The Sushi Box FX Secret Society

[BunchyMutt]

So on an unrelated note (we can table the customization discussion for later), I usually don't work on pedals until my kids are in bed, but today after dinner I felt really strongly that I needed to work on stuff. So I came down to the basement and found this:

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Apparently the sump under my house filled up and the pump didn't come on like it's supposed to, so it overflowed into the mechanical room/workshop. Fortunately the floor isn't completely level so the water ran away from the workbenches and nothing was damaged, though some of our newly hung drywall gor a little wet.

I have a spare pump from my laser that I threw down into the sump and am pumping water into buckets, then when it's under control i can pull the pump up and see what's going on. Hopefully this doesn't take all night and I can still get pedal work done

yikes! best of luck getting it sorted out

 

[revd]

Left my pedal board plugged in all night, again. Not supposed to happen.

Can my Space Heater handle it?

 

[Sushi Box FX]

Left my pedal board plugged in all night, again. Not supposed to happen.

Can my Space Heater handle it?

Yup, can absolutely handle it. It will get warm (surprise), but the longest I've ever left a preamp on consecutively is about 4 days (my Black Eye X, also an accident), and it still runs fine to this day.

 

[Lowendtech]

So on an unrelated note (we can table the customization discussion for later), I usually don't work on pedals until my kids are in bed, but today after dinner I felt really strongly that I needed to work on stuff. So I came down to the basement and found this:

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Apparently the sump under my house filled up and the pump didn't come on like it's supposed to, so it overflowed into the mechanical room/workshop. Fortunately the floor isn't completely level so the water ran away from the workbenches and nothing was damaged, though some of our newly hung drywall gor a little wet.

I have a spare pump from my laser that I threw down into the sump and am pumping water into buckets, then when it's under control i can pull the pump up and see what's going on. Hopefully this doesn't take all night and I can still get pedal work done

Ahh, carp. Fix yer stuff first. Make sure everything is dry. Then worry about pedals after.

 

[revd]

Yup, can absolutely handle it. It will get warm (surprise), but the longest I've ever left a preamp on consecutively is about 4 days (my Black Eye X, also an accident), and it still runs fine to this day.

Thanks Nathan.

Just seen your flood post - hope it gets sorted soon, had a doozy of a flood a few years ago that wiped out a lot of my stuff, no fun.

 

[Sushi Box FX]

So I pumped about 10 gallons of water out of the sump and my wet/dry vac is cleaning up the water on the floor, so it's under control now. I'm glad this happened now instead of while I was gone, and I'm glad I found it when I did so it was only a couple hours worth of cleanup.

I cleaned up about all the water I can, nothing seems to be damaged except a couple cardboard boxes that were on the floor, so really just an inconvenience. I was able to get an Underground Accelerator soldered up and ready to test, I'll test it when the kids are in bed. Then I have two quick repairs to do (I didn't forget!) before I get back to the special edition Underground Accelerators.

 

[Sushi Box FX]

I didn't get as far on these as I wanted to tonight, things always seem to come up when I have a lot to do. I'm looking forward to school starting again, I can get a lot more when the kids go to bed early

 

[kelvmo]

You do what you gotta do Señor. Just out of curiosity, what will be the difference between the limited edition UAs and ones ordered in the August batch?

 

[Sushi Box FX]

You do what you gotta do Señor. Just out of curiosity, what will be the difference between the limited edition UAs and ones ordered in the August batch?

Mojo components on turrets on the limited edition vs. SMD components on regular, also 350V operating voltage on limited edition vs. 235V operating on regular. Everything else is cosmetics.

 

[Killing Floor]

I usually don't work on pedals until my kids are in bed,

When they get older and stay up ‘til 2am, that’s when solder burnt fingers happen.

 

[Sushi Box FX]

When they get older and stay up ‘til 2am, that’s when solder burnt fingers happen.

Fortunately when they get to that point I expect them to need less supervision so I can work while they're awake. If I'm lucky by that point at least one of them will have taken interest in guitar/bass and I can get an extra set of hands working with me.

 

[kranahan]

SBVT in the classifieds. No affiliation.

 

[Sushi Box FX]

ANNOUNCEMENT

Sorry this is somewhat short notice, but I decided I'm going to do a live Q&A this Friday, August 6, at 9pm Central time (7pm pacific, 8pm mountain, 10pm eastern for those that need help converting).

It looks like youtube is a decent platform for it, I can schedule it and send out a link, people that want to watch but don't care about participating can do it without signing up, and I can put a chat up for people to write in questions and comments.

I'll get a link generated and sent out tomorrow on the mailing list, and I'll post it here and on facebook. Hope to see people there, and if it's just me with no one watching then I'll just live stream talking to myself for 30 minutes

 

[Sushi Box FX]

Well it's almost tomorrow, so here's the link. It will go live Friday evening, but apparently if you can't make it for that time you can go in anytime beforehand and write in questions that I can answer. Neat.

 

[Real Soon]

Well it's almost tomorrow, so here's the link. It will go live Friday evening, but apparently if you can't make it for that time you can go in anytime beforehand and write in questions that I can answer. Neat.

Cool, I'll have my PA onboard to cook up my new 6-string fretless bass's tone at a gig that night so can't make the q&a, but sending a question in early sounds money! I'll see how weird I can get

Also, that almost titanium-shiny London Underground in the email's graphic got me excited. What was that? Lol

 

[Sushi Box FX]

Cool, I'll have my PA onboard to cook up my new 6-string fretless bass's tone at a gig that night so can't make the q&a, but sending a question in early sounds money! I'll see how weird I can get

Also, that almost titanium-shiny London Underground in the email's graphic got me excited. What was that? Lol

What, that old thing? I got some chrome powdercoat to try out on a couple boxes, I listed that one a month or so ago. I love the look, but the powder is a little finnicky, and it of course smudges like nobody's business.

 

[Real Soon]

What, that old thing? I got some chrome powdercoat to try out on a couple boxes, I listed that one a month or so ago. I love the look, but the powder is a little finnicky, and it of course smudges like nobody's business.

The purple PA gets more comments than my playing ever will!! Let's call it... "classic" haha

And yeah, my second thought about that gorgeous chrome was... no one can ever touch it

 

[bassbrad]

@Sushi Box FX I may have to beg for that finish on my orders with an explanation.

My dear but very sadly departed friend and repair buddy and co-worker from Musical Exchange Jon Bessent aka Vintage Jon who ran ToneCraft as well as AusTone Electronics where he build a line of meticulously blueprinted effects pedals, every one to exact spec. All of his pedals were in a polished metal box, not chrome or powder coated, there was a shop here that did the boxes for him. I feel blessed to have two of his pedals that are amazing sounding on guitar or bass and each one was the result of many hours of research, measuring multiple variations for the best result and sound. Jon's first pedal idea was simple enough to build the ideal "Fuzz Face" clone, an obsession he shared with Randy Larkin his eventual partner and investor in the enterprise. Jon & Randy set about borrowing every Fuzz Face in town, including my own, to let the trials and tribulations begin. One of Jon's early jobs was working for a company that build power supplies for NASA where they meticulously measured each component part for exacting tolerances - every capacitor, diode, socket, jack, switch, piece of wire, solder joint as well as the entire circuit. Jon did the same exacting detailed analysis on each of these Fuzz Face examples to find the optimum value for each component. Once he had that he build a prototype and passed that around town for critique. I'll end the story there but rest assured that this is only the beginning.

The FuzzNutz TexTone was not as simple as adding a tone, Jon had to practically redesign the circuit in order to regain the Fuzz Nutz sound and then added his own twist to the tone control.
While working of the FuzzNutz TexTone he accidentally discovered a sweet sounding Overdrive circuit that he developed a bit and released as his next pedal.

 

[Sushi Box FX]

So I just ordered a new cabinet for my guitar rig (getting rid of my low-end 412 in favor of a higher-end 212) and it's a custom build, but the guy says it will be done in a week. Apparently I'm doing everything wrong Or are cabinets just easier to build than pedals? Maybe I just suck at woodwork, I always assumed cabinets took a long time.

 

[bassbrad]

So I just ordered a new cabinet for my guitar rig (getting rid of my low-end 412 in favor of a higher-end 212) and it's a custom build, but the guy says it will be done in a week. Apparently I'm doing everything wrong Or are cabinets just easier to build than pedals? Maybe I just suck at woodwork, I always assumed cabinets took a long time.

COVID Days are slower for some industries booming for others, take the time you need to do it properly. That's what we like.