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Grind,
     Do you still have any of these pcb's?  I'd be interested in giving it a go if you do!

"B"

Grind,
      I built the Aristocrat some time ago & wasn't impressed. I have a GGG Its-8 that I like, but I'm looking for something that I LOVE! Do you think I could get a pretty good tube screamer killer out of this project?

B

Hello all,
          I've got the bumble bee up next in my sights. I was looking at the ge transistor sets on Small bear's site & wondered if there was a strong reason to get the " continental " set instead of the generic set. I know that opinions are subjective but ALL are welcome. Thanks in advance for any input everyone.

B

Midwayfair,

     Christmas in July!!  On the same day I received your diode kit, I received a custom etch from Harbadasher!!  I think I'm going to build out my Sunking and breadboard all of these diodes.  Considering all of the gigs that I have, it might take me 'till August to get to a report.  But, believe me when I say you have set the bar on the level of "thorough" expected.   Thanks a TON!! 

"B" RehmGerdes

I agree ..... amazing.   Take a minute to scroll down and check out the tremolo vid.  Super tasty!  Lotsa tallent out there and here!!

"B"

Hey Cromsphere,
        Is there a BOM anywhere in the thread.  I can't seem to find it.  I snagged the Layout & Schematic, but no BOM.  Any help would be appreciated.

B

edit ........ I see it now ooops.

Midwayfair,
          I too am also in the waaaaaaaaaaaay interested in a kit category!  If you end up making these kits could you please add my name to the list for one?  I think it would be much like Christmas in July!!

B

Willybomb

Nice work, I am wrapping up a Krankosaurous now too & feel like the distortion is a little "gainy."  I'm interested in what you feel about the little angel?

B

Thanks for the comment.

As far as the decal, that's Photoshop 7. I'm just getting into Illustrator so I can do dicut decals out of some pretty interesting materials!

B

          This time along with thanking Mad Bean for his hard work I need to thank Haberdasher for the etched board and gtr2 for the 3pdt board!  I just can't say enough about the community here. 

          Now, here is my Serendipity.  The board from Haberdasher was awesome!  Until this project, I had only worked on fabbed boards.  I have to say that IMO layout and quality of etch make all the difference.  If you are not careful, the solder will run away down the trace  ! It definitely upped my soldering game.  The enclosure is the same as my first report.  I did the white gloss with diamond glitter paint, then envirotexed it and added the decal and envirotexed it again.  To the best of my knowledge the kanji is Korean for the appropriate controls.  Either that or my friend is secretly cracking up that I would put those words on my pedal haha  !  As with all of my builds I have the hardest time with knobs..... I'll update it when I find some that work!

          I LOOOOOVE the sound of this pedal.  It does have an unusually stronger "pop" to it's switching.  I intend to build a rig around the GEC9 so I'm not worried as it will always be on.



         And the Guts

          First off, let me say a huge thank you to Mad Bean & K.Rock! for their help and support with the coolest hobby to date.

          Below is my version of the Ego Driver.  It has the clipping mod (the led's are 3mm water clear blues in the eyes of the skull) that frankly is only minimally different to me but I use it over the standard clipping anyway.  As you can tell, I am a fan of twisting and braiding the cable.  It makes for an interesting rat's nest of wiring.  K.Rock!'s White rhino 2 channel mod is in there too.  What a useful little addition. It's a quick solo boost when switching from HP to LP with the separate volume control. I'm still learning about finishing the box the way I like it.  This time I started with a raw enclosure, sanded it, painted it gloss white, sprayed diamond glitter on it then Envirotexed it.  Then I printed a water slide decal, applied it and Envirotexed it again.  Aside from the bubbles (I'm buying a butane torch today! arrrrgh), It  is starting to look the way I want it.  I have the hardest time deciding on knobs.  I think this one is due for some metal top hats or plastic speed knobs (seeing as how I like to twiddle with my sound a lot).  Again thanks ..... I am truly stoked about this!




          And the rat's nest.......

Brian,
          Best wishes to you & your family. In our circle, it does not go unnoticed that it is our support network that allows us to do the things that we do! Thoughts & prayers for you & yours. The projects here are amazing & the community you have built here is second to none. Thank you for your hard work & diligence to this journey.  It seems like y'all have run into a little stream of bad luck. Please let us know if there is anything we can do to help support you & your family!

Cheers, B

squeaky clean! I was thinking about going after 1 of these. how do you like it? Was it hard to source the parts?

B

Let's see if this works.  Here's what I got from a forum member here. This might be what you are looking for.

Forgive me if it takes me a minute to get the link right.



Cheers
"B"

          Ok, as I am still new to understanding exactly what components do, I'm having a hard time looking for a place to start figuring this one out.  Any help from the collective knowledge here is greatly appreciated.

     First, the pedal in question is the Krankosaurus.  I have built it all up without the 3pdt footswitches and tested it out in my test rig.  The Distortion is awesome, exactly what I was hoping.  The Boost is also cool, clean and loud! So what's the problem right?  My third test was to put the distortion in series with the boost (dist -> boost).  That turned out great as well.  Then I got the crazy idea that it would be cool to be able to reverse the order if I wanted to completely saturate the distortion end.  (I currently do this with a Boss comp in front of all my dirt.  One quick stomp on the comp and the distortion starts to melt down (in a good way)!) SO, I put the boost in front of the distortion and got exactly what I was looking for ............  Then I rolled the volume down on my guitar and the whole thing started squealing like I was roasting a live pig! 

     This doesn't happen with my current setup or even when I put my Fatboost 3 clone infront of my dirt pedals.  I'm perplexed.  If it is not meant to be that's ok.  I still love the pedal with it's intended design.  I'm more after the lesson of why something like this might happen.

Thanks in advance and again,

"B"