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Title: Stone Grey Dist and a couple of choruses
Post by: G.G. on June 29, 2021, 01:37:45 PM
Hi Folks,
We've been on kind of a Brian May excursion around the house so I tried out a Glam on vero (large knobs), which I liked a lot except for the slight slapback delay from the 2399. And that led to the Porkbarrel (small knobs) which was a pretty tight fit and nearly a disaster when I drilled for a full sized 9v jack (fixed with a couple washers).

(https://i.imgur.com/Ke5jmdg.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/vaptKnI.jpg)
(https://i.imgur.com/mjeikDD.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/QUYKr9q.jpg)

I'm not sure what happened with the clearcoat on the Stone Grey Distortion, it's gloss on every other pedal except for this one. I used some Micro Sol on the decal hoping to get fewer air bubbles around the drill holes so maybe that did something to the clearcoat, or I just didn't shake the can enough. I was getting oscillation in the upper range of the distortion so I added a small buffer which took care of it. I'm not really a high-gain guy but this one it pretty nice.  And, pink LEDs are trending!

(https://i.imgur.com/dqo9vr7.jpg) (https://i.imgur.com/ADVTORf.jpg)
Title: Re: Stone Grey Dist and a couple of choruses
Post by: matmosphere on June 29, 2021, 02:14:21 PM
Nice! I dig that little fire guy. I actually like the matte finish on the stone grey.
Title: Re: Stone Grey Dist and a couple of choruses
Post by: G.G. on June 29, 2021, 02:23:02 PM
thanks Matthew! The Calcifer design is from someone's tattoo work that came up on Pinterest. I re-created it as near as I could with vector shapes in Photoshop. I was actually planning on using some steel wool to matte the finish on the Stone Grey anyway so I guess it saved me the trouble. Still not sure why it did that tho.
Quote from: matmosphere on June 29, 2021, 02:14:21 PM
Nice! I dig that little fire guy. I actually like the matte finish on the stone grey.
Title: Re: Stone Grey Dist and a couple of choruses
Post by: matmosphere on June 29, 2021, 07:40:05 PM
Couldn't remember his name. I really enjoy Howl's moving Castle, it's a good movie. Last time I watched it I realized there was a lot of Wizard of Oz parallels there.
Title: Re: Stone Grey Dist and a couple of choruses
Post by: jimilee on June 29, 2021, 09:02:28 PM
Man, those look fantastic. I love me some vero.


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Title: Re: Stone Grey Dist and a couple of choruses
Post by: gordo on June 29, 2021, 09:27:23 PM
You're a madman with the vero.  I like the white matte finish, it makes the decal pop.  And very much diggin the pink LEDs.
Title: Re: Stone Grey Dist and a couple of choruses
Post by: culturejam on July 01, 2021, 03:18:21 AM
Always love a good vero build. Nice work!