The Please Steal My Idea Thread

[patrick398]

I think this definitely needs to happen! Be sure to send it to the repository
It would be a good graphic for a Danelectro 'food series' clone

[EBK]

I think this definitely needs to happen! Be sure to send it to the repository
It would be a good graphic for a Danelectro 'food series' clone

It's actually coming together quite nicely already.  I love Inkscape, and silly little projects like this help me sharpen my skills (I'm not auto-tracing any of it).

Work in progress:


Original:

[patrick398]

Looking good Eric!

[iainpunk]

I may be willing to make a clean SVG of this if anyone wants to use it as a pedal graphic.  I found it on an oxygen absorber packet in a bag of jerky.  Not fully sure why I find it so amusing (maybe because it makes me think of PacMan on a diet), but I do. 

i do believe i have seen similar graphics on acid tabs, really makes you think.

[garcho]

+1 for Inkscape, what a great piece of software, and free!

[patrick398]

"i do believe i have seen similar graphics on acid tabs, really makes you think."

[EBK]

I kept the terrible font arrangement from the original (most visible in their orientation and placement of the 'N' in "NOT").  The 'D' and 'R' are not quite right, but good enough.

This should hopefully link to a PDF file with the SVG (I was having difficulty with my plain old SVG save:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1gn8nm0wpDtrI0DFgKo6pfddymZcDM7UQ/view?usp=drivesdk

It should look like this if it renders correctly:


If it doesn't render correctly, various bits of the text will likely appear black, oddly sized, etc.  (I think it is an issue of text not properly converting to paths or something;  there should ideally be no fonts required in the file)

Now, if someone uses this graphic for anything, it will make my miserable quarantined life more meaningful. 

[Fancy Lime]

I like the "Do Not Microwave" warning on the packet. For people who have access to a microwave and are bored enough due to quarantine to just put anything in it to see what happens.

"Oxygen Absorber" is also not the worst pedal name I've read all day.

Andy

[EBK]

For people who have access to a microwave and are bored enough due to quarantine to just put anything in it to see what happens.

Plasma grapes!

[bluebunny]

Grapes are one thing.  How about an old phone?         (Don't try this at home kiddies! )

Makes John Carpenter's "The Thing" look pretty tame... 

[stallik]

I wonder how an effects circuit might sound as it dies in a microwave?

[EBK]

I wonder how an effects circuit might sound as it dies in a microwave?

"CRACKLE OKAY"

[bluebunny]

I wonder how an effects circuit might sound as it dies in a microwave?

I sure between us we must have a few sacrificial snafued builds to find out?   

[EBK]

Idea:  Build a guitar pedal version of Minsky's Useless Machine.  Something like this, but with a footswitch:

[duck_arse]

Idea:  Build a guitar pedal version of Minsky's Useless Machine.  Something like this, but with a footswitch:

is this a live feed? can't wait to see how it ends.

[bluebunny]

You won't believe how long I sat watching this last night.  No wonder I'm tired today...

[stallik]

You missed the good bit

[EBK]

I started the thread, so I don't have to apologize for posting the following, right?

Useless Machine Fights!

[antonis]

Are we ready for forum renaming as DIYperpetualboxes.com..??

[duck_arse]

how can they possibly be termed useless? I especially like the sneaky one in the blonde box.