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#21

General Questions / Re: Upcoming DS1 mod-apolooza....

Last post by greysun - January 13, 2026, 06:18:08 PM

I was debating a generic 3d printed box for testing this stuff. I think you're right about RF tho. I'll play it by ear. If it's noisy, well... I wasn't using it anyway lol.

#22

General Questions / Re: Upcoming DS1 mod-apolooza....

Last post by jessenator - January 13, 2026, 02:40:09 PM

Could it be RF interference? some builds have had to be inside a box for the noise to go away.

I'm not sure if it would work, but you could try tenting it with some foil, temporarily putting the jacks through it, being careful not to let it contact anything but ground. 

When I recently built a Cornish I had a generic hole pattern 3d printed box for mounting/wiring, and it was noisy as h*ck. Lined the box with some spray-glued aluminum foil and it went away.

#23

General Questions / Re: Upcoming DS1 mod-apolooza....

Last post by greysun - January 13, 2026, 01:24:11 PM

I've got this ALMOST ready to box up - just have to drill the enclosure and wire up the fuzz and synth switches.

Before I do that - I went to test it last night and everything worked, but there was a high pitched hum/hiss when not in play - like the grounding was wonky or something. I checked all the solder points and made sure it wasn't the guitar or something else in the chain. When I touch the sleeve on the guitar side, it helped but didn't solve. I'm HOPING it's because it was just un-enclosed and picking up some room lights or something, but on the off chance someone may know something I don't ...

Is this a "thing" with this pedal? For all I know it's been doing it the whole time and I just haven't played it in so long I didn't notice lol. (I've had this thing for at least 25yrs and haven't played it in at least 20, outside of a quick "does it still work?" moment before modding when I wasn't paying attention).

Any tips on what to look for before I just call it and box it up anyway?



(An aside, the mods actually do sound pretty good - replacing c3 with 3 switchable options lets this get into fuzz territory with some articulation that I wasn't expecting and will be fun to play with. In normal mode, it's definitely a more rounded out distortion - I haven't tried the synth stuff yet, but I'll do a demo when I'm done.)

#24

Global Annoucements / Re: Jan 2026 restocks

Last post by jessenator - January 13, 2026, 04:58:44 AM

#25

Global Annoucements / Re: Jan 2026 restocks

Last post by madbean - January 13, 2026, 01:46:24 AM

Also, I have a small handful of Archibald and Harbinger2 boards not listed in the store. PM me if you would like one.

#26

Global Annoucements / Jan 2026 restocks

Last post by madbean - January 12, 2026, 11:32:05 PM

Back in stock: SSABP, 9mmBB, CurrentLover, Freeloader, IMP, JunkTrunk, Kezurokai, PorkBarrel, Prognosticator, RoughCut, ScareBear, Shortbus, Skoolie and Transponder.

Couple notes:
-TrashCompactor: if you order this with the 4305 chip it will be soldered directly to the main PCB rather than an adapter board.
-Orders with Skoolies will not ship until Friday. The 8pin female headers I include with these were supposed to be here today but are running behind.



I will have more restocks coming probably the first week of February.

#27

General Questions / Re: Build doc for the original...

Last post by Caedarn - January 12, 2026, 06:46:15 PM

Thanks for the link! Sorry the late reply.  Immediately after posting this, I asked 'AI' to find the document and it did so in a second. (I hadn't found it using regular old search). Then I promptly forgot I'd even posted this request.

#28

Open Discussion / Re: The secret M117 flanger

Last post by museums - January 07, 2026, 10:31:43 PM

I scooped one because of this thread and it sounds great. I haven't compared to the earlier version but I was a little surprised to see the MXR doesn't use the multiplex configuration found in most other pedals that started with an SAD1024. Would be interesting to tap the output off the first MN3004 as an alternate sound.

#29

Open Discussion / Re: The secret M117 flanger

Last post by jessenator - January 07, 2026, 02:52:46 PM

Print is not dead. The internet dies with another bubble.

#30

Open Discussion / Re: The secret M117 flanger

Last post by lars - January 07, 2026, 12:15:59 PM

This topic has already become "famous". If you do searches for anything having to do with a 1996 MXR M117 flanger on Google, the AI machine has already lifted several key pieces of information directly from my post, in some cases word for word. It's happened! As individuals we now have the ability to control the information shared with the entire world on various subjects. Maybe in the near future AI will tell us that 2+2 = 5. If enough blogs were to convincingly promote it, then it will happen!

"When you control the mail, you control...information!"
                                      ~ Newman