You can see the difference with 4% Glasses on!!!
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Bricksnbeatles
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that’s *supposed* to be the case, but probably like 5% of the time the spacing and thicknesses are all over the place and certainly not fitting the normal pattern. Unfortunately it seems to happen most often where it’s reads as one semi-common value one way, and a different semi-common value the other.
Robert
Reverse Engineer
Sometimes I can't tell the difference with a 30x microscope.
They know how to really mangle them when it counts.
Every now and then I come across one that defies all logic. The value doesn't in any way match the color bands.
SillyOctpuss
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And now I'm hunting for black resistors just because they'll look cool FFSSpeaking of resistors.... Any of y'all know of (1/2w film; 1/4w carmon comp sized) black resistors? Ik some carbon comps are black, but those seem hard to track down and especially expensive ($2-3 per, instead of typical canon comp prices). Only others I've found are 10w, so of course way too large. IK, mojo & aesthetics bullcrap, its stupid, blah blah... I just want pretty looking black resistors for board I'll be building with exposed internals. don't want to have to break out the spray paint
DAJE
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Tone is in the resistor's colour scheme. The black ones are tonally superior. The lack of pigment means the electrons travel faster, bringing your toanz to the amp more powerfully.
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Feral Feline
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Geeze, now I need a bunch of black resistors for my None More Black build (I've already got an all red build planned)
SillyOctpuss
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Those are the resistors I found earlier. Daaaaaamn they look cool but Jeeeez they're massive
DAJE
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Expensive, too. So that means they must sound better, right?
Feral Feline
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Yeah, to be clear, earlier in the thread I wasn't laughing at Andare's or anyone else's optical issues,
just at the obsessive compulsive repetitive checking of resistor values that I share.
(further to optical issues: I have my own, related to depth perception)
just at the obsessive compulsive repetitive checking of resistor values that I share.
(further to optical issues: I have my own, related to depth perception)
Bricksnbeatles
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Yeah, the big black wire wounds are all I could find when I was looking, but I think that may just be because nobody in their right mind looks for resistors by color.
the black resistors are for my planned NMB build too. Funny you should say an all red build, because that’s also something I have planned, with a PCB set aside for it, when I eventually restock on WIMAs and also splurge for Dale resistors.
SillyOctpuss
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Well I've picked caps and diodes based on colour before so no reason to not colour coordinate my resistors.
Robert
Reverse Engineer
I've seen 1/2W black resistors in devices before but have no idea what brand they were.
Bricksnbeatles
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But then you vent see the mojo parts
Filterfx is a great project/pedal. Only wish is that the waveform selector was a rotary. Really like having the tactile snap to know when I am in a new waveform. Just ordered the digidelay w/ chipset to offset the shipping of the stomplfos for the Mama Flanger
DGWVI
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Rad to hear you like it. I don't think the waveform pot will annoy me too much, as I've been rocking a Ring Thing since they dropped, and it's waveform control is set up the same.
I was considering the DigiDelay, but I don't like delay enough to justify building another so soon, so decided against it. Now if it had a reverse mode....
Bricksnbeatles
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You can wire it up as a rotary offboard. If you use a deeper enclosure and long leg pots.
