Pictures!

[JKowalski]

Wow, dano, what on earth do you use that contraption for? Is it some weird circuit bent monstrosity or does it just play music?

[dano12]

Wow, dano, what on earth do you use that contraption for? Is it some weird circuit bent monstrosity or does it just play music?

LOL, it plays cds.

[fuzzo]

frankenstein's monster of DIY 

it's really cool .

[cloudscapes]

you're a crazyman dano! 

what's the model of the pushbutton on the top? I've been lookign itn orugged buttons now that I've been doing AVR stuff

[Gregory Kollins]

I must ask... why?

[Barcode80]

you're a crazyman dano! 

what's the model of the pushbutton on the top? I've been lookign itn orugged buttons now that I've been doing AVR stuff

you can get them at any radio shack

I must ask... why?

you must ask yourself.... why not?

[Br4d13y]

heres my second scratch build, all boxed up and completed!!!  its not the most pretty of pedals   but i love the sounds from it   thanks colin from experimentalist anonymous fro the great circuit!!!



obligatory gut shot

[dano12]

I must ask... why?

1. A great way to practice design, planning and assembling using only crap I have laying around
    in my junk box.

2. Taking an existing broken 19 dollar cd player and making work again. Digging through the
    PCB traces to figure out how to splice my own controls on to it.

3. Because when people come over and see it, they ask questions. They actually get a chance
    to see some of the innards of something that is commonly hidden in some big silver slab. And
    they are invariably curious and ask questions. It puts DIY right in front of run of the mill neigbors
    who come over for beers.

14. Why not?

[skibum1999]

hey dano, just out of curiosity, what song are you playing in the cd player video on vimeo?

thanks

[Fuzzy-Train]

14. Why not?

This is the only answer that I needed.

Looks great!!!

[dano12]

hey dano, just out of curiosity, what song are you playing in the cd player video on vimeo?

thanks

One of my new favorite bands.

http://www.myspace.com/highscorehustler

[kristoffereide]

what's INSIDE the box? Seems like everything is on the outside. I love it! It is awesome, great dano!

[dano12]

what's INSIDE the box? Seems like everything is on the outside. I love it! It is awesome, great dano!

Inside is just the "inside" part of the jacks and some wiring. The enclosure mainly serves to hold the CD player mechanism in place and buttons and stuff.

The hardest part of the project was convincing my wife to let me steal her Lucite butter dish for the base.

[Valoosj]

Dano you're crazy, but that why we love you 

on topic: refinished some older pedals and made an amp switch.

[frokost]

Haha, cool . But how do you access the buttons? Looks a little tight.

[cathexis]

Thought I'd let you know what I've been up to lately!

My flanger adventures:



A/DA, DOD FX75B, Ultra Flanger, EH DEM, Morley Sapphire, Guyatone FL3.

LARS

[trendyironicname]

you're like me with a breadboard.   Half my time is spent making sure i use the perfect length wire and route it pretty.

[slacker]

you're like me with a breadboard.   Half my time is spent making sure i use the perfect length wire and route it pretty.

You won't like this then



It was the prototype Echo Base.

Nice work Cathexis.

[burdt]

latest build: not exactly a pedal, but the intention is there.  a cmoy designed headphone amp:





been buying a ton of altoids.  the tins are a bit of a pain to drill without the proper bits.  but i was eager to box up my little amp. 

[trendyironicname]

You won't like this then



It was the prototype Echo Base.

Nice work Cathexis.

Oh, I like it.  I have this almost lust like affinity toward anything with electronics.  Think I'm drifting toward OCD a little though.