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Thanks for the compliments guys, much appreciated!

So what do you search to turn up art work like this? 

To be honest I can't really remember with this one, I think I might have been searching for something skull related initially! I end up going from place to place a lot of the time, just looking for the sort of thing that will translate well into Illustrator, it's kind of one of those things where you know it when you see it that it will work.

Wow this looks excellent man! The paint really makes it pop out, great work!

Thanks a lot guys!

It looks great.  Did you create the design too or is it re-purposed from somewhere?

Cheers man, alas I can't lay claim to the design, it was a Google find that I imported into Illustrator. I am going to have a go at hand drawing a design though, another string to the bow and all that!

Cheers guys!

Do you paint the etch?

Yes, it's just regular black enamel

First build of 2014, the board was a gift from another Madbean forum member. It's a transparent overdrive. Enclosure etched with NaOH.

Think about those jumpers you've got connecting the three lugs. What's connected when the internal green wire is connected to outside pole 1?

Hi Jon,

Ah yes I see, with that wiring it would mean both circuits are connected in all three positions, is that right? Back to the drawing board...

Thanks for your input!

Cheers,
Graham

Just arrived from diystompboxes... took a stab at this in your thread over there.

dave

Hi Dave,

Thanks, have only just seen the replies over there, will check it out!

Cheers,
Graham

Hi Jon,

Ok after much reading, I think I just about understand the workings of rotary switches, although there is a good chance I've got it completely wrong! Anyway here is a diagram I've done using a 2P3T rotary, I chose this after reading a post by R.G. Keen on DIYSB stating that unless you need to ground the circuits or use an LED you only need poles for input and output, as the grounding and LED are happening on the 3PDT this seemed to make sense.

In this example, position one would be Circuit A, position 2 is Circuit A & B and position 3 is Circuit B.



Am I anywhere near correct or miles off? I don't quite understand why switches like these seem to have so many lugs around the outside, as you can see I've only used 6 of them in this example, I suppose it gives you more options?

Hi Jon,

Cool thanks for the detailed info, I think it all makes sense in theory so I will give it a go! I agree that I'd much rather figure it out myself so that I understand it so this is a great help

If I get a working diagram then I will post here.

Cheers,
Graham


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Found this on DIYSB which seems to be exactly what I'm after, it's set up to choose between either circuit or have both in series, now just got to figure out what's going where!

I'd suggest a 3-pole rotary for what you want. An on-on-on toggle will not work the way you're hoping.

Hi Jon,

Thanks for the reply, I did wonder whether a rotary would be what I need, I don't have much experience with them other than the Multiplex build that I did but obviously all the technical stuff was done by Josh on the board.

Could you per chance point me in the direction of any relevant wiring instructions if you know of any? I've found a few things that explain how they work but I'm still a little in the dark!

Cheers,
Graham

Hi guys,

Just had a question regarding a toggle switch and an idea I'm brewing at the moment. Basically I want to build two Rat's into one box with the ability to select either one individually but also cascade them together for an ultra gain doom fest! Came across the Deucetone Rat the other day among some other Rat related videos and it sparked my interest.

Ideally I would like the end result to feature one main bypass foot switch and a toggle switch to select either one or both of the circuits, as opposed to just using two foot switches. Would this be possible with an on-on-on toggle or similar? I imagine it to work where for example, the 'up' position is Rat Circuit 1, the 'down' position is Rat Circuit 2 and the middle position is both circuits combined, is this even possible?

I initially was just going to wire both circuits together so it was permanently in double rat mode but then I thought it might be cool to still be able to choose either circuit and have different clipping options on each.

Any ideas would be much appreciated!

Cheers!
Graham

Looks really nice man, just about to start one of these myself!


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That's an awesome build man, very clean, love it!


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You've probably seen this site:http://www.uberproaudio.com/who-plays-what/217-queens-of-the-stone-age-josh-homme-guitar-gear-rig-and-equipment
It does give a couple options/combinations that could cause an effect like that, but I'm guessing it's a Lovetone Meatball, which is listed as a pedal they use.

Thanks for the reply man, yeah I have seen that site, so I could probably build a Meatsphere to achieve a similar effect then? I've been waiting for an excuse to build one, that'll do nicely!