My latest successful Oshpark board, a Boss Slow Gear clone. The outside isn't anything great, I just reused an enclosure from a Distortion+ clone that I had laying around.
It's late so I didn't get to mess with it much yet, but I was getting some sweet sounds with a slide. Can't wait until the weekend so I can really sit down and mess with it.
Also realized that that I mislabeled the "sens" knob as "sense." Luckily it's just marker so it'll be an easy fix.
That's a circuit I haven't messed with yet. Now it's on the todo list, as I'm learning slide these days.
Jacob
i've always wanted to build one of these.
I had an original Slow Gear, which was cool, but didn't work great with Bass.
Sold it and bought a VB-2 instead ;)
In any case, is this a straight clone? orany changes?
Looks great! :)
Si
Quote from: Sibob on January 07, 2014, 03:06:39 PM
I had an original Slow Gear, which was cool, but didn't work great with Bass.
Sold it and bought a VB-2 instead ;)
In any case, is this a straight clone? orany changes?
Looks great! :)
Si
Just a straight forward clone, true bypass of course.
I might redo the enclosure sometime. I really need to get a laser jet printer for labeling. The ink jet I have prints poorly on adhesive film.
I always wanted to do a project with the slow gear but BYOC already has a kit for it.
Really nice little design you did there!
Josh
Awesome! Any chance you'd be sharing the OSHpark project, or have a spare board up for grabs?
I'd definitely build this one :)
Quote from: gtr2 on January 08, 2014, 02:17:41 AM
I always wanted to do a project with the slow gear but BYOC already has a kit for it.
Really nice little design you did there!
Josh
Thanks! Yeah, I wish they'd sell just the boards. I would have bought this one from them.
Quote from: the3secondrule on January 08, 2014, 02:25:01 AM
Awesome! Any chance you'd be sharing the OSHpark project, or have a spare board up for grabs?
I'd definitely build this one :)
http://oshpark.com/profiles/dc10
Partlist
Exported from Slow Gear-125B.brd at 1/7/2014 10:08:20 PM
ATTACK 25kB
C1 47uf
C2 10uf
C3 47n
C4 22n
C5 22n
C6 10uf
C7 1n
C8 1uf
C9 1uf
C10 47n
C11 10uf
C12 1uf
C13 1uf
C14 33n
C15 47uf
C16 680n
C17 1uf
C18 1uf
D1-4 1N914
IC1 TL071P or 741
Q1-5 2N3904
Q6 2N5457
R1 22k
R2 22k
R3 1k
R4 220k
R5 10k
R6 470R
R7 220k
R8 1k
R9 1M
R10 390R
R11 390k
R12 4.7k
R13 4.7k
R14 100k
R15 100k
R16 10k
R17 22k
R18 470k
R19 1M
R20 3.3k
R21 47k
R22 1M
R23 1M
R24 10k
R25 1k
R26 100k
SENS. 100kA
T1 10kB
Z1 5.6v
Project shared. I also have 2 boards if anyone is interested.
I'll take one of the boards.
I'll take one if you'll post to New Zealand ;)
That's cool, thanks.
I've just ordered 3, so I'll have two spare if anyone wants one, preference given to Aussies and Kiwis. ;)
Just in case anyone needs it for troubleshooting.
Also, i haven't tried it yet but supposedly changing the value of C16 will adjust the attack. The GGG schematic has a 470n for the stock value BYOC has a 680n. Someone (i forget who) suggested putting a 1uf on a switch.
Quote from: Guitarmageddon on January 08, 2014, 07:50:54 AM
That's cool, thanks.
I've just ordered 3, so I'll have two spare if anyone wants one, preference given to Aussies and Kiwis. ;)
Maybe I'll grab one off you instead, Oz is a little closer to home ;)
How much?
Works out at about $7.50 shipped.
I ordered 3, that's both spares spoken for. Pm me your postal deets 3sec.
Thanks for sharing Dc10!
very nice project there congrats
Fantastic and thank you for OSH'ing it..Well done that man
Very cool! I definitely want to build a Slow Gear in the future.
Yeah, this is one of those pedals I've always wanted to try, but never end up getting around to it. I may finally give it a shot. Thanks for sharing this 8)
any suggestions for setting the trimmer?
I've got this built, but not getting a huge amount of swell yet...
Ggg site says to set the sensitivity to noon and the attack all the way up. Then set the trimpot so that their is little to no volume drop between on and bypass. To be clear, don't worry about the swell, just the overall effect level. Then you should be good to go.
I did mine a bit differently because when I used the above method, there was a small portion of the attack at ccw that was unusable. So I set the attack to full ccw, the sensitivity to noon and dialed in the best swell without volume loss. FWIW.
Looks like I'm a little late, but anyone have one of these?
Quote from: zenless on March 19, 2014, 01:10:14 PM
Looks like I'm a little late, but anyone have one of these?
i've got a spare, drop me a pm
I just ordered a set of three and will have two spares, if anyone in EU wants one. Or two.
Anyone who's built this willing to post a clip? I've always been curious about these and have thought about doing one.
I have a TC Nova Dynamics that can be dialed to do this type of effect. I've wondered how close it comes to the slow gear.
Quote from: GermanCdn on March 19, 2014, 01:20:28 PM
Quote from: zenless on March 19, 2014, 01:10:14 PM
Looks like I'm a little late, but anyone have one of these?
i've got a spare, drop me a pm
PM was dropped 8)