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[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.358573]

Are there any guitar effect builders here anymore?

I haven't been around here for a few months because of the massive clusterfuck this place has turned into. So fill me in

tl;dr General guitar/bass effects thread

[Anonymous No.358577]

i'd really love to make a reverb pedal for my bass, I'd imagine that would be harder to make than a distortion pedal though..
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[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.358584]

Not particularly. Have you looked into Pt2399 based reverbs? I'd say look at the solstice or equinox reverb and just mess with the input and output capacitor to flavor it for bass

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.358589]

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.358592]

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.358593]

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.358595]

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.358596]

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.358598]

A Phase 90 in a 1590a evclosure

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.358601]

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.358602]

>>358601
Orange Squeezer compressor

[Anonymous No.358605]

Hey OP could you suggest any reverb pedal kits for me to give my hand at building?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.358610]

>>358605
General guitar gadgets is pretty good

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/projects/25-reverb/243-digital-reverb

[Anonymous No.358876]

Where do you buy the enclosings? Can I protoboard pedals?

[῏ᵩᵟŁἐἅϝἓὅἣᵟᵩ῏ !XndHGnsd42 No.358881]

>>358610
enjoy getting ripped off

http://www.madbeanpedals.com/projects/index.html

[Anonymous No.358890]

>>358876

They look like Hammond's enclosures. Shouldn't be too difficult to get.
You can use protoboard to experiment.

[Anonymous No.358902]

>>358610
I live in a shitty country which doesn't have hammond boxes really. I get mine from chinese ebay dealers for around 10$ a pop.They are very solid.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.358903]

>>358881
Madbean is just as good, but I've never had a problem with GGG. Just steer clear of diymodkits. most of their kits are fundamentally flawed.

>>358876
www.taydaelectronics.com
They have the best prices, best customer service, and best shipping. Actually AMAZING service. I know there's mouser and allied but they are geared towards more commercial buyers.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.358905]

>>358902
http://www.taydaelectronics.com/hardware/enclosures.html

[Anonymous No.358907]

This
>>358902
was meant for this post
>>358876

[Anonymous No.358908]

>>358905
hot damn, thanks a ton anon

[Anonymous No.358920]

>>358905
>>358902
Thanks

[Anonymous No.358923]

I would very much make something like this for a m8 of mine using a TI stellaris launchpad . Anyone got any links to a project like this with the launchpad?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.358977]

bamp with a sunburst flametop Tube Sound Fuzz

[Anonymous No.358987]

:) i saw a picture of a pedal on the home page of 4chan.

i didnt know there was a do it yourself board, and i didnt think you guys made your own pedals. (not new here)

pretty impressive, ive always wanted to do this, get a good classic sounding fuzz and a phaser for not too much money.
id love to learn about the electronics of amps too in general so i can mod them.

how do you get started on this? and what are some basic tools you need?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.359012]

>>358987
check out diystompboxes.com It's a pretty cool atmosphere where you aren't flamed for not having knowledge. A great place to learn.

as for tools: a soldering iron, needle nose pliers, wire cutters, and wire strippers. There's other stuff, but you will learn as you go. Just start in the beginner projects section and try a opamp overdrive. Something simple. Don't be afraid to ask ''stupid'' questions.

[Anonymous No.359023]

>>358903
i've used mouser for my sega mods. they're fine for hobbyists.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.359036]

>>359023
I tried to get 2 9mm potentiometers and shipping was $35

[῏ᵩᵟŁἐἅϝἓὅἣᵟᵩ῏ !XndHGnsd42 No.359037]

right so lets get a tad more technical here since it seems a few of use have fooled around with this and enjoy it

I need some ideas for bass pedals more on the lines of synth and noise kind of stuff but I am in no fucking way a engineer or homebrewer

what do?

[Anonymous No.359058]

>>359037
Do you have an engineer with you?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.359073]

>>359037
try a fuzz face with a bias control. the bias control will mis-bias one of the transistors and give a very synthy fuzz. Of course you will have to change the input and output caps since it's for bass. I forget if you need a larger or smaller input cap to adapt a guitar pedal to a bass pedal. I'll report back later with correct info

[Anonymous No.359075]

>>359073
larger iirc

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.359086]

>>359075
Me thinks you're right.

>>359037
take a look at this thread and video. Watch the whole vid because he goes through all of the controls like bias. He gets some really great synth fuzz tones. I built this last night and am happy I did

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=100470.0

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.359190]

Bump with my slice off fingertip. I was cutting a PCB for a pt2399 reverb and the box cutter slipped up onto the speed square.

[῏ᵩᵟŁἐἅϝἓὅἣᵟᵩ῏ !XndHGnsd42 No.359365]

>>359190
god damn man thats gonna take awhile to heal

[TehLuthier !!1CDyJZ5Snbd No.359367]

I like that LED lit acrylic bottom. I whipped up a batch of Zvex SHO clones for my guitarist buddies who are amp-dirt types.

I might put acrylic bottoms on those. Good idea, foo'!

[TehLuthier !!1CDyJZ5Snbd No.359369]

smallbearelec dot com, that's your source for most things pedals. Inexpensive because he limits his stock, so he buys in MASSIVE amounts, which makes it cheapo-depot for us nerds.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.359396]

>>359365
It healed in about 3 weeks. I'm still having nerve pain when I play guitar. Fuckin sucks. No doctors too, I know how to handle moderate injuries. I got a lil worried when the meat started bulging out of the finger.

>>359367
Thanks. There's tutorials around for making it look good.
Also check out my flametop/sunburst tutorial. You may appreciate it more, being a luthier and all.

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=99113.0

>>359369
Ive never ordered from smallbear, but Ive heard he's pretty good

[Anonymous No.359422]

>>359190


cool >>353869

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.359436]

>>359422
I have heard of that used to grow skin grafts in a petri dish, but I don't think I would do that without a medical professional assisting.

[Anonymous No.359439]

>>359436
when it heals get a metal tip like the dude from black sabbath

[Whourse No.359441]

>>359396
looks like it's healing nicely mang, good luck!

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.359449]

>>359441
these are old pics. It is healed now. I plan on making a small plastic cap to protect it while playing guitar.

Pic is after it healed

[Whourse No.359468]

>>359449
Like a thimble? i think their called
its that metal cap thing for sewing

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.359483]

>>359468
metal wouldn't be ideal
I'm probably going to dip the tip of my finger in that liquid tool handle stuff, let it dry and peel it off

[Anonymous No.359503]

>>359483
Tony Iommi did the same, so you'l probably do fine.

[Anonymous No.359506]

That lighting strip is mad tyte, pic is one of mine.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.359516]

>>359506
fuckin nice

I just got some knobs like that from a peavey PA-300 I think you just inspired me on what to use them on

[SN95 !MuSTANgB8s No.359518]

Fellow pedal builder here. What do you think of Run off Groove's amp emulators like the professor tweed and shit? I was thinking of building a few

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.359534]

>>359518
The only ROG build i've ever done is the EA tremolo. So I cant say. What I can say is that I love my X2 emulator and Dr. Boogie.

http://www.techniguitare.com/Fiches/X2FET-V1.pdf

[῏ᵩᵟŁἐἅϝἓὅἣᵟᵩ῏ !XndHGnsd42 No.359614]

>>359506
dude I really like the look of that

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.359836]

bhumpuh

[Anonymous No.360047]

>>359836
How about RF interference?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.360092]

>>360047
That pedal was made before I learned about shielding. Though It's not a problem with that one. It's just a one transistor boost (microdrive)

[Anonymous No.360187]

Any more pedal makers on this board who have something to share?

[Anonymous No.361620]

I just ordered parts to build a feedback looper pedal.

[Anonymous No.361631]

>>358601
Wow. I did not know this was a "thing" people do.

Any solid link for building a solid home brew compression pedal.

[Anonymous No.361632]

>>361631
it all started when hendrix fucked up trying to build a guitar amp and discovered the mystical secrets of clipping

get yourself some op amps and a breadboard son and rediscover the magic

[Anonymous No.361639]

>>361632
How forgiving are the solder points on these kits. I've never really done heavy electronic soldering before (just wiring inside guitar and bass cavities).

Is this an entry level sort of project, or should i buy a fucking FM radio kit or somethign first?

[Anonymous No.361666]

>>361639

these are not difficult to assemble/solder. the hardest part is getting all the right components, which you can order from digikey, mouser, sparkfun, and other online sources.

[Anonymous No.361746]

Bumping with my in progress Tube Screamer variation

I'm:>>359506

[Anonymous No.361769]

>>361746

How did you ... paint that box? Is it some foil you can put through an inkjet printer?
Is it scratch-resistant in itself, or do you need thick lacquer to protect it?

[Anonymous No.361931]

Howdy.

Got any use/desire for a Flextone 212S stereo 2 x 12" cab?

[Anonymous No.361934]

>>361769
Very thin photo paper put through a high quality ink-jet printer then lacquered to make it all shiny/matt.
I'm trying to find a good way to do colour transfers at the moment.

This particular pedal is going to be super glossy!

[Anonymous No.362008]

Holy shit, I love this thread. I had no idea pedals were this inexpensive, really.

[Anonymous No.362011]

bumpen with a link.
tagboardeffects.blogspot.com
it's pretty easy looking DIY pedal layouts on veroboard, with detailed how-tos and lots of boutique layouts. I'm not saying schematics because these are pics of exactly how to drop components onto a veroboard or p2p setup.
"what's veroboard?"
the site will answer. click around a bit. I've found pretty much everything I want to build represented here, minus an Echorec pedal. I imagine that will end up there soon anyway.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.362208]

>>362008
Yea. I hate shelling out $150 for an effect I can make for $10.

Here is a pedal I designed

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5GmLi3CBkM

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.362209]

>>362208
And here's the layout

[Anonymous No.362561]

BUMP

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.362625]

Here's a Randall X2 preamp emulator I built recently.

[Anonymous No.362680]

>>361632
Nice explanation

>>361746
How about the same process wich make PCBs, with laser printer and photo paper?

>>362208
I want to design my own pedals, where is your research source?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.362704]

>>362680
The internet.

Not trying to be a smartass. I just learned through google youtube and diystompboxes.com

[Anonymous No.362921]

>>361934

Thanks.

>>362680

I've used PCB process to etch aluminum. Except that instead of the toner transfer method, I used photoresist. Works just fine, but IMO the result isn't something you can/should use with any random project.

[Anonymous No.362922]

this doesn't pass audio. i built it to control the speeds and power of my leslie amp.

this is the extent my knows hows

[Anonymous No.362935]

What would be the best overdrive pedal for me to make? Anyone got circuits?

I've been needing one badly and i don't want to buy it...

[Anonymous No.362944]

>>362704
Thanks anyway, do you take ICs ideas from other pedal projects?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.362945]

>>362944
Most definitely

It's called the Frankenstein pulse wah because I took a few existing circuits and tweeked and mashed them up.

[Anonymous No.362946]

http://runoffgroove.com/articles.html
http://tonepad.com/projects.asp?projectType=fx
http://www.muzique.com/schem/

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.362947]

>>362921
the graphic on the X2 is actually an etched inlay using the toner transfer method.

[Anonymous No.362953]

I don't do fancy designs.

I've built an Octavio, a Super Hard On and I designed and built a Ring Modulator.

Next on my list is a Harmonic Percolator. Then maybe a Fuzz Factory or something, I've a few AC128's lying around.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.363004]

>>362953
I've never been impressed with the fuzz factory.
I'd say build the harmonic percolator.

I'm waiting on a few low gain germanium transistors for Q1 to build mine.

the main difference with mine is that I'm putting it in a slant cut 1590a enclosure

I had to make a stomp switch to make it fit

Its going to be called the doorstop fuzz

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2X_TKHoai4

[Anonymous No.363006]

>>362953
My list will be a fuzz face with piggyback silicons, an engineers thumb compressor, a couple amp pedals from rog, and maybe a Black Arts Pharoah. A cab sim too.

[Anonymous No.363023]

I started building a Phase 90 replica months ago, fucked up one of the ICs and can't replace it because I don't have one of these things that remove solder from the holes.

I ordered a Big Muff Pi for christmas; once it arrives I'm going to build it.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.363057]

>>363023
use these

http://www.taydaelectronics.com/connectors-sockets/sockets/dip-sockets.html

[Anonymous No.363079]

>>363057
Ooh nice, those will help in the future. Doesn't solve my P90-problem though; there's still solder stuck in the soldering holes.

[Anonymous No.363087]

I've been wanting to make some sort of pedal, but I can't decide on one. Have considered a snow white autowah. I like the sound a lot, but there were parts of the layout/schematic I couldn't figure out.

[Anonymous No.363088]

>>363087
Start with something easy like a fuzz, distortion or treble boost.

[Anonymous No.363103]

>>363088
Yea, boosters and fuzzes (like the fuzz face) have a small part count, you can wire em without a pcb, and are pretty useful all around. Dirt pedals like od and dist and compressors have more shit, but nothing too complicated or expensive. Phaser/flangers are harder, then echo/delay/reverb.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.363503]

>>363079

This should help

http://geofex.com/Article_Folders/remove_IC/remvdip.htm

[Anonymous No.363530]

I'm currently waiting on an order from pedalpartsplus. I'm making a 3-in-1 pedal in a 1790 enclosure. Should be pretty neat. I'm thinking the order will be boost-fuzz-OD/Distortion.
Not quite sure about what the dirt circuit will be yet. I'm thinking I'll finally put a MAX1044 to use and run it at a higher voltage than normal so I can use mosfet's as clippers. I really dig them. The only problem is that their forward voltage is so high in a clipping configuration (almost 3 volts) that you often get opamp clipping when you try to use them in a 9v circuit. I personally haven't worked out a good sound using opamp clipping so I tend to stay away from it lol.
The fuzz is definitely going to be a Muff Fuzz because it stacks so well. If you haven't tried one, I highly suggest it! Much more old school than a big muff.
I haven't decided yet whether the boost will be jfet or germanium based but it'll definitely be a treble boost.
I thinking the distortion circuit will run at 18 or 27 volts (minus the diode drop out from the voltage multiplier) and have the mosfets in a feedback loop to keep it smooth. To take it from OD to distortion there is going to be a back-to-back diode pair to ground after the first opamp with a clipping threshold control using LED's as the clippers. Ought to be able to add some edge I think. LED's as clippers always sound harsh to me but I think by blending the mosfet smooth clipping with the edge of the LED clipping I can cop some EVH tones. Real glassy and shit when I need it and vintage other times.
Anyone else have any projects their looking forward to?

[Anonymous No.363531]

>>363530
They're* dammit. That's what I get for drinking and rambling lol.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.363537]

>>363531
At the moment Im making a droning box. Its going to be a few adjustable sine wave generators, an atari punk console, and a delay and/or chorus.

multiple stereo and mono outs to use on my mixer to play with em and mess around with harmonics meeting and panning. Something to play for tripping friends.

[Anonymous No.364280]

>>363023
I socket everything, even Transistors. DIPs are cheap and they can be cut down to size depending on application.

SIP work well too, useful for more esoteric comonents

[Anonymous No.364282]

>>363004
Tell me how that works out. What tranny? I've chosen low HFE ones, not sure how itl work. The RC network betweeen the two transistors can need adjusting, from what I've read, there are nominal current flows. I'll post them when I get back to my workspace -should be Friday!

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.364688]

>>364282
I don't know what transistor yet. A guy is sending me some parts and it's one that he's used in a perc before. Pretty much any low gain germanium will work from what I've been told.

[Anonymous No.364689]

Is there a general formula for interchanging op amps with valves, or just transistors? I want to build a valvulated compressor, does anyone know a design?

[Anonymous No.364819]

>>363537
Oh man, that sounds really cool. Could you post a schematic?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.364832]

>>364819

two of these
http://www.freewebs.com/valvewizard2/siggen.html

and this
http://electro-music.com/forum/topic-12644-50.html&postdays=0&postorder=asc&highlight=

Here's a video of what I have so far

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebRNzyJ5srk

[Anonymous No.364855]

>>364832
That sounded awesome! I'm definitely going to try to build something like that one of these days.

[Anonymous No.364877]

>>364689
I'm not trying to dissuade you from building a tube compressor, but is there any particular reason that opamps aren't sufficient?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.364921]

>>364689
Search around at diystompboxes.com

There was a few threads about that recently. so just use the search button

[Anonymous No.365347]

>>364877
nope, just sound like fun

>>364921
doing it now

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.366163]

Bump for a project that I'm almost done with. Will post results

[Anonymous No.366424]

I prefer making tube amps
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LExcpunu6wc

[Anonymous No.366427]

>>366424

beautiful.

what's the difference between a rectifier and a diode?

[Anonymous No.366434]

>>366427
It's all about converting AC (coming from the power transformer) to DC, which is used by the other tubes.
The diode convert AC to DC perfectly, there's not much to say about it...
The rectifer tube convert it pretty well, but add a slight compression because abrupt variation of power cannot be done by the tube.
You don't hear it very well on a video, that's why we didn't showed it, but when you play, you feel that the amp has a very different attack, it compress the sound (like a mesa boogie rectifier, or many old amps, when semiconductor diode wasn't invented yet)

[Anonymous No.366443]

Hello Swirlybird and other pedal friends! I am a bassist of moderate skill who's always looking for new toys to play with. I only use a BOSS ME50-B on stage, but im dying to start building pedals and start really stretching out my creative ability at home and during practice. In my opinion, nothing sounds BAD. If I build my first pedal and all it does is reduce my bass playing to incomprehensible static...ive built a 10/10 static pedal. That said, im anxious to dive into pedal building but I lack the know how. My dad taught me to solder when I was 10 and I've probably soldered one tiny connection every year since then. In terms of the little bits along the wiring and various boards and tubes, I know absolutely nothing. Those may as well be parts for an alien pistol for all I know. I've read that a guitar pedal can be a bass pedal when you change out a few small things, but finding those 'things' is still out of my league.

Do you suggest I buy a Guitar effects box kit and wire it up for the experience? Or would I better to put my nose in book about all these resistors, transistors, capacitors, percolators, elevators... Etc. Your help is greatly appreciated and I look forward to seeing more pedals you fine folk cook up.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.366572]

>>366443
to change a guitar pedal to a bass pedal you need to change the input and output capacitors to a larger value. Since you are green to pedal making You may not know where to find the input and output caps, so I would suggest buying a diy pedal kit (make sure it's for bass)to get your feet wet. maybe do some reading/asking questions at diystompboxes.com. they/we are tons of help for new builders. (people won't get all pissy if you ask noobish questions)

And if you like I could assemble a cart of parts that you would need at tayda electronics for a project or two. and I'll post up the layout for what ever project it is. I suggest a build on vero since it doesn't involve making you own pcbs

[Anonymous No.366790]

>>366424
I want to start making tube amps, but i'm a little lost. I wanted to make one with a 12AT7 and 2 6" car speakers, the most common around here, have about 70W RMS of power. Can I use the output from the 12AT7, through a transformer, to power the speaker?

[Anonymous No.366949]

>>366790
don't use car speakers, their actual power rating is 100 times lower than what the box says + they sound like shit 90% of the time

[Anonymous No.366987]

>>366949
Then, common audio store speakers

[Anonymous No.367010]

has anyone here ever added tubes to a solid state amp? I've got an old cab but it uses SS. Not that it's bad, but the phrase "if it aint broke, dont fix it" wears off after 10 years of using it with no uniqueness involved.

[Anonymous No.367035]

>>367010

I guess you could make a gain of one tube preamplifier and use it before the main amp.

[Anonymous No.367037]

You guys ever think of making your own pickups?

[Anonymous No.367077]

>>367037
I saw people doing it on the internet, instructables may have a few, but I lack the pacience to wind all that shit up

[Anonymous No.367212]

You guys think it would be possible to work on making some pedals without any initial knowledge of circuitry?

[Anonymous No.367218]

>>367212

Some plans/instructions don't assume any real knowledge about electronics. Pic related, do you think you can build that?

(It's from http://smallbox.zeonhost.com/))

[Anonymous No.367229]

>>367212
I posted the link to tagboardeffects dot blogspot dot com a few days ago on this thread, and I highly suggest looking there. You need to be able to solder okay, and then buy the parts that're either listed or visible on the graphics. Everything is on veroboard, so you don't need to know about what goes where; the electricity is routed dependent on where you drill holes and what thing you stick where. Buy the components, prepare the board, put the components where they say to put them and solder everything in.

They have a lot of nice pedals. I bought the majority of the parts I need for the Black Cat OD; I just need the chip, veroboard, and something to put it all in.

[Anonymous No.367245]

>>367218

Hm, well, it does seem pretty straight forward, but I would need some general guidelines probably.

Still though, that kind of diagram does indeed seem extremely simplified.

[Anonymous No.367273]

>>367035
why would anyone ever do this

you might as well just glue them onto the box

[Anonymous No.367289]

>>367273

You'll get tube distortion. Some people like that.

[Anonymous No.367672]

>>367035
A tube preamp makes sense, no doubt. But just for curiosity, is there noticeable difference with a tube in postamp as opposed to SS postamp? Or is it just overkill? If I understand it correctly, turning up your master volume would give a distortion of its own, but that wouldn't be far off from speaker distortion would it?
>>367273
>>367289

I've been trying to get off digital floorboards to use analog pedals. Equipment with decent AD converters are balls to the wall pricy, and after demoing some tube+analog, it was a night and day difference.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.367956]

Just finished this yesterday for a local music shop owner. He loved it. He had to show it off to everyone that walked in.
I'm really disappointed with the waterslide though. It didn't show up like that till after the clear coat

It's a magnavibe made from nocentelli's layout I called it GT Vibes because his initials are GT

I love the knobs.... they came off of an ancient Peavey PA head...Solid aluminum, which is a nice change from plastic cored knobs. I used a cut off pot shaft in my drill press to spin them with some super fine steel wool to restore them without damaging them.

[Anonymous No.368111]

Where does /diy/ buy it's metal chasis for pedals? And what kind of paint is best for writing shit like zvex does?

ALSO, how do you guys print a picture onto a pedal like:
>>358598
>>358601
>>361746

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.368124]

>>368111
see>>358905

And for graphics I use:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ne8tcRWkW4

[Anonymous No.368131]

I'm very impressed, this is my first time on /diy/

Without starting a new thread, does anyone know what kind of jack I would use for a speaker so that I can connect a head to a combo amp that I just want to use as a cabinet?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.368523]

>>368131
just a normal 1/4 inch audio jack

[Anonymous No.368673]

So uh, any of you guys by chance a pedal-making-mercenary? I need a couple things I'm too lazy and under-skilled to craft myself.

[Anonymous No.368722]

>>367672
Power tube distortion and rectifier sag makes a tube amp a marvelous audio sledgehammer. It takes the meh tubey sound that 12a?7a make and busts, compresses, and harmonics it. The rectifier tube adds to the matter by further fucking up the signal with sag. if you have to have one, always go power tubes, preferably with a tube rectifier.
Preamp tube distortion can be replicated with clever transistor use to promote uneven signal fuckery like tubes do. Power amp simulation is out there too, but it usually gets worked into the effect pedal distortion circuit anyway, like a final clipping stage on the way out.
It's all math. Tubes sucked at sending clean signal, but by sticking a bunch of clean diodes and transistors together with proper voltages, you can approximate the sound well enough with only 9v of power. Remember; a tube is a failed prototype of a transistor. Go to runoffgroove.com and check out the fetzer valve info.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.368757]

>>368673
what do you need? contact me on my youtube

[Anonymous No.368791]

I am ususally on diy... and this is the first time a pedal thread last longer than 80.

But anyways. I have built a pedals, guitars pickups, and small amps.

Currently, I am building and designing and laying out a magnatone 213 from ground up!

I have been doing this thang for ... 5 years? On and off.

[Anonymous No.368796]

>>368791
>this is the first time a pedal thread last longer than 80.

Really? Not that I've kept track about post counts, but pedal threads were very common in the beginning.

[Anonymous No.368819]

>>368796
they were but they didn't last long. I started a bunch of them when diy started though.

[Anonymous No.368825]

>>368819
Swirly's got an agenda to keep his thread alive with OC, which I fully endorse.

[Anonymous No.368848]

>>368757

What's your youtube channel?

And I'm in the market for a few things. Chorus, flange, reverb, uni-vibe, envelope phase and a delay. I have a list of boutique builds that I've been wanting but alas, I am dirt poor, and can't front nearly the grand for them, so I'd settle for some good quality handmade clones.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.368852]

>>368848
see>>362208

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.368869]

>>368825
I wouldn't say agenda, but I get what you mean

[bernardblack No.368871]

>>368848
reverb... ooo

I dislike those. I rather have analong than a digital reverb! but that just makes the pedal more expensive. I have a schematic and probably can build you a full on boss cs with switchable vibrato and other extras if i can find my stuff.

[bernard black No.368873]

>>368848
>>368848
reverb... ooo

I rather have an analong reverb pedal or standalone unit than a digital reverb! but that just makes the pedal more expensive. I have a schematic for a boss CE-2 and probably can build it for you with switchable vibrato and other extras if i can find my stuff. Or if you feel like giving it to another guy that is cool.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.368916]

>>368873
I totally agree....well if you are wiling to splurge Strymon has the Sky Blue reverb. It's digital and it sounds AMAZING. and pretty much anything with a belton brick sounds pretty good. Although it is partially digital. the signal never is digitized, the timer in the PT2399 is controlled digitally if my memory serves me right (the belton brick has 3 PT2399)

[Anonymous No.368931]

>>368916
I can't wait for someone to crack open and lay out a Catalinbred Echorec. Those are fantastic sounding, although I think Andy from proguitarshop does unfairly awesome demos.

[Anonymous No.368932]

Looking to get into this as a hobby can anyone recommend a decent soldering iron? My old one melted itself guessing this was because it cost £5

Would help if I could order it from the uk as well

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.368934]

>>368931
If someone can get me some high quality gut shots of it I'd be more than willing to reverse engineer it.

[bernardblack No.368935]

>>368916
>Sky Blue reverb
i will just buy that thing and open it up to see how it works and build my own :|


But, I am gathering parts for building a fender copy of their stand alone reverb unit from original schematics

[bernardblack No.368937]

>>368934
http://www.dinosaurrockguitar.com/new/sites/default/files/inside.jpg

i just wish it was that easy....

[Anonymous No.368939]

>>368916
>>368873

I mean, if we were going for tone purity, I wouldn't get a pedal at all. I'd drop the cash for an actual reverb tank and call it a day.

I've had my eye on the one from Digitech's rather superb Hardwire line, the Supernatural Ambient Verb. But $200 is still a lot of scrilla to drop on a reverb, even if it is pretty awesome sounding. And yeah, Strymons are fantastic but once again, they better be for the price. I've also found them to not be very efficient on board space. Presets and variety of settings is great and all, but I'm a man of simplicity, and most of my pedals are set-and-forget, with no more than 4 knobs (even my old-school Deluxe Memory Man).

A cheap CE-2 clone in one of those bottom-lit housings would be bad-fucking-ass though. I think my bassist has a real CE-2, and I know I'd get to use it whenever, but I'm looking for something a bit more personalized these days. Those Boss housings are a pain in the ass once that rubber that keeps the thumbscrew in place tears and no longer does it's job.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.368940]

>>368935
Over $300......not for me....I /diy/ :)

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.368943]

>>368939
There are stompbox reverb units that use tanks.

On GeneralGuitarGadgets there is the stage center reverb

[bernardblack No.368946]

>>368940
trace teh circuit and resell it.

Return it within 30 days!

[bernardblack No.368947]

>>368939
That is what i mean. An analog reverb pedal IS a reverb pedal with a tank. Huge sucker.

[bernardblack No.368954]

>>368939
Also, i found my plans for the CE-2

Mods are:

Switchable chorus to vibrato
Wet bass and effect level mod (these two modes help in turning the pedal into a bass pedal. You can also use the wet bass mod on its' own to thicken up the chorus)
a switchable intensity mode (from normal to stronger)

[Anonymous No.368976]

>>368954

I don't play bass, so no need for the second option.

Those other two sound pretty neato though. Once again, something like that in a bottom-lit case like the OP pic, and true bypass, would be KILLER. Even better if you can get the LED to pulsate with the rate of the chorus/vibrato.

[Anonymous No.368977]

>>368976

Wait, which of the Boss Choruses are stereo output? Kind of trying to keep everything modulation and time-based in stereo anymore. My amp can run two channels at once and stereo output adds a whole new level of tone blending.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.368987]

>>368976
Yep. just attach an led to pin 7 of the LFO opamp. Assuming that it uses opamps and not BBDs. In that case I don't know

[Anonymous No.368999]

>>368987

Neato :3

Also, after a bit of searching, I think what I'm really looking for from a chorus would be a CE-5 clone. More specifically, from the analog, blue/pink label, pre-2001 era.

[bernardblack No.369120]

>>368987
>>368999
there is no lfo circuit in the CE 2 or 5

There is BDD though. Sadly I dont have the schematic for the ce 5 but I look for it.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.369162]

>>369120
I have only found CE-2 and 3

[Anonymous No.369660]

I've found 3 designs of a SG-1, a slow attack, have anyone tested one of those? I'm tempted on trying this one.

[Anonymous No.369666]

>>369660
the second design

[Anonymous No.369668]

>>369660
Tha last, and more mysterious one

[Anonymous No.369674]

>>369668
forgot the pic

[Anonymous No.369688]

>>369674
I've gotta say, I see this schem everywhere and have no clue how one would use it. I do swells with the volume knob and I assumed everyone who wants to swell either volume knobs it or has a volume wah. Can you direct me to a song that uses this extensively?

[Anonymous No.369734]

>>369688
I discovered the effect on my G1N, I can't tell right now a song that uses it. I've found a few more PDFs around and intend to protoboard some, maybe in a few days.

[Anonymous No.369761]

To thr Slow Gear guys - having owned one - they really aren't all they are cracked up to be. Rare, yes. Fun, somewhat. Usable? Hardly. I liked mine but ended up replacing it with a Dod FX15 Swell (even rarer than the SG-1) which is switch controlled with separate attack/decay times that allows it to be a bit more versatile.

Unless you are determined, you'd be better served using your volume control or a volume pedal.

This track features both my FX15 and the SG-1:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8J_8L1WE9U

[Anonymous No.369853]

dont you 404 on me, fucker.

[Anonymous No.369871]

>>369853
never.

[Anonymous No.369876]

bump

[Morosey !nK/u0T/coo No.369882]

Lets archive this. Great Thread.

[Anonymous No.369884]

>>369882
paul?

[Anonymous No.369886]

>>369882
In that case I'll add some OC

This is a gutshot of this Tube Sound Fuzz
>>358977

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.369891]

>>369886
Hit the lights

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.369895]

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.369898]

Decimator noise suppressor

[Anonymous No.369914]

>>369895
Are you working in smd? Those are the small enclosures.

[Anonymous No.369918]

can anyone offer me some help? im helping my brother complete a fuzz face clone he bought, and he asked me a question im not 100% sure on.

he just bought the board from this site, and all the other components from another (mouser or mammoth, something with an m)

http://www.synthrotek.com/kit-assembly-instructions-2/effects-assembly-instructions/genuine-arbiter-fuzz-face-clone-kit-instructions/

on this board, for the LED, im not sure about the directionality. LED convention tells me the flat notch is negative, but then i dont know why they used the square-circle through holes. i cant test it because we're waiting on the transistors (had to get a new pair, one got crushed in mail), and i dont have a multimeter at my parents house.

i know i can just test it when it comes time, it's just frustrating now.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.369947]

>>369918
the square solder pad usually means positive

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.369951]

>>369947
Just place it the way the white graphic says

[Anonymous No.369971]

This guy again
>>363023

I replaced the broken IC, but the fuckign thing still doesn't work.
When it's switched off, everything's great. Effect gets bypassed, guitar signal goes into amp with no ill effects.
When I turn the effect on, the LED turns on and my signal is just gone.

I am 100 % sure I didn't mix up any grounding and signal cables.
I can't see any short-circuits or bad connections.
The caps and ICs are all OK as far as I can tell (visually).

Help!
Pictures about to follow.

[Anonymous No.369976]

>>369971
Back of the PCB.
(Some of the blobs are pretty big since I started this project back when I wasn't very experienced with soldering.
None of the ones that are not supposed to be touching are touching though.)

[Anonymous No.369977]

>>369976
A view of what's under the PCB.

[Anonymous No.369978]

>>369977
And finally, the components side of the PCB.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.369988]

>>369976
I highly recommend re-flowing all of the joints with some 60/40 rosin core solder. I suspect a cold solder joint.

I like to open up some of my early builds and see how atrocious my soldering skills were.

Practice practice practice

[Anonymous No.370000]

>>369988
I'll try that, but not right now. No time, have to work. Thank you anyway.

[῏ᵩᵟŁἐἅϝἓὅἣᵟᵩ῏ !XndHGnsd42 No.370004]

noticed this on the front page damn who knew people archived /diy/ threads chanarchive dot org/4chan/diy/66147/pedal-makers

lets see if we can keep this thread up for a month

[Anonymous No.370005]

>>369988

Seconded. Many joints look pretty bad.

[Anonymous No.370015]

>>369976

Jeez, fucking horrible, my eyes hurt a little bit.

You got to be more careful when soldering. That kind of shit just doesnt work in a long run.

Make sure your solder iron is hot enough and keep the solder irons tip covered with a small layer of tin. Heres a protip: The solder iron should not touch the tin, but the wire youre soldering. Youre supposed to heat the wire, and through that, the tin. Also, lift the solder iron along the wire when youre done, so the joint forms a nice conical shape like a picture I made.

In your picture, second joint from the left looks good. Try to make all of those joints like it.

[Anonymous No.370016]

>>370015

Second joint from the left in the upper left corner I meant to say.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370034]

>>369914
nope...I'm just really good at Tetris

You'd shit if you saw the Phase 90's gut shots which I cant find ATM

[Anonymous No.370092]

Bought a Rodent (proco rat clone) kit online and put it together and after many resolders and things, I got the LED to work.. but that's about it.
I think I blew the capacitors or something? I don't have a multimeter to check though.. help /diy/, you're my only hope.

[Anonymous No.370094]

>>370092

Electrolytics literally explode, if you connect them incorrectly and give them enough current.

Q1 is populated differently than the silkscreen suggests. Should it be that way?

[Anonymous No.370095]

>>370094
Electrolytics?
Well the story is, I put all the parts in and then soldered them to the underside of the PCB, attached it to the box and whatnot, by the time I figured out that I had put in capacitors the wrong way around it was too late.. so instead of taking the PCB off I just cut the capacitors at the root of the board on the top, turned them around and soldered them back on.. which is why I'm thinking they're fucked.

Also Q1 I did not notice.. pretty easy to tell this is my first build, thought it'd be easier but I was so eager to test it I guess I rushed.

[Anonymous No.370098]

>>370095
>Electrolytics?

Those cylinder-shaped capacitors.

Components can often take surprising amount of punishment, so it wouldn't be a total surprise if all the components were fine. On the other hand, most if not all components in that design are quite cheap. Since you have no DMM or anything else, changing the capacitors and semiconductors might be a good idea.

On a second look I see that those two copper-colored diodes are also connected differently than the silkscreen says. I think you should carefully check that you've populated the remaining components correctly.

[Anonymous No.370100]

>>370098
>On a second look I see that those two copper-colored diodes are also connected differently than the silkscreen says. I think you should carefully check that you've populated the remaining components correctly.


son of a bitch I thought so much of this was jut chuck it in the correct slot.. god damnit no wonder it doesn't work.
I'm going to be replacing all the electrolytics tomorrow, one of the few things I can get in this town.. can't get the q1 here though.

[Anonymous No.370104]

>>370098
Alright so I switched them around and fixed whatever else I needed to.. when I plug it in now I get a hum, still no sound out of the pedal though.
Thinking of scrapping it and just buying all the parts again and trying again.
Would the PCB still be fine or should I just get a new one? I'm fairly sure the potentiometers are fine.

[Anonymous No.370107]

As far as voltages for electrolytics go, is it an issue if I use one that is the same UF but say 10v more/less powerful? If you had to choose would you go more or less, because I can't find a 4.7ųF 25v just 35v/16v.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370108]

>>370098
The diodes are fine as long as they are opposite facing. They are there for clipping.

I'm starting to suspect its the wiring

try redoing all of the wiring. Only stripping a little bit of the insulation as to reduce the chances of an unwanted connection.

Pay special attention to the instructions. Maybe walk away from it for a while and come back with a level head. I've had a bit of experience and TRUST ME the best thing you can do sometimes is walk away for a while and you may realize something super obvious.

[Anonymous No.370109]

>>370104

Potentiometers should be fine. Same with resistors. They use smoke signals to indicate that you're treating them badly. Same with switches and connectors.

PCB depends on your soldering/desoldering skills. Excessive heating makes the copper traces detach from the epoxy base. That should be easy to see.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370110]

>>370107
the voltages are the maximum rating.

don't use a 10 volt on a 9 volt effect. You want a few volts headroom. 16 and 35 will work just fine

[Anonymous No.370111]

>>370108
well shit I already redid em.
I'm on tayda electronics site, I can buy all the pieces for like $0.02 each so I'm just going to buy all the parts again, scrap the PCB except for the resistors which I assume are fine, and try again but taking my time.
One of the problems is though, if I accidentally solder one of the holes shut is it possible to like open it?

>>370110
alright cool thanks.

do you guys recommend anything else for me to order or should the new capacitors and a few resistors be fine?

[Anonymous No.370113]

>>370111
Oh and also, when I soldered the things in, I put the resistors wire and whatever into the whole then soldered it on from the underside of the PCB, is that fine?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370114]

>>370111
Are you in the US?

[Anonymous No.370115]

>>370113
Aaaand one last thing, in regards to electrolytic capacitors are radial the same as aluminum?

>>370114
straya :(

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370117]

>>370115
lemme see what shipping would be and I may just send you a new pcb

I think it was meant to be:captcha representa foairmal (airmail)

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370119]

>>370117
how much would a new pcb from GGG be for you?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370121]

>>370115
oh, and yes aluminum is the same a radial.

Radial refers to the placements of the leads.

Radial=both leads on one side
Axial=like an axle

[Anonymous No.370120]

>>370117
But why would you do that, since when are people on 4chan nice.. this.. I....

wire gauge make a diff? need 24, only see 22 and 18.

>>370119
Around $20AU

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370123]

>>370120
rip apart an old radio or something. free wire.

Contact me through my youtube and we'll get contact info

do it quickly as to avoid sketchyness

youtube:
>>362208

[Anonymous No.370124]

>>370123
alright messaged.
what's the plausibility that I did fuck the PCB.. I didn't really touch it with my solder but who knows.
Care to answer the question about my soldering method also, about soldering the underside of the pcb?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370126]

>>370124
You probably didn't. It's just a huge pain in the ass to re use a board

FYI the board I send will not have a solder mask and silkscreened instructions

[Anonymous No.370127]

>>370126
ah I see.
without a solder mask and silscreened instructions won't it be like really hard for me to do.. an obvious novice?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370137]

>>370127
there is a instructional PDF on GGG

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/pdf/ggg_rodent_lo.pdf?phpMyAdmin=78482479fd7e7fc3768044a841b3e85a

[bernardblack No.370138]

>>370126
Total pain in the ass to use a board.

My first build was a fuzz face clone with modded values and different si transistors (i picked bc108 but with a lower hfe than the standard bc108)

I built it on a radioshack pre screen board... I had to do it twice. Was just easier to build it with a new board than an old one.

The fuzz came out pretty cool. On lower settings it sounded like an overdrive. An amp slightly overdriven and when you passed the half way mark of the fuzz knob it was a complete fuzz.

[Anonymous No.370140]

>>370137
Oh I thought you meant like you'd send a board that had nothing on it at all.. do you just mean it won't have C1 etc etc written but will still have the same layout?
Also how come you're doing this... I'm a little skeptical of nice people.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370145]

>>370140
It's going to be the same layout. Just fiberglass and copper traces. no labels or green stuff.

Just pay it forward

[Anonymous No.370146]

>>370145
How much?
And what do you mean fiberglass and copper traces :/

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370148]

>>370146
I'm starting to think it may be better for you to just buy another

[Anonymous No.370150]

>>370148
Another pcb?
I don't think I've fucked this one up or anything.. particularly if they're not overly fragile, I just think I fucked up capacitors and things by putting them all in the wrong way then trying to power it.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370156]

>>370150
I was just trying to save you the hassle of reusing the board

[Anonymous No.370158]

>>370156
As long as the solder is touching the right part of the board and then the right resistor or whatever, it should all be fine right?
Thanks for your help though I learnt a lot, just ordered all the equipment and I'm going to scrap the board and try doing it again, but slower.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370161]

>>370158
Ok cool. If you have any problems don't hesitate to ask here or message me

[Anonymous No.370189]

>>370034
See

>>369978
>>369977
>>369976

[bernardblack No.370210]

>>370126
>>370124
a Total pain in the ass to reuse a board.

My first build was a fuzz face clone with modded values and different si transistors (i picked bc108 but with a lower hfe than the standard bc108)

I built it on a radioshack pre screen board... I had to do it twice. Was just easier to build it with a new board than an old one.

The fuzz came out pretty cool. On lower settings it sounded like an overdrive. An amp slightly overdriven and when you passed the half way mark of the fuzz knob it was a complete fuzz.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370213]

>>370189
That's only because he used 1/2 watt resistors and chicklet caps. Both terrible choices.

And the Phase 90 was still packed tighter

[Anonymous No.370233]

>>370111
Try a desoldering pump, if you close one hoje, just heat it and punp it out, the same for all other solder spots.

[Anonymous No.370235]

>>370120
Strip open a network cable, easy wire

[Anonymous No.370258]

>>370235
way too thin. I tried before.....Although it's ok for super tight 1590A builds

[Anonymous No.370268]

>>370092
Why is your battery positive connected to the back of the middle pot?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370276]

>>370268
it's going to the input jack ring

[Anonymous No.370286]

>>369947
>>369951
those are opposing statements

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.370319]

>>370286
>USUALLY

Then I said go with the printed label

[Anonymous No.370335]

Best thread I've ever seen on /diy/.
I have a BYOC fuzz pedal on its way. Can't wait to get into it

[Anonymous No.370476]

Bumpin' to test posting from phone using mimi.

[Anonymous No.370479]

...and success!
Anyone do the tonefiend projects? Mammoth offers staged kits for them, and i'm interested.

[Anonymous No.371094]

forgot pic, d'oh

[Anonymous No.371093]

Throwing this question in here since we obviously all have a common interest and some overlapping knowledge.

I'm currently using a One-Spot daisy chain PSU and I want to replace it with a dedicated PSU as I'm getting horrific ground hum from my rig. I'm confident it's a ground problem as (long story short) using a ground lift from a DI unit removes the racket when we did a live session recently.

My problem is that I need at least 9V DC and one 12V DC output. I'm at a loss as to which brands to choose. My thought was I wanted multiple isolated, regulated outputs, but I've had plenty of contradictory advice about daisy chains being fine if they all come off the same supply and so on.

I've looked at the T-Rex Fuel Tank Classic but learned that all the 9V supplies are isolated but not individually, with a separately isolated 12V DC and 12V AC section. I've also looked at CIOKS stuff which is hugely overpriced in my country ($430 anyone?) which even then is not completely isolated for each output.

Total current draw from the 9V section is 388mA. Hungriest pedal is 140mA (EHX Freeze) and the rest are between 15-85mA. The Nova Delay needs 12V, at least 300mA.

Any suggestions? Pic related - it's my board, although the Marshall Reverb is gone and not part of the revised design.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.371125]

>>371093
a buddy on the stompbox forum just finished this power supply design.

This IS top of the line. Isolated, regulated, and many power options. I HIGHLY recommend buying one.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.371126]

>>371125
damnit, forgot link

http://n-audio.net/powerbox-mk2-stompbox-power-supply

[Anonymous No.371144]

>>371125
Thanks for the link buddy. Looks perfect and well priced too. Any chance you could hook me up with a link to the forum/thread he posted it in?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.371195]

>>371144
Here's the exact post. I'm not sure but I think you have to be a member to view it.

http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=36392.msg887690#msg887690

[Anonymous No.371237]

>>371195
Thanks duder. Shot him a message. After plenty of research it's a toss up between that design or the Digitech/Hardwire V-10

[Anonymous No.371413]

>made a pedal
>not working
>bought a multimeter

now what? not sure what I'm supposed to be testing.. or where.. or if I have it plugged into DC power when I'm testing it.. yeah amateur I know.

[Anonymous No.371445]

I always wanted to make a pedal, even made something working. But I always have a problem with cases. What do they called, where could I get them?

[Anonymous No.371451]

>>371445

Hammond's boxes seem to be popular ITT.
You can make your own from wood/plywood quite easily, too. Metalworking tends to be somewhat more difficult.

Oh, and you can buy pedals as kits. Some come with pre-drilled enclosures.

[Anonymous No.371455]

>>371451
Kits are bullshit.
Abd also I live in russia. So I need something that I can find here or something with small shipping cost.

[῏ᵩᵟŁἐἅϝἓὅἣᵟᵩ῏ !XndHGnsd42 No.371482]

>>371455
go to a hardware store look for electrical boxes they cost under 3$

[Anonymous No.371508]

Anyone know a good 8-bit effect?

Also, what are some bulk stuff I should get when I get started making these pedals?

[Anonymous No.371513]

>>371508
Where are you based? Poodle's Pedal Parts in the UK are about to release a bitcrusher kit. Also look at the experanon stuff.

[῏ᵩᵟŁἐἅϝἓὅἣᵟᵩ῏ !XndHGnsd42 No.371532]

>>371513
do want hopefully its something like this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8HiIuT4k_qM

[Anonymous No.371554]

>>371532
Damn nice

[Anonymous No.371576]

>>371532

Different price range entirely but: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k98vAJ5c6FI

[Anonymous No.372001]

What kind of cad software d you use for making PCBs? I'm using PCB creator.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.372005]

>>372001
DIYLC

and I use tinycad for schems

[Anonymous No.372100]

something wrong with my pedal.. can't get it to work.

[Anonymous No.372106]

>>372100
Might have something to do with that mess you made of the offboard wiring. It's literally everywhere.

[Anonymous No.372113]

>>372106
I didn't know where to put it, so I just left it in the bag.. I assumed it would still work, wirelessly like?

[Anonymous No.372127]

>>372113
You didn't get the optional bluetooth wiring, did you. confirmed for luddite.

[Anonymous No.372143]

>>372127
I paid for it, cost me an extra $60 on top of the wires but the guy said it was built in so I thought.. worth it.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.372264]

>>372100
I offer to send you a new board at my expense and you try trolling my thread now?

GTFO

[Anonymous No.372289]

>>372264
explain, what's happening? because i believe i missed something

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.372295]

>>372289
see>>370114
>>370117
>>370119
>>370120

[Anonymous No.372309]

>>372295
i see.
sigh, some people...

[Anonymous No.372530]

>>372264
JUST AVIN A LARFF

still waiting on my gear to arrive, I'll more than likely be asking questions so I don't fuck it up again so course I wouldn't be taking the piss.

[Anonymous No.372532]

Wee bit of cross posting. Any help from you lovely folk?

>>372498

[Anonymous No.372564]

Swirly, I'm about to be a faggot for this, but -- Well, a faggot I now am. I see your helping hand has been trolled on. I happen to be looking for exactly what you were offering to him. It's all cool beans if you don't want to mess with it now, I know I might not if I were in your shoes. Dude was a dick. I'll be lurking to see if you reply to this. Thanks, either way. Good shit being cool to dude.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.372717]

>>372564
Sorry but I don't really want to fool with it. I just got a few amps for repair on my bench and probably won't have time to etch anything for a while.

[Anonymous No.373096]

So say I want to make a pedal for bass.
As a rule of the thumb, which would be ideal input/output cap values for getting all bass frequencies through?

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.373114]

>>373096
I couldn't say for sure. just use sockets and experiment

[Anonymous No.373136]

>>373096
bigger uF rating gets bigger bass. pF is guitar territory. Socket it and try em out.

[Swirlybird !PsI/YHInRc No.373155]

>>373136
nF is more guitar
100nF is about the standard of guitar input/output caps

maybe a 100nf to 2.2uF would be the range I would tinker with when making a bass pedal

[Anonymous No.373342]

Dude from earlier here, gear came and I replaced all the capacitors, rewired everything...... still nothing.
Plug it into the amp and it's just dead, LED works but I've really no clue.

[Anonymous No.373351]

>>373342
I do have a multimeter now though, just no idea where I should be testing.. and uh.. how.

[Anonymous No.374116]

I'm trying to protoboard one pedal, but only geting noise, is it normal on protoboards? I saw youtube videos of it, and people were getting almost no noise.

[Bro No.374141]

>>374116
Keep checking over and over your circuit.

You have no idea how many stupid mistakes one can make while protoboarding.
Inverted transistors, ICs, power source not connected, bad connection, components' leads touching, misplacing one cable, component going into ground instead of power source/vice-versa...

[Anonymous No.374185]

>>374141
It worked, shame that i wanted to make a single tube overdrive, and it barely boosts, maybe it's the heater voltage

[Anonymous No.374195]

>>374185
>tube designed for 12.6V heater and >100V plate voltage
>supplied by 9V battery, possibly half-empty

I'm not exactly surprised to hear that it doesn't work perfectly. Check the supply voltage first and try increasing it a bit, too. Maybe it helps.

[Bro No.374257]

Now I realized what was wrong that most of my circuits weren't working.

I was hooking up the power source with reversed polarity :X
I know I burned 2 LM386, because the smell was horrible, do MOSFETs burn when hooked up backwards?

[Anonymous No.374267]

>>374257

Mosfets have a parasitic diode from drain to source. It becomes conductive, if you apply reverse polarity. This isn't bad in itself, but depending on your circuit and power supply, the fault current can be high enough to burn the fet.
Gate can typically handle positive and negative voltages just as well - except that the reference point is source and if you reverse the supplies, you might apply excessive voltage to the gate (depending on your circuit).

Tl;dr. Just measure them, it's easy. Short gate to drain, see if there's a diode from S to D in one direction and no conduction in other direction. After that, check that there's no conduction between the gate and the source.

[374267 No.374269]

>Short gate to drain

Was supposed to be "short to source".

[Anonymous No.374273]

>>374185
It didn't boost much because 9VDC is too low a plate voltage for a vacuum tube.

[Anonymous No.374354]

>>374195
9v transformer failed on heating everything, but made a cool swell effect and a strange modulating sound

>>374273
with 12v on both the heater and the plate, it works well, i'll try playing with that

[Anonymous No.374373]

>>358601
>>358602
I just built this and I love it so much.

[Anonymous No.374382]

Here's a question.

Anyone here got creative with an old laptop PSU? Those things usually have 19v@3a or so. Seen any projects using these, like a Matchless Hotplate or something?
I've been searching on and off, but not finding anything.

[Anonymous No.374404]

What kinda paint's best for hand painting?

[Anonymous No.374744]

>>374373
How hard would it be to build this for someone just finishing his first phase shifter?

[Anonymous No.374767]

Where do you guys go to get the bill of materials needed for a specific pedal?
I tried using the one from general guitar gadgets but I struggled to find most of the correct resistors on Tayda's website.
Also recommend me some good sites to order parts from, I've ordered from Tayda and it was great considering I live in Aus but wondering if there's better.

[Anonymous No.374808]

>>374767
I have a cart full at Tayda right now, and it was pretty easy to find the components for me. I just used their search engine and searched for component value "e.g. 430r" or part name "e.g. j201" and got exactly what I wanted. The quicklist they have for caps and resistors didn't help me.
as for finding a BOM on the sites you get your schematics from, good luck. Everything is labeled in the schematic usually, so build a BOM from that.
>>374404
you can use pretty much anything as long as you put a heavy-duty clearcoat on it. One of the boutique stompbox makers I follow on fb snapped a shot of their paint station where they were doing splatter paint jobs for a limited edition run, and they were using Ceramcoat, basically.

[Anonymous No.374812]

Anybody has idea on how to make a wobble-like bass pedal.
I was thinking about:

Tim Escobedo's PWM, or another distortion.
+
LFO modulated Wah-wah

[Tonytrup !southsid No.374815]

Post

[Anonymous No.374830]

>>374808
could you post the link?

[Anonymous No.374857]

>>374830
sorry, it was a pre-NAMM prep frenzy and I don't even remember which pedal manufacturer it was. I'm pretty sure it was DMB, but I follow about two dozen pedal guys on fb, and they all are constantly updating with minutia and timeline photos, as well as cross-posting their build shots with other companies. FFS, it's like they all live within a 2 block radius of each other in Portland, OR.

[Anonymous No.374871]

Sup guys, i made this and don't know why it doesn't work, any ideas how to test with a multimeter. There should be a mistake somewhere but can't find a way to test it.. also, can someone give me a simple working schematic to test the op amp because i may have blown it,,

[Anonymous No.374935]

>>374857
oh, thanks anyway

[Anonymous No.374991]

My first build ever.

A Trill Tremolo, based off a schematic i pulled of the net.

Designed the circuit and did everything myself.
Pretty good for a first time i guess.

I also just finished today a Headphone Amplifier for my friend.

[Anonymous No.375000]

>>374991
Those cast aluminum cases are usually used the other way around ie. the screws on the bottom. Nice tremolo nonetheless

[Anonymous No.375005]

>>375000
Yeah, i realized that later!

I bought the box at some electronic shop in Reykjavík.


BUT now i have fixed my mistakes, i made an EA Tremolo and a Big Muff Pi(70's) i have yet to put them in the cases(and spray them) but now the cases have the screws on the bottom!

[Anonymous No.375152]

I would love to have the time to get into this; but I worry that i'd spend more time getting a hold of it instead of actually playing my instrument. :c