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This was a productive week for me. In addition to "Mr. Fusion," I just finished up my first Rat clone. Continuing with my quest for humorous graphics, I tried to think of what would be the opposite of a Rat. I thought of a cat, and the yellow PCB reminded me of the firecrackers I loved to light yesterday, I mean, when I was a kid.



This is another Aion board. It incorporates the "Ruetz" mod as well as select-able clipping. I purchased and installed the original LM308chips, but found that I actually prefer sound of LED clipping with the OP07 chips. But I always send the vintage and new spec chips to the new owners. They can decide for themselves.

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A friend asked me to make him a dual overdrive with graphics inspired by "Back to the Future." I used two Aion boards to make a Bluesbreaker based circuit that took the best of the Morning Glory and Prince of Tone, and an OD-820 on the other side. I used a GPCB "Easy Order Switch" to allow the user to switch effect order. The other enclosures I have will come with grey knobs, but the guy who ordered this one asked for clear ones.

I finished two of a batch of 4 Aion Tube Screamers. For the graphics, I took inspiration from Edvard Munch's "The Scream" Fun builds, and sound great.
The Sparkle White one has the "Fat" Mod with stock and Zendrive clipping. The gloss white was ordered with the "Bright Mod" and the same clipping. Powder coat and UV printing by PPP.

 This is my first non-kit OD build. I'm pretty happy with the results, both visually and from a sound standpoint. Thanks to Grind Customs and Guitar PCB for the boards!