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The Space Flamingo. Made from a Baldwin Panoramic tone unit spring tank.

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Love it! What's the circuit? Do you have a schem for us?
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I used the original Baldwin circuit which I modified with the addition of an .027 uF input capacitor, a dual gange 100K mix control and an output volume control, as well as the switching. I also "upgraded" most of the signal passing caps and I had to build a power supply filter section as I think these units originally relied on the power filtering built into the organ. It was quite noisy without the addition of power filtering caps. I did not draw up a schematic for posterity but below you will find the original Baldwin patent schematic I used for reference.

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Oh, and I will add that the enclosure is made from wood which came from a salvage Wurlitzer organ.
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SoaringTortoise wrote:I used the original Baldwin circuit which I modified with the addition of an .027 uF input capacitor, a dual gange 100K mix control and an output volume control, as well as the switching. I also "upgraded" most of the signal passing caps and I had to build a power supply filter section as I think these units originally relied on the power filtering built into the organ. It was quite noisy without the addition of power filtering caps. I did not draw up a schematic for posterity but below you will find the original Baldwin patent schematic I used for reference.

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Beautiful work!

Thanks for the document too, love looking at well drafted patent files.
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crochambeau wrote:
SoaringTortoise wrote:I used the original Baldwin circuit which I modified with the addition of an .027 uF input capacitor, a dual gange 100K mix control and an output volume control, as well as the switching. I also "upgraded" most of the signal passing caps and I had to build a power supply filter section as I think these units originally relied on the power filtering built into the organ. It was quite noisy without the addition of power filtering caps. I did not draw up a schematic for posterity but below you will find the original Baldwin patent schematic I used for reference.

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Beautiful work!

Thanks for the document too, love looking at well drafted patent files.
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As to the patent document I especially like the "Tapered spring reverberation delay line device apparatus".
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nothing to exciting, but I built this yesterday to scroll up and down presets on my nemesis without bending over.
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:idk: Your cat seems sorta impressed. :lol: :hobbes:
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she seemed more impressed by the nemesis :lol:
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Finally finished a pedal!

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Stunning work as always! :thumb:
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5E3 Tweed Deluxe. This was my first amp build. I put together the amp, didnt use a kit. I also built the cabinet. Pretty stoked about it :thumb:

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It's beautiful! Can we get gut shot?
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Theres a thread detailing the entire build process here: http://www.guitargear.net.au/discussion ... ic=47223.0
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Got around to doing some finishing this Thanksgiving.
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