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#1
Tech Help - Projects Page / Re: Fraudhacker no flanging
Last post by madbean - February 08, 2025, 10:57:30 PM
Which BBD and Clock chips are you using and have you tried taking any voltage readings on them?
#2
Open Discussion / Re: Been gone for 5-6 years? W...
Last post by lars - February 08, 2025, 09:07:24 PM
Quote from: GermanCdn on January 11, 2012, 01:53:25 PMFirst thing I noticed is my eyesight is a lot worse at 48 lol.....
Oy, I have to take my contacts out anytime I'm working on pedals. It's the only way I can read the tiny print on IC's!
Quote from: GermanCdn on January 11, 2012, 01:53:25 PMBack 20 years ago when the Protone series came out (which were great guitars), they discontinued them because they were chewing into the MIM Standard sales.
Actually, the Protone series came out nearly 30 years ago in 1996. Yet another thing that makes me feel old!
#3
General Questions / -
Last post by Eugenfem - February 08, 2025, 08:38:30 PM
Just wondered what happened to these guys..They used to post a lot and havent seen anything for a long while
....Hope theyre well
#4
Tech Help - Projects Page / Fraudhacker no flanging
Last post by MIYTADJ - February 08, 2025, 06:05:34 PM
Built it. Passes signal and turning the bias trimmer makes it mildly flange.
Using the Frequency % duty setting on my DMM I can't get accurate clock readings (although this is the 1st time doing this and 1st time using freq. setting on my DMM. I'm not sure it's the correct function setting I even need . when I do use it on test point for setting the clock I get a reading then it goes to zero in like 2-4 seconds if I keep moving the probe on and off the test point fairly rapidly I get different numbers every time. keeping the probe on the test point and moving the trimmer changes the read out then goes to zero and to get a reading again I have to remove the probe and touch tp1 again which then goes to 0 in a couple of seconds. Is this normal . Are the sweet spots really difficult to find ? It seems the pedal just needs to be set up right and it will work but I have not heard any heavy flanging whatsoever which I'm sure is due to the trimmers not set properly
Can anybody share some working voltages To compare to and or shoot for? Or any ideas to look at ? I follow the calibration instructions and get nowhere. I must be doing something wrong I just don't know what.

 As always any help would be very appreciated. Thanks for your time
#5
Open Discussion / Re: Been gone for 5-6 years? W...
Last post by GermanCdn - February 07, 2025, 04:53:01 PM
I find it funny.  Back 20 years ago when the Protone series came out (which were great guitars), they discontinued them because they were chewing into the MIM Standard sales.  Now they're building "slightly" better Affinities and marking the as "Standards", and selling them for 30% than Classic Vibes (which on spec are superior).

Don't get me wrong - I love CVs.  I have four of them in my office right now.  Fantastic mod platforms.
#6
Open Discussion / Re: Been gone for 5-6 years? W...
Last post by jimilee - February 07, 2025, 04:32:16 PM
Quote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 09:54:27 PM
Quote from: jimilee on February 06, 2025, 06:50:40 PM
Quote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 06:48:52 PM
Quote from: jimilee on February 06, 2025, 06:18:14 PM
Quote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 01:24:08 PMWell I may as well necro this thread so I can be part of the cool kids club too.  Broke open the pedal parts tote for the first time in 10 years last weekend because I wanted to build a Lightspeed.  First thing I noticed is my eyesight is a lot worse at 48 lol.....

Went through all my old unfinished boards and managed to find 80% of the build docs.  We'll see how it goes.
Heeeeeyyy man, great to see you. I've been wearing reading glasses in addition to my regular glasses for years now . I think about you every time I pickup that SG. Looking forward to some build reports.


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Thanks Jimi, good to see you as well.  Yeah, reading ICs and diodes are a little harder now.  Fortunately I was clearly pretty meticulous about sorting them many moons back so at least it's not determining which of 4 types of ICs I;m looking at as opposed to hundreds.

Whittled the collection down to the high 50s, but somehow it's back in the 80s.

Oh man. Every time I sell a guitar, I seem to buy 3 more. At last count, I was in the 60s, myself.


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I like to think I had some influence in that.  That being said, I haven't bought a new guitar in years because prices are just insane.  The fact that Fender has rebranded Squiers and are now calling them "Standards" is an aboration.

Oh I know. Do they think not having Squier somehow makes them better, because the parts are the same from what I've seen.


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#7
Open Discussion / Re: Been gone for 5-6 years? W...
Last post by GermanCdn - February 06, 2025, 09:54:27 PM
Quote from: jimilee on February 06, 2025, 06:50:40 PM
Quote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 06:48:52 PM
Quote from: jimilee on February 06, 2025, 06:18:14 PM
Quote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 01:24:08 PMWell I may as well necro this thread so I can be part of the cool kids club too.  Broke open the pedal parts tote for the first time in 10 years last weekend because I wanted to build a Lightspeed.  First thing I noticed is my eyesight is a lot worse at 48 lol.....

Went through all my old unfinished boards and managed to find 80% of the build docs.  We'll see how it goes.
Heeeeeyyy man, great to see you. I've been wearing reading glasses in addition to my regular glasses for years now . I think about you every time I pickup that SG. Looking forward to some build reports.


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Thanks Jimi, good to see you as well.  Yeah, reading ICs and diodes are a little harder now.  Fortunately I was clearly pretty meticulous about sorting them many moons back so at least it's not determining which of 4 types of ICs I;m looking at as opposed to hundreds.

Whittled the collection down to the high 50s, but somehow it's back in the 80s.

Oh man. Every time I sell a guitar, I seem to buy 3 more. At last count, I was in the 60s, myself.


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I like to think I had some influence in that.  That being said, I haven't bought a new guitar in years because prices are just insane.  The fact that Fender has rebranded Squiers and are now calling them "Standards" is an aboration.
#8
Open Discussion / Re: Been gone for 5-6 years? W...
Last post by jimilee - February 06, 2025, 06:50:40 PM
Quote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 06:48:52 PM
Quote from: jimilee on February 06, 2025, 06:18:14 PM
Quote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 01:24:08 PMWell I may as well necro this thread so I can be part of the cool kids club too.  Broke open the pedal parts tote for the first time in 10 years last weekend because I wanted to build a Lightspeed.  First thing I noticed is my eyesight is a lot worse at 48 lol.....

Went through all my old unfinished boards and managed to find 80% of the build docs.  We'll see how it goes.
Heeeeeyyy man, great to see you. I've been wearing reading glasses in addition to my regular glasses for years now . I think about you every time I pickup that SG. Looking forward to some build reports.


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Thanks Jimi, good to see you as well.  Yeah, reading ICs and diodes are a little harder now.  Fortunately I was clearly pretty meticulous about sorting them many moons back so at least it's not determining which of 4 types of ICs I;m looking at as opposed to hundreds.

Whittled the collection down to the high 50s, but somehow it's back in the 80s.

Oh man. Every time I sell a guitar, I seem to buy 3 more. At last count, I was in the 60s, myself.


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#9
Open Discussion / Re: Been gone for 5-6 years? W...
Last post by GermanCdn - February 06, 2025, 06:48:52 PM
Quote from: jimilee on February 06, 2025, 06:18:14 PM
Quote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 01:24:08 PMWell I may as well necro this thread so I can be part of the cool kids club too.  Broke open the pedal parts tote for the first time in 10 years last weekend because I wanted to build a Lightspeed.  First thing I noticed is my eyesight is a lot worse at 48 lol.....

Went through all my old unfinished boards and managed to find 80% of the build docs.  We'll see how it goes.
Heeeeeyyy man, great to see you. I've been wearing reading glasses in addition to my regular glasses for years now . I think about you every time I pickup that SG. Looking forward to some build reports.


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Thanks Jimi, good to see you as well.  Yeah, reading ICs and diodes are a little harder now.  Fortunately I was clearly pretty meticulous about sorting them many moons back so at least it's not determining which of 4 types of ICs I;m looking at as opposed to hundreds.

Whittled the collection down to the high 50s, but somehow it's back in the 80s.
#10
Open Discussion / Re: Been gone for 5-6 years? W...
Last post by jimilee - February 06, 2025, 06:18:14 PM
Quote from: GermanCdn on February 06, 2025, 01:24:08 PMWell I may as well necro this thread so I can be part of the cool kids club too.  Broke open the pedal parts tote for the first time in 10 years last weekend because I wanted to build a Lightspeed.  First thing I noticed is my eyesight is a lot worse at 48 lol.....

Went through all my old unfinished boards and managed to find 80% of the build docs.  We'll see how it goes.
Heeeeeyyy man, great to see you. I've been wearing reading glasses in addition to my regular glasses for years now . I think about you every time I pickup that SG. Looking forward to some build reports.


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