Let's see your finished DIY projects!

[dune2k]

saw this on another forum too. the brother of os mutantes did a guitar with 6 fuzzes. one for each string! someone said the mutantes fuzz is based off the univox superfuzz. but I dont know if thats true.

Nope, it's based on the Fuzz Face (two transistors), not the Superfuzz (6 Transistors).

[Jero]

saw this on another forum too. the brother of os mutantes did a guitar with 6 fuzzes. one for each string! someone said the mutantes fuzz is based off the univox superfuzz. but I dont know if thats true.

different fuzz options for each string...does not compute...overload

[orcrist]

saw this on another forum too. the brother of os mutantes did a guitar with 6 fuzzes. one for each string! someone said the mutantes fuzz is based off the univox superfuzz. but I dont know if thats true.

different fuzz options for each string...does not compute...overload

wouldn't you need one of those fancy midi pickups for that?

[LaoWiz]

This is probably the pest finish I've ever seen on a pedal. No exaggeration. Great job

Thanks, man. Looks too much like the DBA Robot but it came out well. Took forever to do and redo the graphics and then
the painting afterwards took a long time but I am really happy with it.

[mysteriousj]

I was looking on the diystompboxes picture topic for inspiration and one guy(sorry I can't remember the name ) covered his a pedal in stamps, I thought it looked pretty so here's my version:



it's a MN3005..yip 3005! DM-2 clone, i like it a lot.
Cheesy as I know,

[Heavy_Soul]

Spent hours this morning getting filthy and doing this:



Turned out a lot better than I thought, in person it is perfectly mirror-finished!
It's a BYOC OD2 with a few different resistor values and some creative wiring

[Achtane]

Diggin' the last few pedals.

What did you use to give it the mirror finish? That's cool!

[culturejam]

it's a MN3005..yip 3005! DM-2 clone, i like it a lot.
Cheesy as I know,

No way, man. That's pure awesome right there.

[mathias]

I was looking on the diystompboxes picture topic for inspiration and one guy(sorry I can't remember the name ) covered his a pedal in stamps, I thought it looked pretty so here's my version:

it's a MN3005..yip 3005! DM-2 clone, i like it a lot.
Cheesy as I know,

Awesome!

[Heavy_Soul]

Diggin' the last few pedals.

What did you use to give it the mirror finish? That's cool!

Grit 400 wet and dry paper, in soapy water all over the enclosure until it was smooth, then buffed it on a grinder wheel with a coarse polishing attachment and car polishing soap until it was even, then went to a medium attachment and did the same, then to a fine attachment. Finally rubbed it all over with lime to get the grease and shit out of it, then some carnauba wax with a clean rag!

[mathias]

Spent hours this morning getting filthy and doing this:
Turned out a lot better than I thought, in person it is perfectly mirror-finished!
It's a BYOC OD2 with a few different resistor values and some creative wiring

Robot Nixon approves with a guitar solo.

[Mike]

Grit 400 wet and dry paper, in soapy water all over the enclosure until it was smooth, then buffed it on a grinder wheel with a coarse polishing attachment and car polishing soap until it was even, then went to a medium attachment and did the same, then to a fine attachment. Finally rubbed it all over with lime to get the grease and shit out of it, then some carnauba wax with a clean rag!

Great polish. So the buffing wheel is the key, eh? I tried to get a polish like that on my optical compressors-- wet-sanding, buffing, polishing, waxing. I couldn't come close to that, no matter how much time I spent and how fine of grit I used. My bigger goal, though, was getting the surface flat for toner transfer and etching, and that was a success.

What brand enclosure is that? I used 4site enclosures, and it seemed like the aluminum was not consistent, with dark streaks and spots that I just couldn't remove.

Oh, and by the way, ditch the plastic washers! Cheeeeesy.

Mike

[Heavy_Soul]

The buffing wheel is definitely the key, but you gotta be careful that shit gets mighty hot if you buff it too much. I recommend getting a car buffing kit, comes with all three wheel attachments and fine/medium/coarse soap, lime (lime is also key - cant miss that shit out) and wax. It's just patience and trying to keep it as steady as possible.

I've got some sweet-ass shiny washers coming to replace the plastic ones don't you worry.

[Steve Mavronis]

Here are final completed pics of my latest build, my take on a reverse engineered clone of the 1976-1977 era MXR Dyna Comp. Custom PCB layout designed in ExpressPCB and graphics made with GIMP. Special thanks to Rick (Frequency Central) and Pete (Scruffie) for their CA3080 donation offers that helped make this project possible! I'll build one more copy to serve as a spare backup using the other CA3080. I've never used a compressor effect before so this is all new to me! This project is done!

[LaoWiz]

Spent hours this morning getting filthy and doing this:



Turned out a lot better than I thought, in person it is perfectly mirror-finished!
It's a BYOC OD2 with a few different resistor values and some creative wiring

Man! Thanks for the tip. That looks beautiful. I have never used a buffing wheel before but I guess I'm going to
now. I'd love to be able to get that mirror finish. Gets tiring trying to think about graphics for every build.