Finally finished Delay, behold Squirrely Wrath

ElectroFreak · May 23, 2006, 01:41:01 PM

I couldn't come up with a good name for a delay pedal and apparently I kept bugging and annoying my wife to help me choose a name (so she says). Well she came up with Squirrely Wrath, which if you have never seen the Foamy the Squirrel cartoons on IllWillPress then you would be wondering what we were smoking =) So I thought what the hell, Squirrely Wrath it is. So behold my first totally completed stomp (my others are not fully painted and stuff). Oh one other thing, water slide decals are very cool looking but very annoying to work with! Takes some practice that's for sure...

Steve Newton · May 23, 2006, 02:31:46 PM

Nice clean and unfussy look.

Love Foamy, always look forward to the next episode.

jrc4558 · May 23, 2006, 02:32:57 PM

Foamy rocks absolutely.

You're all gonna die!
You're all gonna die!
Squirelly wrath!
Squirelly wrath!
Squirelly wrath!
Squirelly wrath!

Cool!

bancika · May 23, 2006, 04:21:59 PM

which delay is it?
Looks nice, how 'bout guts pic?

ElectroFreak · May 23, 2006, 04:46:47 PM

It's the rebote 2.5 delay from tonepad. I'll see about getting some innards pics tonight, but I crammed it in there pretty good so it might be more trouble than it's worth at this point.

markm · May 23, 2006, 07:04:42 PM

I can't say that I understand the name because I've never seen the show but, It looks good nonetheless!
Nice job.....it's a great thing when it all comes together.
I used a shoehorn to get mine into a B box enclosure..........

A very tight fit and it actually does work!!
Keep on building my friend, it's an addiction I swear!!

bancika · May 23, 2006, 07:44:26 PM

Mine was built inside B box also, without a problem. Only, I don't use batteries so it saved little space

markm · May 23, 2006, 07:49:45 PM

I had considered leaving the battery out but,
considered it a challenge to get it all in!

leonhendrix · May 23, 2006, 08:18:22 PM

Quote from: markm on May 23, 2006, 07:49:45 PM
I had considered leaving the battery out but,
considered it a challenge to get it all in!

Thats what i did with my modded MXR envelope filter, i did have a BB box but i wanted a challange

I'm now planning on how i'm going to get my mutronIII in a B box, i may have to give the batterey a miss

Nice build ElectroFreak

tommy.genes · May 24, 2006, 09:04:41 AM

ElectroFreak:

Looks great! The slightly translucent look of the graphics is cool.

Did you use a softener on the decals? I don't see any sharp edges in the photos.

Thanks in advance,
-- T.G. --

ElectroFreak · May 24, 2006, 03:45:25 PM

Nope, I printed them out (inkjet version) and then sprayed them with the spray that it syas to use, which is basically a clear coat. I used the inkjet water slide decal system from Testors (http://www.testors.com/catalog_item.asp?itemNbr=2689) and (http://www.testors.com/catalog_item.asp?itemNbr=2293) since I was able to quickly buy them at my local Hobby Lobby. When I cut them out I made sure to make the cuts with no sharp corners so it wouldn't stand out as much. In the pictures it looks like the edges aren't there at all, but when looking at the actual enclosure you can see the edges if you look closely. I'm sure the 3 clear coats I did after applying the decals helped to smooth it out a bit. All in all I was pleased with the outcome.

markm · May 24, 2006, 05:37:03 PM

When I do waterslide decals, I usually will clear coat them 3 times, wetsand with 1500, the clear coat another 2-3 times
leaving no decal edges or lines showing.
Try it!

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Finally finished Delay, behold Squirrely Wrath