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I have a Zander Foxxton Woods PCB to build. Putting off going through the BOM to figure out which bits I need to buy. Got a couple of Ge trannies for Range Master builds too. Should really put an hour aside to go through it all and order the parts
Although with some you can get a really cool "torn speaker" type sound with the sustain down
Powered up and calibrating trim pots
Testing. Works and sounds decent
All cased and with knobs on. Overall a great little kit build and a brilliant sounding pedal. I haven't AB-ed with my Walrus Monuments yet but will do at some point. First impressions are that it's in a very similar ballpark but with more options from the Spacing & Harmonic Mix knobs, which is excellent.
Does it still use "roll-your-own" optocouplers? How did those work out? I imagine them being a bit of a faff.
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
The only hitch was a small hole at the LED end of one of them as I got overzealous with the pliers trying to seal it completely. A bit of black sharpie stops any extra light getting in/out and it sounds good so I assume all fine.
Quite tempted to get one myself, partly because the kit is a total bargain, but I don't really need all that tremolo...
Don't talk politics and don't throw stones. Your royal highnesses.
And dead quiet too. I read one guy on Reddit complaining about hiss or hum but I've had no issues. The initial quick "make sure it basically works before I put the knobs on" test turned into 20 minutes of Strat, JanRay and this. LUSH.
And balls!! (couldn't resist - there's a joke here about tip cleaning as well but I'll quit while I'm ahead...)
Had another go with my Ram's Head Pi fuzz today, this time into simulated amps on my Revival Drive - sounds immense! Waiting for some purple knobs to arrive, which will obviously make it sound even better.
Also contemplating a Blue Fool (modded MXR Blue Box) kit, but I really need to crack on with my amp build!
Left is the Death Drive (essentially a Green Ringer into Rat, with some circuit tweaks and extra controls), because Rats are life and I don't have anything this doomy.
Right is "KOT with everything" because sod waiting 18 months and paying 300 quid
I like the textured-powder-coated enclosures too. The only question is whether demo labels stick to them...
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I have a brief clip from my initial switch on which I’ll post once I work out how best to do that.
EDIT: trial imgur link:
https://i.imgur.com/8z749m5.mp4
I’ll try and get some better YouTube vids done when I get a chance.
Overall a slightly tricky build as I initially tried to fit in a battery but that wasn’t going to happen in the end. It’s also odd because you have to flip over the daughterboard for the boost switch to end up with the LED in the right place, hence the wires for that one being twisted compared to the other. The wiring for the jacks are also flipped left to right so the in/out wires cross over underneath the board. None of these things is any major issue but gave me a little bit to scratch my head about during the build.
There were also a couple of component values that were different on the photo in the build doc. Again not a problem but gave a little confusion as I usually use that as a sanity check before I trim all the component legs after soldering
Blimey that looks quality! Particularly like the attention to detail aligning the retaining nuts A++
Glad you like the death drive @stickyfiddle I absolutely love mine. I've had that same problem with not soldering the switch properly just in case before. Good idea in theory lol
Gone through my parts box for my Zander Foxxton Woods PCB. Pretty much there, just need the case and pots. Looking forward to that one
I have the KOT next. That’s going to be more of a hassle nut-washer wise as the LED hole is too close to the switch so after I’ve reamed out the hole to fit the bigger bezel I can’t get the washer on the switch at all... I guess that might also go without the washer, by necessity!