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Title: Question About Finalizing my first build - Fuzz Face + mods
Post by: Ofek Deitch on June 11, 2012, 06:15:58 AM

Hey everyone! :)

I've been messing around with a fuzz face circuit I built on my protoboard for the past few weeks and now I think I got the sound I want and decided pretty much how I want my final look to look like.

This is what I have in mind:
A three-knobed fuzz - 1.Volume 2.Fuzz 3.Pre-gain knob (So you don't have to use your guitar volume knob..)

I want to swirl paint it and label it with white texting.

I even photoshoped what I want it to look like:

(http://i1210.photobucket.com/albums/cc412/OfekDeitch/Design-1.png)

But I have a few questions I would like to ask before finishing my pedal, and I would love if you genius-forum-guys :) would try and answer my dumb questions:

How necessary is it to use Borax for the swirl painting?
What's better- Drill first, paint later/Paint first, drill afterwards?
How do you dip the enclosure into the water? Do you separate the bottom of the box from the box and do two dips?
Does anyone has a drilling-layout for a pedal with three knobs for a 1250B (I think that's what its called...)
I want to create my own PCB Layout for this one. Is it recommended to put a pull down resistor in the layout? How do I wire one if I use a pre-gain knob?
Where is the PCB placed? Is sticking the PCB with double-sided tape to the knobs a good way of putting it in the box?
What colors are best for swirl-painting? Acrylic, water-based? Oil based? I really don't know... :-\
And the last question I have in mind - How do I label all the pots and in\out etc... I think I've read somewhere that you print it with a laser-printer, then glue it to the box and the clear coat everything. It would be really helpful I someone would write how it's done in a little more detail :)

Ookaaay... That's for now... ;D
I know that's a lot of questions but most of them are really noobie and could be answer with pretty much one word...

I thank everyone in advance!
Ofek

Title: Re: Finalizing my first build - Fuzz Face + mods
Post by: deadastronaut on June 11, 2012, 06:38:18 AM

looks nice! :icon_cool:

i would drill first.....you don't want to scratch your lovely paint job...

ive never seen a printer print white though!...you may have a job finding that!..usually printers print black and use the paper as white...

and it usually printed on waterslide clear..

just my 2p.. :)

Title: Re: Finalizing my first build - Fuzz Face + mods
Post by: Ofek Deitch on June 11, 2012, 06:48:55 AM

But there are pedals with labels that are blue or red so isn't possible to print white on the "transparent pages"?

Title: Re: Finalizing my first build - Fuzz Face + mods
Post by: deadastronaut on June 11, 2012, 06:49:59 AM

not as far as i know...the clear pretends to be the white...

Title: Re: Finalizing my first build - Fuzz Face + mods
Post by: Ofek Deitch on June 11, 2012, 02:15:42 PM

Anyone else? :-\
I really need to know the answers to my questions.. I really don't want to mess everything up..

Thanks :)

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