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Started by pandadandan, March 19, 2010, 01:19:11 PM

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pandadandan

Here's my recently-completed Macheen.




Note the immense size of the 100uf cap.  It's only rated 25v, but it's huge.

I love the red pcb, too.  Cheers Mr Bean

madbean

Very nice! Super clean build. I really like the copper plate on the front. It gives it a nice steampunk style.

culturejam

Yes sir, that has got some steampunk-esque qualities. Very nice.


I built the Macheen way back when madbean first made the layout:






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pandadandan

CJ - love the creaminess!

If you can be bothered, I wholeheartedly recommend moving the trimpot to the outside.  That control has some great settings on it.

If I were to make another, I'd play around with the diodes.  Switching the germs for some silicons a la Tim Escobedo's Tripple Fuzz may yield some "nicer" tones.   ;D

brainbender

Quote from: pandadandan on March 19, 2010, 01:19:11 PM

:o
Gotta love it!

Quote from: pandadandan on March 23, 2010, 03:12:01 AM
If you can be bothered, I wholeheartedly recommend moving the trimpot to the outside.  That control has some great settings on it.

What that trimmer actually do? ???

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B_of_H

nice work!  I can't wait to build mine up. 

rhcp311

Whoa! Very cool looking. Great job on that one. I'd be happy if mine looked 1/10th as neat as yours.

Om_Audio

Wow- love both of these builds. I just got my pcb today from madbean- it's standard green though.  :)
In any event- this will be my first build and I am very excited.
Good to see you don't have to wire pots direct to the board. Also, I def want to put the trim pot on the exterior- but a 1K or a 2K? Anything else I might want to do like socket the transistors or anything? I know about the SHO switch- not sure if I will do that.
I love the one on this page with the giant black knobs-
http://freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=22&start=80

I already decided before to use the same black rainbow box- and I have a cool graphic in mind- just need to buy trim and enclosure and decide on layout!

Om
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bigmufffuzzwizz

Finally received the parts to populate mine. Gonna take your advice and put the trimpot on the outside for more flexibility.  :)
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jimmybjj

wow, never saw this one. very nice indeed!
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Om_Audio

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Nice! I just got all my parts as well- but the pot I got for external trim is way bigger than the other ones (diff supplier)- hope it is not an issue. Working on layout ideas- woot- I'm thinking the one dead center. Will try to start building next week. Good luck!!

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bigmufffuzzwizz

Nice layouts you got there. I'm was thinking about doing the same design, the one you have dead center. You should be fine with a bigger pot(24 mm?). It's just physcially bigger and if it will fit with your knob layout then don't worry about it.
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JakeFuzz

Yeah OM that is going to be badass! I just bought that exact same enclosure from PPP for my Lunar Module, looks great in your pictures.