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Started by Leevibe, March 13, 2022, 12:14:46 AM

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Leevibe

This is an idea I've had for a while and finally got around to making it happen. The circuit is just a little overdrive I do. I've used it in a lot of these art builds. The fretboard is just a graphic of some rosewood I found and I added some dot inlays and took measurements off of a guitar neck to get the right fret spacing. I printed in some drop shadows under the frets to add a sense of depth. The frets are some chrome sticker material I cut on my cricut. The strings are STRINGS! It's a real set of 9s under the resin.

This pedal goes to a really close friend who will find it on his desk tomorrow morning as a surprise. He will put it to good use and make lots of good sounds with it.

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peccary

Wow! That is really something else. I was looking at the image going "How's he get it so 3D looking?" And then I read your description - that's awesome.

So you like the cricut? I was thinking of getting one to make die cut stickers I could use as painting masks. Would you suggest it for something like that?

Leevibe

Quote from: peccary on March 13, 2022, 12:59:23 AM
Wow! That is really something else. I was looking at the image going "How's he get it so 3D looking?" And then I read your description - that's awesome.

So you like the cricut? I was thinking of getting one to make die cut stickers I could use as painting masks. Would you suggest it for something like that?

I think that's a great use for it. I have wondered if it would be a good acid resist for enclosure etching too.

Bio77

That's awesome!  How'd you get the strings to stay in place when you poured the resin?

I bought a Cricut for my wife a while ago, pretty cool all the stuff she does with it.  She's done masks for etching glass and metal, so, enclosures should be no problem  8)

Leevibe

Quote from: Bio77 on March 13, 2022, 02:12:08 AM
That's awesome!  How'd you get the strings to stay in place when you poured the resin?

I bought a Cricut for my wife a while ago, pretty cool all the stuff she does with it.  She's done masks for etching glass and metal, so, enclosures should be no problem  8)

Oh yeah. I forgot to talk about that part. So I would tack one end with a dab of UV cure resin, stretch the string straight and tack the other end. The UV stuff just pretty much disappears under the envirotex.






jimilee

Soo much creativity, I'm jealous.


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cooder

Swish to the max, how cool! 8) Very clever and faultlessly executed!
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matmosphere

So freaking cool!! Is that a 1590b? It looks cavernous in there.

mjg

What a cool, clever idea.  And well executed.  You win the internet today. 

matmosphere

Quote from: mjg on March 13, 2022, 07:36:44 AM
What a cool, clever idea.  And well executed.  You win the internet today.

I think leevibe might have already been the standing champion since that BOTY winner a few years back.

midwayfair

This is amazing. What a weird idea to even come up with in the first place, never mind seeing it through to completion!

Leevibe

Quote from: matmosphere on March 13, 2022, 06:52:44 AM
So freaking cool!! Is that a 1590b? It looks cavernous in there.

125b was the right size canvas for this one. You're right. An embarrassing amount of space in there. I should probably have put a couple discreet opamps in there to make it legit.

Quote from: midwayfair on March 13, 2022, 02:34:31 PM
This is amazing. What a weird idea to even come up with in the first place, never mind seeing it through to completion!

I'm pretty good with weird ideas. Initially I wanted to use real wood veneer and inlays. That could be cool but possibly even weirder.

pickdropper

Wow Lee, I love this.  What a great idea and execution.
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m-Kresol

really cool idea and perfectly executed
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Bravo! That's some serious dedication to the craft.