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Looks great!

The faceplate is classy but I think the real show is going on inside. Those are some pro level guts my friend. SMD and through hole are as perfect as it gets.

Thanks guys!

Super awesome, as usual, Lee. Would you mind sharing the meter schematics with us? I think this would be a nice feature for other projects as well. Even better, would you sell PCBs for this thing?

I don't have any plans to sell the PCB. That one needs to be tweaked anyway. It's possible that it could come available at some point though. I was smart enough to get it working but not smart enough to get it working as well as it could. I have a couple eyes on it with the thought that I want to share it when it's ready.

I love that '70s pro gear/synth look.

Yes! That's what I was drawing on for sure. I'm a sucker for that look. I suppose I used the wrong knobs to get it all the way there but I like the black aluminum on this.

... And the "Butt Kick" PCB is hilarious! 😂

I was wondering if anyone would notice that. Hehe 

There's that flawless stomptown execution. And I'm suddenly wanting to build another CE2. Sweet build my friend. I hope there will be many more to follow in 2020.

Some gorgeous art going on here. Welcome to Madbean. Keep posting!

I really love the artwork and etch on this! So sweet with the stomp placement.

Nice work! I think your knob choice on the spirit box was spot on. I'm appreciating the wiring in all three. Good job!

The snappiest name I have for this one would be the "Turd Polisher" but I decided to just call it the "Signal Conditioner." It's one I've actually been thinking about and planning for a very long time despite the spartan graphics.

This is a really nice gate into a bloviator that I added some fun features to. One of the things I've run into with the gate I was using was that if I switched between guitars, like going from a Tele to my P90 guitar I would have to change the threshold setting. On this one I put bypass on a toggle switch since it's not exactly something that gets turned on and off in a set. I then used a stomp switch to toggle between 2 different pots so I can have presets. Each pot has its own LED indicator. I was able to to accomplish it all with only a 3PDT by ganging the pot wipers to pad 2 on the board and only switching lugs 1 & 3. It switches nice with minimal popping.

I used a pair of tip shunting jacks between the circuits so I can individually place them in my chain. Normally I have run a gate near the front of my chain just to kill single coil hum and then a sonic stomp toward the end. I have noticed there's enough hiss from the bloviator that I may put them both toward the end, just before delay/reverb and have the maximizer before the gate. We'll see. It's flexible enough for me to route either one wherever I want.

The knobs, stomp switches and fancy toggle switch dress nut come from BLMS. I'm actually pretty impressed with these compact 3PDTs. They're the cheapies but they have a really nice feel and sound and the solder lugs are nice. I'm sure I'll use them again. The board mounting brackets were drawn in Fusion 360 and printed in bronze PLA. I would normally use PETG but I ran out. I have to admit, it's nice printing in PLA after dealing with the gooeyness of PETG. And it prints so much faster.

To add to the fun, this includes a 10 segment display that functions as a VU meter of sorts. I hung that right off the output and it doesn't switch with bypass so it's always indicating signal strength. It doesn't give me any actual calibrated measurements but it's easy to see signal strength and it's a fun light show. That was a circuit and PCB layout I came up with like 5 years ago and I finally put it into something. I can't even remember fully how I came up with it but it works!

No fancy pics this time and the video and playing are crap. I just balanced my phone on my leg and played my bench guitar through my crappy bench amp to prove that the light show works.

Thanks for looking!

Dang. I didn't realize SLA has gotten that accessible. That's cheap! Whats the build volume? How is the smell/mess? And I love that goo is part of the name.

Build volume is tiny. In the pic I posted above.....that's the entire build plate (in terms of X / Y). It's 120 x 68 x 155mm (Z).

It's messier than it is smelly, in my opinion. The Elegoo brand resin is actually not that bad smell-wise. But that shit gets everywhere if you're not meticulous, and it's pretty nasty stuff. Resin printing is both messy and a bit wasteful (gloves, isopropyl alcohol, paper towels, etc). It also requires a whole cleanup process you don't need with FDM. And it requires a lot more supports for things that wouldn't be an issue with FDM, which means more time post-processing. But the print resolution is off the charts. And, because it's light-based and it can expose the entire build area at once, printing one of something takes as much time as printing 4 or 10 of that same model. So it's slow as hell for one-offs, but you make up for it when printing multiples.

The newer cheap SLAs are worth trying out if you're already a 3D printer guy. I wouldn't recommend this process for someone looking to get into 3D printing.

That sounds about right. I think I could handle the mess because of the trade-off in precision. It's just nice to know these things are finally getting within reach. I wonder how long the resin trays last and how much they cost to replace. Anyway, I'm looking forward to seeing what you make. I had been starting to think about getting another FDM printer but I may just stick with mine for another year or so and see where SLA goes in that time. I honestly think that's a useful build volume for much of what I do. It would open up the potential to create custom knob molds for casting etc.

Nice work. That's been on my "to print" list for a while now, but D&D minis keep nudging it down the list. Which SLA printer did you get, CJ?

Elegoo Mars. It's pretty nice, but the build area is quite limiting. Still, it's good enough to do a lot of fun things. I modeled and printed a Gibson "poker chip" and next I'm going to do the pickup switch cavity cover. Did some guitar picks, too. They look like they rolled out of a factory. It's crazy.

Dang. I didn't realize SLA has gotten that accessible. That's cheap! Whats the build volume? How is the smell/mess? And I love that goo is part of the name.

Nice work!

Astra SPs for me. A carton of 100 costs about $8 and lasts me 2 years. And they're the best blades for me too.

Nice job! I've been looking at those enclosures. I hope they come out with other stock finishes.

Merry Christmas! Joy to the world! The Lord is come!

I love the blacked out innards. Something I've contemplated. Nice as usual!