LukeFRC Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 53 minutes ago, tauzero said: Well, it didn't have the desired effect - it did clean it up a little but not a lot. Going to have a look at my bench grinder to see if I can mount a polishing wheel onto that. unless you're going for a mirror finish getting all the sanding in one direction works well Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted October 16, 2023 Share Posted October 16, 2023 2 hours ago, LukeFRC said: unless you're going for a mirror finish getting all the sanding in one direction works well A finish that makes it look less like it's been in a tumble drier with a sackful of gravel is the ambition. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbowskill Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 To those in the know... I've just bought a used fuzz (which sounds fantastic) ,but the pop from the switch through my amp when turning on/off is irritatingly loud. Would swapping out the footswitch solve this or maybe it's a design floor? Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 2 hours ago, danbowskill said: To those in the know... I've just bought a used fuzz (which sounds fantastic) ,but the pop from the switch through my amp when turning on/off is irritatingly loud. Would swapping out the footswitch solve this or maybe it's a design floor? Cheers I've a DIY pedal that does the same and I need to sort... I think it's a cap across the input that solves it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinB Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 Some good info on switch pop causes and solutions: https://www.mrblackpedals.com/blogs/straight-jive/6629778-what-really-causes-switch-pop 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 (edited) Beaten to the punch by Martin B. Good work sir. Edited October 20, 2023 by paul_5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bassybert Posted October 20, 2023 Share Posted October 20, 2023 1 hour ago, MartinB said: Some good info on switch pop causes and solutions: https://www.mrblackpedals.com/blogs/straight-jive/6629778-what-really-causes-switch-pop That’s a great read and funny too, thanks for the heads up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Shame about the white washers! 🤣 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 Couple of flubs with the stamping 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 29 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: Couple of flubs with the stamping It’s alright @jimbobothy (who just reacted to the post) - you’re more bothered by it than me!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbowskill Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 On 20/10/2023 at 12:48, MartinB said: Some good info on switch pop causes and solutions: https://www.mrblackpedals.com/blogs/straight-jive/6629778-what-really-causes-switch-pop Well above my knowledge (which is very little 😂). If there's any of you smart gents here that fancy a crack on my pedal for a few£ ? It'll be greatly appreciated 👌🍻 Pretty much no info on it , but it's a tweaked russian fuzz https://reverb.com/uk/item/63355474-crowella-effects-voskhod Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 55 minutes ago, danbowskill said: Well above my knowledge (which is very little 😂). If there's any of you smart gents here that fancy a crack on my pedal for a few£ ? It'll be greatly appreciated 👌🍻 Pretty much no info on it , but it's a tweaked russian fuzz https://reverb.com/uk/item/63355474-crowella-effects-voskhod Share a gut shot on here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbowskill Posted October 21, 2023 Share Posted October 21, 2023 5 minutes ago, LukeFRC said: Share a gut shot on here. I'll pop some pics up tomorrow 👍 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tauzero Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 (edited) @LukeFRC, you need an equivalent to a John Bull printing outfit for letter stamps so they're all aligned. Or a laser engraver. Edited October 22, 2023 by tauzero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 4 hours ago, tauzero said: @LukeFRC, you need an equivalent to a John Bull printing outfit for letter stamps so they're all aligned. Or a laser engraver. That was what @jimbobothy was saying too - I’m a graphic designer by trade so if I put the time in and wanted professional level design and lettering - that would be easy! what I love about metal stamping and Fairfield circuitry’s aesthetic that I’m aping is that it’s not perfect or trying to be. There’s a certain organic imperfection. In the design world for somethings I’ve sometimes taken a headline and taken it out of the programs defined kerning and baseline deliberately messed it up so it doesn’t feel so machine made. however getting the letter sideways… had me swearing 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 (edited) This is one of the most beautiful looking pedals out there to my mind. if I were loaded I wouldn’t be messing around DIY building things I couldn’t afford otherwise - but would have a pedal board with everything they make Edited January 21 by Rich 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danbowskill Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 23 hours ago, LukeFRC said: Share a gut shot on here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MartinB Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 Soooo, potentially a case of soldering a large (e.g. 1MΩ, 2.2MΩ) resistor between these two? 🤔 I appreciate that by saying this, I am literally That Guy the article mentions... 😆 Quote "Your switch is popping? Yeah, some moron didn't put pull-down resistors in. Just put a 2M2 or 10M or *some other arbitrary value* in and that'll fix everything!! Trust me, I'm a builder." Yeah. I've heard that one too. And I've seen guys do all kinds of crazy stinky poo with these so-called pull-down resistors, often times destroying the operation of the circuit, or simply including a moot part. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 22, 2023 Share Posted October 22, 2023 54 minutes ago, MartinB said: Soooo, potentially a case of soldering a large (e.g. 1MΩ, 2.2MΩ) resistor between these two? 🤔 I appreciate that by saying this, I am literally That Guy the article mentions... 😆 depends if it's the input or output of the effect causing it.. . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbass4k Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 Does anyone want any PCBs from deadendFX? - https://www.deadendfx.com/products There's a few that I want but their shipping rate has sky rocketed since i last ordered - $60 for a fair few PCBs - anybody interested in splitting shipping costs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 19 hours ago, bobbass4k said: Does anyone want any PCBs from deadendFX? - https://www.deadendfx.com/products There's a few that I want but their shipping rate has sky rocketed since i last ordered - $60 for a fair few PCBs - anybody interested in splitting shipping costs? not really crossed my mind, but would be cool to hear what you're thinking of building! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 right ... review time of the Lab Series L4 preamp since I've built it... It's the oddest sounding thing I've built! It doesn't sound like I would expect it too, and can't put my finger on why! What I was expecting was "preamp pedal, quite clean, maybe crossed with an low gain overdrive pedal." The closest thing I've experienced to it is my old HX stomp and flicking between two amp models (once set up with non crazy gain) - there's a processed nature to the sound, some compression maybe? and a complexity that feels more like an amp model, esp when getting hairy, than something like most the OD pedals I've tried (or indeed models of said OD on HX stomp or the Zoom stuff) Channel A is pure Fender tonestack, probably more bassman feeling than showman preamp - there's that classic dip in the mids. Channel B is more- I dunno what - I can get more driven rock tones out of it. Deep switch on both just adds more everything and changes the way it reacts. Swept mids is very powerful but fairly wide Q I think. You can set it up so A is lower gain, and B higher, and then bounce the high gain into the post master limiter to keep the signal level under control. Playing with it this way I was thinking "this is finicky to set up and get levels right" ... and then played along to a track and it sounded great - slightly dirty but fitting in the mix and not fizzy or shouty at all - just right and part of the tone I was hoping to get when I built this pedal. Another strange thing... The preamp I built before this was a valve version of a Alembic/Fender showman, and it had quite a lot of output that would quickly clip the colourbox at the end of my chain. This also has lots of output, or at least sounds LOUD- but doesn't seem to make clip the colourbox clip as much - I don't think it's subsonics as I was using a HPF between them but it's very strange. Anyway. slightly fiddly to set up, but rewarding when it is. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbobothy Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 Luke, all I can say is 'Sarah and Duck' , I love it 💕 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimbobothy Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 ... on another note, has anybody had any experience of replacing SMT stuff? I've heard it's pretty hard, not that I need to though, just wondering how it's done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LukeFRC Posted October 28, 2023 Share Posted October 28, 2023 (edited) 18 minutes ago, jimbobothy said: ... on another note, has anybody had any experience of replacing SMT stuff? I've heard it's pretty hard, not that I need to though, just wondering how it's done. So that PCB I’m sorting you with… I guess I’ll do the SMT J201s then for you 🤣 it’s fiddly and annoying and frustrating but not impossible. For not microscopic parts… IC or computer chips with the super fine solder pads I wouldn’t want to touch!! I use solder with lead in - I can’t imagine doing it with lead free stuff Edited October 28, 2023 by LukeFRC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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