So you are polishing with Pilot holes and drill them afterwards to their final size? Clever! Keeps the edges sharp and maybe eases polishing.
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Any DIY pedal builders on TB? Strut your stuff!
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i polish them first, then etch them, then i drill small indents where the holes will be, then polish them again. then i mask the top with clear tape and drill thru the indents and enlarge them to their needed size.
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just finished this one. (it has A LOT of unusual value resistors!), top led (green) shows on/off, bottom led (red) shows compression.
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I upgraded my version of the zerofiveAudio LowRider Clone with a relay bypass:
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Nice one! Has this been traced/is there a schematic somewhere? I'd love to build one too.
Parasit Studio recently released two new effects; Ladder to the Moon synth and Liberation Frequency Fuzz.
I like the guitar demo of the Ladder to the Moon. Wonder if it sounds as good on bass. Added to my wish list.
No affiliation, just an big fan with a growing collection of 14 Parasit Studio pedals.
I like the guitar demo of the Ladder to the Moon. Wonder if it sounds as good on bass. Added to my wish list.
No affiliation, just an big fan with a growing collection of 14 Parasit Studio pedals.
Depth Charge -- I always wanted to try one, buying never happened, a PCB didn't show up either, so finally, I went with vero, according to the dirtbox layout.
Transistors are all 2N2222A (all metal cans, except the matched Q4 and Q5) and the GE diodes are CV7049.
And while I was at it, I decided to add clipping options, because why not? And I put in a trimmer to fine tune the clean blend.
Does it sound like the real deal? I don't know, but it fuzzes pretty nicely, I dig it.
Here are a few notes, going through the clipping otpions. Within each option, first the TONE knob is far left then far right. GAIN stays on about 60-70% and BLEND on about 80-90% wet.
1. GE
2. SI
3. none
Transistors are all 2N2222A (all metal cans, except the matched Q4 and Q5) and the GE diodes are CV7049.
And while I was at it, I decided to add clipping options, because why not? And I put in a trimmer to fine tune the clean blend.
Does it sound like the real deal? I don't know, but it fuzzes pretty nicely, I dig it.
Here are a few notes, going through the clipping otpions. Within each option, first the TONE knob is far left then far right. GAIN stays on about 60-70% and BLEND on about 80-90% wet.
1. GE
2. SI
3. none
Sounds awesome! What were the gains of all the transistors you used?
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i just finished another Depth Charge clone today. i used 2N3707 transistors like the original. (125B enclosure with all top jacks and a relayed true bypass).
Thanks and the transistors were in the hFE 160 to 185 range.
I wanna play too. Finished this up last night. Created my own pcb in Eagle . Made my knobs on my 3d printer.
Also finished this one. It uses the VFE Pinball V3 pcb. Quite an improvement over V1 and V2. Great sounding HPF/LPF. 3d printed knobs. Finally learned how to do knurling.
The inductor in the Pultec circuit is only used in the high boost band. If I had to guess, I'd say the Lowrider adapts the RC-based Pultec low boost band with the equivalent to the low cut control set in a fixed position under the hood.
Day late to the party. I've been going thru a phase of salvaging my older stripboard builds and repurposing the enclosures and hardware into new projects. I've built second copies on pcb's that turned out nicer than the stripboard version and salvaging older projects keeps my collection from growing out of control. Earlier in the week I was looking at repurposing a Depth Charge built in 2021 that uses a drill template that's compatible with Parasit Studio's new Ladder to the Moon pedal. I built a Depth Charge on a modified AionFX Rift pcb that I like more, so the stripboard version is a good candidate for repurposing.
Here's a salvage project completed last weekend. The enclosure and all hardware, except for two pots, were salvaged from a Colorsound Bass Fuzz. Most wires came from my scrap pile, and a few box capacitors are salvaged too. I sanded off the old paint job, primed it, and gave it to my kid to paint. The circuit is Chykka-Wakka envelope filter, a DIY circuit found on FSB. It's a one-trick-pony funky filter with a small range of tweakability.
Here's a salvage project completed last weekend. The enclosure and all hardware, except for two pots, were salvaged from a Colorsound Bass Fuzz. Most wires came from my scrap pile, and a few box capacitors are salvaged too. I sanded off the old paint job, primed it, and gave it to my kid to paint. The circuit is Chykka-Wakka envelope filter, a DIY circuit found on FSB. It's a one-trick-pony funky filter with a small range of tweakability.
Passinwind
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Hey friends,
For the last few months I've been involved in beta testing this new widget: Cabintech Global LLC
No beauty shots here just yet, but my scary test box with 13 knobs has been making some pretty great sounds. It's in production now and I'm expecting the current revision in my mailbox this morning. Most of my attention has been going towards mono to stereo applications, primarily for acoustic guitar. When they say "much higher sound quality" they really mean it in this case, the noise floor is exceptionally good for this class of device.
As usual, no commercial interest here at this time, but I'd love to see some more takes on working with this piece. There's a thread on it on PPCB with participation from the Cabintech staff: Digital BBD concept looking for comments and beta testers
For the last few months I've been involved in beta testing this new widget: Cabintech Global LLC
No beauty shots here just yet, but my scary test box with 13 knobs has been making some pretty great sounds. It's in production now and I'm expecting the current revision in my mailbox this morning. Most of my attention has been going towards mono to stereo applications, primarily for acoustic guitar. When they say "much higher sound quality" they really mean it in this case, the noise floor is exceptionally good for this class of device.
As usual, no commercial interest here at this time, but I'd love to see some more takes on working with this piece. There's a thread on it on PPCB with participation from the Cabintech staff: Digital BBD concept looking for comments and beta testers
