Pictures!

[snarblinge]

Nice use of these knobs, and I just love everything you've done with the colours on this thing, even the white washers are kinda ok on this,

reminds me of a milton bradley game or something.

[ayayay!]

@ elenore19:  The guts are fine.  If it doesn't oscillate, then it's fine.  The enclosure is like the size of Oprah though...

@ ShortScaleMike:  I like that thing inside and out.  And what is a Saltbooster?  I'm more interested in how you came up with that name.  

haha http://www.madebymike.co.uk/saltbooster.shtml

It's my mildly modified LPB-1 boost pedal, the name is explained in this interview I gave a while back


http://www.dirtbox.net/features/interviews/1214/mike-livesley-madebymike/

Thanks for sharing all of that.  I'm glad to see a builder who's not afraid to actually sell some pedals on perfboard.  I'm sure you do fine work.  

[azrael]

Why's the locking washer on the outside? 

[studiostud]

^ Thats a great idea

Thanks!  It's something I've been wanting to do for a long time, but I haven't needed to order parts in a while so I haven't been able to justify shipping costs from Mouser just to get the transformer I needed for it.  But the moment came a couple weeks ago when I did some repair work for a buddy and tacked it on to that purchase order.   

The 1/8" input is so I can plug in an ipod and run pre-recorded clean guitar riffs and rhythm tracks through it to test and tweak circuits.

You stole my idea before I could tell anybody about it, shame on you.

sorry....     now it's up to you to improve it and make it even more realistic.   

[Steve Mavronis]

LM741 build contest for page 741?

Only if builds made during the past year were eligible I'd enter it since mine's already built.

[deadastronaut]

LM741 build contest for page 741?

Only if builds made during the past year were eligible I'd enter it since mine's already built.

ive  already won it..but scruffie decided to knocked me on the prize.. ...i made my acceptance speech and everything....it was a very proud and  emotional day....

[Scruffie]

LM741 build contest for page 741?

Only if builds made during the past year were eligible I'd enter it since mine's already built.

ive  already won it..but scruffie decided to knocked me on the prize.. ...i made my acceptance speech and everything....it was a very proud and  emotional day....

You got your prize, broken legs!

As I said... we should make it page 833 for the LM833, that's actually enough time... we'd need an actual prize though...

I'm looking forward to the SAD1024th Page, PT2399th & The MN3005th Page 

[deadastronaut]

oh yeah i forgot about my legs...thanks for that...

great prize...cheers.

[Al Heeley]

Some more builds for friends and band members.

Version 2 of the Phat & Clip switch Tubescreamer + MosFet Boost pedal with different paint job


BB Preamp clone pedal - basically TS9 circuit but with extra opamp chip and active treble/bass knobs - very sweet


An old one - A/B + X/Y passive switching pedal - used for 2 different guitar inputs split to either amp or tuner.

[Joecool85]

I'm looking forward to the SAD1024th Page, PT2399th & The MN3005th Page 

Don't forget the TDA2030 and LM3886 pages!

[Perrow]

I'm looking forward to the SAD1024th Page, PT2399th & The MN3005th Page 

Don't forget the TDA2030 and LM3886 pages!

MAX1044 and a little further off 1N4001...

[Yorick]

This is my first build. It's a Bass Fuzz deluxe. with some modifications that I found on the web.
The switch is a to switch between 2 diodes. I had a bit of trouble with the ^&*!# water decal but it looks ok now!

[deadastronaut]

thats great for a first build....nice...


i love these more rounded enclosures...instead of the ones we have (eddystones) in the uk..

[Yorick]

Thanks dude!
They're available in the uk. Bitsbox hasn't got them but I got these enclosures from gapco.co.uk. They're £4.00 and free postage but you have to order at least £10.00. (Sounds like a flipping commercial  )

[deadastronaut]

Thanks dude!
They're available in the uk. Bitsbox hasn't got them but I got these enclosures from gapco.co.uk. They're £4.00 and free postage but you have to order at least £10.00. (Sounds like a flipping commercial  )

cheers man, ill check em out....great commercial btw

[Valoosj]

This is my first build. It's a Bass Fuzz deluxe. with some modifications that I found on the web.
The switch is a to switch between 2 diodes. I had a bit of trouble with the ^&*!# water decal but it looks ok now!

Alas poor Yorick, I knew him well  (I'm sure you have heard this as much as I have )

Very nice finish! How did you curve the letters like that?

[Yorick]

Very nice finish! How did you curve the letters like that?

Thanks man! I made a layout in Google sketchup for the positions of all the knobs and did the artwork in photoshop.

[Dragonfly]

Some of you know that I don't solder much any more... it brings on migraines for me, and quite obviously, I don't enjoy that.

BUT.... it's Christmastime, and I do like to "make" gifts for people... so, with that in mind, I dosed up on meds and fired up the soldering iron....

This one is an original circuit I just kinda came up with one night...I call it the "Nerve Generator".

NERVE GENERATOR MP3  (please excuse the lousy quality of the sound clip)

I can't pay too much attention to making everything look nice....takes too much time, and I'm trying to minimize my time with the iron on... but it turned out OK I guess.











I still have another couple pedals to build, but they'll have to wait for a day or two.

Anyway, I guess this old man can still make toys that make noise.

[azrael]

Awww, Dragonfly! What a wonderful christmas miracle.

[StereoKills]

Great fuzz sound, nice low end and a slight fizzle on the top. I like it!