What’s on *YOUR* workbench?

[jimilee]

 

[PunchySunshine]

My buddy’s egnater 30 head. Found the problem pretty quick, lol. The heater shorted out on the B+ and cooked the board really good. I bypassed, spliced and replaced the fuse. She fired right up!

 

[PunchySunshine]

Finally finished up the making this vintage club 50 into a head. I’m quite pleased with it.

 

[Guardians of the analog]

I've been back on my old bullshit and building some vintage BBD pedals again. All non Boss stuff as well. Feeling reinvigorated I'm building some stuff that's been sitting in my board pile for the last couple of years. I have one project in particular I'm working on that has presented a unique challenge in the way of integrating a relay bypass because the cutout in the board simply will not fit a spst momentary footswitch. I was considering buying the lehle footswitch () but besides the price, I also don't like the look and branding of the switch. So I put on my thinking cap and decided to do some real diy. That broken ph-2 I bought 2 years ago is the gift that keeps on giving. I took the switch out of the pedal and got to work. I took apart a mini 3pdt switch with a hard click and attached the actuator to the boss reed switch and made my own switch that will fit this project. I'll mount the sheepy love mini relay under the board and keep things clean. Tested and it works perfectly.

 

[Gordo]

The VC50's are SERIOUSLY (OK I won't do that any more, it's way too Trumpy) cool amps. I repaired tons of them but just don't see them anymore. They had a tendency to cook themselves and St Louis Music support was really good until they weren't and then they were gone. Crate's should still be a major player.

 

[mckillacuddy]

Crate's should still be a major player.

Thank you! SLM was indeed the shit til they weren't

 

[jessenator]

a cheap-as scooter santa brought a number of years ago. Need to replace the charging port on it, and it's thankfully just two wires and not some other convoluted system.

a pox on whomever decided EVERYTHING THAT ISN'T A COMPUTER OR MOBILE also needed to be charged via USB-C (and then used the cheapest POS hardware to implement it)

 

[bluedmc777]

@Guardians of the analog Out of curiosity what vintage BBD pedals are you building?

On my bench sits another couple of easy drives. The Blue Yonder (Mizuki Blue) and the Carmine Od (Crimson Overdrive).

 

[Guardians of the analog]

@Guardians of the analog Out of curiosity what vintage BBD pedals are you building?

On my bench sits another couple of easy drives. The Blue Yonder (Mizuki Blue) and the Carmine Od (Crimson Overdrive).

Circuits of the MXR and EHX variety

 

[DGWVI]

Something acrobatic, and something oroidean

 

[Nostradoomus]

Circuits of the MXR and EHX variety

star chambre?

 

[Guardians of the analog]

star chambre?

I actually ordered a board for that but it's not currently on my bench. Eventually though

 

[Nostradoomus]

I actually ordered a board for that but it's not currently on my bench. Eventually though

It’s a gooder. I sold my vintage unit when I built it, it’s close enough and there’s no dumbass power cord coming out the side of it

 

[Nostradoomus]

I bought this then I heard about the noise issues. Seems some people have em and some don’t so we’ll see.

Stoked to get some stomplfo chips though. Shipping was cheap, fast and tariff free so no complaints so far.

 

[bluedmc777]

Something acrobatic, and something oroidean

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First time I’ve seen a pet used as a display

 

[Erik S]

First time I’ve seen a pet used as a display

That's just one member of the hardworking @DGWVI marketing team.

 

[DGWVI]

First time I’ve seen a pet used as a display

Peruse my build reports - it's a service they provide in exchange for treats and clean litterboxes

 

[MichaelW]

This was on my bench yesterday. Many thanks to @Fever2112 for sharing his gerbers for his Peak DCA75 breakout board.

I decided to forgo the banana plug on this iteration and made some loops with buss wire to clip my DCA leads to.

The ZIF socket is a faux-Textool from Amazon but works very well.
After getting it together I had to use it to sort through some transistors that I sent to a friend.
I also sorted through about 2 dozen SMD JFETs looking for one with a certain Vp.
Man, it's fast! You still need to put a little pressure on the SMD to get a good reading but its a lot faster than the other SMD testing jig I have.

The pads are the perfect size. I'm still toying with some idea on how to make the SMD placement even faster so stay tuned for that.





I mounted it on a piece of scrap wood with hot glue.


It's a pretty sweet little testing jig. See the breadboard above I was using before for TO-92 transistors. I'd say this is a quality of life upgrade

 

[Erik S]

This was on my bench yesterday. Many thanks to @Fever2112 for sharing his gerbers for his Peak DCA75 breakout board.

I decided to forgo the banana plug on this iteration and made some loops with buss wire to clip my DCA leads to.

The ZIF socket is a faux-Textool from Amazon but works very well.
After getting it together I had to use it to sort through some transistors that I sent to a friend.
I also sorted through about 2 dozen SMD JFETs looking for one with a certain Vp.
Man, it's fast! You still need to put a little pressure on the SMD to get a good reading but its a lot faster than the other SMD testing jig I have.

The pads are the perfect size. I'm still toying with some idea on how to make the SMD placement even faster so stay tuned for that.

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I mounted it on a piece of scrap wood with hot glue.
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It's a pretty sweet little testing jig. See the breadboard above I was using before for TO-92 transistors. I'd say this is a quality of life upgrade
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@Stickman393 wants to know why those guys have no arms.

 

[Vild]

Excited to get all these done (used some of what I had on hand on the boards before the tayda order)
Also got some proto boards from here that I'm excited to be able to mess with.