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Title: Pi/4 Smoothie
Post by: timbo_93631 on October 12, 2012, 04:37:21 PM
Love the smoothie,1590a's are fun to try and pull off cleanly.
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_KZVnEDwvqk/UHe8hK7QMSI/AAAAAAAAAHY/C4NUQWAk5RE/s1600/P1030982.JPG)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-_KZVnEDwvqk/UHe8hK7QMSI/AAAAAAAAAHY/C4NUQWAk5RE/s1600/P1030982.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-6ane4i_2aZU/UHe8jEYDqVI/AAAAAAAAAHg/6Nk_-3CEnXM/s1600/P1030983.JPG)
(http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-xn2_MH80PHc/UHe8kkLUOTI/AAAAAAAAAHo/zvDdSP0ukV0/s1600/P1030984.JPG)
(http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-ZT-KMew2fr4/UHe8naVH5fI/AAAAAAAAAHw/KsCxs26JZ1U/s1600/P1030986.JPG)
Title: Re: Pi/4 Smoothie
Post by: midwayfair on October 12, 2012, 04:40:24 PM
That's beautiful, Timbo. I really like the way you've been doing the enclosures, and you deserve props for getting the jacks to fit properly like that even with a "larger" board.
Title: Re: Pi/4 Smoothie
Post by: GrindCustoms on October 12, 2012, 04:41:10 PM
Looks really nice, love the whole style around it :)
Title: Re: Pi/4 Smoothie
Post by: Bret608 on October 12, 2012, 05:19:44 PM
I was just about to say, the style reminds me of Grind Customs a bit!  :)

You even have some carbon comp mojo on board, if my eyes aren't fooling me. Awesome!
Title: Re: Pi/4 Smoothie
Post by: pickdropper on October 12, 2012, 06:43:03 PM
Looks great.  Both the inside and outside.

I think Rej has started a trend with these enclosures.
Title: Re: Pi/4 Smoothie
Post by: midwayfair on October 12, 2012, 06:45:25 PM
Quote from: pickdropper on October 12, 2012, 06:43:03 PM
I think Rej has started a trend with these enclosures.

To be fair, Timbo's been doing the sanded edges for a while. His mojo rangemaster in the auction has them, and that's multiple years old.
Title: Re: Pi/4 Smoothie
Post by: pickdropper on October 12, 2012, 06:51:22 PM
Quote from: midwayfair on October 12, 2012, 06:45:25 PM
Quote from: pickdropper on October 12, 2012, 06:43:03 PM
I think Rej has started a trend with these enclosures.

To be fair, Timbo's been doing the sanded edges for a while. His mojo rangemaster in the auction has them, and that's multiple years old.

Oops, my bad.  Sorry about that, Timbo. 

I stand by my statement about it looking good, tho.  :-)
Title: Re: Pi/4 Smoothie
Post by: timbo_93631 on October 12, 2012, 07:22:02 PM
     Thanks for the compliments guys.  I am continually inspired to improve the outside and guts of my pedals by the quality of work you are all routinely putting out. 
     I really like the finishes Rej has been doing, especially with the letter punch.  Mine are based around one color sanded away, and namely it is a textured sparkle black rustoleum paint and then hand lettered with a paint pen, sanded again and buried in clear.  Rej is going for more of a multi color design sanding it away to make for some very lovely contrasts between the colors.  I think we both stumbled across the same thing at different times, and that is a distressed paint job has many happy accidents that look super cool! 
     The RM referenced by Jon was my first foray into keeping that as a finished look and even though I liked it alot I did a bunch more stuff trying to do sunbursts with a satin metallic soft gold paint and the textured sparkle black, like my Cosmonut Cosmopolitan, the first Space Verb and Smoothie I did awhile back too.  That eventually transformed into the distressed sparkle black that was on my Blueberry Drive Hotcake clone and quite a few of my MKII and MKIII Tonebenders too in the spring, so in reality I think Rej and I both decided to keep on with the sanded look at right around the same time.   I won't speak for him, but I recognize it as a powerful design element that holds it's own alongside the beautifully executed graphics that so many members here produce.  I don't have the skill or tools to do that kind of pro-graphics look, but I can get handy with sandpaper and paint pens!

Title: Re: Pi/4 Smoothie
Post by: pickdropper on October 12, 2012, 07:44:29 PM
Quote from: timbo_93631 on October 12, 2012, 07:22:02 PM
     Thanks for the compliments guys.  I am continually inspired to improve the outside and guts of my pedals by the quality of work you are all routinely putting out. 
     I really like the finishes Rej has been doing, especially with the letter punch.  Mine are based around one color sanded away, and namely it is a textured sparkle black rustoleum paint and then hand lettered with a paint pen, sanded again and buried in clear.  Rej is going for more of a multi color design sanding it away to make for some very lovely contrasts between the colors.  I think we both stumbled across the same thing at different times, and that is a distressed paint job has many happy accidents that look super cool! 
     The RM referenced by Jon was my first foray into keeping that as a finished look and even though I liked it alot I did a bunch more stuff trying to do sunbursts with a satin metallic soft gold paint and the textured sparkle black, like my Cosmonut Cosmopolitan, the first Space Verb and Smoothie I did awhile back too.  That eventually transformed into the distressed sparkle black that was on my Blueberry Drive Hotcake clone and quite a few of my MKII and MKIII Tonebenders too in the spring, so in reality I think Rej and I both decided to keep on with the sanded look at right around the same time.   I won't speak for him, but I recognize it as a powerful design element that holds it's own alongside the beautifully executed graphics that so many members here produce.  I don't have the skill or tools to do that kind of pro-graphics look, but I can get handy with sandpaper and paint pens!



Classy response, Timbo.

Now that you mention your earlier builds by name, I can even remember the pictures of the sanded edges (particularly the Space Verb).  I never meant the comparison to Rej's finishing style to be a negative comment, but I had totally forgotten you had been doing it for a while.  Sorry about my goof.
Title: Re: Pi/4 Smoothie
Post by: midwayfair on October 12, 2012, 08:11:29 PM
heh. I just noticed that this song's in Pi/4ths.

:)
Title: Re: Pi/4 Smoothie
Post by: timbo_93631 on October 12, 2012, 08:36:07 PM
As a dyed in the wool math goober, phase shift pedals are mentally exciting.  When I was in Trig and we first went over Phase Shift with trig functions all I could think was, "I know what that sounds like!"  Radian measure as a time signature, now that is fun!
Title: Re: Pi/4 Smoothie
Post by: icecycle66 on October 12, 2012, 08:49:40 PM
Quote from: timbo_93631 on October 12, 2012, 08:36:07 PM
As a dyed in the wool math goober, phase shift pedals are mentally exciting.  When I was in Trig and we first went over Phase Shift with trig functions all I could think was, "I know what that sounds like!"  Radian measure as a time signature, now that is fun!

Nerd.
Title: Re: Pi/4 Smoothie
Post by: timbo_93631 on October 12, 2012, 10:20:31 PM
Quote from: icecycle66 on October 12, 2012, 08:49:40 PM
Quote from: timbo_93631 on October 12, 2012, 08:36:07 PM
As a dyed in the wool math goober, phase shift pedals are mentally exciting.  When I was in Trig and we first went over Phase Shift with trig functions all I could think was, "I know what that sounds like!"  Radian measure as a time signature, now that is fun!

Nerd.
Yep.  Pretty much!
Title: Re: Pi/4 Smoothie
Post by: aballen on October 15, 2012, 07:35:46 PM
I'm impressed with how you got that all done with bigger resistors, jacks, etc... and it still looks pretty damn clean!
Title: Re: Pi/4 Smoothie
Post by: raulduke on October 16, 2012, 08:28:17 AM
Nice build dude.

Very neat for a 1590A build as well; good stuff  :)