Runt with clipping and Ruetz mods

[Guitarmatt]

Here's my first 1590A build, a Runt with two extra switches for clipping diodes and Ruetz mod.  The "engraving" was done with a box knife then filled with sharpie and sanded.

The guts:

I built it with 1/4 watt resistors stood up on end.  If I do another little board like this I think I'll take the time and effort to track down smaller resistors

The video:

The green and gold pedal upside down on the right is my Egodriver build, and the orange one peeking in the other corner is my 5 knob fuzz built on a Hipster board.

I wired up the mod switches by using a little 2x3 bit of perf, much the same way as the pots are wired per the baby build guide.



The clipping diodes bend over below the filter knob.



Solder side:



All in all I like this pedal. I think it will end up with the mod switches flipped on most of the time. I don't really have a use for the standard Rat tone, awesome as it is.  This will end up being a low to mid gain color pedal for me.  But it's good to know the raw Rat tone is there when I  need it.

[midwayfair]

WOW, two switches and three pots!

Did you cut the lugs on the switches down to make them shorter? I always have trouble fitting a board on top of switches without making the outside look goofy.

Hopefully it sounds as edgy as it looks!

[Guitarmatt]

Ah yes, I forgot to mention those are submini switches from smallbear.  They didn't need any trimming to fit.

[alanp]

Those controls are impressive. Well done

By box knife, do you mean a stanley knife?

[selfdestroyer]

Very cool.. I love the box knife idea as it looks great. that is an awesome first time 1590A and look forward to more of your builds.

[Guitarmatt]

Those controls are impressive. Well done

By box knife, do you mean a stanley knife?

Yup. It definitely wasn't the safest way of doing it, but I took it slow and escaped unharmed.

[croquet hoop]

Very nice build, and the use of 1/4w resistors doesn't spoil it one bit. I love how you managed to fit three knobs ans two switches in a 1590A. Do you have a link to these submini switches at smallbear? I took a look, but I'm not sure which one is the right size.

[Guitarmatt]

Very nice build, and the use of 1/4w resistors doesn't spoil it one bit. I love how you managed to fit three knobs ans two switches in a 1590A. Do you have a link to these submini switches at smallbear? I took a look, but I'm not sure which one is the right size.

Here you go:

http://www.smallbearelec.com/servlet/Detail?no=42

And the description in case the link dies:

   SPDT (On-On) Mountain 10TC410
(On-On) Sub-miniature, high-quality panel mount for power and control switching.

[croquet hoop]

Thanks! (can't believe I missed that second page)