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Title: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: juansolo on September 29, 2016, 01:58:48 PM
Suzy's Tight Club pedal. This was a fun one. We got chatting about doing a Tight Metal and discovered I had a couple of boards left. One thing led to another and I decided that the rudimentary gate on it was a bit pants and it'd be awesome with a real noise gate wedged into the circuit (I'll put details on the site how we've done that).

Anyhow, if that wasn't challenging enough, we also decided to put it in a tiny box, because, well, because. This is a 1590BS... A 1cm taller 1590B!

The pic with the two boards isn't how I ended up wiring it in the end as we needed to move the gate further up the circuit from where the original was. But it's in, it works and it makes it utterly awesome.

Really, really pleased with how this turned out. Decal was Suzy's idea also. Which is cool and I'm using this on mine also (yep, the other board is getting the same treatment for me).

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/14481966_963449257095128_8250841599167690622_o.jpg)

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/14468739_963449263761794_6805430188884406077_o.jpg)

(https://scontent-lhr3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/t31.0-8/14444997_963449253761795_4546119894759531866_o.jpg)
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: Tremster on September 29, 2016, 02:24:41 PM
WTF?
Crammage.
And who is Suzy?
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: juansolo on September 29, 2016, 02:27:02 PM
Facebook person, I C&P'd the text because I'm lazy ;)
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: pickdropper on September 29, 2016, 03:24:11 PM
I'm not sure, but it's possible you are totally insane.
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: juansolo on September 29, 2016, 03:43:59 PM
I take that as a compliment. Sanity is so mainstream...
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Post by: m-Kresol on September 29, 2016, 05:14:04 PM
Great stuff! epic pcb stacking
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: Jebus on September 29, 2016, 05:15:12 PM
Daaaaamn. Great job!  8)
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: pickdropper on September 29, 2016, 05:17:54 PM
Quote from: juansolo on September 29, 2016, 03:43:59 PM
I take that as a compliment. Sanity is so mainstream...

Absolutely.  It was intended as a compliment.


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Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: hylandren on September 29, 2016, 08:35:20 PM
Wow!
Maybe its been done before and I just missed it, but I have never seen that slick method of securing/hovering one over the other, the way you did that!

Quote from: juansolo
This is a 1590BS... A 1cm taller 1590B!

-I was unaware of these, but will remember them for a taller enclosure with a 1590b footprint.

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...utterly awesome.....Really, really pleased with how this turned out.

Yeah, I would imagine so!

Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: selfdestroyer on September 29, 2016, 10:17:00 PM
The buss solid core wire is awesome. Thats a great match up also.. its only way to crack the TM and not have the soothing sound of the sea coming out your amp.

Cody
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: Martan on September 29, 2016, 11:57:20 PM
Super cool!
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Post by: beneharris on September 30, 2016, 12:09:30 AM
Wow, that is intense. Great job!
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Post by: jubal81 on September 30, 2016, 02:07:40 AM
Now that is some impressive stackage.  :o
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Post by: matmosphere on September 30, 2016, 02:09:36 AM
Awesome!! You are a true master.

This also reminded me that I should read that Fight Club sequel that came out recently.
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: diablochris6 on September 30, 2016, 05:34:37 AM
If those were stacked any neater, you'd have to pour syrup on them and call them pancakes. Flawless execution.
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Post by: flanagan0718 on September 30, 2016, 12:45:53 PM
Mmmm, A delicious high gain and compressor sandwich! Great build man the decal came out killer.
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: lincolnic on October 01, 2016, 04:08:17 AM
Another flawless victory.

So where can we read about your gate adventures?
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: juansolo on October 01, 2016, 09:21:11 AM
Quote from: lincolnic on October 01, 2016, 04:08:17 AM
Another flawless victory.

So where can we read about your gate adventures?

The first rule of Tight Club is that we don't talk about the gate... ;)

FWIW, as I never got around to updating the website about this...
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: juansolo on October 01, 2016, 03:23:57 PM
Completely unintentional cool feature discovered... So switch down (mids normal rather than scooped), gain all the way down, vol at about unity, pretty Tone and Mischief (tight) somewhere in the middle. Then turn the gate up until it mutes the initial pick attack... Insta volume swells! Pisses all over a Boss SG-1 at it also! Stick a delay and reverb behind it to make it nice and lush. Totally not what you expect to get out of a metal pedal at all :)
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: Leevibe on October 01, 2016, 04:02:29 PM
Quote from: juansolo on October 01, 2016, 03:23:57 PM
Completely unintentional cool feature discovered... So switch down (mids normal rather than scooped), gain all the way down, vol at about unity, pretty Tone and Mischief (tight) somewhere in the middle. Then turn the gate up until it mutes the initial pick attack... Insta volume swells! Pisses all over a Boss SG-1 at it also! Stick a delay and reverb behind it to make it nice and lush. Totally not what you expect to get out of a metal pedal at all :)

The most righteous of happy accidents
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: lars on October 03, 2016, 06:07:48 AM
Almost as nice as a new duvet.
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: nzCdog on October 05, 2016, 08:37:10 AM
Tight like a Tiger. Great guts, graphics and theme. As usual :)
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: alanp on October 05, 2016, 05:00:25 PM
Quote from: lars on October 03, 2016, 06:07:48 AM
Almost as nice as a new duvet.

Nah... my cat refuses to sleep on duvets, so I lose my leg warmer at night with those.

Juan, any chance you could do an ugly wiring job to make us mortals feel a bit better about ourselves? ;) ;)
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: juansolo on October 05, 2016, 06:49:26 PM
Some of my early stuff is ugly...

But I suspect I've become so set in my ways now that anything I turn out will look the same.
Title: Re: You are not a unique snowflake...
Post by: culturejam on October 06, 2016, 08:43:20 PM
Damn, dude. That's nuts!