one more, that's all the pix I have for now, but more coming soon
Great little pcb, the baby screamer is. But for now, aside from some other thru hole pcbs I already have,
I'm in what I call phase 4/5 of building. Phase 4 is building other people's smd layouts, phase 5 is doing
my own smd layouts, almost exclusively 1590a, (and mostly for me to avoid wires). Because small.
I love the purple, but wish that there was a way to get a little more contrast without going closer to pink.
Not that pink is bad, I just like purple better. I'm also finding monochrome interesting, though there are
challenges to sort out and not always successful.
I decided to go switch free, and just pick the ones I liked best and hardwire with jumpers.
(http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa361/wgc2005/tubescreamertop.jpg)
(http://i1194.photobucket.com/albums/aa361/wgc2005/tubescreamergut.jpg)
That looks great! Silver is a great contrast to the purple. I wish I would have done that in the purple plexi I did.
Looks really great.
Was the enclosure pre-painted?
Is that a chemical etch or something else?
Are you going to fill in the laser'd areas? Color perhaps ;)
I love everything about that! Great build!
Thanks guys!
It's a laser etch. So I had silver to start with, and it didn't look right. I could have made that work if I inverted the image but it looked off. So I back filled it with black acrylic, and I like it better.
Color could be interesting but sometimes color on purple can look a bit garish if you're not careful. Could be appropriate all the same!
Been awhile since I had a tube screamer, still charming as ever!
Why not try haveyouseenhim's idea and use a crayon to fill in the etch?
Yeah, I've done that kind of thing a while back, sometimes it can smear if it gets hot.
Hyland- it's powder coat I applied to a bare box.
Thanks for looking!
Nice layout, Billy. I like the artwork as well.
Have you tried doing a second or third pass with the laser? That might help get more paint off the box. I also clean mine with flux remover, which works great as long as the box has been powder coated.
Very nice and quite tidy for a 1590A build! The purple knobs look sweet with the powder coat you chose...
Nice build man, very tidy
Nicely Done!
Quote from: pickdropper on March 29, 2014, 01:14:02 PM
Nice layout, Billy. I like the artwork as well.
Have you tried doing a second or third pass with the laser? That might help get more paint off the box. I also clean mine with flux remover, which works great as long as the box has been powder coated.
Thanks Dave! Not my layout though, I think this is stomp towns
I do 3 passes, went to bare metal, didn't like it as much as the black. A white or yellow could work I think. (I've been interested in tone on tone lately, so that might be part of it.)
Quote from: wgc on April 05, 2014, 01:08:50 AM
Quote from: pickdropper on March 29, 2014, 01:14:02 PM
Nice layout, Billy. I like the artwork as well.
Have you tried doing a second or third pass with the laser? That might help get more paint off the box. I also clean mine with flux remover, which works great as long as the box has been powder coated.
Thanks Dave! Not my layout though, I think this is stomp towns
Yeah, that was a proto PCB I did last year. Decided to pair it down a bit considering the PITA it would be to fit 3 pots and 3 spdt's in a 1590A. ;D
Quote from: Stomptown on April 05, 2014, 03:46:48 AM
Quote from: wgc on April 05, 2014, 01:08:50 AM
Quote from: pickdropper on March 29, 2014, 01:14:02 PM
Nice layout, Billy. I like the artwork as well.
Have you tried doing a second or third pass with the laser? That might help get more paint off the box. I also clean mine with flux remover, which works great as long as the box has been powder coated.
Thanks Dave! Not my layout though, I think this is stomp towns
Yeah, that was a proto PCB I did last year. Decided to pair it down a bit considering the PITA it would be to fit 3 pots and 3 spdt's in a 1590A. ;D
It can be done. :-)
And yes, it was a PITA.
Quote from: wgc on April 05, 2014, 01:08:50 AM
Quote from: pickdropper on March 29, 2014, 01:14:02 PM
Nice layout, Billy. I like the artwork as well.
Have you tried doing a second or third pass with the laser? That might help get more paint off the box. I also clean mine with flux remover, which works great as long as the box has been powder coated.
Thanks Dave! Not my layout though, I think this is stomp towns
I do 3 passes, went to bare metal, didn't like it as much as the black. A white or yellow could work I think. (I've been interested in tone on tone lately, so that might be part of it.)
Makes sense. Sometimes there just isn't enough contrast. In those situations, only a fill will do.