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Title: 10. CURRENT LOVER EHX Electric Mistress
Post by: Liustucru on April 07, 2012, 11:45:51 AM
Hello,
here is the Current Lover with MN3007 chip.
The most complex build I've done so far and the tidiest to fit in a 125B enclosure.
It works but I have some distortion on the downside of the wave. I also have to tweak the bias all the way up and the clock all the way down to get it sound quite good but without removing all the distortion.
I triple checked all my component and there's no solder bridge.
Can the MN3007 I got from Banzai be a fake ?

Whatever !
I'm not a flanger guy but the filter matrix mode is just gorgeous.
Thank you MADBEAN !!!

(http://img254.imageshack.us/img254/1282/img1856j.jpg)

(http://img52.imageshack.us/img52/1320/img1864go.jpg)

(http://img19.imageshack.us/img19/3263/img1874r.jpg)

(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/9912/img1876yb.jpg)
Title: Re: 10. CURRENT LOVER EHX Electric Mistress
Post by: DutchMF on April 07, 2012, 11:54:46 AM
Very nice, man! Love the colour and the knobs. Can't wait to finish my own, right now there's a reissue from EHX on my board, but it is to large and the separate power supply is a big PITA. Let me know if you can get rid of the distortion!

Paul
Title: Re: 10. CURRENT LOVER EHX Electric Mistress
Post by: marmaliser on April 07, 2012, 12:05:01 PM
Nice build.  I found mine much easier to Bias at 15v.
Title: Re: 10. CURRENT LOVER EHX Electric Mistress
Post by: Scruffie on April 07, 2012, 12:05:51 PM
The bias should trim out distortion, the clock and bias do interact a bit though.

Upping the voltage to 12 or 15v may help you with the distortion, especially if you have high output or active pickups.

If it flanges, the chip aint fake.
Title: Re: 10. CURRENT LOVER EHX Electric Mistress
Post by: DuctTapeRiot on April 07, 2012, 03:56:25 PM
Thats a beaut, the knobs go great with the color.
Title: Re: 10. CURRENT LOVER EHX Electric Mistress
Post by: jkokura on April 07, 2012, 04:30:19 PM
Blue Sparkle is my favourite. Everyone knows that...

Jacob
Title: Re: 10. CURRENT LOVER EHX Electric Mistress
Post by: TNblueshawk on May 01, 2012, 07:39:32 PM
Awesome build man.