ByrdieBox - aka Janglebox

[stevewire]

This was my first attempt at building a compressor.  I really haven't had a lot of experience with compressors.  I borrowed a friend's MXR script Dyna Comp for a little while.  I have mostly spent my years playing without them.  I can't really compare to others.  The idea of one being chimey or producing jangle piqued my interest.  So I thought I would have a go at this one, in hopes that it might go nicely with my AC30 and maybe my Casino and Gretsch Pro Jet. 

The birght setting works quite nicely with the neck pickups for me.  I have almost exclusively favored my bridge pickups.  I even got some nice tones out of my Les Paul's neck pickup.  I like the netrual or mid setting for bridge pickups and defintely preferred that with my Telecaster.  It starts to boost at 1 o'clock on the level knob.  I can't detect much of a difference between the two settings for the sustain pot being used as a variable resistor or a voltage divider.  If I built it again I would probably not put that on a switch. 

I used MadBean's layout in the Extra Projects section.  Haberdasher etched the board for me.




The wiring didn't turn out as neat as I had hoped.  I wanted to use shielded cable, but I was slightly short on what I had.  I didn't quite drill everything how I planned.  I am happy with how it looks on the the outisde.

[jkokura]

I like that one quite a bit.

Jacob

[stevewire]

Thank you Jacob.  I thought the sparkly look went well with the tone this one produces.  I'll have to try the Engineer's Thumb soon.

[billstein]

Nice pedal. I've been thinking about building this, do you like it?

[stevewire]

Hey billstein,
Yes , I do like it.  I have mostly been using it in the neutral position, but the bright position opens up a lot of possibilities with neck pickups.  I am glad it has a bit of a volume boost also. 

[Cortexturizer]

I love it, I love the mojo caps and everything, it's awesome man

[stevewire]

Hey Cortexturizer,
Thanks.  What it is missing is a metal can CA3080.  Of course I can still try that option out.

[jprizz]

Yes that is a very simple yet elegant look. Nice job.