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Title: MiniZen (Grindy Feng content)
Post by: juansolo on June 19, 2013, 06:35:52 PM
MiniZen

A Zendrive clone built in a 1590A using GC's Feng Drive PCB (though built here as a stockish Zen) and the quad pot daugther board (underneath). Smashing!

Piss poor line up of the pot labelling by me :(

(http://juansolo.demon.co.uk/stompage/images/minizen-o.jpg)

(http://juansolo.demon.co.uk/stompage/images/minizen-i.jpg)
Title: Re: MiniZen (Grindy Feng content)
Post by: jimilee on June 19, 2013, 07:25:10 PM
Beautiful box man!!!! I'd love to hear a sound clip, it's the voice label that intrigues me. How does your man Cleggy get the the deeper air bubbles out of the enviro?
Title: Re: MiniZen (Grindy Feng content)
Post by: slimtriggers on June 19, 2013, 07:36:58 PM
Man, that's great!  The Zen Drive is my favorite O/D by far. 

Do you have a link to the quad pot daughter boards or are they your own design?
Title: Re: MiniZen (Grindy Feng content)
Post by: jimilee on June 19, 2013, 08:13:06 PM
I just noticed that you wired the stomp left to right, rather than right to left presumably because of the input placements.
Title: Re: MiniZen (Grindy Feng content)
Post by: spaceboss on June 19, 2013, 08:24:34 PM
Quote from: slimtriggers on June 19, 2013, 07:36:58 PM
Do you have a link to the quad pot daughter boards or are they your own design?

I'm also curious about this.

Cool pedal.
Title: Re: MiniZen (Grindy Feng content)
Post by: njkke on June 19, 2013, 09:13:17 PM
Strange clipping section!  ;D
Title: Re: MiniZen (Grindy Feng content)
Post by: GrindCustoms on June 19, 2013, 09:24:48 PM
Nice build as usual.... 8)

The quad pot daughter board comes from me, stuff i've sent to Juan and Cleggy in our various trades :)

I did the physical layout and CJ did the magic!

(http://sphotos-d.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-ash4/270237_410957545646208_884462925_n.png)

I always forget or pass by ordering these boards when doing my pcb orders....wondering if they're would be interest....if some of you guys want couple one....we could make a small group buy or something like that...

Sorry for the thread hi-jack...
Title: Re: MiniZen (Grindy Feng content)
Post by: pickdropper on June 19, 2013, 09:52:40 PM
Beautiful build.  Super clean.

I've got my board populated for this.  I just need to find time to do the artwork.
Title: Re: MiniZen (Grindy Feng content)
Post by: juansolo on June 20, 2013, 08:06:43 AM
Quote from: jimilee on June 19, 2013, 07:25:10 PM
Beautiful box man!!!! I'd love to hear a sound clip, it's the voice label that intrigues me. How does your man Cleggy get the the deeper air bubbles out of the enviro?

We can't envorotex the 1590A's as the threads of the 9mm pots aren't long enough to get through. So they're old school primer/paint/lacquer.

As for the bubbles. The ones that are left at the end get wet sanded and polished out. Get a sanding block, it makes it a lot easier.

Quote from: jimilee on June 19, 2013, 08:13:06 PM
I just noticed that you wired the stomp left to right, rather than right to left presumably because of the input placements.

Mainly because I anchor the LED to it at that side.
Title: Re: MiniZen (Grindy Feng content)
Post by: juansolo on June 20, 2013, 08:08:50 AM
Quote from: GrindCustoms on June 19, 2013, 09:24:48 PM
Nice build as usual.... 8)

The quad pot daughter board comes from me, stuff i've sent to Juan and Cleggy in our various trades :)

I did the physical layout and CJ did the magic!

Yep, they make it a lot easier. I only buggered up the labelling because I hadn't done one before and didn't have a template to work from.

I also fitted it upside-down and the wrong way around ;) So the pots would have been higher up had I done it properly.