This one is a Theremin Fuzz from Parasit Studio (thanks Freppo!), with a custom PT2399 echo circuit that I put together (achievement unlocked?)
I found this old Apple Airport base station behind my parents' filing cabinet a while ago. It had been faithfully serving up a defunct wifi network for about 5 years since the telephone company technician installed a new wifi router for my parents, and didn't bother turning off the old one. I decided to give it a better life.
Rotary switches for the octave selector on the theremin, and another rotary for selecting the theremin, echo, or both chained. I've put in a small circuit with a few transistors so I can switch both the LEDs on when both effects are running.
The echo has speed warping and max feedback momentary switches.
The drilling was a bit of a hassle – there are no straight surfaces on this thing, so lining up holes was a challenge. The boards sit off the knobs and switches with some orange juice container plastic that I cut up for the purpose. And of course after I got everything together, I found that the very middle lug on the stomp switch wasn't quite soldered properly, so had to pull everything out again.
This one took quite a while to get finished – it's probably been sitting on the shelf in various states of undress for a few months. But it's finally finished, and working. I had to go with shielded wires leading into the Theremin Fuzz, as it really misbehaved if it didn't get a nice clean signal. The shielded wires seemed to help the tracking.
Originally I had an optical bypass in there as well, but that seemed to be screwing with the theremin as well, so I pulled it out and went with a plain 3PDT. I'd probably just wired something wrong.
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Gut shot:
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Night shot:
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Video demo (about 2 minutes long):
http://graybloomfield.com/guitar/2017/07/31/the-mothership/mothership-480/ (http://graybloomfield.com/guitar/2017/07/31/the-mothership/mothership-480/)
Mothership....
Apple logo....
Independence Day?
(As I get older, I realize that I need to be more careful making casual references to movies that were made over 20 years ago. ::))
Has it been that long since that movie came out? Oh man...
That's the ccolest thing I've ever seen! And heard! Awesome!
sheer madness, i love it!
Very creative. Really looks sharp.
That's awesome! Perfect name too.
I love everything about this! Great job!
That's insane, I've been looking for a router like that for a project as well.
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That's so creative! One of the most unique enclosures I've seen. Congrats!
What a cool enclosure. Captain Kirk's Fuzz Face.
Quote from: gordo on July 31, 2017, 09:30:58 PM
What a cool enclosure. Captain Kirk's Fuzz Face.
"It's fuzz, Jim, but not as we know it"
Gold! Love this, what a fun re-purposing of an old enclosure ;D
Dammit Jim, I'm a doctor...not your roadie...
Sounds great!
Quote from: Droogie on July 31, 2017, 03:00:56 PM
I love everything about this! Great job!
Finally got around to watching the demo video, and I was about to write those exact words! Spooky!
This is awesome!!
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Best thing to do with Apple digital computing hardware, really.
Repurpose it as analog guitar pedal gear :)
Quote from: alanp on August 01, 2017, 04:28:33 AM
Best thing to do with Apple digital computing hardware, really.
Repurpose it as analog guitar pedal gear :)
I was hoping for an anti-Apple comment from Alan. My day is now complete. ;D
That Theremin Fuzz circuit is officially going to jump ahead of some other effects in my build queue. Too simple and weird to pass up. :D