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[Pissy]

Get a Weller.  The one I have is outdated, in the sense that I don't see it on Amazon, but I'd get this one if I were looking right now. 

Weller WE1010NA Digital Soldering Station https://www.amazon.com/dp/B077JDGY1J/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_MN2M3PAS8DD2G3K0GGKK

Or a Pace. But they're expensive. 
PACE ADS200 AccuDrive High Powered Soldering Station with TD-200 Tip-Heater Cartridge Iron (Tips NOT Included) https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07DX7DGRL/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_YX6G2W0473VAQ9ZBFFYB

Top of the hill would be this one that has a desoldering vacuum, sucker thing.  This was what we had in school when I was a younger person.

Pace MBT 301 Soldering & Desoldering Station - with TD-100 Iron https://www.amazon.com/dp/B01H42PYFM/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_4PDD88RWQ0W1BFSPWK14




This is the one I have.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Weller-WES51-Soldering-Station-w-Iron-Solder-kit-/255527324577?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&_trksid=p2349624.m46890.l49286&mkrid=711-127632-2357-0

[Danny G]

Yes, EVs.

And according to lore, EV helped Dietz design this bass cab around their speakers as part of their partnership. No wonder this thing sounds so goddamn good.


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[James1214]

Pissy, my neighbor, who's an electrical engineer recommended the Hakko 888d. He's actually got an extra he's gonna give me, so yeah..... Thanks for the rec, but my cheap ass will take no dollars spend for a piece of gear any day. I'll report back on if I like it or not.

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[RAGER]

Those Gauss (sp?) speakers in that thing?

Came across this term reading about some pickups.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauss_(unit)

[Danny G]

The speaker in my bass cab ain't farty no more. Yay it worked.


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[RAGER]

I've had this stupid little thing around for so long I can't even remember where I got it. Decided to make it somewhat playable. Had to shim the neck cuz no truss rod. Changed out the tuners with better ones. Had to drill the headstock out to fit. Meh. Changed out a couple bridge hardware pieces. Now just trying to intimate the thing. Kinda good but hey.

The scale length pencils out to 19" ?  I think.

[Pissy]

Do you record?  That would be a good candidate for some weird off kilter sound in the background on a recording.

[RAGER]

Just to be clear, I did not try to intimate it. That's a typo. Intonate.

[RAGER]

Ok. I need heavier gauge strings for a short scale/mini guitar. Hmm. I've got some beefy slinky's maybe.   

I'll read more about this.

[Danny G]

Finally built Dual Phase 90 clone v3.0

Two speed setting via the up top toggle switch.

Red channel has R28 on for the gain bump.

Green channel has R28 off for more transparency


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[James1214]

Looks good Danny!

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[Danny G]

Not sounding as "Phase 90-ish" as I'd like, so will tweak the trimpot and check some values.

Phase 90 clone has been a tough nut to crack. Of the several I've built over the years, they always seem to pale in comparison to the store bought ones.

Trying to avoid having to hack an existing circuit, but gotta do what you gotta do


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[Danny G]

Update:

Finally sat down with the store bought Phase 90, the dual clone, and a small screwdriver and got it properly calibrated.

Trimpot was a bit off but now it counts close.

Also, didn't realize the sweep in knobs was different. 11:30 on the store bought translated to about 2pm on the clone. So that's why the green channel sounded off too.

Sat there with a metronome to dial in the faster rate. 77bpm was it.


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[RAGER]

There's am/pm on phasers? 😃

If it matters, the EVH setting us between 9 & 10 o'clock in a 90.

I've got a 45 and the JHS 3 which is both. I like it.

But building your own is way cooler. I'm lazy.

[RAGER]

Worked on the pink Kramer today. Changed out the pot. and trem block, changed strings to 10's basic intonation and action height. See how it is tomorrow.

Hot ass p/u.



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[RAGER]

The difference in the trem blocks.


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[RAGER]

Kinda fucked up the high E nut slot in the blue Kramer. No bigs. Have 2x black Tusq XL nuts coming.

[Pissy]

Cutting a nut isn't easy.

[Danny G]

Taking a stab at a mod-able Blues Driver clone. Wish me luck o_O


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[Danny G]

Well shit it doesn't work (no sound)

Went back and re traced it all (several times) and fixed 4 errors I made. Still not working. Blerg.


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[RAGER]

I've never bread boarded anything. Where do you start? 
I guess I'd probably just start YouTube ing stuff.

[James1214]

So breadboarding is pretty easy, and you can do super complex things with it. Then you can transfer those designs to perfboard (like what Danny has up there) if you want to get the basics of perfboard down I'd build a kit, or if you have a bunch of parts you can use a template, I've built a few from http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com , and it was a fun process, although I much prefer PCB kits. An important note is that on their board layouts the red circles indicate where you need to cut the traces, then you populate and solder as per normal.

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[Danny G]

The exact layout I used. The layouts for literally everything are all over the internet



Kind of a complex circuit, not surprised I'm having issues.

For $8 I could buy a pre-printed circuit board from a few sites. I'll try that next.


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[RAGER]

So breadboarding is pretty easy, and you can do super complex things with it. Then you can transfer those designs to perfboard (like what Danny has up there) if you want to get the basics of perfboard down I'd build a kit, or if you have a bunch of parts you can use a template, I've built a few from http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.com , and it was a fun process, although I much prefer PCB kits. An important note is that on their board layouts the red circles indicate where you need to cut the traces, then you populate and solder as per normal.

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Yeah I've built several pedals and also a fairly complex synth with dual sided pcb,s. Just curious where folks start.

I definitely don't need any more goddamn pedals but if I were to build something else I'd want it to look like this.



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[Pissy]

That looks like turret board construction without the turret board.