In honor of the 2012 Mayan calendar, yesterday I put together a Mayan artwork themed Cinco de Mayan (Mayo Muff) build. In my haste to drill it out at work during lunchtime, I completely screwed up the drilling (all of my input/output sockets were punched 180 degrees out of phase). I didn't notice until I went to drill the DC socket. I was able to salvage the case, but I ended up with the input being socket in a different location than I usually put it and my first glory hole by the output socket.
I had just verified the board and wanted to play with it over the holiday so I decided to build it anyway. Besides, an extra hole in my Mayan pedal isn't the end of the world. :mrgreen:
I really like the artwork, so I will probably build another with proper in/out socket orientation for my mini board at some point and either put this on a different board, or sell it off.
For this build, I decided to do a 1590A through-hole board as a change of pace from my normal SMT stuff. At the time, I didn't have BC550 trannies, so I built it with 5088s. I received some BC550s yesterday, so I will build another Mayo board with those to compare.
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/pickdropper/Guitar%20Pedals/CincodeMayan1_zpsc03f5a33.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/pickdropper/Guitar%20Pedals/CincodeMayan2_zps81b2de06.jpg)
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v158/pickdropper/Guitar%20Pedals/CincodeMayan3_zpseb5da197.jpg)
Very cool graphic work... and nice layout!
You could say, that like the Mayan calendar predictions this pedal in its honour is 'full of holes' ::) ;D
Quote from: nzCdog on December 22, 2012, 04:06:18 PM
Very cool graphic work... and nice layout!
You could say, that like the Mayan calendar predictions this pedal in its honour is 'full of holes' ::) ;D
Haha, well played.
cool build, in true to pickdropper tradition ;D
Glad to see this the day after the world ended as we know it 8)
Josh
Quote from: gtr2 on December 22, 2012, 04:23:22 PM
cool build, in true to pickdropper tradition ;D
Correct. His builds are inspiring me to look into etching. Outstanding stuff.
BTW Pickdropper, can you suggest any online resources for someone looking to get into etching enclosures?
Quote from: Axe_34 on December 22, 2012, 05:36:25 PM
Quote from: gtr2 on December 22, 2012, 04:23:22 PM
cool build, in true to pickdropper tradition ;D
Correct. His builds are inspiring me to look into etching. Outstanding stuff.
BTW Pickdropper, can you suggest any online resources for someone looking to get into etching enclosures?
Hey Axe, I learned through trial and error, so I don't really have any particular online resources I can point you to. However, I can help explain how to setup the artwork for the results that I get. The artwork is actually the key, IMHO. The laser engraver is just a cool tool to execute it.
As far as the actual engraving, I think the best idea is to look and see if there are any Trophy shops in your area. These days most of them have laser engravers. I know Rej brings his stuff to a local shop, and there are some other folks that do that as well. I am actually trying to find one local to me as I can't always use the one at my work.
Very nice! Do you have any more pcbs? I was thinking about 1590a muff as I was driving home!
Quote from: jtn191 on December 29, 2012, 10:50:33 PM
Very nice! Do you have any more pcbs? I was thinking about 1590a muff as I was driving home!
Yeah, I think I have 6 or so of them. Shoot me a PM.
Quote from: pickdropper on December 22, 2012, 06:01:13 PM
Quote from: Axe_34 on December 22, 2012, 05:36:25 PM
Quote from: gtr2 on December 22, 2012, 04:23:22 PM
cool build, in true to pickdropper tradition ;D
Correct. His builds are inspiring me to look into etching. Outstanding stuff.
BTW Pickdropper, can you suggest any online resources for someone looking to get into etching enclosures?
Hey Axe, I learned through trial and error, so I don't really have any particular online resources I can point you to. However, I can help explain how to setup the artwork for the results that I get. The artwork is actually the key, IMHO. The laser engraver is just a cool tool to execute it.
I would also love to hear your advice on how to setup the artwork. I really want to do a laser engraving...
*Raises a Corona in your honor !!!* ;D
Very cool Mini Muff!
Purdy!
Thats so awesome! I really like how you offset the knobs like that. ;)
Your PCB layout skills are top notch! I'd be interested in building one or maybe a few of these.
Quote from: bigmufffuzzwizz on January 04, 2013, 02:37:41 AM
Thats so awesome! I really like how you offset the knobs like that. ;)
Your PCB layout skills are top notch! I'd be interested in building one or maybe a few of these.
Thanks Man,
I have a couple of the proto boards left over. Shoot me a PM if you want any. I may also do a small run later as well.