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Title: My worst & my best builds
Post by: George on November 26, 2019, 11:54:59 AM
Madbeanpedals forum taught me most of the things i know about pedals since day 1 and helped me a lot when starting this completely new hobby-passion in my life! This is my way of saying ''thank you for everything guys'' by posting my first and my last builds showing all the fun i am having all these years.

First Build WTF fuzz  ;D:
(https://i.postimg.cc/FYH9QdQr/IMG-20150524-141030.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/FYH9QdQr)(https://i.postimg.cc/RNn7LFY0/IMG-20150524-141227.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/RNn7LFY0)(https://i.postimg.cc/SJqSD1Tz/IMG-20150523-141111.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/SJqSD1Tz)(https://i.postimg.cc/r0QBjgK5/IMG-20150523-141131.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/r0QBjgK5)

Pork Barrel:
Great pcb is great!!! I cant find a pic of the populated pcb at the moment. I remember i drilled the back cover of the enclosure because a capacitor was so tall it couldn't close and it doesn't stick out just barely. (I ll post it later if i find it or just take a new photo).
(https://i.postimg.cc/MchMTbWb/CHORUS-A.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/MchMTbWb)(https://i.postimg.cc/m14P3L1P/CHORUS-B.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/m14P3L1P)

Custom Bad-ass Modified
Diy clone of the "MXR custom badass modified O.D." on veroboard with freestyle marker artwork shielded with a clearcoat varnish.
(https://i.postimg.cc/xNk0BqJx/CUSTOM-BADASS-A.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/xNk0BqJx)(https://i.postimg.cc/RNHSR6zq/CUSTOM-BADASS-B.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/RNHSR6zq)

Deep Blue Delay
Diy clone (on vero) of the Deep Blue Delay. Decorated with 24k gold leaf for classier sound  8)  ;D. A momentary footswitch is added that engages "self-oscillation mode" for as long as you step on it. The self-oscillation can react with changes of the effect's controls in real time with very interesting results. Inside though its not that good looking  ::) i put some pieces of foam around the spaghetti wires to stabilize the pcb!
(https://i.postimg.cc/grpQ5xRn/DELAY-A.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/grpQ5xRn)(https://i.postimg.cc/5XXRvLck/DELAY-B.jpg) (https://postimg.cc/5XXRvLck)

P.S. All of the above builds sit now in my pedalboard adn are getting abused every day (poor golden delay - i didn't clear-coated :-[), the fuzz obviously had an extreme make over and after that was put in a new enclosure. 
Title: Re: My worst & my best builds
Post by: matmosphere on November 26, 2019, 08:03:04 PM
Nice!! These are all super nice. Are those switches on the pork barrel from an Atari?
Title: Re: My worst & my best builds
Post by: cooder on November 28, 2019, 01:36:58 AM
Excellent! That cardboard fuzz is epic... now I need to look through my recycling bin for the grungiest piece of cardboard...  ;)
Title: Re: My worst & my best builds
Post by: George on December 01, 2019, 01:39:28 PM
Quote from: Matmosphere on November 26, 2019, 08:03:04 PM
Nice!! These are all super nice. Are those switches on the pork barrel from an Atari?

The slider switches are vintage microphone switch replacements i found on a local shop and i found the knobs in my fathers storage along with other 20+ years old electronic components  ;D
Title: Re: My worst & my best builds
Post by: George on December 01, 2019, 01:41:17 PM
I dont know if you noticed but the photos backgrounds are obviously edited  :P
Title: Re: My worst & my best builds
Post by: Caedarn on December 01, 2019, 02:43:05 PM
Love the enclosure designs. What did you use to create the artwork?
Title: Re: My worst & my best builds
Post by: Dminner on December 06, 2019, 07:22:03 PM
that pork barrel is awesome! I would have never thought to use those slider switches with standard circle holes, but it actually looks really!
Title: Re: My worst & my best builds
Post by: gordo on December 07, 2019, 12:14:11 AM
Very creative stuff here.  +1 on the round holes for square switch comment.  I'd have never thought of that.