Funky Custom Cases!!!

[momo]

Hello all, I have here a couple of funky metal cases that I'd like to use for custom effects, effect loop, and univibe type D.I.Y . Any ideas about using them?, they are all very sturdy and could withstand foot related injuries!.... here are a couple of pics!!..












I would really love to use these, maybe construct a pedalboard village with these as the funky buildings.....
Cheers !

[jonathan perez]

 

well...

be creative, and figure out some bottoms for these suckers. i dont know about a univibe, but smaller builds, for sure...

[momo]

Yeah, thanks!,  the largest one can accomodate the 4inch and so of the univibe clones PC board, Im not really familiar with the lightbulb technique in these vibe units, but I thought the opening on the top could have the bulb. For shure I want to build one univibe style pedal, yes there are some available for about 300 dollars, but I would love to build one and use this funky casing.As for the bottom, I have acsess to thin steel plates that can be roughly cut for me, I would have to "Dremel" the fine tuning..
Cheers

[jonathan perez]

Yeah, thanks!,  the largest one can accomodate the 4inch and so of the univibe clones PC board, Im not really familiar with the lightbulb technique in these vibe units, but I thought the opening on the top could have the bulb. For shure I want to build one univibe style pedal, yes there are some available for about 300 dollars, but I would love to build one and use this funky casing.As for the bottom, I have acsess to thin steel plates that can be roughly cut for me, I would have to "Dremel" the fine tuning..
Cheers

300 dollars is not cheap hahahaha...i think building it will cost around 30 bucks.

i advise most everyone from straying away from buying $300+ pedals, that are accessable to the DIY community...



ok, WELCOME TO THE FORUM!

heres what i would do, personally.

i like your idea of having a little villiage of effects, but i dont think mounting a footswitch would be...well...practical, for alot of these things...err...what are they from?

how about some just have mini switches, and the larger ones have footswitches?

i suggest just buying a couple enclosures online...even if it means one giant one, i suggest it.

what builds, besides the univibe, do you have in mind? building the univibe (neovibe!!!!!!) isnt brain surgery, so...

[Dan N]

Those are cool pieces. Must have been a movie projector?

I bet they would look great against plate, or even against some pretty wood.

[momo]

Exaclty!, I wanted to sell the projector but found 2 examples of it in town for 60 dollars, and a couple on ebay for a bit more so I decided to give it another life. So far the dividends have been awsome... I found in there.... 1 Blackplate RCA 12ax7 and replaced the chinese version I had in my Performer 650. Then at the bottom were a mishmash of vintage caps and resistors, all point to point. One thing I could point out is that it was from Chicago, and I think that is significant. Chicago is where it all started and it is reflected in this setup. First of all, there are 5 types of different construction technique/method of capacitors, they tried all what the laws of physics permit/ or maybe it was just an availability issue, but they did try everything!. There were other tubes from tung sol and rca. Some Caps were of the wax/paper/oil type and I auditioned all the collection with my guitar setup so that the pups were wired strait to the volume pot.... these were great for the guitar but also in a wah mod...So anyway, what you see now are the covers used in constructing the projector!...

here are the caps

[momo]

Just having some fun....maybe all this could be one superpedal!!!!

[petemoore]

  Shiny.
  Nice Pics.