I had this board populated for a few weeks and just had no time to box it. I was able to get an enclosure etched on Sunday and got it all put together. I really love this pedal going into my Fender Twin Reverb RI. It gives a great low gain breakup and is very dynamic with playing.
I did a reverse etch and shot the enclosure with a metallic Root Beer paint and a flat clear.
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Naked shot
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Thanks Chi_boy for the great layout.
Cody
Just stellar. Triple bonus points for using hex knobs on a bee-themed pedal. I have a lot of love for this circuit, too. Highly recommended.
One of the best etches I've seen. Fantastic.
Super clean build. Great job!
Wow! That's very impressive.
That's a really great build. +1 on the circuit...Chi_boy did a great job.
Oh man.
Bee-utiful!
Thanks for posting this, and great job!
I went to VIPfx site recently to pick up an All Star Reverb, and casually picked up a couple Silk Hat boards, not knowing it would become one of my very favorite overdrives!
I recommend it highly ... it adds "just enough" drive to enhance your amp.
Quote from: selfdestroyer on July 17, 2014, 01:54:10 PM
It gives a great low gain breakup and is very dynamic with playing.
Thanks Chi_boy for the great layout.
that's it exactly, in a nutshell
lovely!
Fantastic etching and clean wiring. Really inspirational. :)
Thanks everyone for the kind words. It really was a fun build and is definitely a pedal that will be on my board. I found last night that it pairs up with my modded Blues Breaker very well.
Cody
Cody, that is just so well done and classy in every way. I really love it.
Truly inspiring!
Excellent - with a build like that you should bee happy!
Your etches are looking so good Cody.
Cody,
Your etches always look fantastic, as does this one. I'm learning, and have done only 2, but I have been getting a lot of pitting in the masked areas and I think I am simply trying to etch too deep. Do you know how deep yours are? I hit mine with my caliper that has the depth measure and it came up as 0.19mm.
Quote from: Chi_Boy on July 24, 2014, 02:29:49 AM
Cody,
Your etches always look fantastic, as does this one. I'm learning, and have done only 2, but I have been getting a lot of pitting in the masked areas and I think I am simply trying to etch too deep. Do you know how deep yours are? I hit mine with my caliper that has the depth measure and it came up as 0.19mm.
I will definitely pay more attention to my next etch this weekend and report back to you. I do know that my etches are not very deep. I want to try an etch like Globs does his and see if I can pull off a really deep etch. Are you agitating the enclosure in the Ferric chloride solution? I used to get pitting when I just dunked the enclosure in and left it in there. When I started to do the constant "up and down" dunking that cleared up. Hope this helps.
Cody