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Title: Selmer Buzztone Clone - Crustache
Post by: mcasemo on July 14, 2014, 12:48:18 AM
I'm learning the waterslide decal stuff, working on etching (having trouble), but here is one of four of these i built for friends, a selmer buzztone clone with the boost switch, in an oversized octagon box.  crustache is sorta slang for a prepubescent mustache, fuzzy you know.  anyway it sounds pretty cool.  used AC125's in all of them, seems to be pretty forgiving to gain, but i'm partially deaf....  anyway, love these octagon boxes...

cheers


(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-xDNvOiM1QCc/U8Mnw1vvDcI/AAAAAAAAsYk/wyblggL_Cds/w1248-h832-no/IMG_4340.jpg)
Title: Re: Selmer Buzztone Clone - Crustache
Post by: bcalla on July 14, 2014, 02:22:40 PM
Cool build.  I like the enclosure.  Gut shot?
Title: Re: Selmer Buzztone Clone - Crustache
Post by: selfdestroyer on July 14, 2014, 04:52:56 PM
Love the color and the font you used. Great job.

Cody
Title: Re: Selmer Buzztone Clone - Crustache
Post by: jimilee on July 14, 2014, 10:36:27 PM
That looks fantastic!
Title: Re: Selmer Buzztone Clone - Crustache
Post by: mcasemo on July 14, 2014, 11:16:21 PM
Thanks Y'all.  Here is a photo of a red one with a gut shot (sorry bad iphone camera).  I'm still learning how to optimize off board wiring obviously.  I did one of those font-matcher things online to find a font similar to the Selmer font.

(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-mduhGQPsV90/U8RjhvV5q6I/AAAAAAAAsZE/Uj3wVEZsHyg/w580-h773-no/IMG_2096%255B1%255D.JPG)

(https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-bb29Lvv4OF4/U8RjkIETk8I/AAAAAAAAsZM/Yw24TeERCn0/w580-h773-no/IMG_2097%255B1%255D.JPG)
Title: Re: Selmer Buzztone Clone - Crustache
Post by: GammaFlex on July 15, 2014, 12:21:13 AM
The enclosures are awesome! I'm curious though how well you can drive AC125s with only 2 AAs? wouldn't that only be around 3v?
Title: Re: Selmer Buzztone Clone - Crustache
Post by: mcasemo on July 15, 2014, 12:50:16 AM
3v was in the original circuit, it sounds pretty cool though.  It was Syd Barrett's pedal.  Joe Gore included it in his germanium fuzz roundup, check it out.

http://tonefiend.com/guitar/fuzzdetective/

Title: Re: Selmer Buzztone Clone - Crustache
Post by: GammaFlex on July 15, 2014, 03:00:45 AM
Oh that's cool! thanks for the info :)