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Looks great, Dood

I love my NV610 in ways that are probably illegal in some countries.

I love journey.

How's the distortion III? That's a Jeorge Tripps design.

I spent all last night re-drawing the PCB to be vertical rather than horizontal, and also direct-mounting the pots to the PCB [i]a la[/i] Zvex / Catalinbread / MI Audio. I'm really happy with how that worked out, infact I like this revised layout significantly better than I like my original layout. The more I draw them the more I find circuit boards are an iterative process, and also that it's really about getting your components lined up in the correct order before drawing traces. I'm obviously not teaching my granny to suck eggs, but evertime I do another PCB I'm more happy with it than the last. This is the first "vertical" board that I've designed - I'm going to rework my other circuits to be like that. The benefit of having the PCB on its side is that it leaves alot more room in the enclosure for the other components. I've also revised my control layout to not need a microswitch to change between active and passive basses. This fuzz will now work with either.

here's an update: I've been struggling to fit what I want into the small enclosure in the layout I want. I'm going to have to spend significant time today / this weekend redesigning the circuit board, and I'm going to have a go at direct mounting the pots. At the moment it's 1.6" x 1.3"... I'm thinking about putting it on it's side in the enclosure like Zvex / Catalinbread do. The control layout is going to be: Stomp switch for on/off Mini toggle for active/passive basses Volume, Tone, Gate pots.

I'm making 2 pedals this weekend if all goes to plan (I hope it does!). I'm interested in seeing how it goes... the circuit really does sound great to my ears and I'm looking for Jaff's input too. The only problems I see is the circuit board etching. It's not something that I have too much experience at, and something I'm looking forawrd to learning about more. My motto always has been: Learn by doing! I generally find that once I've got the circuit and construction nailed by making two prototypes then it takes me about 2 hours to make one pedal (depending on the finish).

So, this weekend I'm going to be making two fuzz pedals. One will be for myself and one for my good tone-friend / FX-nutter Jaffrey. I thought you all might like to see how I do it, where I mess up, and where I cover myself in glory. Also, probably where I hideously run over schedule. I've had this circuit on the breadboard a few times over the last little while and I really like it. First up: Here's the parts, which I sourced from no less than 3 countries. I've chosen super-premium components, IMO the best that my money could buy. I'm using: Hammond / Eddystone aluminium cast enclosure 100% full, mechanical, star-ground, true bypass w/ EHX switch I'm making my own PCB's on 2oz Copper board w/ Extra Wide Traces (0.03", 0.05" ground) Metal Film Resistors Wima caps Xicon mojo-components Alpha Pots Neutrik Open-Frame Jacks German made 2.1mm 9V Jack Green superbright LEDs Mil spec solid core, low impedance wire 22 SWG solder. If anyone has any suggestions for how to improve this spec I'd be geniunely interested to hear. Here's the bits:

Also, VAT is charged on goods and shipping. Import duty is only charged on the goods.

There's so much "internet hard man" in this thread it's fcking* hilarious. Kudos to Ferret for raising many salient points. *Quote Rich.

I've played that amp setup, it was vicious.

I know a few Warwick endorsee's and most of them are definitely not "mega stars"

It only works if your FX loop is in series... which most aren't. Also it only gives you preamp distortion, not powertube distortion. It's also £4 worth of bits.

I was making a joke. It's a very cheesy song.

Cheese. Lots and lots of cheese. I find ASDA's cheese has the best tone.

It's a "problem" with the powersupply. It's because you're essentially hooking up all the grounds together. It's one of the faults of some of the less-well-specificed diasy chain style power supplies. PS, Kudos for not starting a new thread !

He posts on TB under that name too.

[quote name='bass_ferret' post='138788' date='Feb 12 2008, 12:29 PM']Dont think anyone will dispute that Joe - just remain to be convinced that Monster cables at a ton a throw will sound that much better than OBBM's.[/quote] I think we are in concord