I've received shipping notification from the manufacturer for the pre-order boards this morning. This means that the pre-order boards will actually start shipping on Nov.16th or 17th since it usually takes about three days to get them to TN. I've kept all the pre-orders well organized so I expect to start sending them out the same day. It might take a couple of days to get everything out....the pre-order thing was a huge success (yay) but it takes a bit of time to bag and tag 100+ orders.
Thanks to everyone who participated. I feel comfortable enough with the process that I will do pre-ordering again for the next batch of projects.
On that note, I'm actually quite close to placing the next order. The past three weeks have been absolutely frustrating as hell. Every single build, prototype, idea has had problems (none of which are important enough to go into). It's a bit discouraging...yesterday I found myself saying "okay, let's build the next failure", ha ha. But, I've slogged through the issues one by one and passed a tipping point, so to speak. I'm quite energized to keep things moving at a fast pace.
Anyway, I'll have more details at the end of the week on what the next batch will be. I expect there to be between 5-7 additional projects. I would like to get at least ONE sub-mini tube project in there, and one or two of the baby boards.
Also, we are going to get this end of the year contest going. I've been dragging ass on that but I will touch base with the party planners ASAP so we can have something announced. Prizes will be offered, women will swoon, and pets will rejoice.
And in case any one is wondering, I am, indeed, keepin' it real.
Quote from: madbean on November 14, 2011, 02:54:15 PMI expect there to be between 5-7 additional projects. I would like to get at least ONE sub-mini tube project in there, and one or two of the baby boards.
:) :) :)
Very exciting; thanks for all the hard work.
I've got all my parts ready. I can't wait to get frustrated started.
The pre-ordering must help quite a bit so I think it's a great idea. I will continue to support it.
Wow- I get frustrated when one of my builds doesn't work, and those are already verified by someone else. I can't imagine what you must go through designing these things 5 & 6 at a time. Anyway, good luck to you and keep up the great work!
Stoked about the upcoming projects!
Quote from: madbean on November 14, 2011, 02:54:15 PM
And in case any one is wondering, I am, indeed, keepin' it real.
At least that!! :)
Quote from: madbean on November 14, 2011, 02:54:15 PM
Also, we are going to get this end of the year contest going. I've been dragging ass on that but I will touch base with the party planners ASAP so we can have something announced. Prizes will be offered, women will swoon, and pets will rejoice.
Personally I'm in it to crush my enemies, see them driven before me and to hear the lamentations of the women. *nods*
After all that whining this morning I got my sub mini version of the Rump Roast going. Mother of god it sounds good! Hands down one of the best overdrives I've played.
A bit loud.
Brian, you are my hero!
Quote from: madbean on November 14, 2011, 06:02:06 PM
After all that whining this morning I got my sub mini version of the Rump Roast going. Mother of god it sounds good! Hands down one of the best overdrives I've played.
A bit loud.
8) 8) 8)
Quote from: madbean on November 14, 2011, 02:54:15 PM
Anyway, I'll have more details at the end of the week on what the next batch will be. I expect there to be between 5-7 additional projects. I would like to get at least ONE sub-mini tube project in there, and one or two of the baby boards.
SWEET. ;D Particularly looking forward to baby boards. Tiny pedals FTW!
Quote from: saxoftenest on November 14, 2011, 08:06:45 PM
Quote from: madbean on November 14, 2011, 02:54:15 PM
SWEET. ;D Particularly looking forward to baby boards. Tiny pedals FTW!
+1 and then he mentioned the tube overdrive and now I am all like what should I buy next !!!!
Quote from: marmaliser on November 14, 2011, 09:03:16 PM
+1 and then he mentioned the tube overdrive and now I am all like what should I buy next !!!!
Exactly. Anybody who asks me for birthday/Christmas present ideas these days, I just send them Madbean's website link with the statement, "No, not looking for anything in particular. Surprise me."
Also, for the amount of time I spend reading this board, 5 posts is a joke. Going to have to start chiming in. :)
Thanks for the hard work! Keep 'em coming ;D
Quote from: madbean on November 14, 2011, 06:02:06 PM
After all that whining this morning I got my sub mini version of the Rump Roast going. Mother of god it sounds good! Hands down one of the best overdrives I've played.
A bit loud.
Yeeeeeehaw!
Quote from: madbean on November 14, 2011, 06:02:06 PM
...I got my sub mini version of the Rump Roast going. Mother of god it sounds good! Hands down one of the best overdrives I've played.
A bit loud.
Very interesting...
Quote from: juansolo on November 14, 2011, 05:10:03 PM
Personally I'm in it to crush my enemies, see them driven before me and to hear the lamentations of the women. *nods*
Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!
Quote from: dwstanford on November 15, 2011, 06:42:08 AM
Quote from: juansolo on November 14, 2011, 05:10:03 PM
Personally I'm in it to crush my enemies, see them driven before me and to hear the lamentations of the women. *nods*
Let me tell you of the days of high adventure!
:D This is best in life.
(http://cdn3.sbnation.com/imported_assets/354172/im-with-coco.jpg)
Quote from: madbean on November 14, 2011, 02:54:15 PM
On that note, I'm actually quite close to placing the next order. The past three weeks have been absolutely frustrating as hell. Every single build, prototype, idea has had problems (none of which are important enough to go into). It's a bit discouraging...yesterday I found myself saying "okay, let's build the next failure", ha ha. But, I've slogged through the issues one by one and passed a tipping point, so to speak. I'm quite energized to keep things moving at a fast pace.
Anything I can leand a hand with? Drop me a PM :)
QuoteI would like to get at least ONE sub-mini tube project in there.
If you need any help with these Sub-minis too, I might be able to help out as coincidentally i'm working on some projects for them as we speak... I might have a circuit idea that could be of interest...
Also cool as I still ahve about 4 submini's kicking about that need using for something.
I cant wait to see what all you have been working on man
Right on! Your doing so much greatness and making it available to all of us. I'm still in awe that you tackled the EM and DMM projects. That is a quite an accomplishment I must say! I will be ordering these new boards, probably when the next batch drops (hopefully they aren't all sold out!).
I must ask, what's the word w/ the moodring and weener wah?
The Moodring is dead in the water ATM. Which is to say, the design is actually pretty near done, but it's on the backburner. Actually, it's been on one of my proto rigs for three months now. I will get back to it, but not until december or jan.
The Weener Wah just got a new layout which I am going to build ASAP. No ETA, but it is at least in progress now.
Great news Brian! Between the new boards I'll be getting from you and the discontinued boards from haberdasher, I think I'm set for a while. Any chance that your next run will include some Boneyard action?
Good news on the weener wah. I have a powder coated pink :-[ ( at the request of my daughter who loves wah's) wah shell and brand new pot waiting.
Ahhhh, how sweet they look!
I can barely wait.
Any chance you have a parts list made for the dirtbag deluxe? I pre-ordered the board, and thought I could get a jump start on sourcing!
Quote from: Brian.robert on November 17, 2011, 04:40:59 PM
Any chance you have a parts list made for the dirtbag deluxe? I pre-ordered the board, and thought I could get a jump start on sourcing!
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=2954.msg25260#msg25260 :)
Quote from: marmaliser on November 17, 2011, 04:47:13 PM
Quote from: Brian.robert on November 17, 2011, 04:40:59 PM
Any chance you have a parts list made for the dirtbag deluxe? I pre-ordered the board, and thought I could get a jump start on sourcing!
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=2954.msg25260#msg25260 :)
Thanks! Guess I need to learn how to use the search function :-[
Looking good I cant wait.... ;D
I'm breathless!! Impulse kicking in...
I just got a notice from PayPal: my package has shipped!!! :)
gooood...now i have look the email on shipping package of pay pal...i wish i have a good luck!!!!
thanks madbean!
Order submitted. Been watching DMM videos and I'm twitching to get it running.
Also snagged a mudbunny. I loved my Green Russian all those years ago.
Any suggestions on a favorite variant? I'm leaning toward the basic triangle since it seems the smoothest - more fuzz than buzz.
Very exciting! What type of submini if you don't mind me asking. I see a guy selling some and would like to know if 6111 or 5672 would work.
Quote from: jubal81 on November 18, 2011, 10:17:48 AM
Any suggestions on a favorite variant? I'm leaning toward the basic triangle since it seems the smoothest - more fuzz than buzz.
My favorite is Violet Rams Head..if you add the mids knob you can get a really smooth sound even on the treble turn of the tone knob.
Quote from: tyronethebig on November 18, 2011, 05:50:51 PM
Very exciting! What type of submini if you don't mind me asking. I see a guy selling some and would like to know if 6111 or 5672 would work.
So far all the boosts/overdrives are based off the 6111. The 6021 might work. IIRC, they have much higher gain. The 5672 are used as output tubes for the amps I've worked up, but I haven't even built the first amp yet.
Just ordered all my parts for the dirtbag deluxe. Very excited!
It's been a total marathon for the last two days, but I'm happy to say ALL pre-orders have shipped. In fact, ALL ORDERS have shipped up to about 11am this morning.
I will be working on the documentation stuff later today and uploading each one as I complete it. I will post one last update here once all the documentation is available.
You are a indeed both a madman and a madbean. I ordered yesterday and within like 15 minutes received a shipping confirmation. Supercool.
Aaaaaaaand the post just delivered the boards. Wow that is sooo freaking fast, thanks Brian.
By the way do I see pads for an effects loop on the current lover?!?!
Quote from: lloyd17 on November 21, 2011, 06:27:35 PM
Aaaaaaaand the post just delivered the boards. Wow that is sooo freaking fast, thanks Brian.
By the way do I see pads for an effects loop on the current lover?!?!
Send & Return pads, they'd be used to add a short delay in to the audio path to produce through zero flanging.
Ya could stick other stuff in there... dunno what it'll be like though.
Quote from: madbean on November 19, 2011, 05:59:23 PMI will be working on the documentation stuff later today and uploading each one as I complete it. I will post one last update here once all the documentation is available.
I don't know how I haven't crashed the site checking the "Project" page.
Quote from: tenwatt on November 21, 2011, 07:03:15 PM
I don't know how I haven't crashed the site checking the "Project" page.
You're not alone. ;)
New Road rage board looks awesome :)
Still working. It's going pretty slow....the BumbleBee is up now, too.
I've got the Current Lover nearly complete. Thanks for the patience. I know people are anxious to get started, but damn these three (CL, DB and HD) are more involved to document properly.
Just received all the PCBs I ordered (Current Lover, DirtBag Deluxe, HoneyDripper, and Road Rages -- the LowRider arrived earlier).
Outstanding work Brian, and thank you very much!! :)
Gotta make time, somehow, to build some pedals. :P
Current Lover is up.
I recieved my Dirt Bag board yesterday and it looks AWESOME! I can't wait to get started.
in the pdf of current lover there is two dimension
5.4w , 6.18H
is the dimension of the pcb, true?
thanks madbean!
nope, that's the size of the drilling template.
Jacob
ooops...sorry...
but if i want to know the dimension of a pcb?
because i want to put it in a BB box and i want to arrange the position in autocad, since in my country doesn't exist the 125B box..
thanks everyone
Oops, I'll get the dimensions added as soon as I go up to the workshop.
thanks..
also of the DMM!!!! if i don't disturb!!!
The Current Lover is 2.3"W x 3.15"H.
I'll get the measurements for the Dirtbag in the docs...working on that right now.
you have no idea how bad i wanna see the DirtBag docs..
btw, i mean to ask, why components should be so tight in values?
why this pedal needs particular components?
i read stuff about the caps, what's wrong with standard caps?
Quote from: madbean on November 22, 2011, 03:45:39 PM
The Current Lover is 2.3"W x 3.15"H.
I'll get the measurements for the Dirtbag in the docs...working on that right now.
thanks madbean!!!! i love you!
Brian, think it'd be worth the difference to use TLC2272s in the DirtBag?
Quote from: pietro_moog on November 22, 2011, 04:10:28 PM
you have no idea how bad i wanna see the DirtBag docs..
btw, i mean to ask, why components should be so tight in values?
why this pedal needs particular components?
i read stuff about the caps, what's wrong with standard caps?
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=3113.0
Quote from: jubal81 on November 22, 2011, 04:20:49 PM
Brian, think it'd be worth the difference to use TLC2272s in the DirtBag?
Some people like changing all the 4558s to TL072 and claim a noticeable difference, so I don't see why not.
Quote from: pietro_moog on November 22, 2011, 04:10:28 PM
you have no idea how bad i wanna see the DirtBag docs..
Good things come to those who wait ;)
Built my Current Lover last night. It is awesome. Great work as always Madbean. You are our hero.
Thunderpuss is up. Dirtbag is next.
Got my boards today. Oh my, these are nice! ;D
The Dirtbag is first in line. Waiting patiently.....
Big thanks Brian!!!
Almost done.
DirtBag is up :) Whew
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/projects/Dirtbag/DirtBagDeluxe.zip
HoneyDripper tomorrow morning...that's the last one.
The documents are so comprehensive, especially the road rage!! Really great job Brian, I'm excited to grab some boards and give it a try!
Quote from: madbean on November 23, 2011, 01:30:08 AM
DirtBag is up :) Whew
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/projects/Dirtbag/DirtBagDeluxe.zip
HoneyDripper tomorrow morning...that's the last one.
WOOOOO HOOOOOO!
Nice docs, man. You're an artist!
Impressive, most impressive! :o
I am so excited to build the dirtbag. Just waiting for my parts now...come on smallbear!
Quote from: madbean on November 23, 2011, 01:30:08 AM
DirtBag is up :) Whew
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/projects/Dirtbag/DirtBagDeluxe.zip
HoneyDripper tomorrow morning...that's the last one.
Thanks for the hard work; I certainly hope you're going to take a nice Thanksgiving break this weekend!
Thanks for all the hard work Brian!
Honey Dripper is up. That's everything.
Correction to the Honey Dripper doc: if using two 5.1v Zeners to replicate the original power supply scheme, the zener that goes in place of R41 should have the band facing toward the left side, ie toward C19. The second one faces toward the right side, i.e. C20.
Wow! Awesome boards, and awesome docs!
Sooo much GAS! :o
These new docs are fantastic. I really like the notes. Can't wait to get started.
Just placed an order with Smallbear for what I hope are the last few parts I need to build the Dirtbag, Current Lover and HoneyDripper. Fingers crossed I haven't forgotten anything, there always seems to be something that slips through the net, no matter how thorough I think I'm being. I've got quite a few projects sitting there waiting for just one capacitor, resistor, pot, diode ... :P
My Boards arrived today, thanks Bean.
Cant wait to have a DMM and DEM built up.
You da man
Got a few other things on the boil first
Way Huge Aqua Puss and the Grean Bean, but I reckon I wont hold out for more than a week before I get them all cooking.
Usual quality as expected (i.e. the best)
Mr B. I was wondering if you had any update on the Retrograde and the other boards down for Nov?
Boards arrived in Holland today. Looking good :)
Quote from: juansolo on November 26, 2011, 07:33:34 AM
Mr B. I was wondering if you had any update on the Retrograde and the other boards down for Nov?
There won't be any other releases for Nov, but I will update the website for a modified release schedule. The only constraint I have now in putting out 8-10 projects in Dec. is figuring out what my budget is. I'll see about getting the Retrograde in the next batch....need to figure out exactly what is ready to go.
Can we (I) possibly see the overlay/ silkscreen for the Collosalus?
Sure.
That's the thing I am considering for a revision...basically why I did not release it with the last batch. It's working pretty but a bit on the noisy side.
Quote from: madbean on November 26, 2011, 11:59:09 PM
That's the thing I am considering for a revision...basically why I did not release it with the last batch. It's working pretty but a bit on the noisy side.
Well a buffer wont reduce the nosie but to get it in to the original clock range specs, it's gunna need a buffer.
Is it also 3007 only? I see what I assume is a charge pump and the regulator on there (very cool by the way, definitley keep that in) but no jumpers.
May be add the buffer and re-fit for a 1590BB like the original? We already have the Electric Mistress for the 125B and I assume with the addition of a buffer you'll have to re-do the board to an extent that requires a second prototype any way.
More spacing
may also help to reduce that noise, although I think the fact that this is a more intense flanger than the Electric Mistress, but without the noise reduction of say the A/DA, may explain it.
That's pretty much where I was going. This one will be MN3007 only, as you pointed out. The extra IC also means a 125B is going to be quite hard. So, I think a complete re-design as you mention is what has to happen.
Here is the revised schematic. I basically copied the 4049 buffer over from the Current Lover. Let me know what you think.
these new docs are impressive comprehensive! awesome work, now stop raising the bar for yourself! :P
Quote from: madbean on November 27, 2011, 01:50:41 AM
That's pretty much where I was going. This one will be MN3007 only, as you pointed out. The extra IC also means a 125B is going to be quite hard. So, I think a complete re-design as you mention is what has to happen.
Here is the revised schematic. I basically copied the 4049 buffer over from the Current Lover. Let me know what you think.
I think with the Charge Pump on board, it'll be nice to have this as a dedicated 3007 Flanger and with a larger enclosure, it can be a 15V Flanger with a Battery! Sounds cool to me.
From reading around, things on this do get a bit noisy so i'd take it as normal.
Schematic Looks good to me, one small suggestion, Send & Return pads, I think the 117 is pretty much the perfect candidate for TZF because of its intense sound.
What do you think of releasing a Delay add on PCB as there's two flangers out now? Don't imagine it'd have to be huge and it would have the added benefit of being a stand alone 'Thickener' circuit. I suppose the demand might not be huge though... or you could put it all on one board in a 1590BB... :P
And this -
Quote from: insomniac2295 on November 27, 2011, 11:24:55 PM
these new docs are impressive comprehensive! awesome work, now stop raising the bar for yourself! :P
Got my Dirt Bag PCB a day or two back, looks god damn awesome, I think I might end up building more than one.
i madbean,
i'm an italian man..
How long should I wait for the package? do you have an estimate of the time?
thanks madbean!
Hi Ramengo,
Still waiting for mine to arrive in France, so nothing to worry about.
First class international is usually faster (7-12 business days) but these delays are not uncommon.
Some takes two days to arrive, some needs 3 weeks.
I think i saw a post from a guy in Netherland that received its boards a couple of days ago.
Should not be too long now.
thanks djaaz...
i have another question....can i substitute the ne570 with the sa571 or v571??? thanks everybody!
Not to mention the increase in postage due to christmas orders probably slowing stuff up.
Quote from: ramengo on December 01, 2011, 10:03:07 AM
thanks djaaz...
i have another question....can i substitute the ne570 with the sa571 or v571??? thanks everybody!
Yup.
Quote from: madbean on November 15, 2011, 09:48:58 PM
The Moodring is dead in the water ATM. Which is to say, the design is actually pretty near done, but it's on the backburner. Actually, it's been on one of my proto rigs for three months now. I will get back to it, but not until december or jan.
Can you give any hints as to what to expect with this. A shimmer switch would be AMAZING!
Quote from: Scruffie on December 01, 2011, 04:36:33 PM
Not to mention the increase in postage due to christmas orders probably slowing stuff up.
Quote from: ramengo on December 01, 2011, 10:03:07 AM
thanks djaaz...
i have another question....can i substitute the ne570 with the sa571 or v571??? thanks everybody!
Yup.
another thanks...!!!
Got my Dirtbag yesterday and the new roadrage as well. Both are great, Dirtbag is amazing actually. If there could be a Roadrage-lite layout soley for powering positive ground effects that would be very cool.
Hi Bean, can you tell when the Tilt and the Quadrovibe will be available again?
Quote from: bigmufffuzzwizz on November 18, 2011, 06:07:56 PM
Quote from: jubal81 on November 18, 2011, 10:17:48 AM
Any suggestions on a favorite variant? I'm leaning toward the basic triangle since it seems the smoothest - more fuzz than buzz.
My favorite is Violet Rams Head..if you add the mids knob you can get a really smooth sound even on the treble turn of the tone knob.
Woe unto my neighbor.
I just had to crank some obnoxiously loud 'Are You Gonna Go My Way' after taking your advice.
The Rams Head sounds perfect.
Quote from: Scruffie on December 01, 2011, 04:36:33 PM
Not to mention the increase in postage due to christmas orders probably slowing stuff up.
Quote from: ramengo on December 01, 2011, 10:03:07 AM
thanks djaaz...
i have another question....can i substitute the ne570 with the sa571 or v571??? thanks everybody!
Yup.
Received my boards today, with a hand writed "Thks" note on a paper which is an elegant attention i really appreciate.
Thanks Brian!
did you EU guys receive your boards? it's almost a month, i'm starting to worry
i wish it was here... :DDDD
it will arrive in a little time in italy, i hope...
Received them 5/7 days ago.
Unusually long but finally there.
I'm still waiting for some parts though.
yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaa
the pcb are here!!! now i can sleep calm....
thanks madbean... i like so much this pcb...
another thanks at everyone!!!!
cool.
where do you live?
i'm still waiting, but i'm a bit worried because i had a beef with the mailman who serves this area
i live in puglia (ba)!!
cool, my boards are here now. i guess it was just a matter of time..
no beef involved
You know, Brian is not to blame for any slow local mail services! I waited some time for my first boards as well, but they arrived, with the same hand-written "thx" as mentioned before. We should be grateful for a guy putting this much effort in keeping his customers happy! BTW: did you see his posts on the recall for Honeydripper boards? He IS FOR REAL!! No big company is gonna do a thing like that! All the best to you for 2012 Brian, keep it up!!
Paul
i don't understand why you are saying me that. i know Brian is a cool guy, i was just sharing with everybody my disappointment with italian postal service, and i was adding my beef with the local mailman as a funny fact. D'you got i was blaming B. for a mailman-meathead?
whatever, i'm grateful to B. i hope he continues his business for a lot of years.
cool.
No worries, pietro, I understood exactly what you meant. Overseas shipping is frustrating because it is really unpredictable in terms of transit time. Some are as little as a week and some a month. I had one this year that was almost two months....but I think was was because of an earthquake.
Fortunately, shipping them out is actually a breeze. I use Endicia for international stuff and it is very convenient. Long gone are the days where I would fill out customs forms by hand...I must have done around 1000 of those before I started doing it online!
Even the US mail is slow right now... Wait until May of 2012 when USPS downsizes >:(
Sorry if i was misunderstood, don't mean to offend anyone! BTW: I worked for the dutch mail company for almost 8 years, so i know what happens with everything that gets sent around. I'm actually amazed that most of it gets on it's destination on time and in one piece, the things i've seen.......
Again apologies, and happy new year everyone!
I just received some new boards from Brian today, superfast post!
from USA to UK in 8 days is a new record for me.