Hey all
Here's my latest build. It's a JMK Flender. Always wanted to build a Nintendo themed pedal and thought this one would fit the bill.
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/15/f2cb84d2f39eb1c9b1b8b4f7551e9ec0.jpg)
The stomp switches being that close to each other isn't as much of a problem as I though it would be
It was no easy task fitting this into this sized enclosure. I forgot to take a gut shot but they are as always awful. I'm passed trying to make them neat. I just can't do it. Call me shallow but its all about the looks for me ;)
I used 10mm LEDs for the 'buttons'.
(http://tapatalk.imageshack.com/v2/14/11/15/398c54803e138a3d669d83838faa8293.jpg)
It sounds great or awful depending on your take in these kind of things. I love it. The octave on/off switch gives a whole new flavour of sounds. Really worthwhile adding this simple mod. Thanks to Guitarmageddon and Jacob for their help with this.
One thing I have noticed is that the volume knob only affects the wet signal. With the blend knob rolled right off you only get dry signal and the volume knob doesn't do anything. Even with it at minimum you still get a (significantly louder than unity) dry signal. Not sure if this is normal for this circuit.
Cheers
Oh my god, I love this so much. This is my new favorite build of yours by far -- you're going to enter it in the contest, right?
oh my freakin' god, this is so awesome!! I never thought about making a pedal in a controller look but the NES controller fits it perfectly.
With a pedal that awesome outside, who cares about the guts?
and also, nice post to graduate to electron doctor guybrush!
Never been keen on nintendo (partly because they tend to just re-release old Mario and Zelda games and add a new suffix), but that really does look very spiffy :)
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Really hot man! An d so cool at the same time, and the name is just perfect... 8)
Quote from: murdog47 on November 15, 2014, 09:18:55 PM
Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Select Start
you just made my evening!
hahahaha, that is really cool
Dude, that is bad-ass. :o
Great idea, beautifully made. A lot of thought went into that.
Sweet! Do you have to blow on if to make it work! 😜
Are you going to enter this in the contest?
Thanks for the kind words guys. All greatly appreciated.
I'll be honest and say I'm not aware of the contest. What do I have to do to enter?
Gotta check it out! The more the merrier! 8)
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=18135.0 (http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=18135.0)
Executed perfectly. Love the whole idea for sure. Came out perfect.
Cody
Nicely done!
Now which knobs do you prefer?
Rad! A aaaaa aaa a a x
Beyond awesome.
Love it, love it, love it!
God I loved my NES. Will have to see if I can resurrect it.
Woooow! That is perfect! (Y) Great job
Awesome. this put a smile on my face!
Insane! And I'm a big fan of getting the outside to look the way you want and letting the guts follow.
My daughters and I actually got to play around on an old NES this weekend. There was kind of a game day event at our local library. I had forgotten how much fun they are, so this definitely made me smile!
Super-fun idea and excellent work! Which knobs did you end up going with?
This is awesome. Totally fun.
Cheers guys! It was fun to design (not so much fun to cram into the box). Had to stand the PCB upright to get it to fit. Looks horrible inside.
Good spot with the knobs. Went with the smaller ones in the main pic. I prefer the look of the bigger ones but they were disproportionate to the size of the graphic and looked a bit weird.
Anyone have any ideas about the weird volume thing I mentioned in my original post? Just not sure if that's how it's supposed to work.
Great job! Looks pretty awesome to me.
Quote from: Guybrush on November 17, 2014, 07:20:50 PM
Anyone have any ideas about the weird volume thing I mentioned in my original post? Just not sure if that's how it's supposed to work.
It's working right.
Jacob
That's awesome dude, brings a nostalgic tear to my eye! ;)
SO good. So so good. Geez. Why didn't I think of this.
This looks so cool! Great build.
Quote from: Guybrush on November 15, 2014, 05:06:52 PM
The octave on/off switch gives a whole new flavour of sounds. Really worthwhile adding this simple mod. Thanks to Guitarmageddon and Jacob for their help with this.
Woah, I didn't know you could do that. Is there a thread on how to do this?
Quote from: Jefe on November 21, 2014, 01:43:26 AM
This looks so cool! Great build.
Thank you!
Quote from: Guybrush on November 15, 2014, 05:06:52 PM
The octave on/off switch gives a whole new flavour of sounds. Really worthwhile adding this simple mod. Thanks to Guitarmageddon and Jacob for their help with this.
Woah, I didn't know you could do that. Is there a thread on how to do this?
Guitarmaggedon and Jacob helped with this one so big thanks to them. To add an octave lift swich to the JMK flender, you simply need to add an on-off SPDT switch betweenthe connection between D2 and the base of Q4. To do this I socketed D2 but didn't push the leg closest to Q4 into the socket. Instead I soldered a wire to the empty socket to the centre pole on the SPDT. I then ran a wire from one of the outer poles and connected it to the 'dangling' leg of D2. Make sure you trim the exposed leg to avoid the possiblity of it shorting anything out.
Like this:
(http://i.imgur.com/x0Ip0gf.jpg)
There's probably a neater way to do this but this is what worked for me. Hope it helps.
Cheers
Very cool, thanks for sharing this mod!
Ha ha! Turned out great! 8)
That's awesome! Loving it :)