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Title: Surfy Bear Reverb
Post by: diablochris6 on May 27, 2017, 11:07:54 PM
I've had an old Surfy Bear PCB for over a year but never got around to building a box for it. I finally got around to building the enclosure. It was quite a woodworking learning experience for me, and I made some mistakes, but I am pleased with the end product overall. I used some oak from Home Depot and some oak panels for the front and back. The wave picture is a transfer of a photocopy by using acetone. It didn't fully transfer over, so I went over the fine lines with Sharpie and carefully sprayed light layers of poly over it so it wouldn't bleed. I'm still waiting on an LED bulb before I wire up the indicator light. I added a dry kill switch and a "Bellows" control, which is the C10 mod. I have a rotary with three additional capacitors to add more cavernous bass sounds. This thing is rad!
(http://i.imgur.com/cyUW8c7r.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/4AbFdXer.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/fsHolVdr.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/zgvAY3Pr.jpg)
(http://i.imgur.com/vWAvSXHr.jpg)

Hang ten!
Title: Re: Surfy Bear Reverb
Post by: dan.schumaker on May 27, 2017, 11:24:14 PM
Looks great!  Good job on the box joints!
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Post by: selfdestroyer on May 27, 2017, 11:28:16 PM
So awesome Chris!
Title: Re: Surfy Bear Reverb
Post by: jimilee on May 28, 2017, 03:30:57 AM
Man, that's beautiful. So that whole big unit is just reverb?


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Title: Re: Surfy Bear Reverb
Post by: wgc on May 28, 2017, 11:37:32 AM
Looks awesome, especially for working with oak
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Post by: Martan on May 28, 2017, 12:09:15 PM
Great job, Chris!
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Post by: bcalla on May 28, 2017, 02:25:38 PM
Impressive woodworking!
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Post by: matmosphere on May 28, 2017, 03:18:48 PM
That's beautiful man. Very cool idea.
Title: Re: Surfy Bear Reverb
Post by: Aleph Null on May 30, 2017, 09:20:53 PM
Love the wood burning graphic!
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Post by: bluescage on May 31, 2017, 08:06:51 AM
That looks really great!
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Post by: storyboardist on June 01, 2017, 08:47:15 PM
Nice work man! Graphic came out fantastic!
Title: Re: Surfy Bear Reverb
Post by: kinski on June 01, 2017, 11:23:45 PM
Nice build! I made one over a year ago. It sounds better than a lot of my amp spring reverbs!

I built my controls into a 125B. I used a 4PDT stomp to toggle between two different MIX pots (MIX 1, MIX 2) and a bi-color LED.

Think I might build their trem pedal as well!
Title: Re: Surfy Bear Reverb
Post by: diablochris6 on June 03, 2017, 06:54:11 AM
Quote from: jimilee on May 28, 2017, 03:30:57 AM
Man, that's beautiful. So that whole big unit is just reverb?
Sure is. Sometimes it's all about presentation.

Quote from: Aleph Null on May 30, 2017, 09:20:53 PM
Love the wood burning graphic!
It's actually a transfer of a photocopy onto wood with acetone and redrawing parts with a Sharpie marker. I thought about wood burning, but didn't want to work that long on it and lose some of the transfer detail.
Title: Re: Surfy Bear Reverb
Post by: Boba7 on June 03, 2017, 09:24:44 AM
Beautiful! I'll have to look into it, would love to build a real spring reverb someday...

It looks really really good, congrats!!
Title: Re: Surfy Bear Reverb
Post by: jimilee on June 03, 2017, 12:37:07 PM
Quote from: diablochris6 on June 03, 2017, 06:54:11 AM
Quote from: jimilee on May 28, 2017, 03:30:57 AM
Man, that's beautiful. So that whole big unit is just reverb?
Sure is. Sometimes it's all about presentation.

Quote from: Aleph Null on May 30, 2017, 09:20:53 PM
Love the wood burning graphic!
It's actually a transfer of a photocopy onto wood with acetone and redrawing parts with a Sharpie marker. I thought about wood burning, but didn't want to work that long on it and lose some of the transfer detail.
I just saw a fender reverb just like that one on the local Craig's list. Yours is truly beautiful.


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