Pictures!

[Marcos - Munky]

Marcos, thanks. Faceplate is made of cardstock (golden) with laser printed text. Then couple coats of acrylic clear spray. Mounted with permanent spray adhesive.

Wow, it looks so great. I thought it was a metal plate.

Great  Tube Preamp! it's the same thing I would like to do, a SMPS board to power up a tube preamp.
What is your SMPS board? Did you buy or build it?

I built a few stuff using this setup (tube preamp + 555 smps). IMO is the easiest way to get high voltage (around 200-250V) for things that need low current and it's way safer than using a step up transformer. If you want, I can share my layout, it's very compact and verified.

[rankot]

I built a few stuff using this setup (tube preamp + 555 smps). IMO is the easiest way to get high voltage (around 200-250V) for things that need low current and it's way safer than using a step up transformer. If you want, I can share my layout, it's very compact and verified.

Marcos, it would be nice to have a separate thread for that SMPS & layout, I also used that one many times with various results. Changed the layout many times, but still not perfect

[Marcos - Munky]

Marcos, it would be nice to have a separate thread for that SMPS & layout, I also used that one many times with various results. Changed the layout many times, but still not perfect

Sure, we can make a separate thread just for the SMPS, with layouts and results. It's a better idea to keep the info on a dedicated thread.

I made three or four layouts before the one I'm using for now, and also made one from a layout that I found here on the forum. I think I have both of them already built on my parts bin and happen to have both a Fender preamp (actually a Alembic F2B) and a JCM800 preamp at home, so I can do some tests if needed. But I won't have access to my files and circuits until sunday.

[Phend]

Very nice build, Paul. I really like how you don't go for effects that are "useable in a pedalboard", but instead go for creative builds.

Thanks Marcos, I try to do stuff a little different. Could buy stomp switches and box my circuits up, maybe use boards etc. The effects others build and show in pictures are nothing but really cool, from the simplest rangemaster in a home built bent sheet metal enclosure to all the impressive art work on purchased effect boxes. Not to mention the really complex circuits and tube designs. Don't need to mention names, they are all here in pictures and the other "small" 1590LB enclosure folder. Now those tiny builds are awesome. It all boils down to enjoying planning, putting it together, making it look good and of course plugging it in without it making any other sounds than it should.  Now my next ToneBender project....Paul

[Elijah-Baley]

OFF TOPIC
I am very interesting in the SMPS layout thing. If some of us start a topic can link here, too.

[Fender3D]

Hey Paul,
you sure it is not an old vietnamese portable punji trap?

[Phend]

^ Never thought of that, one thing for sure you don't want to stomp on it with bare feet..
    Don't-StompontheBox box.

[temol]

Back to safe voltage levels.. 9V instead of 300+
Zonk Machine in diy enclosure.

[davent]

Back to safe voltage levels.. 9V instead of 300+
Zonk Machine in diy enclosure.

Always so tasteful, classy! Beautifully done!
dave

[125Signal]

I thought I'd share a recent addition to my pedal family. Inspired by Electric Mistress with Current Lover PCB from Madbean Pedals inside.

[vigilante397]

Not really new per se, it's the same Alembic F-2B circuit I've been building for a while, but this was the first time someone asked me to build two in one box, so I guess more like an actual F-2B? 1590X enclosure, powdercoated and UV printed.

[125Signal]

Here are my inspired clones of the flocked Foxx tone machine.

[temol]

Always so tasteful, classy! Beautifully done!

Thank you

Here are my inspired clones of the flocked Foxx tone machine.

Nice! What kind of finish is this? Textured powder coat?

[Elijah-Baley]

Hey! Where we can find those LED pot, too?

[125Signal]

Hey! Where we can find those LED pot, too?

Small Bear Electronics carries Alpha clear shaft pots.

[garcho]

^ If you get the panel mount version, I recommend getting the breakout board, they're like 99¢, and saves you from more than 99¢ worth of hassle.

Nice work 125!

[125Signal]

Here are my inspired clones of the flocked Foxx tone machine.

Nice! What kind of finish is this? Textured powder coat?
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It's flocking powder, fabric, blown on to a like colored adhesive. Leaving the surface soft and fuzzy to the touch. The original Foxx Tone Machine was done this way. Here's a pic of an original from the 70's.

[Strategy]

Is the flocking stuff something you DIY'ed or hired a place to do? Earlier in the 2010s I had a vinyl record released that the label did the record jacket art in a flocked design. It was one of the costliest record jackets they ever produced but it's endlessly satisfying to have a fuzzy record cover.

I have an original Foxx Fuzz-Wah-Vol that I got broken and then repaired. Its enclosure is entirely missing the flocking and doesn't look good, so I'd seriously consider doing this just to go full restoration!

Strategy

[125Signal]

^ If you get the panel mount version, I recommend getting the breakout board, they're like 99¢, and saves you from more than 99¢ worth of hassle.

Nice work 125!

Thanks for the compliment and good advice Garcho!

[125Signal]

Is the flocking stuff something you DIY'ed or hired a place to do? Earlier in the 2010s I had a vinyl record released that the label did the record jacket art in a flocked design. It was one of the costliest record jackets they ever produced but it's endlessly satisfying to have a fuzzy record cover.

I have an original Foxx Fuzz-Wah-Vol that I got broken and then repaired. Its enclosure is entirely missing the flocking and doesn't look good, so I'd seriously consider doing this just to go full restoration!

Strategy

I ordered the flocking materials from Etsy. Look for something like in the picture. There are several how to's on YouTube about the process. It's tricky but not hard to do. Yeah, there is something satisfying about texture.


Some pics during the flocking process.