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Sweet! She's a beauty! Did you add any shielding inside?

Actually, no. I was tempted to, but in the end I decided against it. I did do a partial shield on the pickguard though. I used roofing tape of all things. I was careful to check grounding continuity on all the parts and everything is in contact thankfully. It worked really well.

I might add some some body shielding later but I was kinda in a hurry to get this done (got a session coming up).

Technically, it's a new 'body' day. The story of this guitar:

I got my second guitar in 1989. It was a Fender Deluxe (Am.) Strat with Lace Sensors. Great guitar! But, being the dumbass teenager I was, I decided I wanted to mod it...a lot. Around this time I was really into Metallica, and the "..and Justice for All" record had just come out. I saw this picture of Kirk Hammet with a tricked out Strat that I really loved. It was black like mine, but he had put EMGs, a Floyd Rose and black tuners on it. I thought it looked freakin awesome so I decided I would trick out my Strat like his.

Anyway, I had the EMGs put in, bought some black Sperzel tuners. Eventually I bought a Floyd Rose and took it to my local shop to see if they could put it in. I had been taking lessons there for a couple of years and had them do some work before, so I was not worried. So, the owner says "sure, no problem" and off it went to a local luthier to route out the body and install the tremolo.

Well, it turns out this "luthier" specialized in stringed instruments, but violins or some shit. What I got back was a mess. The body had been incorrectly routed, the clamping nut was installed behind the original nut rather than replacing it and the damn thing would not hold tune at all. I was pretty crushed. I found out later the owner of the shop was a coke addict or something, so maybe he traded the money for drugs, ha ha.

Years went by and I kept playing the guitar even though I grew out of the metal phase. I eventually started undoing some of the mods, going back to the Laces, etc. Since the body was pretty well destroyed, I painted the back of it with "This Machine Kills Capitalists". I dunno why I did that. But, I just kept playing with it and put up with the bad setup, frequent detunes, etc. Through this process I completely wore in the neck, which was still in good shape. The thing about playing a neck over a lot of years is that both your hand and the wood eventually mold themselves to one another. I love the neck and the fact that the original nut was left in turned out to be a blessing.

So, finally, here is the re-done Deluxe more than 20 years later. The new body is Warmoth, Black Korina. I love it! It's got the original 2-point tremolo and neck. The pickups are supposedly Fenders, but there are no markings to indicate. They are fairly weak---5.65k on the bridge. But, I like weakish single coils. The chickenhead knob is actually a fake pot---it has an SPST switch on it, so when I turn it all the way back, the switch engages and adds in the neck pickup so I can get the neck/bridge combo I like so much. The pickguard is Walnut which I bought off eBay a while ago. I wish I had taken a picture of the wiring I did inside...one of my best wiring jobs. Also, I put in wicked paper in oil 22n cap in for the master tone.

Now I gotta plug it in!

Anybody here that has one: have you successfully updated the firmware via MIDI on yours? I cannot make it happen on mine.

It does have a lot of output, although I am surprised the 100k pot did not help. You can lower it further---try 10k linear or log to see if that works for you.

It could be a logic controlled relay and still be "true bypass".

Yep, my thought exactly.

That's more enclosures than builds I currently have. What a piece of work!

I will totally buy that. Exactly what I want in a looper---one freaking knob.

There's no single sided layout for the Low Rider, but you can get one from gaussmarkov.net.. It uses some smd parts, though.

Cool off.

What is the limit? I know they have certain daily limits, but I don't know if they have a monthly cap.

Did you see this additional mod for the upper octave?
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=7497.0

On the delay--how much of a delay are we talking (roughly) in milliseconds? As much as a slapback type sound, or more?

Yes, I think I can make a suggestion. Try fiddling with R15 to control the decay of the filter. Lower values will give you a faster decay, so maybe 33k or 22k there. Or remove it temporarily and hook up a 50k pot as a variable resistor so you can tweak it.

Alternatively, you could lower the value of C9 to 2u2, but I think R15 will be a better way to tackle it.

You know, this gives me an idea. A WM with a clean blend...perfect for bass! It would be easy to do.

[Egghead]

The Store re-opened yesterday. I have also updated the Projects Page with the projected release dates on re-stocks and new projects. Since so many PCBs went out of stock, I am splitting up things into two groups to be released mid January and the first week of February. This will let me spread out the financial pain a bit.

General info:

• The Egghead will be a regular project PCB available for order soon.
  
  The Bloviator has been discontinued in lieu of re-releasing it as a baby board. This project is finished and ready.
  
  The FatPants may get a slight update for 2013. Plus, I will release a "JR" baby board version which is closer to the original FatPants with one extra mod.
  
  The Aquaboy Deluxe is still under-going final tweaking. It's just about perfect, but I need some more bench time with it.
  
  The Boneyard II I'm still undecided on. I have a +/-9v and a +/-12v version...not sure if one is better than the other. Just need a bit more bench time with it.
  
  The Sharkfin is essentially finished. There is a little bit of LFO ticking I discovered which I need to work on.
  
  The Stage Fright is being re-made into a 5/6 stage OTA phaser. I will be releasing an 8 stage phaser, too, but it will be optical. The 4th prototype for this damn Stage Fright is currently at OSH Park.
  
  The Harbinger One is almost finished. I have some noise in it that I need to investigate. All the elements are there and it works great otherwise.
  
  The Rump Roast Sub-mini is about ready to build and test. I have a single sided version of it.
  
  There are two other filter projects which are finished and ready. The Junk Trunk and Junk Trunk Jr. The Junk Trunk is a 1590B Mutron Micro V and the JR is a Seamoon Funk Machine for 1590A.

Any other project not mentioned in this list is still in the works, but won't see any further work until the beginning of February.

Wow, now that is something I've never seen! A glowing red pot.

Or, maybe I have...in my college years.