proud of my new build, so please let me brag a bit... :D

[nils]

Finished my latest build (FTM clone) tonight, and I must say I'm very proud how it looks. Making full face decals from inkjet transparencies really gives great results  

Too bad I @#$%ed up the lettering for the knobs... I only noticed after the clear coat that I've labeled them as 330° instead of 300° pots, which they really are :?. Other than that I'm more than happy with it.

Sorry about the crappy pic, but in lack of a digicam I just threw it on my semi-broken scanner (the box is a clear bright white, and the label is al dark purple, which doesn't come out that well on the scan).

As for the inside, it's still missing the ocave led because I fried it. I used 2N3904s and silicon diodes instead of germaniums, because I liked their tighter sound a bit better. Great effect, and easier to build than I thought.

Anyway, thanks for letting me brag

[Marcos - Munky]

looks beautiful. How you did the transfer? Just printed in the transparencies and used a hot iron?

[nils]

I made a full face decal on an adhesive inkjet transparency, stuck it on and protected it with a clear coat.

[Mark Hammer]

And brag you should.  The Tele-style knobs and tasteful but offbeat legending/labelling give it a nice classy-but-adventurous look.

I'm curious.  How DO people produce the vernier markings around the perimeter of the knob?

[nils]

I made the decal in Micrografx Windows Draw (vektor gfx program), and to produce the vernier markings I use a large circle as a guide (which I delete later) and then draw short straight lines, which I align the the top/center of the circle. After that I just group them and rotate the whole thing for the desired amount (as I wanted controls that go to 12: pot angle / 12), and then repeat these steps until I'm done, and then I remove the guide circle.

uh.... I don't know if that was in any way understandable...  :roll:

[MartyB]

That is sweet!  A big smile.

[Jason Stout]

:shock:     Looks great!!

[Peter Snowberg]

    Fantastic! Great job!


Take care,
-Peter

[Lonestarjohnny]

Great Kookin job Nil's, Love that Name, PURPLE HAZE !      
JD

[nils]

ah well you know, I really hate to just stick the original name on the box... I think that's kinda lame :lol:  so I try to come up with some kind of funny names for my boxes even if I don't (heavily or slightly) mod the circuit; and as the idea to build an octavia-class box was (of course) inspired by Jimi, and I had already seen FTM clones called Fox(x)y Lady on the net... well that's the result

[RDV]

That's one of the best graphics I've seen here.

How strong is the octave sound using Si instead of Ge?

RDV

[nils]

Thanks; there's a few spots where it got borked though; I had some trouble punshing the hole for the bypass LED through the transparency, a bit of paint chipped off there already . Well I'm not planning to sell it, so who cares

Regarding the diodes: Well first I have to say that I only used Ge's as clipping diodes in the first place, D1 and D2 were Si from the beginning. So when I changed D3 & D4 to Si there wasn't much change regarding the octave, still very pronounced with a slight ring mod tendency on neck pickups. The output of the pedal dropped a bit of course when I switched to Si clipping diodes, and there's less Fuzz at max gain. The Fuzz however sounds a bit more pleasant to me, tighter bottom end and less fizzy high-mids than with Ge clipping diodes.

[stm]

Good looking box!  I really like the way chrome knobs look in there.

By the way, are you using VIOLET Led's?

[nils]

not yet; I'm planning to, but I've postponed that because my budget's used up, and those beasts are still rather expensive . Right now it has a blue bypass LED I had lying around and a red LED for the octave status.

[puretube]

super - I love the way the clear coat makes the inkjet lettering look 3D-ish
:wink:

[smoguzbenjamin]

That's friggin' amazing! good job, man!

[afranks]

Looks nice!

Where did you get the tele style knobs with the "indicator dot"?  I've
been looking for some with the "dot" on them for my pedal projects.

thanks!
-alan

[Torchy]

nils - check your pm's  :wink:

[Bill Bergman]

EXCELLENT !!!!!!

[Paul Marossy]

Stunning.  Quite nice.  

I use AutoCAD for my graphics. It's quite simple for the vernier markings -you can use the polar array command and tell it how many times to copy it, the number of degrees to rotate the objects, and if you want the objects to be rotated as they go around. Kinda cool.