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My trading feedback: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/210335/yorkie
Musikding posted a drilled enclosure to me by mistake. It's roomy so I might do something a hand wired/vero in this. Not worth posting back really
My trading feedback: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/210335/yorkie
tayda is a big site so this does help initially to A. But the right type/size of component and B. To navigate the site easily.
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FOR SALE - Catalinbread Echorec, Sonic Blue classic player strat and a Digitech bad monkey
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FOR SALE - Catalinbread Echorec, Sonic Blue classic player strat and a Digitech bad monkey
I got my noise gate working again finally. Reflowed the solder joints as advised by Musikding. Was surprised that worked. It was passing signal and the key was triggering but there was no gating. Strange issue
I think the pot might be damaged because depending on how I screw it in the rotation is obstructed. I'll get a new one before attempting to use this again
It is a massive pain in the arse to box up. Do not recommend. I would go stone deaf. The boss one is supposed to be good when you use a side chain as well. It gets ragged on but I don't believe a decent noise gate is outside their engineering capability. I'd be curious to try it just for the hell of it
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FOR SALE - Catalinbread Echorec, Sonic Blue classic player strat and a Digitech bad monkey
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FOR SALE - Catalinbread Echorec, Sonic Blue classic player strat and a Digitech bad monkey
My trading feedback: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/210335/yorkie
My trading feedback: https://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/210335/yorkie
Instagram is Rocknrollismyescape -
FOR SALE - Catalinbread Echorec, Sonic Blue classic player strat and a Digitech bad monkey
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FOR SALE - Catalinbread Echorec, Sonic Blue classic player strat and a Digitech bad monkey
The switch itself was the easy bit, just solder the clipping pairs to the outer lugs of a DPDT and the inner lugs go to the diode pads PCB. I got the drilling right on the second go lol. The metal epoxy is useful to have around if you're me. The worst thing though was desoldering this PCB. It's hard to get the holes completely clear because it's thicker than most and also the layout is quite unfriendly. It's designed to look pretty first and foremost
Anyway it works really well. The D9Es are more open and a bit clearer, and the stock BAT41s are more compressed and saggy. Forward voltage is about 350mv for the germaniums and 250 for the BAT41s
I want to do a Rat (or maybe Life) with separate diode switches for each direction. You could use two ON-OFF-ONs and have 5 variations. Wildly asymmetrical clipping sounds cool on Rats, germanium one side and clean on the other. Kind of broken and messed up
My first builds were a total shit show - they'd work but the wiring etc was a mess.
The trickiest bit in getting them neat is having the confidence (and tools that do the job) to trim the wires to a precise length.
The pedalpcb boards are really nice but I actually prefer the fuzzdog approach. Every pedalpcb one I've ever done has been a right faff to wire the LED whereas fuzzdog is a lot more straightforward.
That said the pedalpcb builds I've done have been absolutely spot on so no complaints there.
This blog explains 1.2mm vs 1.6mm PCBs, it is exactly my experience https://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/blog/does-thickness-matter
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The Optopuss uses a soft-click switch and an optically-switched relay.
I always go for the Optopuss now---I much prefer the softer click, and I'm fairly sure that the optical switching reduces the likelihood of getting the dreaded "footswitch pop". The downside is that its slightly more components / slightly more soldering / won't bypass without power.
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The Otter's Pocket text is a bit light, could do with being in bold. I'll see if I care enough to do it again in a day or two. I got sick of waiting for my mate to do a line drawing so I got the AI to do one for me instead. Took about 2 minutes
The label for the Tone knob on the Mexicola is mis-centered as well. It seemed alright on the mock up. I'll sleep on it (not literally on it, that would be weird)