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This one even has an eye!

at work we were 12 months into a product development and the power supply the product relied on was embargoed because the company in china making them was also selling them to Iran to build Russian drones - right set back that was

I think any 60W 12V power supply would be ok to try. Obviously it should be DC and one not designed for this purpose might not be as quiet but it would let you test to see if it is the power supply. @Chienmortbb is more up to date than I am on these things so maybe wait for his input before trying that. https://cpc.farnell.com/c/electrical-lighting/batteries-power-supplies/power-supplies/12v-power-supplies/12v-5a-power-supplies

Hey folks Any users on here running a Tech 21 VT into the front end of an amp ? Looking to get a more Ampeg kind of tone with some drive when required

Here's a strange one, an old japanese "multi-effect", from 1968, the Shin-Ei ME-7. I found a vero layout on dirtboxlayouts. I don't know what they were smoking and dropping back then but somebody had an idea along the lines of "let's make a wah and volume pedal, add some white noise generators and to top it off let's throw in some siren sound that mimics air raid horns. Ok?". Well .... sure, I'm game. Here's the schematic, that was inside the pedal. Apart from the 8 tranistors and the transformer, it calls for a 4P4T rotary for the 4 modes, but as the only guy (thanks Ian!!!) who did comment to have built it mentioned - "Hurricane is pretty loud, surf is quiet, Wah isnt bad and siren is instant 'Blockbuster' - The Sweet!!" - and I couldn't seem to find a 4P4T, I decide to ditch the quiet Surf setting. As for the Wah/Volume part, I went for a potentiometer and installed a expression input for that. It works fine with my Moog. Then I also added a toogle switch that let's you choose between the potentiometer or a LDR, placed between the footswitches. When engaging the LDR, a bright white light (with a trimmer for brightness) goes on and you can use your foot to control the Wah/Vol potentiometer. Works, but the sweep is not as good as with the potentiometer or the expression pedal. What else? Ah yeah, the Siren. I put that on a momentary footswitch. It's present on all 3 modes. So, when in Wah mode, it's, well, a Wah. And in Volume mode, its a volume pedal. I kept those modes, although they are nothing special, I'd say. When in Tornado mode, the Wah/Vol potentiometer changes the pitch of the white noise. This mode is my jam. There's a short taste of this mode at the end of this post, using my "bass test loop". The "Siren" and "Tornado" knobs are volume. Finally, after some initial testing, I added a LPB-1 boost at the end. I'm not too sure, that I wired everything correctly, if it comes to rotary switches, I have switchlexia. A big part was just "try and hear". And the spaghetti inside.

Yes made me suspicious as well as generic parts for most things can also be purchased - mind you it is true that specific circuit boards often need to be sourced from manufacturers, but thus said if you can get the schematic they can be made for a lot less. However, lateral MOSFETs are apparently a problem: https://www.electronicsworld.co.uk/its-the-end-of-the-production-line-for-the-lateral-mosfet/34469/ but can be solved if you pick up some broken amps and scavenge!

What are these super special capacitors which can only be sourced from the States?

Snoopy: 😁

Cheers 🍺

I'll update this tonight with my findings... stay tuned.

Sorry to be a bit wet behind the ears , but I’m not sure of the actual size of that screw. 🤦‍♂️ Glued to music are a legitimate organisation who have been very helpful.. However they are unsure if they have the size needed. They sent a link for 15mm which may be too big ..

Back from the break and a stinking cold, this is a very simple chart to get back into the thing. Ray Drummond's bass part to the tune Duke Ellington tune 'Melancholia' from the 1983 Wynton Marsalis album, 'Think Of One'. https://bilbosbassbites.co.uk/melancholia-wynton-marsalis/

This is an original number.

An old Howling Wolf classic (though somewhat dubious subject matter). Famously covered by Ten Years After. Filmed at The Brook in Southampton.