Pictures!

[mdh]

I really like the rivets and the pcb as decoration, as well.  Good lateral thinking on that one!

[tranceracer]

Matsumin Tsunami 9V Tube Overdrive. 

The graphic is a laser print covered Krylon Crystal Clear acrylic on waterslide paper.  The paper is some kind of slippery stuff when it gets wet.  The lady who sold it to me said it was water slide decal but it didn't have the decal layer.  So in order to salvage the paper I laser printed on the paper and the clear acrylic over the printout and to my surprise after the lacquer dried, it just slid off.  Painted another coat of acrylic on the box and the decal just kind of absorbed into the wet clear acrylic.  I know this wont work for inkjet because the ink is exposed to the water and will just wash out.  This is how I found out that this was not truly water slide decal paper.  The acrylic coating covering the inkjet graphic slipped off but the ink dissolved into the water.  Oh, inkjet ink will not stick to the acrylic

Anyway enough of my babbling... here's the pics  (;

[edvin medvind]

My 3 first builds:

Arons beginner project boost, tremolo and fuzz:


once you pop you can't stop


Tremolo-kit from Moodysounds.se, with TB:


Fuzz, another kit from moodysounds:


Made loads of misstakes, as you can see...

[disto]

My 3 first builds:
...
Made loads of misstakes, as you can see...

wow, love the crinkles and crackling... i really like it, its got a really vintage feel! did you mean to do this and how did you do it?

[Nikolay]

Not a big deal, just make a little modification from this one :


To this one:



This is a old german tube amplifier model MV3 -push pull with el84 tubes.

[kismet78]

Matsumin Tsunami 9V Tube Overdrive. 

The graphic is a laser print covered Krylon Crystal Clear acrylic on waterslide paper.  The paper is some kind of slippery stuff when it gets wet.  The lady who sold it to me said it was water slide decal but it didn't have the decal layer.  So in order to salvage the paper I laser printed on the paper and the clear acrylic over the printout and to my surprise after the lacquer dried, it just slid off.  Painted another coat of acrylic on the box and the decal just kind of absorbed into the wet clear acrylic.  I know this wont work for inkjet because the ink is exposed to the water and will just wash out.  This is how I found out that this was not truly water slide decal paper.  The acrylic coating covering the inkjet graphic slipped off but the ink dissolved into the water.  Oh, inkjet ink will not stick to the acrylic

Anyway enough of my babbling... here's the pics  (;

Looks quite awesome regardless.

[birt]

wow i love the way that amp looks. vintage style but like new!

[tranceracer]

Made loads of misstakes, as you can see...

Still looks good!  My Matsumin Tsunami has "extra" holes where I didn't follow the measure twice drill once rule!   

[edvin medvind]

My 3 first builds:
...
Made loads of misstakes, as you can see...

wow, love the crinkles and crackling... i really like it, its got a really vintage feel! did you mean to do this and how did you do it?

No they are not intended  But use waterslides, forget to give it a little bit of clear coat before you apply it...

And one more thing....keep the box i the cold garage for some hours before you paint it with room tempered coating....

[cheeb]

Big fan of the crackle too, Edvin. It doesn't flake off does it?

[frankz00]

My 3 first builds:

Fuzz, another kit from moodysounds:

As a fellow Smashing Pumpkins fan, I gotta say THUMBS UP!!!

[edvin medvind]

Big fan of the crackle too, Edvin. It doesn't flake off does it?

Nope it's under the clear coating...

[Renegadrian]

As a fellow Smashing Pumpkins fan, I gotta say THUMBS UP!!!

I don't like SP at all, butthe idea is great!

[Thomeeque]

Not a big deal, just make a little modification..

Nikolay: Veeeery cute result!!

[krhnyc]

Just some pics of my stuff;



My pedalboard: (clockwise from top) Grey Box SCH-1, Green ringer clone, Behringer Delay, Boss TU-2, Homemade Wah Wah (in a Dunlop shell), Footswitch for my amp (also homespun), Easyvibe, DOD 290 Optical Compressor, all powered by the Pedal Power II.



Some more toys (clockwise from top): 2 MIJ CE-2's (Green Label '83, Black Label '82), Script Phase 90 (no logo left, no I didn't butcher it for AC, I bought a 1590 enclosure and used the bottom), '85 DOD FX 80, '89 MIJ DC-2, '68 Vox Wah, 18V Cool Cat, early '80's Vesta Chorus, '83 MIJ CE-3, Dano Chicken Salad, '95 SD-2



Veronica, my main squeeze.



And her new sis, Marigold (made by moi, Musikraft Swamp Ash body w/nitro finish, musikraft 1/4 sawn maple neck, nitro, soft "v", .950 thick, 6100 frets, Fender decals, Callaham HW, Fralin pu's)

[kurtlives]

Not a stompbox but it's in the spirt of DIY...

My custom Vibro Champ

Here are some pics...

Up and running!


The guts...I still need to tighten a few things up




I am still tweaking and trying a few mods.

[andrew_k]

Nice 

Ceriatone kit? How do you like it? I'm so tempted by this, but every time I'm about to order one I convince myself I should just keep saving for a Deluxe Reverb RI... Argh...

[ambulancevoice]

no standby?

[Renegadrian]

Chris, the amp looks great! Hope it sounds as it looks...

[Thomeeque]

May I ask, are there any advantages of using rectifying tubes these days? Is there some thread/article about it?