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Title: Maestro PS-1A
Post by: DLW on February 05, 2019, 11:10:20 PM
The original PS-1A is the size of a suitcase and there are single-sided etch able versions that are not much smaller. I was coveting alanp's pedals on his website and saw he made a small board. He was gracious enough to sell me a board. He was also patient when dealing with my dumb questions about the switching. Thanks, alanp!! It fit without any fuss into a 1590BB. Not bad. The fast and slow phase settings sound really good. The medium has this weird asymmetric phase blip thingy. I tried to match JFETs (8x2n5457 :o), but I must've been a bit off. Oh well, I love it nonetheless!

Here it is...
(https://i.imgur.com/mv0qeiW.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/6dSOoqj.jpg)
Title: Re: Maestro PS-1A
Post by: alanp on February 05, 2019, 11:27:48 PM
 8)

Good stuff! (I don't have any boards left now, btw.)
Title: Re: Maestro PS-1A
Post by: matmosphere on February 05, 2019, 11:58:10 PM
Very cool. This is one of those builds I've aleays been interested in.

Yours looks great. Like the artwok. Looks like it was a production one.

Quote from: alanp on February 05, 2019, 11:27:48 PM
8)

Good stuff! (I don't have any boards left now, btw.)

Didn't realize you were the source of the boards. I thought it was a couple of the grind customs guys.

If you ever get any more I'd probably take one off your hands.
Title: Re: Maestro PS-1A
Post by: gordo on February 06, 2019, 12:50:02 AM
That looks excellent and a nice take on the original.  The switches on those were not much smaller than a 1590A :-)
Title: Re: Maestro PS-1A
Post by: jimilee on February 06, 2019, 02:17:14 AM
You can never go wrong with a phaser.


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Title: Re: Maestro PS-1A
Post by: diablochris6 on February 06, 2019, 03:40:17 AM
Nice and classy. Great job!
Title: Re: Maestro PS-1A
Post by: cooder on February 06, 2019, 05:29:12 AM
Awesome sauce! One of those classic and unique circuits...!
Title: Re: Maestro PS-1A
Post by: Bret608 on February 08, 2019, 02:30:40 PM
It is indeed! I've been lucky enough to hear an original on more than one occasion and they are really cool. A friend of mine would even use one onstage, being really careful when stepping on those odd paddle switches. He did not do so for very long! Also, Lee Ranaldo was using one quite a bit in the mid '90s. Got to see him work it quite up close during a small side project gig when I lived in NYC.