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Title: First Klone (GC Tusk)
Post by: Bret608 on November 02, 2021, 08:33:41 PM
Well, I managed to get something finished up while getting parts orders ready for an upcoming chorus build. I've had this Klone board from good ol' Grind Customs knocking around for ages. I do like it! First time I've heard this circuit in the flesh to be honest. I liked how Keefe (Haberdasher) did a zodiac symbol on his build, so I got my daughter to draw the sign for Cancer (my sign, of course) and send it to me as a PNG. Went all extra and did the font and graphic in oxblood to match the knobs! Anyway, the diodes are some unmarked ones I got from the 1n60 bin in the lab at the college where I work. Forward voltage is like .28 and .30 if I recall, so just a hair asymmetrical I guess.
Title: Re: First Klone (GC Tusk)
Post by: Haberdasher on November 02, 2021, 09:11:23 PM
Looks great, Bret!  I especially dig the knobs.
Title: Re: First Klone (GC Tusk)
Post by: jimilee on November 02, 2021, 09:22:25 PM
Wo, that looks great. Probably my favorite Grind klone, short of the bass one that was never released.


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Title: Re: First Klone (GC Tusk)
Post by: Bio77 on November 02, 2021, 10:21:46 PM
Wow, that looks sharp!   8)

The layout threw me off at first glance.  It looks like there's a 3PDT in there, but then I remembered the dual pot on the Klon.
Title: Re: First Klone (GC Tusk)
Post by: Bret608 on November 03, 2021, 12:25:49 PM
Thanks, everyone! Yeah, it totally looks like a 3PDT from above. I had to read the build doc a couple times for sure...trust me, mistakes were almost made...besides the pot arrangement, none of the in/out pads are marked, and the square ones are all ground, which to my brain seemed counter-intuitive.

And these knobs really are beauties. Glad I grabbed some from Small Bear before...you know!