Winter Buildoff 2022 - Outlaw Reborn

[2groggy]

Go Go Get'em Get'em, Oh, Ah!

 

[Jon Clegg]

I expect it to be gig-able though I may have some more work to do on the processor.

 

[Jon Clegg]

This is my entry for Winter Build Off 2022 - Renewal/Rebirth

This is my entry in the Scratch Build Category

Specs:
Body: 3 Piece Sapele body blank
Neck: 3 piece laminated Mahogany / Purpleheart with maple veneer accent stripes, 2x2 Headstock, Pau-Ferro
Neck/Body Join: bolt on
Scale Length: 32.5”
Fingerboard Radius: 14”
Strings: RotoSound Swing Bass 66
Pickups: SD Quarter Pounder PBass pickup and Bill Lawrence EB-50PB Humbucker
Electronics: Passive + onboard effects processor (Electrosmith Daisy), with 0.96" OLED Display in upper arm.
Controls: Volume/Tone + Effects controls, 3-way rotary pickup selector.
Knobs: 2 x rotary encoders -- variable function
Pushbottons: 2x Lighted, function varies with menu context
Toggles : 3 way : effects selection for each effects slot, center bypasses slot.
Effects: Overdrive, Fuzz, Chorus, Flanger, Pitch Shift, Phase Shift, Tremolo, Envelope Follower SVF, EQ
Bridge: Hipshot Kickass
Tuners: Hipshot Ultralights
Finish: Hand rubbed Varathane Ultimate Waterbase Polyurethane

How it fits the theme: Rebirth of an OOP bass with built-in effects using a Daisy DSP processor.

 

[Mickey666]

Very kool

 

[Jeff Siddall]

Love a bass with an microprocessor in it! Really hoping you can post a demo video showing the processor and the sounds you get.

 

[Jon Clegg]

Love a bass with an microprocessor in it! Really hoping you can post a demo video showing the processor and the sounds you get.

I will after the voting is over, since I didn't get a chance to make one before the deadline.

 

[Jon Clegg]

While waiting for the voting to end, I went down a rabbit hole of improving some of the effects (of course!) I'll try to get a demo up this weekend.

 

[Beej]

While waiting for the voting to end, I went down a rabbit hole of improving some of the effects (of course!) I'll try to get a demo up this weekend.

Yes please. I feel like this build is a dark horse that needs some light shone upon it. I'd like to see how it all works together. In some ways, things like this are "the future" of instruments with all the genre blending the Gen Zs are doing.

 

[Jon Clegg]

I plan to further develop the idea; my original idea was to emulate the original user interface just add improvements. Now, as I go down the rabbit hole, I'm getting more crazy ideas: add a track pad (like a Koass Pad); change one of the encoders to digital joy-stick, etc.

I also want to design a new board to plug the Daisy into; the Terrarium board I'm using is unnecessarily big.

 

[Jon Clegg]

Did a little rework on the battery box to re-route the power. I previously had the connector in the processor compartment which meant the battery was more or less un-removable without desoldering something.

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[Jon Clegg]

Been refining the wiring to make this a bit easier to work with:

I added DuPont connectors to all of the controls for connecting to the processor, and added a daughter-board with a small R-C filter to each of the encoders to clean up the clock/data signals.

What it all does:

The encoders are used for menu navigation/parameter setting etc. I changed out the the toggles for momentary toggles; this allows me to control in/out for 4 effects slots, single click up on the upper toggle engages/bypasses effect 1, click down engages/bypasses effect 2, etc. A long (~0.6s) click selects the parameter display for that effect. The push buttons step through the 10 presets on short presses. A long press on the left push button brings up a menu for saving the presets to non-volatile memory. A long press on the right push button brings up a looper. Pulling up on the volume knob bypasses the processor entirely.

There are LED's on the push buttons that currently are used to indicate progress when saving the presets. Eventually, I want to use the LED's to indicate modulation tempo, and also add a tap-tempo function for modulation effects on one of the push buttons.

 

[Reedt2000]

We've GOT to see this thing in action!

(Please )

 

[2groggy]

You forgot the "launch" button.

 

[Jon Clegg]

Pedal PCB may be able to make a custom version of the Terrarium board for me

 

[S-Bigbottom]

Got a video yet?

 

[Jon Clegg]

Working on it, life keeps getting in the way.

 

[Jon Clegg]

Made a few changes to the control layout; after playing around with it for a bit, I decided that 2 rotary encoders didn't make a lot of sense, so I replaced one of the encoders with an analog thumbstick:

The thumbstick doesn't mount easily to a pickguard, so I made a small bracket that attaches uses the tone pot and the rotary encoder to attach to the pickguard.

Here's the processor as it currently stands:

The item at the bottom is the battery connector and a soft power button. The item to the right is the I2C EEPROM for storing the presets.

 

[slowburnaz]

Made a few changes to the control layout; after playing around with it for a bit, I decided that 2 rotary encoders didn't make a lot of sense, so I replaced one of the encoders with an analog thumbstick:

View attachment 4724257 The thumbstick doesn't mount easily to a pickguard, so I made a small bracket that attaches uses the tone pot and the rotary encoder to attach to the pickguard.
View attachment 4724262 View attachment 4724263 View attachment 4724264

Here's the processor as it currently stands:

View attachment 4724265 The item at the bottom is the battery connector and a soft power button. The item to the right is the I2C EEPROM for storing the presets.

Dude... this is truly next-level stuff you're doing. So cool!

 

[Baldman]

Made a few changes to the control layout; after playing around with it for a bit, I decided that 2 rotary encoders didn't make a lot of sense, so I replaced one of the encoders with an analog thumbstick:

View attachment 4724257 The thumbstick doesn't mount easily to a pickguard, so I made a small bracket that attaches uses the tone pot and the rotary encoder to attach to the pickguard.
View attachment 4724262 View attachment 4724263 View attachment 4724264

Here's the processor as it currently stands:

View attachment 4724265 The item at the bottom is the battery connector and a soft power button. The item to the right is the I2C EEPROM for storing the presets.

The gamer in me is now geeking out. That is awesome.

 

[Reedt2000]

SO cool

Need sound clips