Post-Lockdown pedal building

roberty · May 2023

Siblings

Cookiemonster · May 2023

roberty said:

Siblings

I like these nice and simple and look very professional. Which clear coat do you use ?

roberty · May 2023

Cookiemonster said:

roberty said:

Siblings

I like these nice and simple and look very professional. Which clear coat do you use ?

Thanks. It's this one mate:

Hycote Clear Lacquer 400ml https://amzn.eu/d/dPLpquf

I let the decals dry overnight and then spritz the thinnest coat on every so often the next day. Day three they're good to go

I like clear coat days because it makes the house smell nice

roberty · May 2023

I rough the tops of the enclosures with sandpaper before the decals go on. I like to use a fairly rough sandpaper grade and go in circles so the swirls catch the light

Cookiemonster · May 2023

roberty said:

Cookiemonster said:

roberty said:

Siblings

I like these nice and simple and look very professional. Which clear coat do you use ?

Thanks. It's this one mate:

Hycote Clear Lacquer 400ml https://amzn.eu/d/dPLpquf

I let the decals dry overnight and then spritz the thinnest coat on every so often the next day. Day three they're good to go

I like clear coat days because it makes the house smell nice

Awesome. I have had a lot of fun recently as I met someone locally who has a Kemper, and I’ve been trying the pedals through it. Sounds really great, took a life pedal mini and a sea machine the other day. But when I leave them with him I have to tell him what the knobs do. So really need to sort labelling out. What water slide are using

roberty · May 2023

@Cookiemonster it's this stuff but they've run out

Sunnyscopa Waterslide Decal Paper for Laser Printer - Clear, A4, 20 Sheets - Personalized Water Slide Transfer - DIY Custom Printable Water-Slide Decals https://amzn.eu/d/f1jPoqb

I got some different stuff and it's rubbish. The back is too sticky so the decal layer tears when you apply it. Waiting for another brand to be delivered

I only started doing decals cos I was fed up with not remembering what the knobs do

roberty · May 2023

@Cookiemonster just had this stuff delivered it's really good

Wellington Waterslide Decal Paper... https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B08945P6CH?ref=ppx_pop_mob_ap_share

roberty · June 2023

Redid this old build. Strange Headmaster germanium treble booster

Bit of a jumbled mess inside but it is sound and the soldering is clean

Now that I've got my amp shelves up I want to experiment with different types of boosts so I've tarted this one up and put it back to standard values

LastMantra · June 2023

A wee trick I do when using vero is to leave an extra strip of holes and open them up very slightly. Then you can double the wires back and through a hole.
This makes it much stronger as I was finding that that's where wires break 9/10 times. Sockets and stuff you can use a little bit of heat shrink to strengthen connections.

Keefy · June 2023

LastMantra said:

A wee trick I do when using vero is to leave an extra strip of holes and open them up very slightly. Then you can double the wires back and through a hole.
This makes it much stronger as I was finding that that's where wires break 9/10 times. Sockets and stuff you can use a little bit of heat shrink to strengthen connections.

That's a great idea!

TTony · June 2023

@roberty ;

I have now been inspired to try something on my next pedal build, other then Sharpie.

Have you tried - can you recommend - any of the decal papers in an inkjet? It's been a while since I've had a laser printer at home.

roberty · August 2023

TTony said:

@roberty ;

I have now been inspired to try something on my next pedal build, other then Sharpie.

Have you tried - can you recommend - any of the decal papers in an inkjet? It's been a while since I've had a laser printer at home.

Sorry mate I completely missed this! I am using a laserjet printer

I'm using this brand and it is good:

Wellington Waterslide Decal Paper Inkjet Clear, A4 Water Decal Paper for Inkjet Printer, Clear Transfer Paper (20 Sheets) https://amzn.eu/d/8pk4QdS

Noticed that the previous version of Fuzz Dog Colorsound Overdrive PCBs are £2.50. I have a backlog of stuff to finish building but I ordered one. A bargain for Gilmour fans

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

Cookiemonster · August 2023

Decided to box a lot of circuits up. Been having fun building but have 20 + circuits to box now, do others do this ?

On the plus note, I have finally had success with germanium builds, I found them frustrating before. But now have some Tonebenders and Fuzz faces and thinking about making a meathead but tweaking it for germs

roberty · August 2023

That's cool @cookiemonster. ; I find I have a sort of slow motion production line workflow these days. Lots of projects happening slowly. I hate drilling so I think I'm sort of subconsciously delaying the point at which I have to

Cookiemonster · August 2023

roberty said:

That's cool @cookiemonster. ; I find I have a sort of slow motion production line workflow these days. Lots of projects happening slowly. I hate drilling so I think I'm sort of subconsciously delaying the point at which I have to

I hate drilling as well. Think I might get Tayda to do it for me.

roberty · August 2023

Finished this. It's a cocked wah/gain circuit into an FV-1 doubler. The doubler has analog dry through

I only ever use these two effects together so I thought I would make them into one bonkers boost pedal and tidy my board up a bit

The decal is a bit high (oops) and the two bottom labels on the left are semi covered by the knobs. I think I'll get two more of those little black ones. It'll look better like that anyway I think and help delineate the two circuits

Bit hard to photograph cos it's so shiny

english_bob · August 2023

Cookiemonster said:

roberty said:

That's cool @cookiemonster. ; I find I have a sort of slow motion production line workflow these days. Lots of projects happening slowly. I hate drilling so I think I'm sort of subconsciously delaying the point at which I have to

I hate drilling as well. Think I might get Tayda to do it for me.

Me too. I've been thinking of getting one of these:

https://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/product/1590btemplate

roberty · August 2023

Lol just realised I got my filter and blend labels mixed up. I'm so used to my factory pedal I just labelled it the same way. I will probably redo the label in the weekend. I just got some pure acetone which takes this shit off in seconds so it's not a big deal

UnclePsychosis · August 2023

Tonight's soldering has produced one of these: a Crowther Audio Prunes and Custard built on a Fuzzdog board.

I had previously dismissed this as "just another fuzz" when reading about it but after I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole I realised its a lot more than that.

Its mad, but in a good way. Synthy, filtery, fuzzy madness. Very touch sensitive. Highly recommended for those of you who like unusual things.

roberty · August 2023

Always been interested in those @UnclePsychosis especially being a NZ emigree

Just did this quick and dirty kit build, Fuzz Dog Brain Bomb. Optical warbly PT2399 thing. Imagine courtesy of Midjourney and knobs from Zander

roberty · August 2023

Been slowly revisiting some early builds and making them cleaner inside and more interesting to look at

This is an FY-2, the name is a play on Unpleasant Companion. I had no imagination for the graphics so I just wrote "bad friend black and white" into Midjourney and this is the first thing it spat out

The LED and the knobs don't really match so I will revisit that at some point. I have loads of aluminium knobs coming from Ali Express. I should get some more LED colours really too

I put a battery in to make it easier to record with. It doesn't like buffers anyway so it's not board friendly

roberty · August 2023

Main things are that the knobs are labelled and there is some kind of clue as to what's inside it. It's no use having a row of identical unmarked enclosures

UnclePsychosis · August 2023

@roberty any chance of a link to the knob store on aliexpress?

Any time I look at aliexpress I just get lost/confused trying to find anything...

roberty · August 2023

UnclePsychosis said:

@roberty any chance of a link to the knob store on aliexpress?

Any time I look at aliexpress I just get lost/confused trying to find anything...

These: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/1005003716138968.html

Will report back when they arrive. Could be awful!

roberty · August 2023

Blimey...

Keefy · August 2023

roberty said:

Blimey...

It will be interesting to see what arrives…

roberty · August 2023

UnclePsychosis said:

Tonight's soldering has produced one of these: a Crowther Audio Prunes and Custard built on a Fuzzdog board.

I had previously dismissed this as "just another fuzz" when reading about it but after I fell down a YouTube rabbit hole I realised its a lot more than that.

Its mad, but in a good way. Synthy, filtery, fuzzy madness. Very touch sensitive. Highly recommended for those of you who like unusual things.

The lyrics to this come from the enclosure of the Prunes and Custard pedal. I heard the words "Electric Mistress" in there too. There might be more pedal things

roberty · September 2023

UnclePsychosis said:

@roberty any chance of a link to the knob store on aliexpress?

Any time I look at aliexpress I just get lost/confused trying to find anything...

The knobs arrived. There were 15 knobs and 13 set screws. 5 of the knobs are 6mm, not 6.35mm, and will not fit. I have opened a refund request with Ali Express. Slightly annoyed, not at all surprised

I redid my EQD Depths clone. Couldn't think of a clever name so I just described the picture, which was inspired by the original. So all in all I give myself 1/5 for inspiration. It has the Ali Express knobs on, so this is what they look like

UnclePsychosis · September 2023

Haha, that looks ace, good work.

Thanks for the update on the knobs. Sounds like too much hassle to save a few quid :-(

roberty · September 2023

UnclePsychosis said:

Haha, that looks ace, good work.

Thanks for the update on the knobs. Sounds like too much hassle to save a few quid :-(

Yeah the red and blue ones worked out to about £1 each with the stuff up. It'll be 75p each if they refund the black ones

I got a £19 Mosky Klone in the same package lol. Hopefully it doesn't explode when I plug it in

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