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General => Open Discussion => Topic started by: B_of_H on March 03, 2011, 04:58:45 AM

Title: this was about 11 or 12 hours of soldering....
Post by: B_of_H on March 03, 2011, 04:58:45 AM
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k278/sympathyforme/b149b903.jpg)

tap trem
echo base
aqua boy
5 ego drivers
5 spacklers
sunking
5 road rages
clean octave down
sabertooh



Title: Re: this was about 11 or 12 hours of soldering....
Post by: Jordo on March 03, 2011, 05:35:16 AM
LOL!   Thats what my desk looks like at the moment too!



Title: Re: this was about 11 or 12 hours of soldering....
Post by: maysink on March 03, 2011, 06:14:40 AM
OVERACHIEVER!

Joke! Looks beautiful. Let us know how that echo base turns out--I accidentally had my iron too hot and nuked my board..,  :(
Title: Re: this was about 11 or 12 hours of soldering....
Post by: bigmufffuzzwizz on March 03, 2011, 04:26:24 PM
DUDE!!! your a beast. i need to get ON my shit!!!
+1 on the musicpcb boards. what's your solution to the tap tempo boards needed for the echobase and the tremolo?
Title: Re: this was about 11 or 12 hours of soldering....
Post by: jkokura on March 03, 2011, 04:49:33 PM
err... I only count 4 spacklers.







Heehee...

Jacob
Title: Re: this was about 11 or 12 hours of soldering....
Post by: Bored on March 03, 2011, 05:14:46 PM
Nice!!
What is the clean octave down??
Title: Re: this was about 11 or 12 hours of soldering....
Post by: CRBMoA on March 03, 2011, 05:28:16 PM
Quote from: maysink on March 03, 2011, 06:14:40 AM
OVERACHIEVER!

Joke! Looks beautiful. Let us know how that echo base turns out--I accidentally had my iron too hot and nuked my board..,  :(

Define Nuked. Traces are nothing more than little flat electrical connections. If you lifted and ruined a trace, just follow it upstream to the component it runs to, solder in your jumper wire and you are back in business.

I was recently adding a tone cap switch to a populated board. I MURDERED those traces trying to pull the old caps (It pays to be patient and get the right glasses so you can see what you are doing). Four jumpers and 15 minutes later, all was well with the world.
Title: Re: this was about 11 or 12 hours of soldering....
Post by: stevewire on March 03, 2011, 05:37:03 PM
B_of_H,
Wow!  Impressive.  I am jealous.  I only have three partially populated boards on my "bench"/folding table.
Title: Re: this was about 11 or 12 hours of soldering....
Post by: B_of_H on March 03, 2011, 06:40:58 PM
jk...nice catch.  yeah one of them was out of the pic most likely. 

Quote from: bigmufffuzzwizz on March 03, 2011, 04:26:24 PM
DUDE!!! your a beast. i need to get ON my shit!!!
+1 on the musicpcb boards. what's your solution to the tap tempo boards needed for the echobase and the tremolo?

I found a diagram for the taptation on perfboard via diystompboxes.  haven't built it yet.  (i wish the ptap was still available!  sucks big time)

the tremolo has built in tap tempo and the pcb comes with the IC. 

Quote from: Bored on March 03, 2011, 05:14:46 PM
Nice!!
What is the clean octave down??

musicpcb.com project based on the Boss OC-2.  I'm going to build it out with the envelope synth mod on a switch (or maybe just a knob)
Title: Re: this was about 11 or 12 hours of soldering....
Post by: eniacmike on March 03, 2011, 11:38:46 PM
Quote from: B_of_H on March 03, 2011, 06:40:58 PM
jk...nice catch.  yeah one of them was out of the pic most likely. 

Quote from: bigmufffuzzwizz on March 03, 2011, 04:26:24 PM
DUDE!!! your a beast. i need to get ON my shit!!!
+1 on the musicpcb boards. what's your solution to the tap tempo boards needed for the echobase and the tremolo?

I found a diagram for the taptation on perfboard via diystompboxes.  haven't built it yet.  (i wish the ptap was still available!  sucks big time)

the tremolo has built in tap tempo and the pcb comes with the IC. 

Quote from: Bored on March 03, 2011, 05:14:46 PM
Nice!!
What is the clean octave down??

musicpcb.com project based on the Boss OC-2.  I'm going to build it out with the envelope synth mod on a switch (or maybe just a knob)


I built one up and it was okay. it's really glitchy alot like a clean version of a blue box. you can't play more than one note at a time.
Title: Re: this was about 11 or 12 hours of soldering....
Post by: bigmufffuzzwizz on March 04, 2011, 12:32:09 AM
Quote from: B_of_H on March 03, 2011, 06:40:58 PM
I found a diagram for the taptation on perfboard via diystompboxes.  haven't built it yet.  (i wish the ptap was still available!  sucks big time)

the tremolo has built in tap tempo and the pcb comes with the IC. 

I'd like to see that diagram!  ;D
Thats good to know about the tremelo. I'm interested in building another one since my BYOC first build. I'm still trying to decide between that musicpcb board and the tremelus lune. both seem really cool and versatile...
Title: Re: this was about 11 or 12 hours of soldering....
Post by: B_of_H on March 04, 2011, 01:29:59 AM
Quote from: eniacmike on March 03, 2011, 11:38:46 PM


I built one up and it was okay. it's really glitchy alot like a clean version of a blue box. you can't play more than one note at a time.

it's supposed to be monophonic ala the boss oc-2

Quote from: bigmufffuzzwizz on March 04, 2011, 12:32:09 AM
Quote from: B_of_H on March 03, 2011, 06:40:58 PM
I found a diagram for the taptation on perfboard via diystompboxes.  haven't built it yet.  (i wish the ptap was still available!  sucks big time)

the tremolo has built in tap tempo and the pcb comes with the IC. 

I'd like to see that diagram!  ;D
Thats good to know about the tremelo. I'm interested in building another one since my BYOC first build. I'm still trying to decide between that musicpcb board and the tremelus lune. both seem really cool and versatile...

I've built the ea trem, byoc 2 knob version of the ea trem, and the tremulus lune.

I think the lune is by far the most versatile and probably has the best sound but the ea/byoc are great and simple to use.  We'll see how they compare though, I'd think that the tap trem and the trem lune are probably pretty similar tone wise. 

Title: Re: this was about 11 or 12 hours of soldering....
Post by: maysink on March 04, 2011, 02:08:47 AM
Quote from: CRBMoA on March 03, 2011, 05:28:16 PM
Quote from: maysink on March 03, 2011, 06:14:40 AM
OVERACHIEVER!

Joke! Looks beautiful. Let us know how that echo base turns out--I accidentally had my iron too hot and nuked my board..,  :(

Define Nuked. Traces are nothing more than little flat electrical connections. If you lifted and ruined a trace, just follow it upstream to the component it runs to, solder in your jumper wire and you are back in business.

I was recently adding a tone cap switch to a populated board. I MURDERED those traces trying to pull the old caps (It pays to be patient and get the right glasses so you can see what you are doing). Four jumpers and 15 minutes later, all was well with the world.

Yeah, it probably could have been salvaged but after some very unsuccessful de-soldering and amazingly successful colorful language, I threw it across the room and reclaimed my sanity. I'll most likely do another echo base one of these days...