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Title: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: jubal81 on October 10, 2012, 09:22:26 PM
Big Breaking Bad fan here. When I saw the great montage in the finale I decided I had to have a tremolo. This is the MusicPcb Tap Tempo Tremolo. Great pedal. I highly recommend building one up.
This is my first try at using epoxy. It's a lot easier than I thought and I see using it a lot. Made a few mistakes, but I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out.

(http://i49.tinypic.com/9iy7g1.jpg)
(http://i49.tinypic.com/jh96dx.jpg)
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: Haberdasher on October 10, 2012, 09:48:46 PM
nice graphics man.  dig it!
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Post by: icecycle66 on October 10, 2012, 10:00:36 PM
Hmmm, very well.
I'll get one of these.
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: midwayfair on October 10, 2012, 10:30:10 PM
Nice job! I like the little skull. Appropriate for the subject matter of the show ...

Quote from: icecycle66 on October 10, 2012, 10:00:36 PM
Hmmm, very well.
I'll get one of these.

LOL. It's an awesome pedal. I've built a LOT of tremolos and there's nothing that I've found to dislodge it from my gigging board -- just having a true sine wave in an optical trem is amazing on its own.
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: gtr2 on October 11, 2012, 03:06:11 AM
Awesome build.  Really coordinated well!

Josh
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Post by: pryde on October 11, 2012, 03:10:28 AM
Excellent. Love the graphics  ;D
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Post by: lincolnic on October 11, 2012, 03:46:24 AM
Pretty awesome all around. What does the skull sound like?
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: jubal81 on October 11, 2012, 03:52:28 AM
Quote from: lincolnic on October 11, 2012, 03:46:24 AM
Pretty awesome all around. What does the skull sound like?

It's the random setting. Pretty crazy.
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: raulduke on October 11, 2012, 08:18:06 AM
Brilliant looking build dude!

I've had a Tap-Tempo Tremolo PCB sat around for ages now; I really should build the sucker up!
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: pickdropper on October 11, 2012, 01:11:18 PM
Nice graphics.  They work well with the blue enclosure.

I haven't given the Tap Tempo a go, but I might have to.  It does full square wave stutter, right?
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: Bret608 on October 11, 2012, 01:36:01 PM
Sweet knob choice too! Been thinking about a trem so I too will check this out. The epoxy does look good, I have to say.
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: jubal81 on October 11, 2012, 02:05:26 PM
Quote from: pickdropper on October 11, 2012, 01:11:18 PM
Nice graphics.  They work well with the blue enclosure.

I haven't given the Tap Tempo a go, but I might have to.  It does full square wave stutter, right?

Oh yeah, it does the full-on helicopter. It's become an always-on pedal. When I'm playing clean I like to put it on a subtle sine wave - adds a nice "breathing" life to it. However, you can get loads of effects, even getting it going so fast it sounds like some kind of spitting noise fuzz.
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: midwayfair on October 11, 2012, 02:09:00 PM
I'll add that there are MULTIPLE stutter settings, but some are a little hard to find at first. One of the cooler stutters I've found is in triangle mode with the waveform knob at 3:00. It sounds crazy good on faster settings. It's like Morse code.

Edit: I see that this build doesn't have the wave form knob, though, so bear in mind that this one's only accessible to knob junkies.
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: bigrigg on October 11, 2012, 03:44:15 PM
Awesome build.  Great graphics and look.  I've got a Cusack Tap a Whirl and have never found anything to really beat it for me.  Trems with lots of versatility offer so many sounds to play with.  Congrats.
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: GrindCustoms on October 12, 2012, 08:32:15 AM
Being a big fan of Breaking Bad aswell, this is freaking sweet! ;D

I had a completely populated/functional board of these...never boxed it in the wait of finding inspiration for the layout..........and finally sold it..........what have i done here...... ::)
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: nzCdog on October 12, 2012, 09:42:53 AM
Very nice!  Great graphics 8)
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: das234 on April 14, 2014, 02:12:00 AM
1590BB?
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: jubal81 on April 14, 2014, 02:34:48 AM
Quote from: das234 on April 14, 2014, 02:12:00 AM
1590BB?

Si
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: rullywowr on April 14, 2014, 02:53:36 PM
"Say my name".  Nice man. Great color matching on the decal. Breaking bad was awesome.
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: playpunk on April 14, 2014, 03:35:23 PM
Quote from: midwayfair on October 11, 2012, 02:09:00 PM
Edit: I see that this build doesn't have the wave form knob, though, so bear in mind that this one's only accessible to knob junkies.

Isn't that the knob on the left with all the different shapes?
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Post by: TallT on April 14, 2014, 03:58:35 PM
Great concept and execution. Beautiful!
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Post by: bcalla on April 14, 2014, 09:00:03 PM
Very nice.  To quote TJ:  "It's a new vibration -  Crystal blue persuasion"

I built one of these and love it.  You really have total control over the parameters.
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: eldanko on April 15, 2014, 12:22:19 AM
I have my own Breaking Bad-inspired pedal in the works at the moment, but I have to say that this is absolutely KILLER. Love everything about it. The molecular structures in the background add a lot of depth to the image without busying things up. Fantastic design.
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: jubal81 on April 15, 2014, 12:39:40 AM
Thanks, guys. Funny that this got resurrected.
I really don't need this pedal anymore since I've got the ReVibe. If anyone wants it, I'd pass it on for $60 shipped to the US.
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: culturejam on April 15, 2014, 03:02:46 AM
^^ that's too cheap.
Title: Re: Crystal Blue Persuasion
Post by: Stomptown on April 15, 2014, 03:40:09 AM
Don't know how I missed this but DAMN!!! That is sexy!