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#289,004
Motomuzi GT35 - Chucky?

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#289,006
Gaolee said:
There's not that many circuits in a fuzz pedal.
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I have always advised companies to use the big accounting package. Sure, when you are a startup, you can manage all your accounts in a spreadsheet, but by the time you need the big accounting package, you will not have the time to implement it nor the ability to import your data from the spreadsheet.

Same with electronics. Develop good habits at the start, it will save trouble later.

Sure, with a simple fuzz circuit, (all of two transistors), it is easy.
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But once you are into a bit more complex like a compressor and things get very complicated very quickly...[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
 
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PillO said:
I have always advised companies to use the big accounting package. Sure, when you are a startup, you can manage all your accounts in a spreadsheet, but by the time you need the big accounting package, you will not have the time to implement it nor the ability to import your data from the spreadsheet.

Same with electronics. Develop good habits at the start, it will save trouble later.

Sure, with a simple fuzz circuit, (all of two transistors), it is easy.View attachment 5434356

But once you are into a bit more complex like a compressor and things get very complicated very quickly...[Invalid or Expired Link Removed]
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cheap and nasty fuzz, notice the positive ground implying no metal case….
 
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#289,012
MCF said:
I was wondering what shipping it to Oz would cost. I think Geoff would look great with it.
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Ha! I'm sure I would :thumbsup:.

I'm watching finances atm as I transition into retirement. Plus since chatting with @Chucky Stiletti I'm dreaming about Jumbucks, Maton Jumbucks. Luckily they are rare enough that I'll probably never find one and then have to work out if I'm serious or not. :laugh:
 
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#289,016
JIO said:
Tell me about it - there's hardly a 'standard' in wire colour, especially white & black. Red is 'usually' hot and black is 'usually' ground - but even that can vary. Then there is yellow occasionally. Green generally turns up in a 4-wire set-up, for coil-splitting or active pre-amps.

If there is a standard - I'd like everyone in the industry to conform to it.
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Most of the hand-wired tube gear I've worked on followed wire color code standards.
 
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JIO said:
I need a class in understanding this 'stuff'... if no green - black is 'generally' ground, or is it still 'neutral' and how is that like or not like ground???
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Black is common / signal "return". It may or may not also indicate ground. On older equipment with two prong plugs, black was also ground (and many mfrs used the chassis ground as part of the common circuit). Once the third plug was introduced for separate grounding, green became ground through the new prong.
 
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