I've noticed that I haven't posted my last few builds. I've done a few more recently but there's been no decal work so I'll just leave them out.
1) 18 volt big muff pi. Using madbeans road rage PCB and some perfboard. I added the AMZ presence control too.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img46/6293/hlaj.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/29/6pe7.jpg/)
2) Music PCB Tap Tempo Tremolo with external tempo input. Great tremolo but I don't know if I would really use the Tap tempo part.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img94/4306/r4c4.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img41/5436/qrx9.jpg)
3)2 In 1 pedal. It's a devi ever torn's peaker and an EHX LPB-1 in a single box. It's built on perfboard. A bias knob was added to the 1st transistor (the hunger knob) and an input volume knob was added.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img843/473/s6bk.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img703/2449/ou4s.jpg)
4&5) The yellow pedal is a Vemuram Jan Ray. No mods strait up clone done on perf. I can say after building it that it is not work the $400 they sell for. Nothing so socking that makes me want to spend that much on a pedal. Also it' pretty much a timmy clone.
The blue pedal is an MXR blues box cascaded into an electro harmonic LPB-1. It's great to have no volume drop.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img268/2678/dm92.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img801/6356/rxb9.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img29/4805/78gb.jpg)
Those look great, and all on perf! Fantastic. Where are the gut shots? Welcome to the board.
Very nicely done. Never considered building a Jan Ray before, and probably still won't, lol, but yeah, $400 is just a little steep
Nice batch of pedals.
Don't think I've ever seen someone forgo the tap tempo switch on the TTT!
Love the graphic on the Tap Trem!
Quote from: ThePastRecedes on July 18, 2013, 02:15:13 PM
Also it' pretty much a timmy clone.
This.
Amazed at how much attention this pedal has been getting.
Those all look great and are quite diverse in their artistic style, well done!
Quote from: midwayfair on July 18, 2013, 02:38:53 PM
Nice batch of pedals.
Don't think I've ever seen someone forgo the tap tempo switch on the TTT!
It's seems crazy but there's a reason. I wanted to be able to sync the tremolo with other effect pedals using this pedal (http://www.nosepedal.com/store/nose-multi-tap-tempo). So I needed a tempo output. So having tremolo, delay and phaser all in sync. Not that I want all the pedals simultaneously on. Its just to reduce the tap dancing, reduce pedal board space, and so there is only one location for the tempo switch.
Quote from: jimilee on July 18, 2013, 02:19:05 PM
Those look great, and all on perf! Fantastic. Where are the gut shots? Welcome to the board.
They'll be up in a bit since you asked ;D Not the best but good enough.
Is there a multi-quote button on this forum? Or am I just being blind ::)
Yeah, when you reply, you can scroll down and view previous posts. You can then 'insert quote' and then edit the quote if you need.
Jacob
Okay now I see it ;D
Anyway heres another that I for got about. I'll update the 1st post with guts in the next 5 mins too.
(http://imageshack.us/a/img33/9189/p1020419l.jpg)
(http://imageshack.us/a/img96/2047/imag0055lg.jpg)
nice jobs! love the colors... you have been busy!! ;D ;D ;D
Great job - I dig the graphic and color scheme on the TTT!
These all look really cool. I'm liking the PCB in the Blue Box. Who did that layout and/or where did you get it? Interested!
Quote from: Bret608 on July 23, 2013, 02:27:51 PM
These all look really cool. I'm liking the PCB in the Blue Box. Who did that layout and/or where did you get it? Interested!
I got it from poodle pedal parts. I would not recommend it though. I bought a huge bunch of PCBs from him recently and wasn't pleased. The pads and drills are very small and they don't take the heat very well. It was a pain in the arse to wire it up to the pots and jacks.
There was a few mistakes in the build doc that I had to spend a bit trying to debug. I compared it to a few other schematics of the blue box and some other thinking. I emailed him the corrections so the build doc should be fine now.
I don't mean to bad mouth him but after using madbeans, 1776, and musicpcb my exceptions were a little bit higher than what I received (http://www.offsetguitars.com/forums/images/smilies/blush.gif).
I have my own PCB that I drew up for the blue box with the volume drop mod. I used his because I didn't really want 3 PCBs from OSHpark. I only wanted one so I got his. PM me if you want one of my PCBs for the blue box.
All great builds! How's the sound on the 18v muff? More headroom? Did you have to beef up any other parts?
Quote from: jtn191 on July 23, 2013, 03:00:37 PM
All great builds! How's the sound on the 18v muff? More headroom? Did you have to beef up any other parts?
I didn't really beef up any parts I just watched the components to make sure that the voltage rating would be fine.
It adds a lot of volume to the muff. You can have the sustain really low and still get above unity volume which is really nice b/c you can get a nice less distorted muff sound. It's interesting. It felt like it added a lot of low end too but that could just be the increase in volume and by bass heavy amp.
I'd buy that 18V Muff in your OP in a heartbeat, amazing! Might be my favorite Muff so far.... ;D
Paul
That is a beautiful muff.
is there any real diference 18v or 9v? if it so, could you explain?.
Quote from: rosettastoned on July 24, 2013, 12:21:29 AM
is there any real diference 18v or 9v? if it so, could you explain?.
Not a huge difference tbh but I liked running it at 18 volts. I build the silver 18 volt muff 1st and then somebody asked me to build another (EHX style red and black decal one).
The pedal had a voltage sag and that is what I used to tell the difference between the voltages. At 9 volts it was quieter and more distorted and at 18volts its was also a little cleaner and I felt there was a little bit more bass. I don't understand how the bass bit works out since the filtering did not changed when I used the voltage sag.
Just try it! It's $7 worth of parts & PCBs. I've got a vintage V6 muff enclosure and I'm tempted to build one of these but I don't want to drill any holes since the enclosure is in such great shape.
Thanks!
Very nice builds? Great looks. You have certainly been busy.
I'm curious about the Nose Pedal you mentioned for syncing the tap tempos. Does it work well? I think that may be the answer I'm looking for for syncing my Digitech looper and Timebender. I wonder how hard it would be to build one...
is there any real diference 18v or 9v? if it so, could you explain?.
Quote from: GhostofJohnToad on July 24, 2013, 02:51:40 AM
Very nice builds? Great looks. You have certainly been busy.
I'm curious about the Nose Pedal you mentioned for syncing the tap tempos. Does it work well? I think that may be the answer I'm looking for for syncing my Digitech looper and Timebender. I wonder how hard it would be to build one...
It works well. I should have really built it myself it's not that complicated just like a normal tap tempo switch. Use this switch (http://www.bitcheslovemyswitches.com/#!/~/product/category=5027572&id=10220663) and wire it to 3 jacks.
Thanks!
edit: I just google for a demo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7DkXJt24hI you may be interested.
I'm happy to see you over here! selfdestroyer from OSG is also a regular here. Madbean's is best for learning about pedals, OSG is for best for learning about guitars and has the great non-guitar banter/Murph. Welcome!
Welcome to the forum
Great pedals , the nose tap tempo was interesting as well.
Thanks
Mike