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Title: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: eldanko on July 09, 2012, 06:19:31 PM
My wife is a huge Zelda fan.

As in, I was forced to buy a second Wii only a few months after selling our first one when my wife heard that there was a new Zelda game coming out.  So...

This is the Triforce Chorus.  It's a Pork Barrel + Road Rage housed in a translucent gold enclosure from PPP.  After my nightmarish experience with my MN3007-based Current Lover build, I was prepared for the worst with this one.  To my extreme pleasure, it fired up on the first try and sounds incredible.  I did the lush mod as well - the LED on the left is static, and the one of the right pulsates with the rate.  I <3 chorus.

Sorry for the crappy gut shot... I neglected to photograph the guts before attaching the charge pump to the lid...

(http://www.danekinser.com/gear/Triforce%20Chorus.jpg)

(http://www.danekinser.com/gear/Triforce%20Chorus%20Guts.jpg)
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: juansolo on July 09, 2012, 06:50:14 PM
Classy!
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: irmcdermott on July 09, 2012, 06:59:44 PM
Love this
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: greyscales on July 09, 2012, 07:02:01 PM
That's pretty awesome.
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: gtr2 on July 09, 2012, 07:50:04 PM
Awesome job Dane!


Josh
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: Bret608 on July 09, 2012, 07:50:46 PM
Oh my, that is lovely! Am I seeing a hot pink cap under that lid?

I love when someone does a chorus with non-obvious chorus colors!
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: G.G. on July 09, 2012, 08:22:45 PM
great job! I wanted to build my TriVibe with a Triforce theme but never got it together. Yours looks fantastic, great job getting it all in there.
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: MadPostman on July 09, 2012, 08:26:20 PM
Very slick. I love it. I just finished a Pork Barrel as well. I should have left a static LED too. Did you just leave the static LED wired as per the Standard Wiring Diagram and then add the LFO indicator mod?

The finish and decal are awesome.
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: jkokura on July 09, 2012, 08:28:18 PM
I bet it's a red 10nF Wima Cap...

Great work Dane, I like how slick it looks.

Jacob
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: nzCdog on July 09, 2012, 09:53:11 PM
nice build.  i soooo mn3007 regret selling my porkbarrel :(
will build again
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: TheCobbenator on July 09, 2012, 11:15:57 PM
Wow, this looks just great!! I've not been into chorus for a while, but this is pretty hot! Why haven't I made a Zelda-themed box yet??
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: ncdb07 on July 09, 2012, 11:24:27 PM
Very cool!
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: eldanko on July 10, 2012, 02:13:19 PM
Bret - Jacob guessed it - WIMA cap!

MadPostman - You are correct.  One LED for the mod, one LED wired straight to the switch.

FWIW, I picked up my MN3007s from Mojo Musical Supply for $6 apiece (compared to $11 at Small Bear) and all three of them were good.
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: Bret608 on July 10, 2012, 02:38:02 PM
Quote from: eldanko on July 10, 2012, 02:13:19 PM
Bret - Jacob guessed it - WIMA cap!

MadPostman - You are correct.  One LED for the mod, one LED wired straight to the switch.

FWIW, I picked up my MN3007s from Mojo Musical Supply for $6 apiece (compared to $11 at Small Bear) and all three of them were good.

Ah, one of the red Wimas! Those are pretty. On my not yet boxed up Cosmopolitan, I have some of those along with some blue Epcos and grey Kemets--if the latter were white, it would have looked as if I chose American flag-themed caps!

Checking out Mojo Musical Supply as soon as I post this...
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: DutchMF on July 10, 2012, 03:38:40 PM
Very nice build, can't understand why nobody has mentioned the nice knobs yet! Are those mini chickenheads?

Does anybody know if the depth-mod also works without the LED? I have 2 LEDs on my Porkbarrel as well, but I never look at the LFO-indicator, and it's not particularly bright. For the next one I build, I'd like to put the mod on a switch, and if it's necessary, I'll just put the LED inside the enclosure.

Paul
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: Roctopus on July 10, 2012, 07:35:48 PM
This is so killer! So epic  :o
Title: Re: Triforce Chorus - Pork Barrel @ 15V
Post by: eldanko on July 10, 2012, 07:46:32 PM
Mini Chickenheads are teh best.

I had actually designed this for oversized MXR-style knobs, but either the knobs I ordered were a little too big or the vector representations of them I was using in Illustrator were sized a little small.  Either way, the mini chickenheads did just fine.