Any DIY pedal builders on TB? Strut your stuff!

[Feral Feline]

My verdict on the Delegate: not the kind of compressor I want for bass But it's a great guitar compressor/sustainer I should have known really, it's apparently based on the Ross circuit which for me isn't ideal for bass. I'm wanting more of a dbx rackmount style compressor in a pedal and the only comps I've built like that are versions of the Engineer's Thumb circuit. So having built the FuzzDog and DeadEndFx versions I'm now going to make the PedalPCB one since they've just released it and that can go in the Delegate enclosure. Maybe I'll put the Delegate in a guitar multifx enclosure one day since I have a collection of unused, unboxed builds now...

I'd already ordered the Boneyard Edition Delegate when I found out it was DynaRoss-based; had I known, I wouldn't have ordered it. C'est la Vie. I'll keep it for guitar or give it to my guitar friend if he likes it.

Dunwich just released a DIY project. If anyone wants to take it on, I'd happily cover costs and labor. I think it is too advanced for me

Order it and keep it in your quiver 'til you're ready for it. I've got a few complicated large builds that I've got the PCB, but I'm waiting on that moment a little light-bulb (LED) flashes... Meanwhile, I'd be happy to build one for you, but I'm in the middle of moving, so won't get to it 'til ... whenever the container ship shows up with my stuff. No, it's not the one in the canal...

Definite mojo with TO-18. Not as much as with TO-38, which has up to 20% more mojo. Someday, I may be able to tame the mojo of some of the old stuff my grandpa left me. View attachment 4247891

As far as the JAX, I had a Fuzz-Wah that used their TR8 fuzz circuit. It sounded kinda thin and hissy, but definitely brought the fuzz. I sold it last year, didn't look back.

SERIOUS MOJO in Grandpa's stash! No, not 'stache, parts-stash.







Got some Madbean and PPCB added to the queue, now the Dunwich has dropped and might have to add a few other things soon, too. I used to joke in the Breeder's thread about wallpapering the bathroom with PCB's, but it's almost no joke now...

Pull my plug if I reach this ^ point ...

 

[cosmicevan]

Order it and keep it in your quiver 'til you're ready for it. I've got a few complicated large builds that I've got the PCB, but I'm waiting on that moment a little light-bulb (LED) flashes... Meanwhile, I'd be happy to build one for you, but I'm in the middle of moving, so won't get to it 'til ... whenever the container ship shows up with my stuff. No, it's not the one in the canal...

Looks like I may have found someone to build it up

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Pull my plug if I reach this ^ point ...

LOVE that pic

 

[Feral Feline]

Oshpark offers options:

- Super Swift Service
- Medium Run
- 2 Oz copper, 0.8mm thickness
- Flex
- After Dark (Black Substrate + Clear Mask)​

I clicked on After Dark and all the other options greyed-out and were no longer available. What if I want 2oz copper AND After Dark?

Experienced Oshpark People, which option do you recommend and why? Chime in even if you don't have experience purchasing from them. Black or Purple?

Cheers,
FF

 

[Passinwind]

Oshpark offers options:

- Super Swift Service
- Medium Run
- 2 Oz copper, 0.8mm thickness
- Flex
- After Dark (Black Substrate + Clear Mask)​

I clicked on After Dark and all the other options greyed-out and were no longer available. What if I want 2oz copper AND After Dark?

Experienced Oshpark People, which option do you recommend and why? Chime in even if you don't have experience purchasing from them. Black or Purple?

Cheers,
FF

You'll more than likely get the purple boards earlier unless you need the 2 oz. layup, flex boards, a medium run set, or 4 layer boards, all of which only come in purple at this time IIRC. The 2 oz. layup is great for SMD opamp adapters and PC pot daughtercards IME.

The clear mask on the black ones would be swell for troublehooting potentially duff new layouts and I've been meaning to give that a try since I've had a few bummers among all the many new designs I did during lockdown. I currently have around 75 layouts in my OSHpark project archives...sheesh! BTW, I just put in a second DK Red order today to see if the turnaround will be closer to their quoted ten days this time.

I'm also still sitting on an Aion Cornish OC-1 clone board and will have to hack out some time to work on that before it's already summer.

 

[Feral Feline]

Thanks @Passinwind — just the fellow I needed to hear from, as I was going to piggy-back order your preamp as well as the Dunwich.

I know I don't need Super Swift, but I've no idea what a medium run is or whether or not I'd want a 2oz of anything other than Oban "Source", and the flex sounded like a bad idea waiting to crack some solder-joints — which left the Black mask option. I like the purple, just thought for the Dunwich I'd get black.

So to clarify something of your own: the only two Passinwind Oshpark projects publicly available are the "Fluffy" clone and your own "PW3B-LPF-OS"?

I tried to find some of your newer builds (such as PW23B_v2.2) from your Open Source thread but came up empty on the newer designs.

Cheers,
FF

 

[Passinwind]

Thanks @Passinwind — just the fellow I needed to hear from, as I was going to piggy-back order your preamp as well as the Dunwich.

I know I don't need Super Swift, but I've no idea what a medium run is or whether or not I'd want a 2oz of anything other than Oban "Source", and the flex sounded like a bad idea waiting to crack some solder-joints — which left the Black mask option. I like the purple, just thought for the Dunwich I'd get black.

So to clarify something of your own: the only two Passinwind Oshpark projects publicly available are the "Fluffy" clone and your own "PW3B-LPF-OS"?

I tried to find some of your newer builds (such as PW23B_v2.2) from your Open Source thread but came up empty on the newer designs.

Cheers,
FF

Dunwich = none blacker, no doubt.

Yep, just the standard TB/UF MM 2 band and the original filter preamp on share for now. I did a huge Mouser order today and plan to get at least two or three new shares up as soon as those parts come in and I can vet the board designs. Anyone who sees something I'm doing that they like can always PM me and see if I have spares, it happens a lot. The new standalone filter boards are being uncooperative, so I bumped them back in the rework queue until I finish up a bunch of other stuff, including a few paying jobs and my long delayed tube amp.

The medium run is like a $100 minimum order with a 40-ish % discount over the three packs and you can split the order over various designs in multiples of ten boards per design. The heavier 2 oz copper is especially good for fine scale SMD parts that you need to hand solder, as the traces won't lift as readily and it also keeps the thinner G-10 board substrate from torching. Flex might be cool for wearable devices and the like, or something like R/C ribbon cable wiring interfaces, where it might actually prevent solder joint fractures and/or broken wires. The owner of OSHpark is great about responding to emails if you have any questions as well.

 

[Feral Feline]

MM GOI SAI!

Excellent information, @Passinwind, thank yee kindly.

 

[Fuzzonaut]

This is a really weird one: Schumann F Loop, on a Deadend PCB, named V Loop because of the graphics.

You activate the feedback loop with the momentary foot-switch on the left, while defining attack speed when momentary is engaged and decay speed when released with the corresponding knobs.
LFO and Filter can be turned on or off via toggle switch. There's a video that explains it.

Quite a drill ninja experience to get everything in its place, I had to bend a few things and file a bit here and there.

 

[cosmicevan]

This is a really weird one: Schumann F Loop, on a Deadend PCB, named V Loop because of the graphics.

You activate the feedback loop with the momentary foot-switch on the left, while defining attack speed when momentary is engaged and decay speed when released with the corresponding knobs.
LFO and Filter can be turned on or off via toggle switch. There's a video that explains it.

Quite a drill ninja experience to get everything in its place, I had to bend a few things and file a bit here and there.

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Sounds like my kind of box

 

[AudioTaper]

PedalPCB Obsidius (Darkglass B3K clone) is Obsidius-ing.
The sound isn't my favorite for all-out drive, but using the Grunt switch with the blend adds just a bit of grit. Hopefully I can dial it in a bit closer to Marko Hietala's (Nightwish) tone.

Into the enclosure it goes!

 

[JoeDaddio]

PedalPCB Obsidius (Darkglass B3K clone) is Obsidius-ing.
The sound isn't my favorite for all-out drive, but using the Grunt switch with the blend adds just a bit of grit. Hopefully I can dial it in a bit closer to Marko Hietala's (Nightwish) tone. View attachment 4251409


Into the enclosure it goes!

I built one of these a couple of months ago and I really like it. I agree with you that at it's full tilt it can be over the top (and I think a little sterile sounding), but using it to just add a touch of flavor can bring a lot of magic out.

 

[Groovy Luca]

And now for an ugly one
Fulltone 69 clone kit I just finished for a guit***** friend. Nasty offboard wiring on this kit, I managed to stuff most of it under the board and leave enough space for a battery

The kit came with two AC125's and they sound great to me, with bass too, maybe I'll try some different ones too.
He wanted the no frills look so yeah it ain't pretty but it works.

 

[Deleted member 165050]

This is a really weird one: Schumann F Loop, on a Deadend PCB, named V Loop because of the graphics.

You activate the feedback loop with the momentary foot-switch on the left, while defining attack speed when momentary is engaged and decay speed when released with the corresponding knobs.
LFO and Filter can be turned on or off via toggle switch. There's a video that explains it.

Quite a drill ninja experience to get everything in its place, I had to bend a few things and file a bit here and there.

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I keep thinking I'd like to build this as I've built their other Schumann clones but can't think how I would use it...

 

[mdalamond]

I still need to make up some labels, but I have the PedalPCB Depot Fuzz (EQD Terminal clone) boxed and wired up. I can't wait to sit down and really play with it, especially when I get the OC2 clone finished. I feel very un-creative with the labels and enclosure color scheme. I need to really work on that because the stuff the rest of you are posting looks great!
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Very nice, very clean. Where did you find the shielded wire. I’ve quickly looked but not really sure what I’m looking for. That looks perfect for what I need.

 

[mdalamond]

Just finished this. Was a request from a bass player friend. He didn’t want any bass mods and wanted the stock version. I’m kinda surprised at how well it sounds on bass. If I were to build one for myself I would have to mod it though.

 

[Fuzzonaut]

... but can't think how I would use it...

Yeah, that's actually the real challenge with this build. If you set a fast rate, you could use it as a tremolo ...

 

[AudioTaper]

Very nice, very clean. Where did you find the shielded wire. I’ve quickly looked but not really sure what I’m looking for. That looks perfect for what I need.

Its M27500-C series single/shielded 22AWG. 24AWG will work well also. (Edit: M16878/4 single/shielded is what was used, see follow-up post) I don't have the full part number offhand, I'll look for it. (Edit: found it, see follow up post) We got about 5' of it at work as a sample and didn't need it, so in the trash it went. I dug it out and got a scrap pass from the boss.

You can order it, or maybe contact somewhere like Wiremasters or SEA Wire and Cable (my recommendation) and see if you can get a sample. Just act like you need a sample for evaluation and you might order a ton of it if it "meets your requirements"

The outer jacket is smooth PTFE, don't get the taped stuff or you will hate life. Score the jacket with a fresh exacto blade.

Work it a little to break it the rest of the way or you'll nick up the shield.

Ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gnaht ym tup i

Slide the jacket off

Carefully cut the shield to length

Solder to your ground

On the switch side, I left the shield float, cut it back and put some heat shrink over it so it can't short anything

It's a little stiff for a pedal, but you can get it into position and gently heat it with a heat gun and it will form a slight 'memory' and stay put.

 

[Groovy Luca]

That looks super clean indeed!

 

[mdalamond]

Its M27500-C series single/shielded 22AWG. 24AWG will work well also. I don't have the full part number offhand, I'll look for it. We got about 5' of it at work as a sample and didn't need it, so in the trash it went. I dug it out and got a scrap pass from the boss.

You can order it, or maybe contact somewhere like Wiremasters or SEA Wire and Cable (my recommendation) and see if you can get a sample. Just act like you need a sample for evaluation and you might order a ton of it if it "meets your requirements"

The outer jacket is smooth PTFE, don't get the taped stuff or you will hate life. Score the jacket with a fresh exacto blade.

Work it a little to break it the rest of the way or you'll nick up the shield.
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Ti esrever dna ti pilf nwod gnaht ym tup i
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Slide the jacket into off
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Carefully cut the shield to length
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Solder to your ground
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On the switch side, I left the shield float, cut it back and put some heat shrink over it so it can't short anything
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It's a little stiff for a pedal, but you can get it into position and gently heat it with a heat gun and it will form a slight 'memory' and stay put.

Thank you very much.

 

[AudioTaper]

That looks super clean indeed!

Thanks
What's the synth in your avatar? Those buttons look similar to the ones on my old Arp Omni 2