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Title: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: juansolo on April 06, 2013, 08:03:57 PM
Dipthonizer

Madbean's Honeydripper. Mad and awesome.

(http://juansolo.demon.co.uk/stompage/images/dipthang3-o.jpg)

(http://juansolo.demon.co.uk/stompage/images/dipthang3-i.jpg)

Tenebrae

Grind Customs Tenebrion Reverb (short brick underneath). Brilliant reverb.

(http://juansolo.demon.co.uk/stompage/images/tenebrae-o.jpg)

(http://juansolo.demon.co.uk/stompage/images/tenebrae-i.jpg)

Polka Drive

Another of EffDub's Plus Dist's. This one for Cleggy.

(http://juansolo.demon.co.uk/stompage/images/polka-o.jpg)

(http://juansolo.demon.co.uk/stompage/images/polka-i.jpg)
Title: Re: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: jimilee on April 06, 2013, 08:55:48 PM
Very nice!
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: pickdropper on April 06, 2013, 09:16:30 PM
Great looking builds, John.
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: slimtriggers on April 06, 2013, 09:18:42 PM
Insanely clean builds  :o
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: jkokura on April 06, 2013, 09:24:32 PM
Clean, clean, super clean. Love it.

Jacob
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: danwelsh on April 06, 2013, 11:19:00 PM
May i ask what values you used for r5 and 21 on the honeydripper?
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: wolfingsworth on April 07, 2013, 12:46:14 AM
I hope you make a lot of money from selling these things, because your work is superb!
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: gingataff on April 07, 2013, 03:26:41 AM
Dario Argento in the house!

What the clearance like between the jacks and board on the Honeydripper?
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: lincolnic on April 07, 2013, 03:29:57 AM
Slick as always. That Dist+ makes 1590As look easy.
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: jimilee on April 07, 2013, 03:48:29 AM
I would love to hear the dipthonizer. I love noise pedals.
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: das234 on April 07, 2013, 04:06:19 AM
Very pretty stuff.  The honeydripper is on my list to build down the road.  Question: what do you use for your graphics?  They look great.
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: juansolo on April 07, 2013, 07:42:00 AM
Quote from: danwelsh on April 06, 2013, 11:19:00 PM
May i ask what values you used for r5 and 21 on the honeydripper?

R5 is stock and we use a 10K trim pot in R21 to dial it in to taste*. It doesn't need to be a multi-turn as we've used, we just had one.

*Dialling it in. Get a couple of guitars, one with weak pups, one with high output ones. Put the sweep around 2-3 o'clock. Then adjust the trimmer with the first guitar so the effect is the strongest there. Then get the guitar with the high output pickups and make sure the sweep can still be dialled in easily, tweak as neccessary. That's it really.
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: juansolo on April 07, 2013, 07:44:00 AM
Quote from: wolfingsworth on April 07, 2013, 12:46:14 AM
I hope you make a lot of money from selling these things, because your work is superb!

Only the Dipthonizer is being sold in that batch, the rest are ours :)

As for making money on them... Not so much sadly.
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: juansolo on April 07, 2013, 07:48:10 AM
Quote from: gingataff on April 07, 2013, 03:26:41 AM
Dario Argento in the house!

What the clearance like between the jacks and board on the Honeydripper?

I did wonder if anyone would notice the DA reference ;)

It's got the jacks in that we use on mini builds. Like a mini, they're slammed right against the top of the case and the board sits on top. The switch has a washer an nut on the inside to lift it to the right height and the pots are board mount on solid core cable.

Fit is mm perfect. It and the optotron have no gap between them or the actual case. It all just fits in there perfectly. We're quite proud of that one.
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: juansolo on April 07, 2013, 07:49:33 AM
Quote from: jimilee on April 07, 2013, 03:48:29 AM
I would love to hear the dipthonizer. I love noise pedals.

Sounds like my big one:

Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: Rip57 on April 07, 2013, 05:51:41 PM
That Polka Drive is nice and tight, love the way the wire holds its shape. Solid core?
Title: Re: Re: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: jimilee on April 07, 2013, 06:19:45 PM
Quote from: juansolo on April 07, 2013, 07:49:33 AM
Quote from: jimilee on April 07, 2013, 03:48:29 AM
I would love to hear the dipthonizer. I love noise pedals.

Sounds like my big one:


must build one
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: juansolo on April 07, 2013, 10:27:54 PM
Quote from: Rip57 on April 07, 2013, 05:51:41 PM
That Polka Drive is nice and tight, love the way the wire holds its shape. Solid core?

I mainly use solid. Sometimes ribbon and very occasionally stranded.
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: slimtriggers on April 08, 2013, 12:06:15 AM
What a cool effect.  That really sounds eerily human at times. 
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: Bret608 on April 08, 2013, 01:50:36 PM
I hadn't thought about the Tenebrion much until now. Looks awesome!

The Plus-Dist has grown on me quite a bit. At max gain, it's really trebly with my setup, but I've found that when I roll back the tone knob on my guitar, it's just right (and I don't have to re-EQ my amp). The lower-gain sounds are better than expected as well.
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: midwayfair on April 08, 2013, 01:55:17 PM
I just realized something ...

WHERE THE HECK ARE THE JACKS INSIDE YOUR DIPTHONIZER?

Seriously, I made an enclosure for one of these for someone and if I'd thought about using low-profile jacks under the board, it would have made it a lot easier ... but apparently normal metal enclosed jacks will work?
Title: Re: Dipthonizer, Tenebrae & Polka Drive
Post by: juansolo on April 08, 2013, 03:35:03 PM
Quote from: midwayfair on April 08, 2013, 01:55:17 PM
I just realized something ...

WHERE THE HECK ARE THE JACKS INSIDE YOUR DIPTHONIZER?

Seriously, I made an enclosure for one of these for someone and if I'd thought about using low-profile jacks under the board, it would have made it a lot easier ... but apparently normal metal enclosed jacks will work?

Cleggy made his with regular open jacks, it's tight either way in all honesty:

(http://juansolo.demon.co.uk/stompage/images/dipthang2-i.jpg)