Wedgies Anyone? A 1590B tutorial

[Luke51411]

Mad in the best way possible

[bluebunny]

Mad in the best way possible

+1 to this too.  Who wants to be "normal"?  (Whatever that is...)   

[Cozybuilder]

Normal- isn't that a synonym to bland? Gawd! Its like when they were handing out brains, and some thought they said pains, no thanks.

[Kipper4]

Thats wild man.
Good job Russ.

[tubegeek]

Take a little time with the dremel and JB Weld and you can make it look better than I did.

Oh I very much doubt that.

Slick!

[deadastronaut]

your 1 crazy dude russ...very cool. looks the nuts

[Cozybuilder]

Thanks guys, I appreciate the comments. Theres another thats getting close.

[Cozybuilder]

Heres another Wedgie. This one started life as a $14.99 OverDirve kit (delivered). The circuit is based on the Boss OD-3. After quite a few component swaps, 3 Keeley mods, and hacking up their box, here is the result:

 

From this:

 

[italianguy63]

That is just so LOW BUDGET awesome...

Amazing Russ!

Looks great!  Wedgies rule...   

MC

[Luke51411]

You spelled dirve wrong  another slick build!

[davent]

Nicely done Russ! Checkerboard must have been a pain to mask off. No, wait a sec, your patience knows no bounds... you're just getting warmed up!
Take care!
dave

[bluebunny]

You spelled dirve wrong  another slick build!

Ha ha!  Both my thoughts exactly.   

[Denio]

Wow!Looks insane!Appreciate all your effort!I think I'd like to see this on a 1590bb sometime! 

[Cozybuilder]

Thanks for the comments. Yes, checkerboard is a PITA, in this case I sprayed the white field first (½" tall), clearcoated, then taped over it, used an X-acto to cut ¼" lines starting at the center, and removed tape where the black squares would be. Overall I'm pleased, but there are spots where it could be better.

I  would like to see a 1590BB wedgie too! Maybe an Abductor II ?

[duck_arse]

nice knobs/nasty allen screws. this looks like a good quality colorsound box. and only 3 re-sands, you say?

mad, I tells ya.

[Cozybuilder]

3 break-throughs requiring touch-up of the graphic- wish I had the talent so many here do.

[Luke51411]

3 break-throughs requiring touch-up of the graphic- wish I had the talent so many here do.

Well you certainly have plenty of talent and any perceived lack thereof you make up for in patience which is talent in itself. So jealous of most of your builds, maybe one of these days I'll graduate from the standard hammond/waterslide decal finish... doubt it will look half as good as most of the builds here though.

[bluebunny]

Yes, checkerboard is a PITA, in this case I sprayed the white field first (½" tall), clearcoated, then taped over it, used an X-acto to cut ¼" lines starting at the center, and removed tape where the black squares would be.

I'm disappointed.  I thought they would be real tiles.   

[Cozybuilder]

Tooth veneers- urban and deep south.

[davent]

Russ to prevent paint bleeding under the mask, clearcoat or paint again with the hidden colour (white) after masking, that should seal the edges of the mask and stop the bleeding under of the contrasting, next colour. Also burnish the mask, i put a piece of clean paper over the mask then rub down with the back of a wooden spoon.
dave