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Hi All,

As mentioned in the "Slump" thread i haven't completed a pedal in a year. A year ago i did chop the top off a 1590b and glue back together as a wedge. Drilled for two pots, top mount jacks, painted and labelled for a project i lost interest in...

The labeling is cryptic enough it doesn't matter what goes in as the paint job is staying. My mixologist did me up a bottle of 'Cody Green Shag' acrylic so it's got the mojo in spades.

Looking for something to build and pop in this box, get me moving again.

Criteria
1. Two pots
2. Needs to fit in a 1590b
3. No interest in OD/distortion
4. Only mod effects i have are the EA trem and a TriVibe, so happy to expand on that
5. Outrageous fuzz and noise is another area of interest
6. Will diy a board, have lots of vero and photoresist on hand (and breadboards)
7. No weird/esoteric bits i'm not likely to have on hand, i've stalled long enough to finish the pedal and waiting for parts would compound exponentially the time i'd spend getting up off the floor.

Thanks so much for your ideas and direction guys!
dave

JMK does an Ibanez Standard Fuzz clone... Would need to drill a toggle switch hole. Marvellous completely out of control velcro fuzz thing.

A Spitfire would be another good two knob fuzz (grind do a board for that - Pit Fighter).

You could etch the Baja layout for a Small Clone, that'll go into a 1590B.

I can't help with ideas but that box came out nice.  Well done.

Hi John and thanks!

JMK's Standard was the first (i've only done two) commercial pcb i completed, and it's a fun one to play with.

Will have a look for Baja's Small Clone.

(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/davent/IMG_6898_zpsfb97969e.jpg)


(http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc305/davent/IMG_6889_zps1e813561.jpg)

There's a 1590a friendly Little Angel etch layout around somewhere. I put that in a 1590b!

I like some delays and phasery goodness of course.


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Phase 45 maybe?  You could put in a depth knob with your second knob.

Nice job with the enclosure!

Two knob noise makers that I think are worth investigating are:
Noise Ensemble
Tim E's PWM
Crash Sync (needs a volume control, so there's your 2 knobs)

Here's to your return and a fun build!

What about a chorus? I personally love the Zombie Chorus. You could leave the "clone" switch off. I've used Sabrotone's layout a couple times and it fired right up with no ticking. here is a link.

http://www.sabrotone.com/?attachment_id=3129 (http://www.sabrotone.com/?attachment_id=3129)

I've got a bunch of Harmonic Percolator PCBs laying around.  If that interests you let me know and I can send one your way as a PIF.

Edit: I've got the esoteric bits (transistors) to send your way as well. Also, it's designed with a PCB mount clipping switch but you could easily bypass that.  :)

Jon

Magnavibe.

I'd build a Madbean Fatpants.

One of those 'always on' pedals.

Thanks all for the suggestions i do have bits for a number of those but Jon (Stomptown)...

Quote from: Stomptown on April 20, 2016, 02:50:14 AM
I've got a bunch of Harmonic Percolator PCBs laying around.  If that interests you let me know and I can send one your way as a PIF.

Edit: I've got the esoteric bits (transistors) to send your way as well. Also, it's designed with a PCB mount clipping switch but you could easily bypass that.  :)

Jon

I'd love to take you up on your offer, extremely generous of you, thank you!

dave

You said no OD/Distortion...

But what about a really mojo'd-up germanium Fuzz Face? Or maybe a germanium Rangemaster with the second pot being a rotary switch for input cap values?

Those are both low parts count and there are plenty of Ge trannies floating about.

Or, just do silicon versions of either. They still sound awesome. Different, but still awesome.

Quote from: culturejam on April 21, 2016, 02:17:18 AM
You said no OD/Distortion...

But what about a really mojo'd-up germanium Fuzz Face? Or maybe a germanium Rangemaster with the second pot being a rotary switch for input cap values?

Those are both low parts count and there are plenty of Ge trannies floating about.

Or, just do silicon versions of either. They still sound awesome. Different, but still awesome.

Fuzz's and booster's are good to go, it was a Rangemaster that the enclosure was painted for, another iteration for the collection and i lost interest after breadboarding and messing about for too long, just not getting on with project, decision paralysis, all too easy to get sidetracked.

dave

Quote from: davent on April 21, 2016, 12:50:23 AM
Thanks all for the suggestions i do have bits for a number of those but Jon (Stomptown)...

Quote from: Stomptown on April 20, 2016, 02:50:14 AM
I've got a bunch of Harmonic Percolator PCBs laying around.  If that interests you let me know and I can send one your way as a PIF.

Edit: I've got the esoteric bits (transistors) to send your way as well. Also, it's designed with a PCB mount clipping switch but you could easily bypass that.  :)

Jon

I'd love to take you up on your offer, extremely generous of you, thank you!

dave

PM'd!

Finished installing Stomptown's pif'ed Harmonic Percolator pcb this afternoon. Sounds fantastic through my 18watt. Will try get a proper build thread with guts tomorrow. Thanks to Jon for the pcb and diodes & trannies! Great project, very pleased!


dave

Damn, that's awesome.

That looks sweet!

Looks great! Did you do the lettering by hand? and how on earth did you stick the cut piece back on the enclosure??

Quote from: 29palms on May 18, 2016, 09:49:13 AM
Looks great! Did you do the lettering by hand? and how on earth did you stick the cut piece back on the enclosure??

Thanks!

The top is just glued back on with JB Weld, the last bit i had so used some liquidy Bondo putty to level the cracks where i didn't get squeeze-out.

The lettering is done with frisket film and tape masking, airbrush & toothbrush for painting.

Build report with the details/pictures here.

http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=22887.0

dave