I see a lot of guys around here squeezing tons of stuff into tiny little boxes, and I am amazed at the skill it takes to do this. I really admire those of you who have the know-how to redesign layouts, use SMT components, have every resistor on end packed shoulder to shoulder, doing double-sided boards, etc. Excellent stuff.
And yet, the end result is this tiny little box, which, although neat, just isn't my favored aesthetic. I can see the use in small pedals when you have a board with 20+ effects, but I really only have a use for a few, so a couple of big enclosures with tons of knobs work better for me, and I just like the way they look.
So I want to see your big boxes. Multi-effects, souped up, knob covered monstrosities, unnecessary big empty boxes, whatever. But it must be big and imposing.
My first entry is a Ring Stinger clone.
(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/4473/img0034ka7.jpg)
Measures 9x7x3. I am currently working on a huge analog pitch shifter/guitar synth sort of thing, which will be much bigger, but no pics of that yet.
I don't have any abnormally large builds to share, and sorry for being off topic but I have to ask - what's with the whole tone fret spacing on that fretboard???
Actually, it's quartertones on the lower half of the neck and regular old semitones up from there. A whole tone neck would be rather limiting. I suppose if I was in some sort of Debussy cover band it might fly. :icon_wink: This neck lets me play horrible out of tune quartertone stuff and Paula Abdul tunes.
More seriously, I like Middle Eastern music, so that's what the quartertones are for. I can't say I've learned to use them that well at this point, but I'm trying.
still work in progress:
(http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/672/p1010247ki4.jpg)
(http://img60.imageshack.us/img60/3279/p1010251jx8.jpg)
BIG enough? 14/15 effects, 2 effectsloops, and it already took my 2 years of my life ;)
Size is (if I recall correclty) 35cm deep, 55cm wide, 5 cm at the front going up to 10 cm height at back.
More pics and 'stories': see the link in my sig :icon_mrgreen:
ok... after seeing this one I just deleted my post... :'(
Quote from: Taylor on February 23, 2009, 03:29:31 AM
Actually, it's quartertones on the lower half of the neck and regular old semitones up from there. A whole tone neck would be rather limiting. I suppose if I was in some sort of Debussy cover band it might fly. :icon_wink: This neck lets me play horrible out of tune quartertone stuff and Paula Abdul tunes.
More seriously, I like Middle Eastern music, so that's what the quartertones are for. I can't say I've learned to use them that well at this point, but I'm trying.
That is pretty darn cool. Is it an aftermarket neck or did you buy a guitar with that setup? I kind of want to try that. I dabbled in a little in raaga-type music -- I've always loved the 1/4 tone sound and microbends creep into my playing. The musical notation used for it (srawri lipi...is that what it was called...I can't remember now) was very interesting. Bar underneath for flat, line above for sharp -- no real need to express the octave of the notes. It seemed like an incredibly compact way to pack in a dense amount of information. I sure can't read it, but I liked the idea! :)
Quote from: MarcoMike on February 23, 2009, 04:40:05 AM
ok... after seeing this one I just deleted my post... :'(
No no, please post it. Most people's biggest stuff is not going to be as big as Auke's - look at mine: not even close. I still want to see anything bigger than we usually see.
Quote from: iaresee on February 23, 2009, 11:39:03 AM
That is pretty darn cool. Is it an aftermarket neck or did you buy a guitar with that setup? I kind of want to try that. I dabbled in a little in raaga-type music -- I've always loved the 1/4 tone sound and microbends creep into my playing. The musical notation used for it (srawri lipi...is that what it was called...I can't remember now) was very interesting. Bar underneath for flat, line above for sharp -- no real need to express the octave of the notes. It seemed like an incredibly compact way to pack in a dense amount of information. I sure can't read it, but I liked the idea! :)
It's a custom bass. It's an 8-string (4 strings doubled in octaves, like a 12-string guitar) but I have the octave strings off right now. It also has a sustainer pickup and Hipshot detuners for all 8 strings. I've had it about 6 months, but I really haven't mastered all that it's capable of.
Is the nut built in such a way that the octave pairs are closer together than typical bass strings, or is each string spaced evenly?
The pairs are close together, just as in a 12-string guitar. The trick is that I don't tune the pairs to octaves, so I can get crazy 8-note bebop chords if I want to, and using the detuners I can change the interval between pairs with a flick of a switch.
Now back to big metal (and wood) boxes...
Quote from: Taylor on February 23, 2009, 02:21:25 AM
I see a lot of guys around here squeezing tons of stuff into tiny little boxes, and I am amazed at the skill it takes to do this. I really admire those of you who have the know-how to redesign layouts, use SMT components, have every resistor on end packed shoulder to shoulder, doing double-sided boards, etc. Excellent stuff.
And yet, the end result is this tiny little box, which, although neat, just isn't my favored aesthetic. I can see the use in small pedals when you have a board with 20+ effects, but I really only have a use for a few, so a couple of big enclosures with tons of knobs work better for me, and I just like the way they look.
So I want to see your big boxes. Multi-effects, souped up, knob covered monstrosities, unnecessary big empty boxes, whatever. But it must be big and imposing.
My first entry is a Ring Stinger clone.
(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/4473/img0034ka7.jpg)
Measures 9x7x3. I am currently working on a huge analog pitch shifter/guitar synth sort of thing, which will be much bigger, but no pics of that yet.
Wow, where do you get those enclosures from?
Mouser. Made by LMB/Heeger. Hammond also has a nice line of slope-front boxes. I like them alot; easier to drill than the cast ones, and they look a lot nicer unpainted (my paint skills are pretty lacking at the moment).
Cool, cheers. I'll have a look at them, they look really great.
this is my biggest thus far, but the one under it I'm lookign to build over the next few months in one of those large sloped-front boxes.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2132/2518139521_e6238079f5.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/3069233521_6461ff5edb.jpg)
etienne, you should really think about building yourself a modular synth... i'm just about to embark upon my first! 8)
Wow, excellent stuff as always, cloudscapes. Your sequencer trem is very cool, and actually quite small considering the functionality and knob count.
Is your Drone Box going to be a stand-alone synth, or is there an input?
Quote from: Taylor on February 23, 2009, 04:19:52 PM
Mouser. Made by LMB/Heeger. Hammond also has a nice line of slope-front boxes. I like them alot; easier to drill than the cast ones, and they look a lot nicer unpainted (my paint skills are pretty lacking at the moment).
got a part number or link by chance ?
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/sjaltenb/boardjan09010.jpg)
(http://i23.photobucket.com/albums/b379/sjaltenb/board003-1.jpg)
Work in Progress. Almost done, thread about it can be seen here:
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=70440.0
sjaltenb, I have watched yours and found it very interesting. I really like seeing the multi-effects that people are making (Auke's above is great, too) because it's really cool when your gear is made just right for your personal needs. The more you can customize, the more your musical tools fit your purpose as opposed to the genericized one-size-fits-all approach that is necessary in big companies, since they need to make a product that is non-offensive to many, as opposed to perfect for one.
This is what's cool about DIY effects in general, but I like the multis especially because it's cool to me when I see people who have it "figured out". On that note, those of you doing multis, have you had any problems with your tastes/needs changing in the middle of the project? Have you had to abandon ideas or get stuck with anything you no longer think is a good idea?
I'll post this on behalf of Mark Hammer since I've always really liked it:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v474/mhammer/DSCF0785.jpg)
Although I am actually a bit of party-pooper in that I don't use many effects, I would love to have a huge modular box like this at some point.
Quote from: Taylor on February 23, 2009, 07:17:04 PM
Wow, excellent stuff as always, cloudscapes. Your sequencer trem is very cool, and actually quite small considering the functionality and knob count.
Is your Drone Box going to be a stand-alone synth, or is there an input?
hey thanks! I usually want to leep things super small and packed because I usually have to walk to gigs/jams with my gear on my back. smaller is better in this case.
definatelly standalone synth. I'm not yet smart enough to figure out input tracking or MIDI.
Quote from: caress on February 23, 2009, 07:15:33 PM
etienne, you should really think about building yourself a modular synth... i'm just about to embark upon my first! 8)
I'm actually considering it! I've been looking into cheap/moderate modular cases and power supplies this year so that I can get started.
Quote from: Taylor on February 23, 2009, 02:21:25 AM
I see a lot of guys around here squeezing tons of stuff into tiny little boxes, and I am amazed at the skill it takes to do this. I really admire those of you who have the know-how to redesign layouts, use SMT components, have every resistor on end packed shoulder to shoulder, doing double-sided boards, etc. Excellent stuff.
And yet, the end result is this tiny little box, which, although neat, just isn't my favored aesthetic. I can see the use in small pedals when you have a board with 20+ effects, but I really only have a use for a few, so a couple of big enclosures with tons of knobs work better for me, and I just like the way they look.
So I want to see your big boxes. Multi-effects, souped up, knob covered monstrosities, unnecessary big empty boxes, whatever. But it must be big and imposing.
My first entry is a Ring Stinger clone.
(http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/4473/img0034ka7.jpg)
Measures 9x7x3. I am currently working on a huge analog pitch shifter/guitar synth sort of thing, which will be much bigger, but no pics of that yet.
:icon_smile: :icon_smile:
I like the way you think! I'm wondering if there's gonna be a section here for "DIY Rack Effects" pretty soon?
Quote from: Taylor on February 23, 2009, 09:33:18 PM
This is what's cool about DIY effects in general, but I like the multis especially because it's cool to me when I see people who have it "figured out". On that note, those of you doing multis, have you had any problems with your tastes/needs changing in the middle of the project? Have you had to abandon ideas or get stuck with anything you no longer think is a good idea?
Well, in my case, I am learning as I go. So i have had to go back and re-do everything that doesnt work (i.e.-power) and learn as much as I possibly can about why that doesnt work and then learn how to make one that DOES work.
The biggest problem with a project like this is that your mind goes wild with ideas the entire time. It just never ends, you keep thinking about ideas and what all you can cram in there and what would make it better, cooler, most interesting and higher quality.
Thats DEFINITELY the biggest problem. You have to be like OK...this is what i'm putting in there, i know it works, and boom, do it. Otherwise you'll never finish ;D
Quote from: punkin on February 23, 2009, 09:57:26 PM
:icon_smile: :icon_smile:
I like the way you think! I'm wondering if there's gonna be a section here for "DIY Rack Effects" pretty soon?
I might be doing some rack stuff soon for some people. The reason DIY rack stuff is probably not as popular (other than the forum being called DIYstompboxes) is that rack format is usually a much less efficient use of space. It's good for amps since there is a lot of circuitry and transformers but not many knobs. Effects on the other hand usually are small circuits with a higher ratio of knobs to size.
Plus, it seems like there are a lot less guitarists using rack rigs now than there were in previous decades. Lots of bass players use rackmounted amp rigs, but these guys tend to use few if any effects.
Quote from: Derringer on February 23, 2009, 09:00:54 PM
Quote from: Taylor on February 23, 2009, 04:19:52 PM
Mouser. Made by LMB/Heeger. Hammond also has a nice line of slope-front boxes. I like them alot; easier to drill than the cast ones, and they look a lot nicer unpainted (my paint skills are pretty lacking at the moment).
got a part number or link by chance ?
I think I found it
537-MDC973-01
I knew it wouldn't be cheap but £14 for an enclosure... ouch! Looks great though.
(http://www.beavisaudio.com/Projects/FuzzLab/index.5.jpg)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
12 channel analogue vocoder with phase-linear filterz:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/lectronix/pix%20hidden/voc351.jpg)
16 channel modular analogue drumset with crashpad-input for each instrument:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/lectronix/pix%20hidden/drum408.jpg)
(all components "salvaged"/"dumpster diven")
POWAH,
(TUBE-WAHTM with built-in 10 Watt tube-amp, 12" speaker, and Tube-Envelope-Followah) :
(http://www.puretube.de/POWAH-0.jpg)
Quote from: puretube on February 25, 2009, 07:59:07 AM
12 channel analogue vocoder with phase-linear filterz:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/lectronix/pix%20hidden/voc351.jpg)
16 channel modular analogue drumset with crashpad-input for each instrument:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v442/lectronix/pix%20hidden/drum408.jpg)
(all components "salvaged"/"dumpster diven")
POWAH,
(TUBE-WAHTM with built-in 10 Watt tube-amp, 12" speaker, and Tube-Envelope-Followah) :
(http://www.puretube.de/POWAH-0.jpg)
Man, puretube, you're a beast!
Those look great! Especially the drumset.
Of course, the drumset could also be triggered/played with the full-rhythm digital sequencer including variable-rate drum-roll generator:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/latronax/drum386.jpg)
(from ~33 years ago, made out of the legendary 74XX chips...)
with diode matrix on home-made double-sided PCBs:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/latronax/drum381.jpg)
and capacitive touch-pads:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/latronax/drum377.jpg)
Front (panel-) side of the analogue drumset:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/latronax/drum391.jpg)
Backside with trigger-inputs (and powersupply) :
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/latronax/drum394.jpg)
free gutshotz... :
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/latronax/drum397.jpg)
un-gooped:
(http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v437/latronax/drum396.jpg)
Just a 2x6-way remote bypass loop doodah - the modules connect with CAT5 cables for cheapness and ease of replacement.
(http://www.monkeyfx.co.uk/pictures/superotter.jpg)
(all components "salvaged"/"dumpster diven")
"Deep"
Puretube: I don't know what to say man. That is big.
But what are those little black things I see? Transistors? Come back when you have a real 12-channel analog vocoder, using tubes. :icon_rolleyes:
Haha, Puretube, your entries put us all to shame. The biggest thing to me is that these were done many years before the internet, so acquiring the knowledge to do this was so much more difficult.
My newest "big" effect. Well, a stock photo but nevertheless:
(http://img3.musiciansfriend.com/dbase/pics/products/2/4/9/487249.jpg)
Eh, did you build that amp and cab?
Cool Stuff!
I have enough giant parts for a tube screamer--600 volt sized caps and resistors and such. I'm tempted to make something out of those.
If I actually succeed on my present TS project, I might keep going. Right now, it's my second try and no luck yet. Expensive electronics education.
Ha, that would be cool: a simple pedal made with huge, over-rated parts. You could use 5w resistors and those big caps you have. Then maybe throw in a submini tube just to make things weird. You could probably rig up an oversized stompswitch using a big bolt and a rubber Boss style switch inside.
Quote from: Andi on February 25, 2009, 08:56:09 AM
Just a 2x6-way remote bypass loop doodah - the modules connect with CAT5 cables for cheapness and ease of replacement.
(http://www.monkeyfx.co.uk/pictures/superotter.jpg)
Very cool Andi. I love your projects. I am trying to conceive many items you seem to have done already. Cool stuff.
Quote from: trixdropd on February 26, 2009, 04:05:37 AM
Very cool Andi. I love your projects. I am trying to conceive many items you seem to have done already. Cool stuff.
I honestly don't know. I'd guess at 150-200 assorted pedals I've built over the years.
The fading on the multicolor pedals is spectacular...eyecatching fade effects and colors like Tropical Fish, makes a pic-present look !
You people are sick :icon_cool:
QuoteEh, did you build that amp and cab?
No, but I will be doing some mods to the amp.
Sorry to cloud up your fx thread, I'm just feeling all giddy... :icon_wink:
Not mine, but this one has always impressed me: http://hem.bredband.net/bersyn//thisis.htm
(http://hem.bredband.net/bersyn//45-%207%20Bergfotron.jpg)
The case format suggests it's portable... :icon_eek:
Quote from: alex frias on February 26, 2009, 04:09:15 PM
The case format suggests it's portable... :icon_eek:
I laughed at that, too. I can just imagine the guy folding that thing up and zooping about town with it...
Reminds me of my Farfisa "Compact" organ - folds up into a nice compact 125 pound suitcase with ONE HANDLE. :icon_rolleyes: Doesn't anyone get that musicians are weaklings?
Guv'nor - AMZ OD Pro - Big Muff Pi, selectable by a sequential switch, so only on is on at a time. Bought wrong knobs so need to file them a little bit, still a few to go !
In the back there's small plastic hose with 2 RGB LEDs at the ends
(http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/arma61/100_3000.jpg)
(http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/arma61/100_3003.jpg)
(http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/arma61/100_3002.jpg)
and her (future) sister !
(http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/arma61/100_2999.jpg)
a completely different one, wood was burn by my father!
(http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/arma61/000_1055-1.jpg)
(http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/arma61/000_1056-Copia.jpg)
(http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/arma61/000_1057.jpg)
and the last one, just finished today, Im waiting for knobs coming from Homg Kong ! they should be here any moment ! :D
(http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/arma61/100_3004.jpg)
(http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/arma61/100_3006.jpg)
(http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/arma61/100_3016.jpg)
I am so glad I started this thread.
Quote from: dano12 on February 24, 2009, 07:31:11 AM
(http://www.beavisaudio.com/Projects/FuzzLab/index.5.jpg)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
That one is awesome!
I'm gonna do something like that that soon.
What exsactly indicates those voltemeters/ampermeters(or what are they)?
my biggest one is maybe this one:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/FC12%20Footcontroller/FC12footboard1.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/FC12%20Footcontroller/Back1.jpg)
All pictures are here: http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/FC12%20Footcontroller/
and this one:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/Amp%20Selector/Ampselector1.jpg)
Quote from: arma61 on February 27, 2009, 12:02:49 PM
and the last one, just finished today
(http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/arma61/100_3004.jpg)
great looking stuff!
Are you using a break to get your bends or are these found objects?
Quote from: kvb on February 28, 2009, 02:59:00 PM
Quote from: arma61 on February 27, 2009, 12:02:49 PM
and the last one, just finished today
(http://i256.photobucket.com/albums/hh174/arma61/100_3004.jpg)
great looking stuff!
Are you using a break to get your bends or are these found objects?
Thanks m8
here's the "full story" http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=36392.msg606569#msg606569 in the Picture thread
Armando
Quote from: Nikolay on February 28, 2009, 02:53:40 PM
my biggest one is maybe this one:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/FC12%20Footcontroller/FC12footboard1.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/FC12%20Footcontroller/Back1.jpg)
All pictures are here: http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/FC12%20Footcontroller/
and this one:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/Amp%20Selector/Ampselector1.jpg)
This thing is sick. Still stands as the most impressive build I've ever seen.
(http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb292/frequencycentral/moto_0374.jpg)
Quote from: Nikolay on February 28, 2009, 02:53:40 PM
my biggest one is maybe this one:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/FC12%20Footcontroller/FC12footboard1.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/FC12%20Footcontroller/Back1.jpg)
All pictures are here: http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/FC12%20Footcontroller/
and this one:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/Amp%20Selector/Ampselector1.jpg)
Wow!! You look like you got some skills!!
Thanks! This stuff are made before 1-2 years ago. I see some stupid plastic connectors there ;) :icon_redface: but they looks good ;)
Thanks again ;)
Quote from: Nikolay on March 01, 2009, 05:22:25 AM
Thanks! This stuff are made before 1-2 years ago. I see some stupid plastic connectors there ;) :icon_redface: but they looks good ;)
Thanks again ;)
I wish I could make a programmable amp switcher!! I just built a 5 amp switcher, but it's not programmable, and therefore kinda hard to use in practice.
Well, it isn't as big as some of yours, but I just finished this 4 circuits in a box guy, The DROP-lifier. Thanks to ROG and Beavis Audio Research...
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2009-2/1335875/DROP-Lifier-1.JPG)
Here's a look at the ample guts. Yeah, there is spare room for a sandwich.
(http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2009-2/1335875/DROP-Lifier-2.JPG)
I get all kinds of amp sounds by plugging these into each other with the patch bay. It is truly greater than the sum of its parts.
Very cool.
Do you have any problems with noise? You have lots of long wire runs there.
Hey Taylor,
The long wires are all shielded, as you can see.
I had to buy a Godlyke Powerall adaptor to get the Valvecaster to stop humming. Since then, no noise.
I have wire grounded all the pots and jacks to each other and then to the ground bus that the negative of the adaptor is connected to. I also ground each circuit to the bus. (I believe that technique is called "star grounding".) That seems to have taken away any ground noise problems.
I do have to be careful how I gain stage when I have the May Queen in the mix. That sucker is so loud it overwhelms the circuits after it sometimes.
But all in all I can plug these guys into each other in any combination with almost no noise at all.
Not mine, but a "big effect" nonetheless:
(http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=22289&g2_serialNumber=1)
:icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek: :icon_eek:
:'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(
this is incredible!!!! I think I'm fainting... you need a startrek suit to play that stuff!!!
that was possibly the greatest thing I have ever seen in my entire life.
It requires a silver jump suit.
Quote from: DougH on March 03, 2009, 11:05:49 AM
Not mine, but a "big effect" nonetheless:
(http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=22289&g2_serialNumber=1)
Doug, that's Doctor Brown's pedalboard from "Back to the Future", isn't it?
Although it DOES look like something that The Flaming Lips, Gary Numan or Hawkwind might use...
I think it was an ebay listing or something from 10 years ago or so (supposedly from around here- Central FL). Looks like the guy parked it in his driveway for the photo shoot. It's a classic... :icon_wink:
This is the biggest effect I've built. Not as big as some of the others but pretty damn big considering what it is:
(http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=16574&g2_serialNumber=2)
(http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=16577&g2_serialNumber=2)
Quote from: DougH on March 03, 2009, 12:43:54 PM
This is the biggest effect I've built. Not as big as some of the others but pretty damn big considering what it is:
Ha, cool. This would fall into the "unnecessarily big, empty box" category I mentioned in my first post. Is this a Lovetone clone or something? I know their stuff involves those big rotary switches often.
Quote from: DougH on March 03, 2009, 11:05:49 AM
Not mine, but a "big effect" nonetheless:
(http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=22289&g2_serialNumber=1)
I have heard a few stories about this: that it was David Gilmour's, made by Pete Cornish; that it was made by just some guy to be
like Gilmour's, and that it has nothing to do with Gilmour. I don't know the truth, but it is pretty amazing. There are detailed pictures here:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3624733&postcount=64
Of particular intrigue to me are the labels "MASTER OSCILLATOR" and "WHO KNOWS". Great stuff.
Quote from: Taylor on March 03, 2009, 05:09:11 PM
Ha, cool. This would fall into the "unnecessarily big, empty box" category I mentioned in my first post. Is this a Lovetone clone or something? I know their stuff involves those big rotary switches often.
Yeah, it's a Brown Source derivative I did I call the "ToneSource". I needed a bigger box for the rotary switch but not
that big. :icon_wink: But the box was lying around collecting dust and I had a bunch of junk parts not doing anything so...
Quote
I have heard a few stories about this: that it was David Gilmour's, made by Pete Cornish; that it was made by just some guy to be like Gilmour's, and that it has nothing to do with Gilmour. I don't know the truth, but it is pretty amazing. There are detailed pictures here:
http://www.talkbass.com/forum/showpost.php?p=3624733&postcount=64
Of particular intrigue to me are the labels "MASTER OSCILLATOR" and "WHO KNOWS". Great stuff.
I'm 99.99% sure this has
nothing to do with Gilmour... Maybe someone with cross-fertilized Gilmour/Star-Trek fantasies... :icon_wink:
Thanks for linking those other pics. I remember them now. The thing I found funny was the "vocals", "marshal", and "p.a. interface" mounted in the back of the amp speaker cabinet... Huh?!? :icon_mrgreen: This is a classic for sure. That "chorus/echo" looks like the Roland Space Echo to me (?).
Quote from: DougH on March 03, 2009, 09:25:06 PM
That "chorus/echo" looks like the Roland Space Echo to me (?).
Correct - it *is* a Roland space echo - more precisely a chorus echo. Knobs, layout and that level meter all point strongly to a Re301 chorus echo afaik.
It's obviously modded, with a new added control plate replacing the jack panel on the front adding 3 controls, and relabelled SonS (Sound on Sound, obviously )
Whoknows = brilliant... Reminds me of a keyboard player I know who owns a Vox Continental with a tiny sign with an arrow pointing to an arbitrary key saying "THIS key, that's what it's all about"
MarshaL? PHlanger? OsciLator?
I guess this is my biggest excluding Cornish-style boards, which is cheating :-)
(http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb75/axg20202/DSC00165.jpg)
Quote from: DougH on March 03, 2009, 11:05:49 AM
Not mine, but a "big effect" nonetheless:
(http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=22289&g2_serialNumber=1)
:icon_eek: Does that thing have wheels?? Because it looks like it has wheels!? I'm just imagining rolling that thing into a gig.... :D
Quote from: axg20202 on March 04, 2009, 07:44:04 AM
I guess this is my biggest excluding Cornish-style boards, which is cheating :-)
(http://i204.photobucket.com/albums/bb75/axg20202/DSC00165.jpg)
I need an enclosure just like that. do you have a link or medal number for it? Thanks.
jeremy
IIRC, it's a Hammond DD (7.38" x 4.7" x 1.3"). I bought it from Small Bear.
so, if hammond DD is ok, I can show my D enclosure ;)
but I really feel we cannot compete with the startrek control board or the portable-synth... :(:(
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3528/3270248062_57d07ddc38.jpg)
or what about this guitar-shaped fuzz?? :P
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3621/3327981035_529ce897a2.jpg)
Quote from: axg20202 on March 04, 2009, 07:44:04 AM
I guess this is my biggest excluding Cornish-style boards, which is cheating :-)
[snip]Meatball picture[/snip]
I'm in the process of making one of those. It's in a Bud brand die cast box about the same size... 7.5 x 4.75 x 2 or so.
(http://trentjacobs.files.wordpress.com/2009/03/dsc00047.jpg)
Obviously still a work in progress - I've yet to order the rotating switches and the knobs...
Quote from: MarcoMike on March 04, 2009, 11:29:44 AM
so, if hammond DD is ok, I can show my D enclosure ;)
but I really feel we cannot compete with the startrek control board or the portable-synth... :(:(
Cheeky. Yeah, but multi-effects boards aren't really fair game - not that it's a competition :-) I've made bigger items than a DD, but they contain lots of effects, so it's no surprise they are bigger...otherwise I'd just post a picture of some Jean Michel Jarre-like creation and have done with it.
Quote from: dano12 on February 24, 2009, 07:31:11 AM
(http://www.beavisaudio.com/Projects/FuzzLab/index.5.jpg)
;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
do you have the schematics for this? how long did it take to build? how much???
Quote from: axg20202 on March 04, 2009, 12:07:44 PM
Cheeky. Yeah, but multi-effects boards aren't really fair game - not that it's a competition :-) I've made bigger items than a DD, but they contain lots of effects, so it's no surprise they are bigger...otherwise I'd just post a picture of some Jean Michel Jarre-like creation and have done with it.
As the OP of this thread, I hereby authorize multi-effects (in fact I mentioned them in the first post). Please post your JMJ monstrosities.
Quote from: enquiryband on March 04, 2009, 12:13:41 PM
do you have the schematics for this? how long did it take to build? how much???
http://www.beavisaudio.com/projects/FuzzLab/
This won't get any awards for biggest or most aesthetically pleasing build, but here it is:
(http://i301.photobucket.com/albums/nn71/svsguitarhero/007.jpg?t=1237603244)
Thread about it here:
http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=75148.0
Quote from: Nikolay on February 28, 2009, 02:53:40 PM
my biggest one is maybe this one:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/FC12%20Footcontroller/FC12footboard1.jpg)
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/FC12%20Footcontroller/Back1.jpg)
All pictures are here: http://s2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/FC12%20Footcontroller/
and this one:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/Amp%20Selector/Ampselector1.jpg)
Dude, you gotta be kidding. The stuff you post looks too freakin' cool. How do you find the time to do all of the stuf you do?
Quote from: cloudscapes on February 23, 2009, 06:11:10 PM
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/3069233521_6461ff5edb.jpg)
That looks
very interesting. It's like the big brother of the Drone Lab 2 (http://casperelectronics.com/finished-pieces/drone-lab/drone-lab-v2/)
If you don't mind, I'd be
very interested in building that one and buy a pcb from you and perhaps when you source down components, I could order the same ones..
If you think it's ok, please keep me posted/pm etc! :icon_smile:
Do you have more info of this somewhere, like on a blog or something?
I keep on hitting quote instead of modify. sorry, delete this uneccesary post.
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/quickkiwi/reverb.jpg)
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/quickkiwi/reverbturret.jpg)
A reverb I made years ago, as I was learning, which didn't work so well so I've got it back out and I'm changing out the two 12SL7's for a 6SL7 and a 6SN7 parallel'd up for the reverb driver, I've got a 2.5k imp input tank so it can be driven straight off the plates albiet with a high current tube, plus I've changed the schematic a little and ripped out the point to point and am going to a turret type thing for easy tweakin'.
Also opened the tank up so I can play that with feathers...
Nice! My favorite reverb ever was a tube-driven "Premier 90" spring unit. Dumped it because it would zap me with voltage sometimes, but I've never found another that sounded as good. In hindsight, maybe such a nice reverb sound is worth the fear of electrocution. I'm a reverb guy, though; I wouldn't put my life on the line for... a chorus, for example. That would be crazy.
Quote from: jessej on November 16, 2009, 09:33:14 AM
Quote from: cloudscapes on February 23, 2009, 06:11:10 PM
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/3069233521_6461ff5edb.jpg)
That looks very interesting. It's like the big brother of the Drone Lab 2 (http://casperelectronics.com/finished-pieces/drone-lab/drone-lab-v2/)
If you don't mind, I'd be very interested in building that one and buy a pcb from you and perhaps when you source down components, I could order the same ones..
If you think it's ok, please keep me posted/pm etc! :icon_smile:
Do you have more info of this somewhere, like on a blog or something?
oh man, I havent thought about this in a long time! :D
the initial plan was to have several PCBs. one per voice (6), plus one master one with sequencers, mixers and the like. in the year since I last thought about it I've learned a helluva lot. I still want to build a synth (this new year, for sure) but it'll be different.
think of a toned-down DSI mono Evolver. a few (at least 3) digital oscillators with 2399-based pitch LFO/vibrato. multiple waveforms, sine, triangle, square, ramp/saw, PWM and "drawn" shapes, a few programmable LFOs with same said shapes, a couple envilopes, resonant filter and programable 2399 delay. I'd like to have polyphony too.
I'm already well ahead in programming the oscillator chips (one osc per 20-pin chip)
But aren't you supposed to be able to fix things like that?
I gotta few yaps a month or two back because I'd inadvertently wired the neutral wire to the effects power supply earths and because the supplies were floating I'd get zapped everytime I unplugged something and became the earth. Ended up it was just a little solder blob on one of the transformer lugs accross to the earth. Everything worked fine if I plugged everything in and didn't change anything while it was all switched on but if I changed anything on the fly...shocking!
Ended up frying something on my trusty old hood amp which was raised slightly above earth for some reason. Won't chuck it out though... I'll fix it someday.
I've also got some long tanks, an 8 ohm iput and a 100 ohm input. Three tanks would be a very nice wash!
Well, I had it before I did any DIY stuff, but even now tubes scare me off. I figured grounding the thing would be easy, but apparently it involves new transformers or something, I don't know. I'm still too dumb with electronics to mess with high voltage. I need those 9v training wheels, if you know what I mean. :icon_wink: Not ready to have my mistakes carry consequences.
Well, there you go, I love the idea of high voltage even though I suppose it scares me too, not enough to not use it though... because I love the dangerous stuff. But really I've never had a shock from High voltage DC, it's there, you know what it's for and you act accordingly. And if you do the math, after checking your resistance from hand to hand and hoping it's a couple of megs at least ('cause it's the people whos external resistance is down at a few hundred kilo ohms who really feel the shocks), and realise whats in the wall is far more dangerous.
We have 240 VAC rms which means a wall voltage zap is about 700 Volts from positive peak to negative peak and my resistance is about 2.5 megs so 700/2.5M = .2mA. so a shock from 350VDC is going to be half that and not much more than a twinge given what wall voltage feels like... hey, it isn't pleasant at allbut it's not enough to stop you doing whats right and proper...Home Made Tube Amps!
My latest all tube amp all wired up and ready to go.
(http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y115/quickkiwi/blogtown/tbampfini.jpg)
Getting it all into such a small space was an absolute mission.
6BM8, 6AU6 and 6AV6.
This is one of two i have been working on..don't know how it lives up to your Big effects..let me know..
(http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/bassybeats/photo.jpg) (http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/bassybeats/1.jpg)
Left to right: Big Muff Pi, Tone Bender 3 Knob, Tyrobrache Octavia, Orange Squeezer Compressor
Number two to come: Marshall blues breaker, NPN Ge Fuzz face, Lava Rim 2, MXR phase 45.
All true by pass, but are only fixed arrangement at the moment.
This is one of two i have been working on..don't know how it lives up to your Big effects..let me know..
(http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/bassybeats/photo.jpg) (http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/bassybeats/1.jpg) (http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/bassybeats/PEDAL-LAYOUT.gif)
Left to right: Big Muff Pi, Tone Bender 3 Knob, Tyrobrache Octavia, Orange Squeezer Compressor
Number two to come: Marshall blues breaker, NPN Ge Fuzz face, Lava Rim 2, MXR phase 45.
All true by pass, but are only fixed arrangement at the moment.
I approve! It has a certain psychotic industrial feel (the guts especially). Sort of like the film Eraserhead.
bassballs,
the graphics look pro, nice. But I also love the way the box looks, as is. Nice and raw and nasty. Nice job.
Quote from: bassybeats on January 28, 2010, 05:09:04 AM
(http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy70/bassybeats/PEDAL-LAYOUT.gif)
looks like my band new ep!
(http://c1.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/91/l_da6110d439c54e128b135b685e43d724.jpg)
Not super big, but it's 3 circuits crammed into a 1590DD so I think it qualifies!
(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/3135/imagerof.jpg) (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/imagerof.jpg/)
More details over on page 605 of the pictures thread.
Jacob
A delay/flanger/spring reverb made from a karaoke boombox.
The delay comes from the built in echo of the boombox (all bent to hell). The speaker outputs from the boombox drive a reverb tank (that's what the top two RCA jacks are for - send and receive)
I built a mixer, LFO (to alter delay time), and a preamp/booster for the reverb receive. I still can't get the switch for the LFO shape to work for some reason (only works on triangle), but other than that, it works and is a really interesting sounding effect.
Knobs - gain, delay time, repeats, feedback (repeats without LPF), LFO speed, LFO depth, LFO Shape pull switch, mix for delay/reverb/dry, master vol, and bypass slide switch.
It is housed in a repainted mailbox :icon_mrgreen:
(http://i50.tinypic.com/28coa4w.jpg)
Really neat, especially that all your gear matches. I'd be interested to hear what that sounds like.
All this equipment is part of my live setup, which is why I have been going for the matching look. Being able to customize the look is half the reason I am building my own stuff (the other half is that it fits my budget).
I have a soundclick page with some effect samples, I should add the echo to it. It sounds pretty lofi/dirty. I have the delay time extending out way further than it should and taken without any low pass on it. In chorus/flange/vibe setups, it can get similar sounds to a memory man or something like that, but a little dirtier.
The spring reverb is super dirty sounding because I have to crank the input to move the springs... but it is cool sounding in it's own unique way.
Quote from: Nikolay on February 28, 2009, 02:53:40 PM
and this one:
(http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y23/Naudio/Amp%20Selector/Ampselector1.jpg)
Do you know where I can find an undrilled enclosure exactly like that?
This project holds 7 fx:
- tillman's pre-amp
- sho
- fuzz face (silicone)
- tubescreamer / rat (interswitchable), rat with ruetz-mod + clipswitch
- rebote delay
- eazy vibe
I like to call it... Dave In A Box :icon_biggrin:
(http://www.diydave.be/images/stories/fx/diab3.jpg)
quite some wires though
(http://www.diydave.be/images/stories/fx/diab_gut1.jpg)
(http://www.diydave.be/images/stories/fx/diab_gut.jpg)
Great looking multi effect Dave, I am building something similar and was wondering if you experienced any noise problems?
Thanks
Jason
Hello jasonsmusicgear.
Noise: none.
But I've put a 1000µF elco parallel to the powersupply, and I'm using a separate wallwart for this effect.
I had some issue's with ticking of the eazy vibe, but got it fixed by putting a 100ohm resistor in serie with the powerline.
Good luck with your build.
just a little Scrambler
(http://29.media.tumblr.com/swRvvrF0Fodk7y2jc9Daoxjoo1_400.jpg)
What are we looking at snarblinge? Did you bend that box up out of a rusty Chrysler Fender? It's cool in any case.
sorry for the slow reply, i have been out of the internet zone.
found a piece of metal in the garden of our new house. hacksaw -> vice -> router on wood for the sides = happy times.
somewhere i think I have some better pics of the process but the pedal has gone on to it's new life in a friends collection.
the first attempt i am hoping to save and make a smaller one for another mate of mine.
Quote from: cloudscapes on February 23, 2009, 06:11:10 PM
this is my biggest thus far, but the one under it I'm lookign to build over the next few months in one of those large sloped-front boxes.
(http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2132/2518139521_e6238079f5.jpg)
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3218/3069233521_6461ff5edb.jpg)
Wow they're some beautiful enclosures.
Quote from: jkokura on April 07, 2010, 09:47:22 PM
Not super big, but it's 3 circuits crammed into a 1590DD so I think it qualifies!
(http://img689.imageshack.us/img689/3135/imagerof.jpg) (http://img689.imageshack.us/i/imagerof.jpg/)
More details over on page 605 of the pictures thread.
Jacob
Part 2!
(http://img828.imageshack.us/img828/8436/imageyqw.jpg) (http://img828.imageshack.us/i/imageyqw.jpg/)
More details over on Page 705 of the pictures thread! Coincidence? I think not!
Jacob
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4086/5023190041_b7ac220cc2_b.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4125/5023190655_f68f2e36fa_b.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4147/5019311028_16d1d432ef_b.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4145/5018705909_d1cc2869da_b.jpg)
ge fuzz face with pre and post loops. a tip when drilling these steel enclosures use a backing board! they come out alot cleaner. I didn't learn this until after I drilled and I spent a whole day with a file and a dremel trying to clean up the holes.
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4111/5013799524_838a5b98f3_b.jpg)
(http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4129/5013194233_f24f24447f_b.jpg)
stereo big muff with skreddy mids switches for reamping stereo tracks in the studio.
I finally bought a 2x6 steel stud so that I could start boxing up the big effects that I've been working on. Here is part 1:
(http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=45198&g2_serialNumber=1)
(http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=45201&g2_serialNumber=1)
(http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=45207&g2_serialNumber=1)
(http://www.aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php?g2_view=core.DownloadItem&g2_itemId=45219&g2_serialNumber=1)
From right to left: DOD250, BSIAB2, Devi Ever based fuzz, Thing Modulator, and Snow White Auto Wah.
No knobs yet, but I'm thinking of getting these:
(http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/Products/ProdImag/162481.jpg)
(http://generaledefoutre.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/bmp1.jpg)
Quote from: hair force one on June 11, 2011, 11:02:52 AM
(http://generaledefoutre.files.wordpress.com/2011/06/bmp1.jpg)
Guts?
That's hilarious. :)
...and I managed to comment on it without quoting that massive picture... :-X (http://www.diystompboxes.com/smfforum/index.php?topic=92066.0)
Quote from: mathewglenn on May 16, 2011, 04:35:34 PM
No knobs yet, but I'm thinking of getting these:
(http://www.jameco.com/Jameco/Products/ProdImag/162481.jpg)
I was searching all over for knobs like this last night, and couldn't find any! You just made my day!
guts.
(http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-ep1u6xTBTME/TfMthMMzSZI/AAAAAAAAAY8/H-1YBVu61pE/s1600/P1020277.JPG)
i made it for cyril and he posted a complete report of build on his blog here: http://armyofsick.blogspot.com/2011_06_01_archive.html
wonder if this is the biggest muff pi ever (26x35,5 cm)?
:icon_eek: :icon_mrgreen:
Is 1590D big enough?
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd480/KepFX/Pedals/file-12.jpg)
It's got a rocker, too:
(http://i1221.photobucket.com/albums/dd480/KepFX/Pedals/file-18.jpg)
Oh nice! I haven't checked out that Phase II thread in a while, looks like you guys have gone very far with the project. Great work.
Quote from: Taylor on February 26, 2009, 05:21:41 PM
Quote from: alex frias on February 26, 2009, 04:09:15 PM
The case format suggests it's portable... :icon_eek:
I laughed at that, too. I can just imagine the guy folding that thing up and zooping about town with it...
Reminds me of my Farfisa "Compact" organ - folds up into a nice compact 125 pound suitcase with ONE HANDLE. :icon_rolleyes: Doesn't anyone get that musicians are weaklings?
Yea musicians are just cool nerds :icon_lol: