I went with a traditional Vox look. I am very pleased with this build and It sounds great. I think I may spend some time with the J201's and see if I can either bias it a little better or see if I may have fake 201's. They can get a bit fizzy at certain settings. I love how you can kill a lot of the bass and bring up the brilliance and it can nail the sounds of Johnny Marr's Smiths licks.
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just noticed how much the lighting sucked.. sorry.
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Cody
Love you man, you get the shitty-old-photo look that hipsters with stretched earlobes deliberately apply to good photos, and you're not happy with that :) (I like good photos myself, not keen on the hipstermatic app thing.)
I think this is the first Britannia report we've had. I'm tempted to build one to compare to my English Channel -- that thing was unusable for my purposes, with the stupid amount of gain in it.
Wow. Love that retro Vox look.
That etching !
Mich P.
This is really looking great - inside and outside!
That was fast!
Love the look of it.
Looks great!
Josh
Just fantastic!
Do you lay the enclosure face-down on a piece of glass/solid flat surface when sanding the paint off the raised areas?
However you do it great job on not sanding any paint from the relief areas. Very pro looking
a-ma-zing
WOW! Great etch!!
INSANE
I love it. You do such a great work, I'd buy any of your stuff in a heartbeat
That enclosure is amazing.
AlanP: This thing has a much wider range of gain than the EC. It's a huge improvement.
Looks awesome.
This new circuit intrigues me. Another overdrive to add to the 'must try' list!
Cody, you really nailed this one. The etch is absolutely gorgeous, and the insides look so clean. Top notch work!
Thanks everyone for the kind words. I was between builds and noticed I had everything to get this one done so I jumped on it.
Quote from: pryde on March 12, 2014, 12:51:43 PM
Do you lay the enclosure face-down on a piece of glass/solid flat surface when sanding the paint off the raised areas?
However you do it great job on not sanding any paint from the relief areas. Very pro looking
I use 1000 grit on a rubber sanding block that I just use softly to get 80% of the paint off the raised areas. I then take a scrap of 1000 grit and do the rest by hand. Sandpaper folded and use of a finger. I found that it is important to sand in the same direction on aluminum or else the light reflects off it weird.
If your not careful (Like I have done many times) you can get your self in trouble with sanding and repainting and sanding again and taking the raised area right off. Also learned that even if I use the oven to cure the paint it still needs to cure over night or else you will get the sandpaper fragments/dust stuck in the paint. Makes black marks on the paint.
Also learned that the matte clear coat I use will fill any fine sanding marks caused by the 1000 grit. So if your paint looks a bit dull after the sanding it will come back to life with some clear coat. I always use matte clear since I'm not a huge fan of super shinny pedals.
Thanks again guys for the encouragement.
Cody
So the raised portion is white?
If so, how do you accomplish that?
No, the raised portion is not painted.
Jacob
Quote from: jkokura on March 12, 2014, 05:18:11 PM
No, the raised portion is not painted.
Jacob
okay, that makes sense. It appeared white and I saw the white knobs so.....
Jacob is correct. Just good ol' aluminum color.
Cody
Beautiful work! I'm very happy that you're enjoying the circuit.
Beautiful build!
Good tip on the clear coat too, thanks! 8)
Another awesome one man, love it! I am going to give your painting method a go, you obviously get some great results so will have to try it myself!