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NSFW especially if you work on a farm (or are a pig).

An online friend wanted a 2-n-1, but couldn't really decide what he wanted and complained I was throwing too many options at him. I knew he liked aliens, so I told him 'OK...you're getting aliens, something offensive or both'.

SHO aka "Key Bump" (just a little boost) into a Green Russian Muff on my Ancestor Fuzz board. I've built up several versions of Muffs lately and am liking em more and more. There are still versions I need to try and I can't BELIEVE I have yet to build myself a 2-n-1 similar to this. I really like the Triangle and may do an opamp boost into one.

Notes: frikkin MEASURE, folks. The Ancestor Fuzz boards were meant to go into a 1590BB in a portrait layout, so I did some quick eyeballing and loose measuring and got to "aw shoot, it'll fit!". Then I discovered the knob placement was going to force wiring post instead of board-mounting (which meant a good bit more wiring underneath). THEN the height of the 1590BB was giving me trouble with the jacks hitting the board, so I had to swap to the open jacks (I've been using enclosed jacks). I think the height of building in 125Bs and/or the space of building in 1590BBs has spoiled me as far as clearance - I think back on the stuff I've crammed in a 125A and can only wonder why I hated myself that much.

Although I previously admitted I couldn't recall which all BMP versions I'd built or preferred, I'm pretty sure I haven't made a Triangle up til now. I really like this one. It has the gain of the VRH and the bass (maybe more) of the GR, although that may be just to my ears and due to the mids being a bit more scooped out. I can definitely see how folks would want to keep more than just one version and can see how trying out an army of variations could get addicting quick-like.

Etch is a Robert Crumb drawing of Mr. William Burroughs. I like sanding by hand, but went into the paint a little bit, so I stole Cody's iPhone charger sanding block trick and tried to be more careful after hitting it with another quick coat. Lesson learned here was even when I think I've etched silly deep, it can almost always use a little more.

I honestly don't remember what all Muff versions I've made or which one(s) I prefer. So I've been doing a little reading and decided with my Osh Park 3-pack I'd try the Green Russian (my last post and I do remember liking it), the Violet Ram's Head (this one) and next will be the Triangle. Still getting the hang of graphics, labels, E-tex, etc. I have a few more ACO-themed ideas for stuff that'll likely stay with me....I don't think I can have too much ACO stuff and am considering going nutso and making a whole ACO-themed board. PICS!!!

Oh - I dig the bus wire from Mammoth, but now that makes the off-board stuff up top look a little messier than it is.

I posted this last week on IG with some turrible Sharpie art and incorrectly hash-tagged as a Ram's Head - it's a Green Russian and I was not digging my doodles. I've been wanting to put SOMEthing with Frazetta art on it and this one fit in with the control configuration as well as anything. It'll likely be a keeper and I plan on putting the tone knob up top for allow more room for art (and big feet stomping the switch). I'm not sure what will be more of a "final" version of art if I make more, but the whole innuendo with the BMP name has always made me think of the science behind folks' grooming preferences, which led to the Pher-Uh-Moan (pheromone) moniker. Again, I'm a fan of healthy ladies (a la "Frazetta women"), but would probably turn off fewer folks (and not have to deal with my 10yo daughter's disapproving looks) if I went more toward a bee-dance direction as opposed to finding curvy women.

I've resisted doing top jacks for a log time, but have steered away from 1590B boxes and think 1590BB/125B boxes can be slammed next to each other and still gimme room for stompage. My feet are likely on the larger end of the curve, so if I can get my shoe in there clean, I think the majority of others will be able to as well.

No idea why I wrote "PROTO" on there - it was kinda as a funny and I hope it doesn't come off as arrogant (I didn't have anything to do with the development of the Green Russian circuit, lol).

Don't poke hours-old Envirotex, even on the bottom left corner, to see if it has hardened yet. Just don't. 

This build is making me get some more values of the TDK caps - having the one yellow-ish Kemet in there and the orange and blue together just isn't cutting it. The more I looked at that stuff, the more the resistors starting catching my eye. No worries, Mouser has been providing relief for my condition.

(For my feeble mind) Imgur > Flickr 

Iron Maiden(s): customer specifically wanted to nail the tone from Strange World and wanted to go with an Iron Maiden theme; after some back-n-forth, he asked to make it two, the other being for his son; they're fans of slightly different eras, but we still decided to go with what I kept calling the 'father-and-son-broken-heart-necklace' design with the debut album artwork being split across the two units; Nom-Noms under the hood here, super bummed I didn't snag another board for myself, but will fix it soon, to my ears the switch on/off is very little difference and will likely make mine with no switch

Clean Op Aisle 20: clean boost; I already have one of these, but decided to make myself another as the guinea pig for the E-tex since the father/son units were to be my first experience w E-Tex [more below]; circuit is an op-amp clean boost and my first pcb layout, the name may not stick, but comes from it providing 20dB of boost

Ultra Chorus: Pork Barrel; another one for me and another repeat; I have really been preferring 125B's lately and the PB I already have is laser-etched on a 1590B with a silver vein powder coat finish; while the graphic is cool, it's kinda hard to see; I've been wanting build myself something with an ACO theme for a while, so here we go

Envirotex Notes: followed Juan and Cleggy's tutorial, complete w hidden LEDs (cool and removes the pressure to hit that 1/8" hole precisely); I poured both Eddies and the labyrinth with the same mix; the Eddies had some bubbles due to either being poured a few minutes too late or b/c I freaked out thinking I put too much on the labyrinth; went fairly liberal with the Ultra Chorus and I think that was the main issue, there's gotta be enough to have sufficient weight pushing the bubbles out; future builds I will probably do a fresh mix for each pedal, even if that means more waste, I really think the stuff wants to be mixed then poured IMMEDIATELY

-Never really been a fan of compressors, but I am digging this one. If I built myself one, I would likely leave off the bloom, but I'm admittedly a fan of simplicity (or maybe just a simpleton, lol).

-Third etch using Cody's tutorial. I was so scared to try etching. Not so much scared of the chemicals, just that I would really flub it up. I feel am getting better. It's hard to tell how intricate of a pattern/design you can get without goobering up the mask. Also, being patient/easy on the pressure when removing the paper is an art. I will forever use my iPhone charging cube as a sanding block....seriously.

-When coming up with an art theme, we were both kinda stumped as to what to do for a compressor. I strongly pushed for lewd n crude. He said he liked pineapples, so....I like the colors a lot more than I thought I would. Also, the smallish, anodized knobs from Mammoth are pretty nice.

-Feel free to suggest a free photo hosting site that doesn't have eleventy pop-up ads a second, like Photobucket does currently, rendering it all but neutered when trying to grab a few pics.....Grrrr.

I have some more stuff to post that's been built, just been waiting either to get to the laser guy or for parts --- now awaiting my third attempt at ordering the correct DPDT foot stomps (hey, I've never ordered laughably-huge elec caps from Mouser, so that's gotta count for SOMEthing, right?)

Modded a delay for a bud and locals wanted a few. Commissioned my kiddo to draw something for what I wanted to call a "Space Turtle" (I think she did pretty good). Scanned in at work and traced over with our little magic 'sign on this special mouse pad' pen thingy. Then lasered on the powder-coat. The flat black enclosures from BLMS are typically better-looking than how they are described and definitely more than worth the price - AND the take the lasering very well.

MODS: Tone control brought out to be an external control; momentary SPST for instant infinite repeats - guessing the shoe gaze fellas are gonna be in love.

SHOUT OUTS: Rej for stoopid quick shipping from the North, BLMS for general awesome-ness, Keef for the Thripidity that allowed me to keep wiring neat whilst bumping the controls out to edges of space, Mouser for quick shipping

Will this switch fit the Tusk daughter board and/or the Opto board from 1776???

http://www.bitcheslovemyswitches.com/#!/Low-Profile-DPDT-Footswitch-Latched-Solder-Lugs/p/51019434/category=5027572


Never messed w pcb pin/pcb mount DPDTs and can tell you the other BLMS ones don't fit...oopsy

I think i found the correct ones at Mouser for double the moolah

TIA

What's a cool/good DIY compressor tailor-made for the bass or that could be altered to better suit the bass? I am not a compressor expert. TIA

Most of this is Grindy's stuff, but posting here b/c the chorus I've been wanting to do for ages, and a customer request finally pushed me to it (I was smart and got doubles of all these boards). Also, just kinda did the pics altogether.

First off, the 3-n-1:

Guy requested a multiple, saying he had been using a Zoom/something multi and felt like he spent more time chasing a useable tone and wanted something more straightforward. He asked if I could make a lo-med gain OD, chorus and reverb in one box. Ummm, sure, yeah, I think so...

So, I called it the sack lunch - very grab-n-go and will cover a good bit of stuff. He said he plays rocky-blues and sometimes bluesy rock, haha. This will be his only effect.

I have built a Timmy before, never used the Catch22 - very versatile and more tone options than I will likely ever use. Pork Barrel sounds like heaven on earth. This is at the top of my 'now build one for myself' list. Works very well with the OD and/or verb and alone is amazing as well. When I think of chorus, this is what I have in my head. Personally excited as my Hardwire Chorus is the only thing remaining on my board that's not self-built or a tuner or looper. Tenebrion was jaw-dropping. I was making a pretty big order from Rej and just kinda randomly picked that circuit b/c I like his boards. Had no idea how versatile this thing can be. Built with medium brick. I've always put off building a reverb b/c I am happy with the verb in my C30 - not gonna cut it anymore - actually think of building two, one to keep on "regular" and one that will stay set on egregious shoewgaze mode, hahaha.

The other two are De Profundis delays - already have one and am crying that I don't get to keep one of these. Just hooked up with a buddy who has a machine shop and trying to figure out his laser toy. Loving the results so far.

TL; DR - Catch22 > Pork Barrel > Tenebrion in a box alongside two De Profundis delays