What’s on *YOUR* workbench?

[Nostradoomus]

Of course I made the mistake of just assuming 6x mmbf4393 would work right off the bat. Q3/4 needed some help but it got there. I have two of these boards and the other one is definitely getting the Stones/Stoner as a foot switch. Just had surgery and have to do nothing active for a few days, oh my I am in hell!

 

[giovanni]

Pickup frequency response / impedance plot / guitar cable measuring setup. Of course, it didn't work properly when I had people come in to see it and hopefully learn something. Fecking Murphy!

Frequency response plots from left to right:
12' cable
5' cable
1' cable

with an Ibanez humbucker, ~10kOhm (at DC) into a 1Meg load.


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Wow that’s a considerable difference!!!

 

[JTEX]

Wow that’s a considerable difference!!!

The takeaway is that you can tune a pickup's response pretty much to your heart's content by changing the resistive and capacitive load across it. There is no magic involved.

 

[PunchySunshine]

Good thing I've worked on a lot of 80s fender circus boards to prepare me for this bbq! I like some char but this is outta hand! The pad came right off on the iron tip, I just sheepishly set it back and tried the resistor through the hole. It fit AND had continuity! Dumped some flux and very gently soldered. Tested again and it's all good! Changed out the four components the service bulletin said too and the sun fired right up! No pops or motorboats! Nice W!

 

[DGWVI]

Making a complex circuit even more so

 

[DailyDovetails]

A connector from a Trimble radio at work found its way into my workbench. Just a few broken wires that need to be reattached.

 

[Harry Klippton]

Tascam 414 mkii. Input 1 wasn't working. Wonder why

 

[Erik S]

Wonder why

I’m surprised I haven’t seen that before the way I trip over cords.

 

[KR Sound]

Just wrapped up assembling this J bass. Body is a 70s CV, neck is 60s CV which I had to shim 0.5°. I started to do some fret work as they were quite sharp and hung over a bit. Filed them down and will finish up with polishing whenever I get in the mood.

 

[Smrtokvitek]

I managed to put the King nothing together today.

 

[Guardians of the analog]

After I restored the vibro champ and put it in the frontman 25r cab I've been wanting to get rid of the blackface grill cloth and put the correct blue stripe silverface cloth. Got some and put it on yesterday. I've never done it before but it turned out ok. Also put the original 70s badge on the baffle.

 

[Harry Klippton]

More like what's in the sink?

 

[benny_profane]

More like what's in the sink?
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What a weird colander.

 

[xefned]

I dremmeled off the sides of a flat wrench to fit better inside an enclosure.



It's not as exciting as a Tascam colender, but now I can tighten my momentary footswitches without them spinning inside the enclosure.

 

[jimilee]

I dremmeled off the sides of a flat wrench to fit better inside an enclosure.

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It's not as exciting as a Tascam colender, but now I can tighten my momentary footswitches without them spinning inside the enclosure.

Lock washer will stop it from spinning, too, but where’s the fun in that?

 

[Erik S]

It's not as exciting

Few things get me more excited than custom tools.

 

[xefned]

Lock washer will stop it from spinning, too, but where’s the fun in that?

Oh gosh, I didn't know that's what they did.
I guess I should get some ½" lock washers.

 

[DGWVI]

Trying to work up the perfect Percolator for me. This one's got the stock specs, except for the transistors which are 2N2904 with hfe of 93, and a 2N3057 with hfe of 123. IR LEDs for a bit of extra volume. Super loud, clangy, and splatty with more than a hint of octave up when placed after a buffer. Big n spongy when direct from the guitar. Slightly lower noise floor than the last two germanium versions I built


And, added this 3d printed case to my recently acquired GM328

 

[Nostradoomus]

Spent most of today trying to get my laser back up and running after it fritzed out a few months ago. It’s back!

 

[PunchySunshine]

I got all revved up for a tranny swap.....turns out plugging it in works too.