Lovetone Doppelganger

[LaceSensor]

Hi

Heres the finished product for those of you who have followed this thread: http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=5742.0

For those of you that havent followed the thread, in summary, what I did was took my original v4 Lovetone Doppelganger, and removed the innards. Once out, I scanned the PCB on a flatbed scanner, and then used the images to create my own press'n'peel-able layout, using a combination of photoshop and good old ms paint.

Ive boxed this up in a nice stealthy matt black hammond 1550G case.
It works exactly like the original, but has a bit more range in the sweep which i actually quite like, because of the combination of LED/LDR I have used.

Hopefully a couple other members here will produce their own clones from my build doc
Quite proud of this as I did all the legwork for this myself, and Im glad to be able to give something back to the community.

Here are the pics:







I might make a video if I get time

[stecykmi]

very impressive!

[murdog47]

Looks amazing! Love to hear some sound clips  

[irmcdermott]

So awesome. I cannot wait to build one of these for myself. Thanks so much for this contribution.

[night-B]

Congrats! Matt black always look classy and durable 

[LaceSensor]

Just been playing this side by side with my "real" one and its got all the same sounds, with a tiny more spread at the extremes of the Span controls, like the very last 5% or so at either end.

Couldn't be happier with it.

[pickdropper]

I definitely want to give this one a go.

Has anybody started the smaller 1590bb layout?  If not, I might be willing to take a shot at it in Eagle.

[LaceSensor]

Im unsure how a 1590bb is gonna work, with 3 footswitches.

Probably a good idea would be to drop the phase/vibe footswitch, have that as toggle.
I tend to run it in phase mode mostly.

The true / spectral bypass could probably be omitted completely, the spectral is just an imitation of the old univibes which colour your tone even when off, and I never use it.

Someone else is working on it but if you have the time, more people working on it means more chance of success.

[night-B]

I'm on it, schem is 3/4 drawn. You can give it a try too!

[monkeyssj1]

wonderful job mang

[pickdropper]

I'm on it, schem is 3/4 drawn. You can give it a try too!

I'll try and take a look at the schematic later tonight when I get home.

[raulduke]

Epic work Lace. Thanks for doing this for the DIY community 

Looking forward to seeing the Schem when it appears.

I would be happy to do an 'open source' (.brd and .sch file) PCB layout (with PCB mounted pots etc) at some point if there is any need?

[RonaldB]

Great work,
looks really good. This will be a next build 

[MattOcaster]

Great work! Super classy build!
Must be great to start and develop a project by yourself!
Are you going to do a graphic for it? (usually my last consideration)

Would be awesome to see a PCB manufactured version,
The Meatball board that Taylor did was great.

[LaceSensor]

Great work! Super classy build!
Must be great to start and develop a project by yourself!
Are you going to do a graphic for it? (usually my last consideration)

Would be awesome to see a PCB manufactured version,
The Meatball board that Taylor did was great.

Im not really happy with the MeatSphere. I think its cos I used NSL-32 doesnt really sound close to a real one.

As for graphics Im quite enjoying the stealth look for now, and toner transfer doesnt really cut it on matt black.