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Guitar pickups that promise everything
I just read this quote about a pick up called the Nazgûl. I love the name. I need to install one of these in my +2 Axe! “The Nazgûl was developed for extreme metal players who required a massive and aggressive tone that still maintained plenty of articulation. The Pegasus was developed for prog and…
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Ampeg Scrambler
Wired up this ampeg scrambler board I’ve had for a while. I’ve been trying to finish up all of the unfinished projects from the last few years. Fired up first test. I used MPSA13 transistors. I got the PCB from John Lyons on DIYStompboxes. It’s the tone pad layout. The layout is set up for…
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Morley volume pedal
I found this Morley Volume pedal at a garage sale for $5. I think it was a good deal. Not as sturdy as the Earnie Ball, it still feels pretty solid. It has a big toggle switch at the toe which turns it off and on. Not sure why you’d want to turn it off…
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Echobase
The Echobase is a PT2399 based delay with some extra features. It was developed as a DIY project at diystompboxes.com. *** by who! post a link The effect includes an LFO that varies the delay time. At low depth the effect adds some subtle vibrato. At higher depth the echo has strong vibrato to wildly…
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Weber 6M36 kit
This is a 36 watt Marshall style amp kit. This seemed to be the best deal for a kit complete with cabinet and speaker. Here’s some pictures of what came in the kit. You’ll notice the speaker and turret board are missing. The speaker was listed as back ordered in the invoice. Not sure about…
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MOSFET boost and Lockhart fold frequency tripler
Sounds like a machine. Pretty easy build using a layout from freestompboxes.org. This version has a two drive knobs. The original only has a single drive knob. The circuit is built around two identical sections. Each of these sections is made of a Super Hard On, MosFET booster into the Lockhart circuit comprised of an…
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Making new stuff
Worked on some new stuff today. I bought some rubber stamps and Stazon ink to decorate boxes. The lotus flowers will be MosFET type boosters. The car crashes will be Fuzz Faces. Also worked on an Echobase using a PCB from MusicPCB.com. After soldering things up everything worked first try. This project lists a 50k…
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Tone Bender Mk I
A friend recommend building the Tone Bender Mk I. I hadn’t tried this before. So I thought I’d give it a go. It also helped that I had heard the one Joe built over a ToneFiend. Sounds pretty good. Sort of a cross between the Fuzz Face and the Tone Bender Mk II. Really the…
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Some Fuzz Faces
Finally getting back to building some Fuzz Face’s I started a while back. Here’s a picture, you can see the sockets for the transistors, two sets of three in a row, in the center. The input socket is two small socket pins on the right center, and the output cap is on the bottom center.
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Guitar Progress
Here’s a few pictures of progress on my guitar. I’ve cut and routed the body to shape. The neck fits pretty good. Radius on the corners on the neck are something smaller than 1/2″, the size of the router bit. I think I’ll round these off so the neck fits snug against the heel of…
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DIY Electronics and Musicians Swap 2013
Had a great time at DIY swap this year. The turn out was small. I managed to sell about 7 boxes. The Fuzz Faces were popular and went fast, they sounded great which may have helped. Also sold a tone Bender and a few other things. My wife made me the most awesome bento box…
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Guitar Build
For some reason I thought it would be fun to build a guitar, from scratch. And, after a lot of self reflection and deep introspection, I’ve come to the conclusion that it is! Of course I have had to rationalize away all of the time and expense, but that’s another conversation. Here’s a few pictures.…