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and I'm making 6 of them. anyone know of any other 1590a pcb's. I plan on making an SHO on perf unless there is a pcb for it. anyone want to make some PCB's and sell me a few. like fuzz face, tone bender, range master, SHO etc..
culturejam designs and sells PCB's maybe he's down for it.
I'm always down. I'll do any layout anybody wants...unless it's massively super complex (because I'm lazy).
Actually, I just ordered some tiny SHO boards. I laid it out for use with right-angle PCB-mount pots, but you can use any kind of pot you want. It's 1.26" x 0.80", so it should fit in a 1590a without any trouble. I also ordered some C5K PCB-mount pots. I'll probably do parts kits (but not a full kit with all the hardware). I need to test these when they arrive (in about a week), but I'm pretty sure they're good to go.
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I actually prefer pcb mounted pots on the 1590a so it holds the pcb. Im so stoked that you had already designed the sho pcb. Selling the pcb with the 5k pot is perfect. Let me know when u get them, im ready to buy a bunch
the only other thing I can think of that has one knob is a rangemaster. do you think its wise to have a transistor socket with a bias trimpot. I can tune them with off board pots and just remove the pots. these aren't really something I'm gonna keep for myself so its not like I'll be swapping transistors and re-biasing. maybe you can put pads on the side so I can hook up the pot with alligator clips for biasing. the bias resistor can be located on the same pads by the edge of the PCB.
on another forum someone suggested the one knob colorsound fuzz from the 90's. I looked into it. the gain knob is set at max. this may be a volume issue for some people. also, there is an internal trim pot but its unclear if thats a volume knob or a clean blend. I dont want to make them if people are gonna complain that its too loud.
eatyourguitar wrote: the gain knob is set at max. this may be a volume issue for some people. I dont want to make them if people are gonna complain that its too loud.
eatyourguitar wrote:the only other thing I can think of that has one knob is a rangemaster. do you think its wise to have a transistor socket with a bias trimpot. I can tune them with off board pots and just remove the pots. these aren't really something I'm gonna keep for myself so its not like I'll be swapping transistors and re-biasing. maybe you can put pads on the side so I can hook up the pot with alligator clips for biasing. the bias resistor can be located on the same pads by the edge of the PCB.
If you draw up how you want the layout done, I can make it. Also keep in mind that these will be two-sided boards, so traces can go on top and bottom so we can get wacky with the layouts if you want.
eatyourguitar wrote:on another forum someone suggested the one knob colorsound fuzz from the 90's. I looked into it. the gain knob is set at max. this may be a volume issue for some people. also, there is an internal trim pot but its unclear if thats a volume knob or a clean blend. I dont want to make them if people are gonna complain that its too loud.
The gain is set to maximum because most people have their fuzzes set that way anyway. But the "one knob" referenced in the title is for volume, so people can just turn it down if it's too loud.
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ok so they are both good to go then. I dont want to give you too much work at once. but I will tell you this, I have a dealer for my pedals in a trendy boutique in a downtown shopping district. I can buy 6 of everything for the first batch. maybe a month or two between batches. so if you make them, I know you can sell them to me and also ILF and capsNsuch. you'll have no problem at all selling pcb's. I'll get started on a paper sketch of the rangemaster and the colorsound. you should also sell complete kits for noobs like you did with the logan 5. the'll be a build thread. it would be fun and good for business. so just pm me when the SHO pcb is ready to ship and I'll pm you when I have those two rough layouts sketched up.
thanks so much. I dont know what I would do without you.
eatyourguitar wrote: the gain knob is set at max. this may be a volume issue for some people. I dont want to make them if people are gonna complain that its too loud.
