finished this today for a friend. The serendipity is built out to roughly the mods I posted on the mods forum and I raised the value of R3 on the t-bagger to 560k to brighten up the input slightly and raised c3 to 100n for a fuller bass response. I've been doing no labels on my pedals and he liked that look so this is completely finished and ready for use. Volume on the left, Gain on the right and tone below (voice is to the left of tone on the serendipity).
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k278/sympathyforme/d4bd632f.jpg)
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k278/sympathyforme/5637546b.jpg)
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k278/sympathyforme/1bf26a0b.jpg)
Cool beans. What's goin on there with that momentary switch...is it a relay?
Quote from: madbean on February 28, 2011, 09:41:00 PM
Cool beans. What's goin on there with that momentary switch...is it a relay?
it's a cusak tb2
http://cusackmusic.com/wp/?page_id=22
yes, momentary tb relay switch...so far so good but it's the first time i've used one. Going to jam with the guy tonight so we'll see if it works out on a loud stage. (jam is in a 300 person room on a 30x20 stage)
Damn! That's a monster of a pedal. Nicely done!
huge success last night. The pedal sounded killer onstage and FOH, nothing like hearing your stuff through a large concert sound system. ;D Also doesn't hurt that the 3 guys that used it were all badass players playing with really great guitars through a quality amp as well. Mic'd with a sennheiser 609 and sm57 on top of that and blending those two signals together at the board/listening to one or the other on their own.
now a few other people want similar custom jobs. The other cool thing was they were testing out a bunch of lights and a new lazer the whole time so as we jammed that purple sparkly pedal was glowing as lights washed over it etc...
I think there should be some video uploaded soon, should be interesting.
btw, that cusak switch is awesome. pretty much the same as the Jack Deville click-less TB system but all enclosed and everyone loves the soft touch over clicking a mechanical switch it seems.
That's very cool man. Great to hear that story! I bet you felt super proud of your "baby" :'(:)
Any particular reason you have that Cusack switch on the Serendipity? I've been intrigued by it lately (i think the price is what's holding me back).
Great job man!
-Kaleb
Quote from: k.rock! on March 01, 2011, 07:49:29 PM
That's very cool man. Great to hear that story! I bet you felt super proud of your "baby" :'(:)
Any particular reason you have that Cusack switch on the Serendipity? I've been intrigued by it lately (i think the price is what's holding me back).
Great job man!
-Kaleb
for whatever reason the serendipity seems to have a huge click issue, i've built a few and they all have been pretty loud when engaged, especially following another dirt pedal. Maybe this is just coincidence but since it was following another dirt pedal I thought i'd give the cusak a shot on this particular one.
huh! Interesting you say that about the Serendipity...I built one for a friend of mine and you're right! I do recall it having a very noticeable click pop when engaged...I thought it was me who messed up somewhere but my friend didn't mind it at all...so I guess we dismissed it...could it be the value of the pulldown resistor?
Good job with the wiring of this beast :D
Quote from: night-butterfly on March 02, 2011, 05:52:56 AM
Good job with the wiring of this beast :D
this one is childs play compared to my delay box. ;D
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k278/sympathyforme/DSCN0015.jpg)
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k278/sympathyforme/delaypedaldiagramtry1.jpg)
after doing this...pretty much anything is simple.
o_O ... dear God...
Quote from: k.rock! on March 02, 2011, 05:41:47 PM
o_O ... dear God...
lol
looking back...it was almost like a rite of passage. I think I deserve some sort of diy merit badge or something for that thing. I've been wanting to update/improve some stuff but I'm scared to even open it back up. ;D
:o!!!! i really don't understand whats going on in that diagram..hahah
Quote from: bigmufffuzzwizz on March 03, 2011, 04:06:25 AM
:o!!!! i really don't understand whats going on in that diagram..hahah
(http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k278/sympathyforme/pb-1.jpg)
yeah, it's a little crazy to say the least. basically the signal goes into the box on the lower left which houses a sunking and an a/b true bypass relay that is sent to this box
send/return A: rebote 2.5 on/off (right side switch)
send/return B: >relay a/b (switched above tap tempo switch) that engages as rebote 2.5 with ptap or selects another 3pdt (left side switch) set up for a/b operation:
a: PT80
b: byoc ping pong
the tap tempo rebote also has a switch (middle) that selects two different feedback pots
then the signal goes back into the box and into a GGG/Hermida belton reverb. Out to amp on the side.
cool man! makes my head hurt looking at it still. haha
i've never seen that wah before. Looked it up and it sounds pretty good. from what i get its made by dunlop correct? whats your input on it?
Quote from: bigmufffuzzwizz on March 03, 2011, 04:18:05 PM
cool man! makes my head hurt looking at it still. haha
i've never seen that wah before. Looked it up and it sounds pretty good. from what i get its made by dunlop correct? whats your input on it?
it's damn versatile and the sweep is really nice. I like it a lot. there are internal trim pots for gain and one for each inductor's Q. I have built a few DIY wahs but i've never been really satisfied with the results. I also own a budda wah which is okay, not the best for funky clean stuff but not bad. the cae sweep is more consistent while the budda seems to kinda have a lot bunched up in the middle of the travel.
here is a video from the other night fwiw (just an open jam...pretty late in the night at this point)
the guy on the left is using the pedal I started this thread about.
Quote from: B_of_H on March 03, 2011, 06:35:37 PM
it's damn versatile and the sweep is really nice. I like it a lot. there are internal trim pots for gain and one for each inductor's Q. I have built a few DIY wahs but i've never been really satisfied with the results. I also own a budda wah which is okay, not the best for funky clean stuff but not bad. the cae sweep is more consistent while the budda seems to kinda have a lot bunched up in the middle of the travel.
I watched a video demo of it and i was really blown away. what diy wahs would you be referring to? byoc?
my buddy had a budda wah and he got cool sounds of it but it feel apart on him pretty fast. i saved up and got one of the keeley mellow wahs. i like it a whole lot. it has lots of different settings and i can get different cool results depending on where i put it and what pedals i use it with. mine is
starting to get a little scratchy but it still sounds great none the less. guess its about time to learn how to clean pots.. :-\
Quote from: bigmufffuzzwizz on March 04, 2011, 12:41:47 AM
Quote from: B_of_H on March 03, 2011, 06:35:37 PM
it's damn versatile and the sweep is really nice. I like it a lot. there are internal trim pots for gain and one for each inductor's Q. I have built a few DIY wahs but i've never been really satisfied with the results. I also own a budda wah which is okay, not the best for funky clean stuff but not bad. the cae sweep is more consistent while the budda seems to kinda have a lot bunched up in the middle of the travel.
I watched a video demo of it and i was really blown away. what diy wahs would you be referring to? byoc?
my buddy had a budda wah and he got cool sounds of it but it feel apart on him pretty fast. i saved up and got one of the keeley mellow wahs. i like it a whole lot. it has lots of different settings and i can get different cool results depending on where i put it and what pedals i use it with. mine is
starting to get a little scratchy but it still sounds great none the less. guess its about time to learn how to clean pots.. :-\
I built the byoc but it had a bunch of issues and I hacked the crap out of it and then scrapped it. (this was back in the early days of my DIY career) then I built one on vero and another on a GGG pcb. I never was happy so I just bought the Budda then the CAE and haven't looked back. I also have a broken Vox v848 and a scratchy crybaby sitting around waiting for some TLC one of these days.