Post-Lockdown pedal building

Fuengi · July 2020

Keefy said:

Fuengi said:

stickyfiddle said:

Nice! Always good when they work first time

It was a happy moment!

Sounds really good, nice version.
How can I get more range from the volume? It goes from silent to ear-bleedingly loud in a whisker. Would be nice to have at least half the range useable if I can.

I seem to remember the EHX muff has a similar volume issue.

I have the same with my Fuzzdog Ram's Head build - with any decent amount of fuzz you need the volume below 9 o'clock. You would need some kind of voltage divider on the output but the board-mounted pots make that awkward.

I'll just have to live with it. Been playing with it tonight and it's usable up to around 10 o clock and a lot of the control is done on the guitar anyway with a muff.

Gets some scorching lead tones and some lovely fuzzy bass side stuff. Really nice when you hit the sweet spot.

Keefy · July 2020

Fuengi said:

Keefy said:

Fuengi said:

stickyfiddle said:

Nice! Always good when they work first time

It was a happy moment!

Sounds really good, nice version.
How can I get more range from the volume? It goes from silent to ear-bleedingly loud in a whisker. Would be nice to have at least half the range useable if I can.

I seem to remember the EHX muff has a similar volume issue.

I have the same with my Fuzzdog Ram's Head build - with any decent amount of fuzz you need the volume below 9 o'clock. You would need some kind of voltage divider on the output but the board-mounted pots make that awkward.

I'll just have to live with it. Been playing with it tonight and it's usable up to around 10 o clock and a lot of the control is done on the guitar anyway with a muff.

Gets some scorching lead tones and some lovely fuzzy bass side stuff. Really nice when you hit the sweet spot.

Mine really comes to life when you add some delay to it.

Fuengi · July 2020

Keefy said:

Fuengi said:

Keefy said:

Fuengi said:

stickyfiddle said:

Nice! Always good when they work first time

It was a happy moment!

Sounds really good, nice version.
How can I get more range from the volume? It goes from silent to ear-bleedingly loud in a whisker. Would be nice to have at least half the range useable if I can.

I seem to remember the EHX muff has a similar volume issue.

I have the same with my Fuzzdog Ram's Head build - with any decent amount of fuzz you need the volume below 9 o'clock. You would need some kind of voltage divider on the output but the board-mounted pots make that awkward.

I'll just have to live with it. Been playing with it tonight and it's usable up to around 10 o clock and a lot of the control is done on the guitar anyway with a muff.

Gets some scorching lead tones and some lovely fuzzy bass side stuff. Really nice when you hit the sweet spot.

Mine really comes to life when you add some delay to it.

Absolutely agree. I just checked it on a slot on my board for now but I had the Keeley Eccos before it which made for some interesting trails, and Carbon Copy then DD-200 after. Sounds great with all.

roberty · July 2020

Made this wet/dry blend thing for my board. Was a bit silly poking the holes through the decal and it's bubbled around the knob. Anyone got any tips for hardening it? Super glue or nail polish maybe

drofluf · July 2020

How are you guys getting the decals made?

roberty · July 2020

drofluf said:

How are you guys getting the decals made?

Just printing it off on this mate https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B079G2TKJY

There's an inkjet version of the paper too

Fuengi · July 2020

drofluf said:

How are you guys getting the decals made?

I went for the self adhesive stuff and overspray with clear coat.

lasermonkey · July 2020

Fuengi said:

stickyfiddle said:

Nice! Always good when they work first time

It was a happy moment!

Sounds really good, nice version.
How can I get more range from the volume? It goes from silent to ear-bleedingly loud in a whisker. Would be nice to have at least half the range useable if I can.

I seem to remember the EHX muff has a similar volume issue.

Change the volume pot from a 100K linear taper to a 100K audio taper. That'll give you better control in the area you need.

Fuengi · July 2020

Finished my Echo Dream kit build from Fuzzdog. I've called it the Replica Fuzz Fantasy, don't know why, everything needs a name.

Sounds absolutely great. Lots going on with a nice delay, Fuzz and modulation plus wet and dry and waveform switches, gets nuts with everything up.

roberty · July 2020

Fuengi said:

Finished my Echo Dream kit build from Fuzzdog. I've called it the Replica Fuzz Fantasy, don't know why, everything needs a name.

Sounds absolutely great. Lots going on with a nice delay, Fuzz and modulation plus wet and dry and waveform switches, gets nuts with everything up.

That looks bloody fantastic

roberty · July 2020

Did this super hard on on vero. Only my second go at wiring up without a daughterboard, still haven't got a technique really, which shows. A purple knob would have looked better in hindsight. I need this for my board anyway. I used an 8.2nf input cap to cut a little low end

Fuengi · July 2020

roberty said:

Did this super hard on on vero. Only my second go at wiring up without a daughterboard, still haven't got a technique really, which shows. A purple knob would have looked better in hindsight. I need this for my board anyway. I used an 8.2nf input cap to cut a little low end

Nice work! I like your pink knob.

rsvmark · July 2020

Fuengi said:

Finished my Echo Dream kit build from Fuzzdog. I've called it the Replica Fuzz Fantasy, don't know why, everything needs a name.

Sounds absolutely great. Lots going on with a nice delay, Fuzz and modulation plus wet and dry and waveform switches, gets nuts with everything up.

That looks great. How did you do the graphics?

Fuengi · July 2020

rsvmark said:

Fuengi said:

Finished my Echo Dream kit build from Fuzzdog. I've called it the Replica Fuzz Fantasy, don't know why, everything needs a name.

Sounds absolutely great. Lots going on with a nice delay, Fuzz and modulation plus wet and dry and waveform switches, gets nuts with everything up.

That looks great. How did you do the graphics?

Thanks. I'm really pleased with how it turned out, especially the colours.

First thing I did was sand down the enclosure with wet & dry paper, that makes a huge difference and provides a nice level surface work on. It also shines up the aluminium. The paintwork is just Posca Pens in a hatch pattern at 90°. I then sanded that paintwork down to get the effect you see.

For the graphics, I took the template and inserted it into an AutoCAD drawing and scaled it. I created the design in AutoCAD and printed to a clear sticky back A4 inkjet paper. Cut it out and oversprayed it with a Rustolium clear coat. Cut out the holes with a sharp blade.

Its all fairly simple and great fun. I'm an AutoCAD user by trade so that was a doddle for me, but I'm sure other programmes are just as good if you can scale the enclosure accurately.

Not 100% happy with the knobs and the washers obscure some of the graphics so will play around with those.

roberty · July 2020

Had a feeling you had something to do with design by trade @Fuengi - it shows :-)

kossofffan · July 2020

I genuinely had not seen this thread till after completing my first pedal kit yesterday and am properly impressed by all your amazing skills in here! Makes my effort seem very amateur indeed, however I'll upload my efforts to show a beginners first attempt

Fuengi · July 2020

kossofffan said:

I genuinely had not seen this thread till after completing my first pedal kit yesterday and am properly impressed by all your amazing skills in here! Makes my effort seem very amateur indeed, however I'll upload my efforts to show a beginners first attempt

Looks great, what is the circuit?

kossofffan · July 2020

It's a GMR Spares, BC Dallas Treble Boost.

Fuengi · July 2020

kossofffan said:

It's a GMR Spares, BC Dallas Treble Boost.

Nice! So that's point to point wiring, no PCB? (I'm a complete newby to building).

roberty · July 2020

Fuengi said:

kossofffan said:

It's a GMR Spares, BC Dallas Treble Boost.

Nice! So that's point to point wiring, no PCB? (I'm a complete newby to building).

Looks like tag board. Nice build, very tidy

roberty · July 2020

Decals this morning :-) my favourite bit now

Keefy · July 2020

roberty said:

Decals this morning :-) my favourite bit now

Struggling to understand why Large Fanny is somehow more outrageous (to a Brit) than Big Muff.

The cassette graphic is worthy of a JHS creation.

stickyfiddle · July 2020

@Roberty - just catching up on this stuff. I see you've gone for the classy approach for some of these graphics and titles...

They look good though!

Winny_Pooh · July 2020

I think Extra Large Fanny would be funnier though (and more ambiguous)

Still waiting for the Kegel Tight Drive
Pedal

roberty · July 2020

Doesn’t take much to amuse me these days

roberty · July 2020

I almost went with "hungry devouring twat" but thought the reference was too obscure

roberty · July 2020

Did a mini super hard on today. Someone asked if I would build them one so I did

rsvmark · July 2020

@roberty nice neat work.

On another note, can I seek advice on LEDs please. Planning my next build which will be another fuzzdog kit. I would like to improve on the LED indicator. Ideally I would like to put in an LED with some sort of bezel. So I am thinking I will need to drill out the enclosure a little and put in a bezel and led. A quick google reveals 3mm or 5mm. Assuming 3mm is preferred for fx. Also (daft question) are all LEDs the same? I have no idea what to ask for / order if I go down this route. Advice welcome
tia

roberty · July 2020

rsvmark said:

@roberty nice neat work.

On another note, can I seek advice on LEDs please. Planning my next build which will be another fuzzdog kit. I would like to improve on the LED indicator. Ideally I would like to put in an LED with some sort of bezel. So I am thinking I will need to drill out the enclosure a little and put in a bezel and led. A quick google reveals 3mm or 5mm. Assuming 3mm is preferred for fx. Also (daft question) are all LEDs the same? I have no idea what to ask for / order if I go down this route. Advice welcome
tia

5mm works for me with 15k CLR. The plastic bezels from bitsbox are really nice. The hole squeezes the bezel tight around the LED and holds it in place. The holes you need are the same size as the holes for the pot shafts.

roberty · July 2020

Oh some LEDs have short legs so you can't solder them directly into the daughterboards. Try to get some with long enough legs it'll save a lot of faff

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