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#51
Open Discussion / Re: Unusual "views" ...
Last post by jimilee - September 19, 2025, 02:53:33 AMHurricane monkey football bat. Checkmate!
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#52
Open Discussion / Re: Unusual "views" counts?
Last post by jessenator - September 19, 2025, 02:24:44 AMLevitation training is the first part of this balanced breakfast, Solomon Grundy! I have to finish all of these Pennzoil holodeck math story programs before next Sampterday!
If anyone misses cockroach trapezoid maple articulations, they will be forced to furnace filter garbage pail kids pontification submarine sandwich.
That first paragraph sounds a lot like Senor Cardgage, actually...
If anyone misses cockroach trapezoid maple articulations, they will be forced to furnace filter garbage pail kids pontification submarine sandwich.
That first paragraph sounds a lot like Senor Cardgage, actually...
#53
Open Discussion / Re: Unusual "views" counts?
Last post by lars - September 18, 2025, 08:17:26 PMQuote from: jessenatorMayonnaise.Ah, one of the Smashing Pumpkins best songs.
Remember to bevel the stater to reduce hypersonic vibration, otherwise your germanium transistors will suffer harmonic saturation. The first greeting is for academic purpose only. Insert diode up there.
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#54
Open Discussion / Re: Absence, update and reflec...
Last post by LaceSensor - September 16, 2025, 01:10:00 PMHi Everyone
thanks for the kind words of encouragement
www.gigaheartsfx.com goes live today 4pm Uk / 8am west coast / 1pm east coast
Other time zones may vary
Even if I dont make any sales, its been a fun ride. Ive learned a heap, way more than I imagined, and I can make cooler stuff than I ever could in the previous 10 years I reckon.
Cheers
Ian
thanks for the kind words of encouragement
www.gigaheartsfx.com goes live today 4pm Uk / 8am west coast / 1pm east coast
Other time zones may vary
Even if I dont make any sales, its been a fun ride. Ive learned a heap, way more than I imagined, and I can make cooler stuff than I ever could in the previous 10 years I reckon.
Cheers
Ian
#55
Build Reports / A couple distortion 3s…
Last post by greysun - September 15, 2025, 09:01:23 PMWelcoming to the ever-expanding number of pedals in my arsenal: the Distortion 3 (squared - cause there's 2). Thank you [mention]Bret608 [/mention] for the suggestion.
I really dig this pedal and the possibilities within it - pretty sure this is my first 6 knob circuit in a 1590B, so that was certainly an adventure, but it's all board mounted and not hard at all. I had a lot of the parts on-hand, and had to order only a few - I had to parallel some caps, too, but it's works. You can't see the pots, which I fake-board mounted using lug pots with twisted leads to get everything in line and otherwise used standard 9mm pots cause I had em. I also socketed the 1n34a diodes so I could play a bit - one of these will keep it stock, the other gets D9Vs. It all worked out!
The VFE board was interesting - the pads were slightly smaller than I'm used to and sort of sunken a bit, so I was always paranoid I didn't get great solder contact. While I was originally thinking I'd just go the route of a 3pdt, I decided to go all-in with the switching board, which is certainly cool and definitely silent in the signal, but it was more effort than a standard 3pdt for me. Wiring it to the main board was pretty easy, though, and I like the trimpot for the LED to dial that in perfect. (I think the LED is too close to the knob if you use a bezel, so for future ones I might move that down a little at the expense of not being right above the pads on the board).
With any pedal I've ever made I try to make them look like toys, so I like a colorful, simple enclosure and Davies knobs - I can always figure out what knobs do what later. I miss Mammoth if for no other reason than they had the best powder-coated enclosure colors just ready to go. For one of these, I sprayed a bare enclosure the seafoam green color as best I could (and with really good paint, but we'll see how long it lasts, hehe), and the other is plain white from stomp box parts. The 1510 knobs I had on-hand, and the white ones are modified Davies 1900s I resized, modded the sides to swoop downward and then 3D printed.
Overall, I'm stoked to add it in. It's a cool pedal!
I really dig this pedal and the possibilities within it - pretty sure this is my first 6 knob circuit in a 1590B, so that was certainly an adventure, but it's all board mounted and not hard at all. I had a lot of the parts on-hand, and had to order only a few - I had to parallel some caps, too, but it's works. You can't see the pots, which I fake-board mounted using lug pots with twisted leads to get everything in line and otherwise used standard 9mm pots cause I had em. I also socketed the 1n34a diodes so I could play a bit - one of these will keep it stock, the other gets D9Vs. It all worked out!
The VFE board was interesting - the pads were slightly smaller than I'm used to and sort of sunken a bit, so I was always paranoid I didn't get great solder contact. While I was originally thinking I'd just go the route of a 3pdt, I decided to go all-in with the switching board, which is certainly cool and definitely silent in the signal, but it was more effort than a standard 3pdt for me. Wiring it to the main board was pretty easy, though, and I like the trimpot for the LED to dial that in perfect. (I think the LED is too close to the knob if you use a bezel, so for future ones I might move that down a little at the expense of not being right above the pads on the board).
With any pedal I've ever made I try to make them look like toys, so I like a colorful, simple enclosure and Davies knobs - I can always figure out what knobs do what later. I miss Mammoth if for no other reason than they had the best powder-coated enclosure colors just ready to go. For one of these, I sprayed a bare enclosure the seafoam green color as best I could (and with really good paint, but we'll see how long it lasts, hehe), and the other is plain white from stomp box parts. The 1510 knobs I had on-hand, and the white ones are modified Davies 1900s I resized, modded the sides to swoop downward and then 3D printed.
Overall, I'm stoked to add it in. It's a cool pedal!
#56
Open Discussion / Re: Absence, update and reflec...
Last post by Bret608 - September 15, 2025, 02:07:41 PMThat's awesome that you're stepping up to doing this! You PIF'd me an awesome "starter pack" during the holidays back in like 2011 when I first started building, and I have not forgotten than (and got years of mileage out of those parts, no less). Looks like you're going live tomorrow so I'll be sure to check the site out!
#57
Build Reports / Re: Egghead re-house (or up-ho...
Last post by gordo - September 14, 2025, 11:54:30 PMThat looks very cool. I can remember etching this one as well, having got ambitious and doing a bunch of the Etcher's Paradise layouts.
#58
Open Discussion / Re: Absence, update and reflec...
Last post by gordo - September 14, 2025, 11:51:40 PMCongrats and wishing you the best in the market. It's good to see you being able to step away and follow your heart.
I lost my job about 14 years ago and I totally understand the "dark period" you went through. I had a number of people tell me it would be the best thing that happened to me. While I thought they were out of their minds, in hindsight it really was.
I lost my job about 14 years ago and I totally understand the "dark period" you went through. I had a number of people tell me it would be the best thing that happened to me. While I thought they were out of their minds, in hindsight it really was.
#59
Open Discussion / Re: Absence, update and reflec...
Last post by jwin615 - September 14, 2025, 01:46:54 AMCongrats on the big step and good luck. I'll try and push some likes on Instagram, whenever I log in once every 3 months...
#60
Build Reports / Egghead re-house (or up-house?...
Last post by greysun - September 14, 2025, 12:56:44 AMHey folks - going back a decade or so here and found myself with a self-etched egghead that used the old drill template with the battery (you can see it on the left side in the yellow enclosure - I forgot to take a before pic of the seafoam green one I augmented).
Decided since I don't use batteries and having the switch further from the pedals is better than closer to them, I would modify.
I've done this before where I put a jewel lens where the switch went and moved the switch down - the jewel lens has a weird size nut (9/16-24, and half of the ones I got don't even fit that), but this time I had a 3D printer, so I was able to make the proper nut for this thing finally. I also added a holder for the LED in the bolt. Used a yellow, which you can't see well in any picture, but it does look kinda cool...
You can't see the tiny daughter board with the resistors for the LEDs cause I heat shrunk it up and hid it under the power, but it made it so much easier to work 2 LEDs. It's a little messy still, but I did what I could to keep from fussing things up too much in there - it IS an antique at this point, after all, hehe.
The egghead was my first foray into etching boards myself, which... was a lot. lol. The wired pots, the LED that needs a direct connection (plus resistor) to the 9v, the STEREO jack connected to a battery terminal... brought back memories of excitement at trying something new - and succeeding! BUT... I never loved this pedal til now - it might be cause I swapped to humbuckers in my guitars and it finally plays nice with everything. Either way; I'm glad to have it up and working again - even if it is a little messy inside still.
Decided since I don't use batteries and having the switch further from the pedals is better than closer to them, I would modify.
I've done this before where I put a jewel lens where the switch went and moved the switch down - the jewel lens has a weird size nut (9/16-24, and half of the ones I got don't even fit that), but this time I had a 3D printer, so I was able to make the proper nut for this thing finally. I also added a holder for the LED in the bolt. Used a yellow, which you can't see well in any picture, but it does look kinda cool...
You can't see the tiny daughter board with the resistors for the LEDs cause I heat shrunk it up and hid it under the power, but it made it so much easier to work 2 LEDs. It's a little messy still, but I did what I could to keep from fussing things up too much in there - it IS an antique at this point, after all, hehe.
The egghead was my first foray into etching boards myself, which... was a lot. lol. The wired pots, the LED that needs a direct connection (plus resistor) to the 9v, the STEREO jack connected to a battery terminal... brought back memories of excitement at trying something new - and succeeding! BUT... I never loved this pedal til now - it might be cause I swapped to humbuckers in my guitars and it finally plays nice with everything. Either way; I'm glad to have it up and working again - even if it is a little messy inside still.