I measured a bunch of Russian germanium transistors for a fuzz face and decided to make good use of the extras. Here is a Dallas Rangemaster with 'pregain' 250k pot and input caps on a toggle. Forgot to write down the input cap values but used a on/off/on toggle mounted on vero strip. Middle position is the stock value and the outside positions add a cap to make 'mid boost' and 'full range' boost. I built the circuit a couple months ago and didn't take notes:(
I like it quite a bit for what it is.
The enclosure is etched and painted using model car acrylic paints.
I tried to cover the fresnel LED lens with envirotex but it didn't quite cover it. I wouldn't do this again mainly because the ET scatters the light when lit. Not as clean a look when lit IMHO.
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Love the red phoenix and the led positioning. Very classy
Very nice indeed Phil!
Love the multi color etch you did there. Great artwork also.
Cody
Snazzy looking! Toggle was a great feature improvement as well. Dual color FTW.
Phil, I think the led/fresnel looks great! I can't tell any flaws.
Steve.
Love that box!
Sweet stuff! Looks super!
That's awesome!
Very nice!
Thanks guys. Certainly drew a lot of inspiration from around here. So many spectacular etches. This one was simple in comparison;)
I found where I had planned out the input cap toggle vero.
4n7 as the original. Then 22n in parallel or 33n in parallel. Not sure if that was my final values because I socketed and tried some different values. Seems I went higher on the last cap.
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That is slick looking, and the led looks plenty bright to me.
LED is bright but it actually 'lights up' the epoxy around the LED. Not a big deal by any means. I won't do this again because I feel it doesn't add anything and has that minor issue of stray light in the epoxy. I don't think anyone would actually look at it and say they don't like what's happening. Guess what I'm saying is that I'm overly critical;)
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oh yeah! what an etch!!! great build philo 8)
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Love your demos! Nice looking and sounding pedal.
Thanks Bill. It was a lot of fun! Nice excuse to have to play this stuff I'm building too:)
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Yes sounds great, cool demo it is!
Thanks Cooder. I forgot to mention the guitar you hear at the intro is the dry signal. The other 2 guitars are both pots fully clockwise- one neck position on a strat and one bridge.
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That sounds great! Was the toggle in the "stock" position for the demo as well?
Yes, stock input cap.
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