What’s on *YOUR* workbench?

Aleph Null said:
It's a one-knob overdrive/distortion with voicing options. It's named after the cyclops of Greek mythology, not the Aion pedal. Since it took inspiration from the ZVex Super Hard On, it seemed apt to name it after the original one-eyed monster.
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Oh I figured. Just joshin ya. 🤣
I dig the idea and look forward to the upside down demo.
Maybe two cameras and a glass coffee table, like those scheisse parties?
 
jwin615 said:
Oh I figured. Just joshin ya. 🤣
I dig the idea and look forward to the upside down demo.
Maybe two cameras and a glass coffee table, like those scheisse parties?
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I was aware of the Aion pedal, but the joke was too good to pass up! I probably will end up doing some kind of split screen for the demo.
 
Binge build weekend #2 - finished up 4 and my backlog is clear until my Tayda enclosure order gets shipped. I've got some empty house time this week to crank up the amps and do more pedal try-outs.
  • PPCB Bootleg (JHS Moonshine)
  • Aion Andromeda Deluxe (Nordland ODR-C)
  • Aion Elysium (Ibanez EM5 delay)
  • PPCB Parthenon (Wampler Pantheon)
The Elysium was an interesting build with the custom IC and other digital circuitry; it sounds pretty decent, but nothing terribly exciting.
The Andromeda/ODR-C compares really well with my actual Nordland and that is one of my favorite drive pedals in general.
These are my first PPCB builds with the LED brightness 3PDT switch utility board.

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Getting a few more almost completed. A bass player friend of mine wanted a fuzz and he wanted something that would give him a square wave/octave vibe. My brain went to the MXR Blue Box, so the Mantle Fuzz it is. One for my friend, and one for me.

I wanted to mod it for bass so I researched here for the classic -1/-2 octave down mod on a switch. I also put the input cap on a blend pot. Cramming everything in the standard case is doable. The extra pot fits where the standard three-knob layout goes, especially with it wired into the board. The switch is where the LED would normally go, and I squeezed the LED in between. I need to test them one more time, but now that graphics are done, the cases are ready for clear coat. Maybe tomorrow they’ll be done???
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Musicjsmith said:
Getting a few more almost completed. A bass player friend of mine wanted a fuzz and he wanted something that would give him a square wave/octave vibe. My brain went to the MXR Blue Box, so the Mantle Fuzz it is. One for my friend, and one for me.

I wanted to mod it for bass so I researched here for the classic -1/-2 octave down mod on a switch. I also put the input cap on a blend pot. Cramming everything in the standard case is doable. The extra pot fits where the standard three-knob layout goes, especially with it wired into the board. The switch is where the LED would normally go, and I squeezed the LED in between. I need to test them one more time, but now that graphics are done, the cases are ready for clear coat. Maybe tomorrow they’ll be done???
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Every time we build for a friend, I had to build one for my self, also.
 
Wrapped up a Scabbard build.

I first read 8u2 as 8k2, ordered the wrong thing, then ordered an inductor that showed up comically oversized. Corrected that with a less huge inductor… which is still pretty huge for a pedal.

Robert mentioned the pad can just be jumpered — totally fair. I went the opposite direction and overbuilt it anyway. Very W8ST move.

The pedal sounds great. Harmonics jump out, it cuts through anything, and you can still bring the low end back in to fill space when needed. Loud without falling apart.

Read the silkscreen wrong, doubled down anyway, no regrets.

— W8ST
 

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Populating a Glyph Fuzz and wondering what to use for the three germ diodes.

Not a lot of build report activity on this one. Anybody do one of these and want to let me copy your homework?

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i started on the Magnetron Delay. Anyone else build one of these?
 

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giovanni said:
Very nice!!
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Thanks!... I ran some samples last week to see if it looked good.... turned out better than I expected. I should be able to get a couple coats a day on it and hopefully finished by end of this week... Been pretty chilly in the paint shop so everything is a bit slower to cure. Probably gonna hit it with another base coat tomorrow and maybe once with the flake before the end of the day. Will need two rounds of flake and at least 2-3 topcoats to bury the flake enough that it will polish out flat with no texture.
 
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