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Re: Let's see your finished DIY projects!

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 6:33 pm
by theactionindex
I saw .47uF when I was ordering parts and thought "that's the value I need!", but didn't happen to look at the "same size as a creamsicle" warning on this particular capacitor.

Re: Let's see your finished DIY projects!

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 6:45 pm
by digi2t
Finally got my Germ. BMP together. I decided to go with 2N5087's at the front and back door, and all germanium in the clipping sections. The silicon cuts down on noise, while the 2SB176's lend a much more "organic" feel to this venerable circuit. 1N695 diodes for the clipping, all carbon comp resistors for that vintage mojo, and the values are my fav blend of triangle, ram's head, and russian circuits blend that seems to ring best to my ears. I find of all the BMP's I've built to date, this one cleans up best when I roll the guitar volume down. Not totally clean, but like a gentle overdrive that helps each note ring out a bit better. I ended up passing on the boost. I tried it, on both clipping sections, and although it did give me a great volume boost, it just killed the overall great tone.

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I've been noodling with it for the past hour, and I've also been running it into Strategy's Holmes H-X6 Spectrum, and the tones coming out of this combo are just killer. It addictive. I'll try to get a video out tomorrow, I'm having too much fun with this right now. ;D

Re: Let's see your finished DIY projects!

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:07 pm
by cloudscapes
^^ gorgeous!

Re: Let's see your finished DIY projects!

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 7:41 pm
by Ben79
Super tight building Digi2t. One day I'll have those skills...

In the meantime, and at the other end of the spectrum, here's today's offering from me using mostly salvaged parts and another old tin I found while doing a house clearance in West London. The germs are NKT somethings I pulled out of a 1950s TV camera (about 80 and 120 Hfe). Has a 22k (min 1k) bias pot, 47k input attenuator, no fuzz pot (pedal to the metal) and switchable stock 2.2 and 0.047 input caps. I love it but I've only heard it through a 10 watt solid state Kustom practice amp so far.

And the Rangemaster has knobs on now.


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Re: Let's see your finished DIY projects!

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 8:53 pm
by dminner
Everybody loves a good FAIL...I need to have my wife start proofreading my designs :facepalm: Oh well, redo. Bummer because it turned out cool.

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Re: Let's see your finished DIY projects!

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 9:00 pm
by Ben79
Could be read as a pun on 'gain'?

Re: Let's see your finished DIY projects!

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:50 pm
by dminner
Ben79 wrote:Could be read as a pun on 'gain'?


hmmmm....that's not bad

Re: Let's see your finished DIY projects!

Posted: Sat Feb 28, 2015 11:55 pm
by Chankgeez
... or you can try to make the "G" into a "D" and add a "Y". So, it reads "DAINTY HOGWEED".

Re: Let's see your finished DIY projects!

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 12:05 pm
by chuckjaywalk
Not finished, but I think I got my Melxowtone clone working on the breadboard the way I want it. Now to build like 10 and put them in-between all of my other pedals.

Re: Let's see your finished DIY projects!

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 12:45 pm
by Jwar
Looks too good to waste dude. Use it! Love it! I blemished a bunch of shit I still use. That's why it's in my collection. LOL

Re: Let's see your finished DIY projects!

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 12:49 pm
by chuckjaywalk
dminner wrote:Everybody loves a good FAIL...I need to have my wife start proofreading my designs :facepalm: Oh well, redo. Bummer because it turned out cool.

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I like it better misspelled.

Re: Let's see your finished DIY projects!

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 1:17 pm
by cloudscapes
made a video for my delay

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SVF2pl8RdD4[/youtube]

Re: Let's see your finished DIY projects!

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 6:32 pm
by Ben79
2n3904 Fuzzrite on perf board in vintage PURE DRUGS enclosure…

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Re: Let's see your finished DIY projects!

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 7:50 pm
by Hyphen Nation
theactionindex wrote:In other news, I have a sneaking suspicion I bought the wrong capacitor to build my Pep Box. :facepalm:

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Holy shit, that is amazing!!!

Re: Let's see your finished DIY projects!

Posted: Sun Mar 01, 2015 10:16 pm
by Jwar
Guys quick dumb question about LED's (my God I'll never learn).

I got some 10mm's from Radio Shack because they were a good price. Would just a normal 2.2k resistor be sufficient for these or would I need a different resistor? I'd try different ones without asking but don't want to burn them up.


Also OMG this page.