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Title: Flatlife
Post by: alanp on July 09, 2013, 01:20:23 AM
Afterlife compressor, based on John Hollis' Flatline... didn't want to label it Afterlife, dunno why.

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t282/Gutstwohand/flatbox_zpsadab6503.jpg) (http://s163.photobucket.com/user/Gutstwohand/media/flatbox_zpsadab6503.jpg.html)

(http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t282/Gutstwohand/flatguts_zpsd07f889a.jpg) (http://s163.photobucket.com/user/Gutstwohand/media/flatguts_zpsd07f889a.jpg.html)

Brief bit of excitement when I put the IC in backwards, minor fingertip burn, nothing serious. Replace with a new one (right way around), off it goes. Looked for a pencil briefly for the lettering lines, then figured I might as well make a feature of it given the actual effect it does.

Mostly uploading this to prove that even a hamfisted meatworker like me can do this. It's just fiddly, is all. (Otherwise, quite pedestrian for this board.)
Title: Re: Flatlife
Post by: soldersqueeze on July 09, 2013, 08:37:36 AM
I still haven't dared build a TB looper into a 1590A, so kudos from me!
These things intimidate me more than any of the "expert" level builds :D
Title: Re: Flatlife
Post by: alanp on July 09, 2013, 08:46:05 AM
Heh, on the other forum I post on, I've admitted these small builds scare me more than building ring modulators :) (my personal thread on there is up to 19 pages, it started from my first pedal build...)
Title: Re: Flatlife
Post by: nzCdog on July 10, 2013, 12:50:14 AM
Looks cool alan... 1590as are hard
Title: Re: Flatlife
Post by: slimtriggers on July 10, 2013, 12:53:22 AM
Quote from: soldersqueeze on July 09, 2013, 08:37:36 AM
I still haven't dared build a TB looper into a 1590A, so kudos from me!
These things intimidate me more than any of the "expert" level builds :D

Same here.  I'm still impressed every time I see one of these.  My eyeball/freehand drilling method is not conducive to such intricacies :)