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Started by dunwichamps, April 24, 2012, 11:34:26 AM

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Hemisaurus

Some people like sold core for it's alleged sonic properties, either is fine if done properly. It's also easier to put bends in solid wire, without doing loom weaving.

Ayek

Solid core is generally tidier, mos' def.

Hemisaurus

Stupid Builders joke: How do you confuse a guitarist? Build him an amp with a 6SN7 and an EL84, then ship him it without tubes ;D

dunwichamps

Quote from: Hemisaurus on April 25, 2012, 01:20:08 AM
Stupid Builders joke: How do you confuse a guitarist? Build him an amp with a 6SN7 and an EL84, then ship him it without tubes ;D

so cruel, i see a 6v6/12ax7 fuck up coming on

moose23

Here's some spam from myself.

First up a Super Big Muff for a client that wanted the best of the Bluebeard Fuzz with all the extras of the Musket and a few more of my own:



Guts are a little messy but I didn't want to design a new board for a one off as it would jack up the price way too much.



This one's an Echo Base delay build, I like this so much that I kept two for myself one of which is getting a balanced XLR out once I get time to do it.



Can't find a gutshot of this but it's more along the lines of how clean my builds usually are. Will put one up later.

and this one's a Triangle Muff build with a flat mids switch, I put a switch on all my muff builds for guitar, makes such a huge difference.


dunwichamps

Quote from: moose23 on April 25, 2012, 08:24:27 AM

Guts are a little messy but I didn't want to design a new board for a one off as it would jack up the price way too much.


i feel this, i get a lot of one offs and making new boards sucks for them. try to do it on turrets to mitigate this but a muff is large so its not easily done in a smaller enclosure

moose23

Quote from: dunwichamps on April 25, 2012, 09:48:27 AM
Quote from: moose23 on April 25, 2012, 08:24:27 AM

Guts are a little messy but I didn't want to design a new board for a one off as it would jack up the price way too much.


i feel this, i get a lot of one offs and making new boards sucks for them. try to do it on turrets to mitigate this but a muff is large so its not easily done in a smaller enclosure

I'd love to see you do that pedal on turret board, even then it would get messy really fast with the six pots and three switches. Possibly doable in a D size enclosure though...

dunwichamps

Quote from: moose23 on April 25, 2012, 10:24:50 AM
Quote from: dunwichamps on April 25, 2012, 09:48:27 AM
Quote from: moose23 on April 25, 2012, 08:24:27 AM

Guts are a little messy but I didn't want to design a new board for a one off as it would jack up the price way too much.


i feel this, i get a lot of one offs and making new boards sucks for them. try to do it on turrets to mitigate this but a muff is large so its not easily done in a smaller enclosure

I'd love to see you do that pedal on turret board, even then it would get messy really fast with the six pots and three switches. Possibly doable in a D size enclosure though...

1590DD yea that would probably work on like a 1.5" x 7" board or so. What else you got on that circuit in general. I think I have seen the bluebeard fuzz before but not with extras.

El Zombre

Quote from: Hemisaurus on April 24, 2012, 11:12:58 PM
I used to know the proper way to lace a wiring harness, one thing I wish I could still remember properly, maybe it's like knitting and I'd pick it up again.

Heh, I learned some of that from here http://www.hnsa.org/doc/cabling/part5.htm but have not built any electronic thing, so instead, that got applied to this banana leaf wrapped rice cake  :) :


Hemisaurus

Nice :D

@moose23 I love your use of the wood effect vinyl, that's awesome. Reminds me of those Crate's that did it too.

moose23

Quote from: Hemisaurus on April 25, 2012, 11:51:31 AM
Nice :D

@moose23 I love your use of the wood effect vinyl, that's awesome. Reminds me of those Crate's that did it too.

What do you mean by wood effect vinyl? That's authentic 1/8" rosewood veneer, ya bawbag ;) .

Thanks for the compliment all the same...

Baltar

Yeah real cool retro look.  Reminds me of the walls in my dad's old den.
Friends don't let friends play solid state amplifiers.

dunwichamps

damn ur suggestion has led me to make a muff turret layout, not that difficult as I may have imagined

Hemisaurus

Quote from: moose23 on April 25, 2012, 12:11:36 PM
What do you mean by wood effect vinyl? That's authentic 1/8" rosewood veneer, ya bawbag ;) .

Thanks for the compliment all the same...
<insert lecture about depleting the rainforests> ;D

bitter

Nice, I like the idea of scotch brite or brushed aluminum finish with a piece of veneer. Would also be cool with other types of thin materials like Formica laminate. The weirder, the better.

Oh Andy I'm gonna go over to mount pilot and worship Satan

moose23

Quote from: dunwichamps on April 25, 2012, 02:18:32 PM
damn ur suggestion has led me to make a muff turret layout, not that difficult as I may have imagined

I know it's possible, seen it done once or twice (Creepy fingers being one example) and could do it myself easy enough.

The challenge is adding a switchable LPB1, an input cap blend, mids pot, tone bypass switch and making it all fit in a 1590BB. :D

dunwichamps

Quote from: moose23 on April 25, 2012, 03:56:26 PM
Quote from: dunwichamps on April 25, 2012, 02:18:32 PM
damn ur suggestion has led me to make a muff turret layout, not that difficult as I may have imagined

I know it's possible, seen it done once or twice (Creepy fingers being one example) and could do it myself easy enough.

The challenge is adding a switchable LPB1, an input cap blend, mids pot, tone bypass switch and making it all fit in a 1590BB. :D

thats the goddamn hard part. The rest doesnt bother me much but thats such a small enclosure for that size stuff

moose23

Quote from: Hemisaurus on April 25, 2012, 02:30:38 PM
Quote from: moose23 on April 25, 2012, 12:11:36 PM
What do you mean by wood effect vinyl? That's authentic 1/8" rosewood veneer, ya bawbag ;) .

Thanks for the compliment all the same...
<insert lecture about depleting the rainforests> ;D

I'm actually using left over cut offs from a local luthier which is good for the rainforests.

moose23

Quote from: dunwichamps on April 25, 2012, 03:57:19 PM
Quote from: moose23 on April 25, 2012, 03:56:26 PM
Quote from: dunwichamps on April 25, 2012, 02:18:32 PM
damn ur suggestion has led me to make a muff turret layout, not that difficult as I may have imagined

I know it's possible, seen it done once or twice (Creepy fingers being one example) and could do it myself easy enough.

The challenge is adding a switchable LPB1, an input cap blend, mids pot, tone bypass switch and making it all fit in a 1590BB. :D

thats the goddamn hard part. The rest doesnt bother me much but thats such a small enclosure for that size stuff

Creepy did the straight up muff in a 1590BB so it's defo doable, maybe a separate daughter board for the LPB1 like I did?

dunwichamps

I found this one he did



Its a 1590DD I know that from the screw holes

If u can find the 1590BB pic let me know I couldnt find one on the FB site

fuzzfarmer

Mighty fine work there fellas.

dunwichamps

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Quote from: fuzzfarmer on April 25, 2012, 11:22:51 PM
Mighty fine work there fellas.

are you the same fuzzfarmer I am building for?

scratch that you are

Glitchyghost

#47
Here's some of my stuff.


Supa Fuzz, guts:

outside


Montarbo Sinfhoton clone:



Fuzz Face with Volume & Tone controls, fuzz fixed internally to max, very low gain



High gain Fuzz Face:



Big Muff, with Bass and Treble controls, final boost stage replaced with a JFET mu-amp, blendable diodes:


My own custom designed FET overdrive prototype:



VOLVO)))

wow-e, I am fuckin' worthless... great work, all y'all...

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CHUB CUB 4 LYFE.

moose23

I saw the CF Big Muff for sale on the DAM forum so it won't be there any more. Koi posted a point to point above though.

Here's another of my builds, cross between my Tall Font Muff and a friend's B&M Fuzz Unit. I call it the Dobsky Fuzz Unit:








This is my blurb for it:

"The DOBSKY FUZZ UNIT is my cross between the Tall Font/Civil War Russian Big Muffs and the B&M Fuzz Unit. Controls are Volume, Fuzz, Tone and Mids with two clipping diode switches, first one lifts the first set of diodes which brings in some clean bass to the signal, second one switches between standard silicon and 3mm red leds, the leds give a huge volume boost without getting too much dirtier, great for pushing your amp. Great for bass and guitar. Much much better fuzz than the recent EHX Bass Big Muff imo."