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Re: Rangemaster Build
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 6:43 pm
by eatyourguitar
they are $4 at Pedal parts plus. mouser has them for $7.
Re: Rangemaster Build
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 7:21 pm
by devnulljp
You can get a 2PDT for $8 at smallbear.
Re: Rangemaster Build
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 8:11 pm
by MEC
Re: Rangemaster Build
Posted: Thu Aug 18, 2011 9:40 pm
by Kellanium
thanks, guys!

Re: Rangemaster Build
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 2:36 pm
by timbo_93631
I use OC71's and a 20k or 25k pot. CV7005 is the milspec version. Haven't been tempted to use an overpriced OC44 in ages. You really need to get a couple of trannies because the NOS germanium stuff is so leaky so often. OC71's from mammoth are a good deal, you could use 75's and 81's as well but remember, if the gain is <50 use a 25k pot, if 50-100 hfe go with the 10k pot. I have been using madbeans rangemaster for PCB builds, at $5 it is pretty cheap! If you wanna do it old school just look for the Geofex doc on austin treble blaster and build it on an eylet strip.
Re: Rangemaster Build
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 4:44 pm
by Scruffie
If Kel buys from Smallbear he tests the transistors and gives appropriate resistors that match them so leakage wont be a problem.
Re: Rangemaster Build
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 5:49 pm
by eatyourguitar
the oc44 I got from smallbear worked great.
Re: Rangemaster Build
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 9:56 pm
by Gone Fission
They're (3PDT's) expensive because we like LED indicators. DPDT are cheaper and will do true bypass just fine, but you might not know what's on or not with a big board. If you do something like R.G. Keen's (Geofex) Millenium true bypass, you may be able to get off cheaper on parts cost with the same function.
Food for thought: the original wasn't a stomper. If you want to go cheaper, that's a way to do it.
Re: Rangemaster Build
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 10:34 pm
by eatyourguitar
if I could find those old rangemaster enclosures I would totally do it with the strip board and grey audio cable hanging out
Re: Rangemaster Build
Posted: Thu Aug 25, 2011 11:37 pm
by stanimal
also consider a D*A*M Red Rooster clone, it's essentially a rangemaster with a trim pot and filter pot (if i recall correctly) and it uses NPN so you can use it in your daisy chain...
i built one of these using the pigeon fx kit with the tagboard and NOS parts, sounds awesome... but so did the red rooster i built using standard parts i had lying around....
what kind of amp do you use?? i have found it to work well in my AC30 but not so well in ANY solid state amp i've tried so far....
here's a pic of my build:

i have extra tag board and caps if you want i'll send them your way....
Re: Rangemaster Build
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 4:18 pm
by Kellanium
Braaaaaaainnnssss.
Yes, i'm ressurecting this post. I need help with something that's actually kind of hillariously basic. How do i solder a universal PCB so that the stuff actually goes somewhere? >.<
Re: Rangemaster Build
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 6:52 pm
by eatyourguitar
make a layout on graph paper or download DIY layout creator. you have the schematic. the circuit is simple with only one transistor. do you need help with reading schematics? making layouts is not that hard. you just gotta try and come back here when you get stuck again.
Re: Rangemaster Build
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 7:50 pm
by peps1
Kellanium wrote:Braaaaaaainnnssss.
Yes, i'm ressurecting this post. I need help with something that's actually kind of hillariously basic. How do i solder a universal PCB so that the stuff actually goes somewhere? >.<
Do you mean this sort of board?

If so, just use the legs of the components to make the tracks

Re: Rangemaster Build
Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2011 8:12 pm
by eatyourguitar
peps1 wrote:just use the legs of the components to make the tracks


this was my first build ever. its not pretty but it works.
Re: Rangemaster Build
Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2011 6:36 am
by BlindtoFaith
stanimal wrote:also consider a D*A*M Red Rooster clone, it's essentially a rangemaster with a trim pot and filter pot (if i recall correctly) and it uses NPN so you can use it in your daisy chain...
i built one of these using the pigeon fx kit with the tagboard and NOS parts, sounds awesome... but so did the red rooster i built using standard parts i had lying around....
what kind of amp do you use?? i have found it to work well in my AC30 but not so well in ANY solid state amp i've tried so far....
here's a pic of my build:

i have extra tag board and caps if you want i'll send them your way....
T boosters never sound good through a solid state! Those babies were made to push tubes.