Post-Lockdown pedal building

Keefy · September 2021

I don't recommend Blu-Tak as it can be tricky to remove completely afterwards and gets gooey when heated. I have had reasonable success using masking tape to hold small short-legged components like WIMA caps whilst soldering.

roberty · September 2021

I do not have a PCB holder and I think I will snap one up thanks @Cookiemonster ;

Keefy · September 2021

roberty said:

I do not have a PCB holder and I think I will snap one up thanks @Cookiemonster ;;

I've just ordered this one. I buy a lot of bits from Switch Electronics - no affiliation, just a happy customer.

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UnclePsychosis · October 2021

Finished off two builds tonight. Both Fuzzdog kits.

Ram's Head Muff, and a double headed Llama - two Red Llamas in a single box. The RL is my favourite drive pedal but I find myself moving between low and high gain all the time so putting two in one box seemed like a good idea.

Annoyingly it'll need to wait to tomorrow to try them out but the switches and LEDs are behaving themselves so that's a good start!

Next up is a clone of an EQD Grand Orbiter. Will be a much trickier build I think...

UnclePsychosis · October 2021

Oh, and the pink enclosure came from Tayda. I used their drilling service. Great value - probably worked out at about a tenner shipped. Got here in less than a month.

stickyfiddle · October 2021

Nice! The Tayda box looks great too.

On my side of things, my fancy boxes are finally headed my way after being sent back to NY but not marked Return to Sender, so they came back to Dubai, then back to NY via LA. They’re coming back via my tame forwarding agent this time so should be with me at the weekend…

roberty · October 2021

@stickyfiddle nice work mate. The double llama is a great idea

I've got a couple of builds on the go at the moment but got some guitar mods to finish first. I set up a soldering desk at my new place and organised my bits and bobbins, it's made a hell of a difference

Here it is in a rare moment of calm and order

TimmyO · October 2021

Not read the whole thread so apologies if this has been covered - but back in the day when I was into pedal building the best thing I ever did was make a Beavis Board http://beavisaudio.com/beavisboard/docs/HackersGuideToTheBeavisBoard.pdf so that I could

1. chuck together potential builds on a breadboard to see if I wanted to make them

2. Easily connect any build (breadboard or soldered) into my rig to try or troubleshoot

stickyfiddle · October 2021

FINALLY!

Now I have to work out what's going in them...

UnclePsychosis · October 2021

Those look great.

stickyfiddle · October 2021

UnclePsychosis said:

Those look great.

Yup - definitely worth waiting for. No idea how well they'll hold up long-term but they look great right now and shouldn't be any worse than most powder coated stuff I reckon. I definitely want to build a TS into one of them, as I've actually never had a proper one, then I'm open to suggestions...

The same guy has been putting some other circuits into top-mount Boss enclosures which is a lot of fun too.

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TimmyO · October 2021

stickyfiddle said:

FINALLY!

Now I have to work out what's going in them...

Almost a shame to drill em!

UnclePsychosis · November 2021

Built this tonight - a Fuzzdog clone of the Dinosaural TubeBender. Another Tayda enclosure, not sure of the knobs so they may get changed.

Only had a quick play but seems like a cool circuit. This is a fairly legendary pedal that hardly anyone seems to have actually played. I don't think its groundbreakingly unique but I do like it a lot. Need to have a better play with it over the weekend.

UnclePsychosis · November 2021

Another one built this morning.

Grand Orbiter Clone --- probably my favourite phaser and the clone is absolutely spot on to the original.

Was a little bit fiddly doing the pots/off board wiring but I'm pleased that I've greatly improved my wire dressing!

Cookiemonster · November 2021

UnclePsychosis said:

Another one built this morning.

Grand Orbiter Clone --- probably my favourite phaser and the clone is absolutely spot on to the original.

Was a little bit fiddly doing the pots/off board wiring but I'm pleased that I've greatly improved my wire dressing!

I built that one as well. Tight squeeze in the box. I did mine as top mounted jacks

Cookiemonster · November 2021

UnclePsychosis said:

Another one built this morning.

Grand Orbiter Clone --- probably my favourite phaser and the clone is absolutely spot on to the original.

Was a little bit fiddly doing the pots/off board wiring but I'm pleased that I've greatly improved my wire dressing!

UnclePsychosis · November 2021

Nice!

With hindsight I should have done top mounted jacks but hey ho. I'm at the "still pleased when it works first time" stage :-D

Keefy · November 2021

UnclePsychosis said:

Another one built this morning.

Grand Orbiter Clone --- probably my favourite phaser and the clone is absolutely spot on to the original.

Was a little bit fiddly doing the pots/off board wiring but I'm pleased that I've greatly improved my wire dressing!

Ooh - what’s the name of the Fuzz Dog kit? I’m not exactly short of phasers but my interest is somewhat piqued!

Cookiemonster · November 2021

Keefy said:

UnclePsychosis said:

Another one built this morning.

Grand Orbiter Clone --- probably my favourite phaser and the clone is absolutely spot on to the original.

Was a little bit fiddly doing the pots/off board wiring but I'm pleased that I've greatly improved my wire dressing!

Ooh - what’s the name of the Fuzz Dog kit? I’m not exactly short of phasers but my interest is somewhat piqued!

I did the Jed's one.

https://www.jedspeds.co.uk/product-page/phases-of-the-moon

Keefy · November 2021

Cookiemonster said:

Keefy said:

UnclePsychosis said:

Another one built this morning.

Grand Orbiter Clone --- probably my favourite phaser and the clone is absolutely spot on to the original.

Was a little bit fiddly doing the pots/off board wiring but I'm pleased that I've greatly improved my wire dressing!

Ooh - what’s the name of the Fuzz Dog kit? I’m not exactly short of phasers but my interest is somewhat piqued!

I did the Jed's one.

https://www.jedspeds.co.uk/product-page/phases-of-the-moon

Thanks I’ll check that out.

UnclePsychosis · November 2021

The Fuzzdog kit is called the Moon Phaser.

UnclePsychosis · November 2021

The only thing I don't like about the Fuzzdog one is that the control layout is different to the original. This is very much a first world problem but if you're used to the original it makes your head hurt at first - and I nearly put the pots in the wrong places!

Cookiemonster · November 2021

UnclePsychosis said:

The only thing I don't like about the Fuzzdog one is that the control layout is different to the original. This is very much a first world problem but if you're used to the original it makes your head hurt at first - and I nearly put the pots in the wrong places!

I think the pots might be different on the Jed's as well. Plus it has the vibe setting to confuse even more

Have you tried the EQD trem. That's my favourite build

UnclePsychosis · November 2021

Cookiemonster said:

UnclePsychosis said:

The only thing I don't like about the Fuzzdog one is that the control layout is different to the original. This is very much a first world problem but if you're used to the original it makes your head hurt at first - and I nearly put the pots in the wrong places!

I think the pots might be different on the Jed's as well. Plus it has the vibe setting to confuse even more

Have you tried the EQD trem. That's my favourite build

The EQD has a vibe setting too, it's one of the reasons I like it!

I have played the EQD version of their tremolo but haven't built a clone. I might do, although given my amp is a PRRI I don't really feel like I need much tremolo in a pedal.

Cookiemonster · November 2021

UnclePsychosis said:

Cookiemonster said:

UnclePsychosis said:

The only thing I don't like about the Fuzzdog one is that the control layout is different to the original. This is very much a first world problem but if you're used to the original it makes your head hurt at first - and I nearly put the pots in the wrong places!

I think the pots might be different on the Jed's as well. Plus it has the vibe setting to confuse even more

Have you tried the EQD trem. That's my favourite build

The EQD has a vibe setting too, it's one of the reasons I like it!

I have played the EQD version of their tremolo but haven't built a clone. I might do, although given my amp is a PRRI I don't really feel like I need much tremolo in a pedal.

It's more like Spaceman3 in a box. So a different type of trem

euan · November 2021

Which trem kits are these?

english_bob · November 2021

euan said:

Which trem kits are these?

Fuzzdog makes a Vox Repeat Percussion kit, which is what the Earthquaker Hummingbird is based on.

https://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/product/repeater

It's a very specific thing though, so may not be what you want from a tremolo pedal.

I can't see anywhere that sells a kit for the EQD Hummingbird specifically, but there's a stripboard layout:

http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com/2013/04/earthquaker-devices-hummingbird.html

...the 2n2646 transistors look to be an expensive proposition though, as electronic components go.

Cookiemonster · November 2021

My trem is a hummingbird I can't remember where I got the PCB. I will open it up and have a look

Cookiemonster · November 2021

Oh and I have some 2646 if anyone decides to build

Keefy · November 2021

Cookiemonster said:

Oh and I have some 2646 if anyone decides to build

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