much for not eating around lead

The guitarist in a local trio has a Flying V, it really looks the part on stage. Too bad they play the blues haha. Is it better balanced than Explorers and Firebirds?

 

[andare]

Building the Copper Clad Fuzz and look at the Vf of this D9E diode. Is my tester out of its mind or is it a fake? Shouldn't it be much lower, like 350mV?

 

[KR Sound]

Building the Copper Clad Fuzz and look at the Vf of this D9E diode. Is my tester out of its mind or is it a fake? Shouldn't it be much lower, like 350mV?

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Same here:

 

[Harry Klippton]

How does it feel to be a glorified dishwasher?
And look at that jar of jam next to the soldering station. So much for not eating around lead

The guitarist in a local trio has a Flying V, it really looks the part on stage. Too bad they play the blues haha. Is it better balanced than Explorers and Firebirds?

That's my garage workbench. The (empty, washed) jam jar is for gasoline dribbles, solvents, lacquers, or whatever else

 

[andare]

Same here:

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Is less forward voltage better for distortion? I found one that's 491mV

 

[KR Sound]

Is less forward voltage better for distortion? I found one that's 491mV

Right. The lower the value, the greater the degree and onset of distortion.

From most to least distortion:

1. Schottky
2. Ge
3. Si
4. LED

 

[MobyOctopad]

Same here:

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Does the forward voltage look similar if you've measured it on a DMM? I know old threads on the forum have said the TC-1 does a passable-ish job on Ge transistors, not sure if it also has some limitations when measuring Ge diodes as well

 

[KR Sound]

Does the forward voltage look similar if you've measured it on a DMM? I know old threads on the forum have said the TC-1 does a passable-ish job on Ge transistors, not sure if it also has some limitations when measuring Ge diodes as well

It actually reads 0.272 on my DMM. Thanks!

 

[andare]

It actually reads 0.272 on my DMM. Thanks!

Mine reads 0.339V

I guess we're good then. Still, I think I'll use sockets

 

[KR Sound]

Mine reads 0.339V

I guess we're good then. Still, I think I'll use sockets

Ya, the TC-1 now only gets used for resistors, caps, and component orientation from now on!

 

[KR Sound]

Made some cables this morning from a few different plugs and cable types. Seems pretty easy enough. I might get creative with cable colors and heat shrink sometime, ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

I’m wondering if I should try to make some type of mechanical connection to the plugs with the center wires there’s not a whole lot of room in these.

 

[keevohn]

Picked up this Kay 703C amp from a yard sale for twenty bucks. It's in nice cosmetic shape, except for the mouse nest stuffed inside the chassis. Cleaning it out revealed the intact original circuit. I'm planning to recap and install an isolation transformer later this fall.

 

[Harry Klippton]

Picked up this Kay 703C amp from a yard sale for twenty bucks. It's in nice cosmetic shape, except for the mouse nest stuffed inside the chassis. Cleaning it out revealed the intact original circuit. I'm planning to recap and install an isolation transformer later this fall.

Cute. I like it

 

[andare]

Ya, TC-1 has not gets used for resistors, caps, and component orientation from now on!

I find it reliable enough but it reads many Ge trannies as diodes and I guess it has trouble with diodes as we found out

 

[KR Sound]

So I’m playing around with this Red Ranger boost, and I’m wondering if it makes sense to be able to turn the volume down. Isn’t that against the purpose of it?

 

[Gordo]

Not really. I use one from time to time to stay at a similar gain but tilt it in favor of the top end and dump a few lows. Can really add clarity especially if your amps already breaking up a bit or give you a clean sound with a bit of sizzle.