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Title: Something's FSHy!
Post by: midwayfair on April 13, 2014, 02:17:31 AM
I has an FSH! :D

(http://jonpattonmusic.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/somethings-fshy1.jpg?h=450)(http://jonpattonmusic.files.wordpress.com/2014/04/somethings-fshy-guts.jpg?h=450)

I've wanted this effect for a very long time. Brian's board and build notes made it easy. It fired up the first time, but as you can see, there are some extra things going on:

First, I had quite a bit of noise from one of the 3080s. So I made myself a little daughter board to use an LM13700 instead, and this really improved the signal to noise ratio.

Buffered bypass! The little piece of perf is just the two "output" caps, a 1uF for buffered, and 220nF for the main circuit (it's a tiny bit higher than stock, but it doesn't really matter because it passes all frequencies anyway).

I jumpered the 10K at the input to avoid signal loss in bypass, and reduced R4 (to 47K) to get a little above unity (it was just slightly below).

Finally, I lowered the threshold by reducing R15 to 10K, so that it works better with single coils, especially my tele.

I'm super thrilled with the art. No idea where the idea came from, but it made me giggle, so there it is.
Title: Re: Something's FSHy!
Post by: alanp on April 13, 2014, 02:31:44 AM
Pretty cool :)

Just one question -- when's the last time you boxed something up and screwed the back on... and the build was stock, no added components, altered values, or reworked circuit sections? ;) :) Always impressed with your abilities in this vein!
Title: Re: Something's FSHy!
Post by: slimtriggers on April 13, 2014, 03:18:52 AM
The color palette and little smiling fish reminds me of Dr. Seuss. 

This is really cool!  8)
Title: Re: Something's FSHy!
Post by: pickdropper on April 13, 2014, 03:31:46 AM
Quote from: slimtriggers on April 13, 2014, 03:18:52 AM
The color palette and little smiling fish reminds me of Dr. Seuss. 

This is really cool!  8)

Yep, it reminded me of that as well.

Now, off to read Dr. Seuss!

(great build too, Jon)
Title: Re: Something's FSHy!
Post by: selfdestroyer on April 13, 2014, 04:16:40 AM
Great build Jon. I really love the art on this one and the color scheme is top notch. Its funny, I was scrolling down and expect to see a 1590A.. then BAM.. haha

Cody
Title: Re: Something's FSHy!
Post by: jimilee on April 13, 2014, 04:28:46 AM
That's awesome Jon.
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Post by: Stomptown on April 13, 2014, 04:37:47 AM
Very cool indeed Jon! I love the comic art!
Title: Re: Something's FSHy!
Post by: Leevibe on April 13, 2014, 04:56:10 AM
Quote from: slimtriggers on April 13, 2014, 03:18:52 AM
The color palette and little smiling fish reminds me of Dr. Seuss. 

This is really cool!  8)

Totally! That's cool
Title: Re: Something's FSHy!
Post by: alanp on April 13, 2014, 05:40:54 AM
Huh, I got more of a Far Side vibe to it.
Title: Re: Something's FSHy!
Post by: jubal81 on April 13, 2014, 06:38:02 AM
Whoa. Love the colors and whole vibe. Any plans for a demo?
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Post by: haveyouseenhim on April 13, 2014, 08:12:17 AM
Hahaha, I love it!   Very clever. I guess we know what happened to nemo.......
Title: Re: Something's FSHy!
Post by: juansolo on April 13, 2014, 08:27:15 AM
AWESOME  8)
Title: Re: Something's FSHy!
Post by: midwayfair on April 13, 2014, 11:53:24 AM
Quote from: alanp on April 13, 2014, 05:40:54 AM
Huh, I got more of a Far Side vibe to it.

This is indeed more along the lines of what I was thinking, but then the color scheme was really close to The Cat in the Hat (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b5/Seuss-cat-hat.gif/200px-Seuss-cat-hat.gif), so I ended up doing the title lettering in more of a Suess-y vein.

Quote from: alanp on April 13, 2014, 02:31:44 AMJust one question -- when's the last time you boxed something up and screwed the back on... and the build was stock, no added components, altered values, or reworked circuit sections?

Probably the last time I built a prototype of one of my own circuits ... :D

I'll add this to the demo queue. :)
Title: Re: Something's FSHy!
Post by: wgc on April 13, 2014, 02:13:23 PM
"Try that with a laser," he said.

And the village slept contentedly that night, safe in the knowledge that hand lettered and painted stompage was still damn cool.
Title: Re: Something's FSHy!
Post by: nzCdog on April 13, 2014, 08:03:52 PM
Haha wicked build Jon.  Love the cartoon... lookin forward to the demo :D
Title: Re: Something's FSHy!
Post by: lincolnic on April 14, 2014, 04:39:04 AM
Pretty fantastic, Jon!
Title: Re: Something's FSHy!
Post by: ggarms on April 19, 2014, 12:00:23 AM
Blue and orange are my favorite color combination, so even before the awesome comic this had my vote. Fantastic work
Title: Re: Something's FSHy!
Post by: upthepunxxx on April 19, 2014, 12:50:50 AM
Of come on man! That paint job is f-ing rad!


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