Here's another one I finished last fall. I was originally going to go with the waterslide on the left, but after watching a certain documentary a friend talked me into going with the one on the right.
(http://matthewwhitworth.com/fxbox2011/mom-waterslides.jpg)
Here's the enclosure after a bake in the oven. I had heard that clear coat didn't work well on bare aluminum (maybe because there's no primer), but I've never had any problems with this one and I think it looks great. I used a flat clear instead of a gloss, and you can barely even tell it's been finished. (I used a gloss clear on another bare enclosure and did not like the way it looked.)
(http://matthewwhitworth.com/fxbox2011/mom-enclosure.jpg)
Even with all those knobs and wires, getting this in a 1590BB was a snap with room to spare. I like it when I can mount the jacks on the top to save horizontal space on my board. I built this Chunk Chunk board to guitarpcb.com "Boogey 57" specs with 2n5457 JFETs primarily because I hated the fizzy sound of most of the YouTube videos with J201s. Despite the name I was really looking for a more alt-rock/pop-punk high gain than a metal tone, and with the right guitar and amp I can dial that in with this.
Through my tele and 5F2A Princeton it sounds kinda ridiculous.
(http://matthewwhitworth.com/fxbox2011/mom-guts.jpg)
Here's the finished product. When I decided to build this one, I kinda thought it was going to be a goof, but my bandmates like this best of all the pedals I've done (okay, along with the Fat Pants, which is currently on one of their boards). I should probably replace the nylon 3PDT washer with a metal one so that it lives up to its name.
(http://matthewwhitworth.com/fxbox2011/mom-front.jpg)
Makes my ChunkChunk cry and hide in a corner (see my most recent thread), now where have I heard this before.....
Paul
Nice... don't know what doco you mean, is it supposed to be a Kraftwerk reference? _Trans Europe Express_ had a track "Metal On Metal".
Quote from: alanp on May 31, 2012, 05:05:51 PM
Nice... don't know what doco you mean, is it supposed to be a Kraftwerk reference? _Trans Europe Express_ had a track "Metal On Metal".
My guess is "Anvil - the story of Anvil". Maybe the best rockumentary. Ever:) ...
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And on topic; nice build. Cool metallion look.
Cheers
Quote from: Vallhagen on May 31, 2012, 07:51:55 PMMy guess is "Anvil - the story of Anvil". Maybe the best rockumentary. Ever:) ...
Bingo! And thank you.
Alanp, I need to check out the Kraftwerk tune -- although I have a strange feeling I'll never use this pedal to play it. I saw them about eight years ago and they were oddly fantastic.
Here's a pic that looks much more menacing that the previous, wussy shot on the floral bedspread.
(http://matthewwhitworth.com/fxbox2011/mom-front2.jpg)
Definitely still needs a metal washer, though.