Tycobrahe Octavia Build Photo Essay

Chawk · January 17, 2008, 03:24:55 PM

I thought I'd share a little photo essay of my experience building the Tycobrahe Octavia clone from tonepad.com. Nothing groundbreaking here just a few tidbits.

http://chawk.wordpress.com/2008/01/17/tycobrahe-octavia-pedal-build/

Enjoy.

Krinor · January 17, 2008, 03:59:13 PM

Hey Matt! Excellent photo essay. And some absolutely fabulous portraits of the builder along the way.

Very cool.

petemoore · January 17, 2008, 04:58:59 PM

Those picture are no joke man.
If a pre-nube ever asks 'what is the worst i could be up against?' these would be good pics to show 'em !
Kudo's on Tycho !

Dragonfly · January 17, 2008, 05:08:34 PM

Chawk · January 17, 2008, 05:52:27 PM

Thanks guys! Glad you enjoyed it. It was fun to build, fun to document and it's even more fun to play through. It'll definitely be in the arsenal next time I play out. I'll try to add some sound clips to the blog soon.

DougH · January 17, 2008, 05:55:45 PM

Nice work! Funny stuff!

I kept wondering if there was a "denial" stage in there somewhere...

The Tyco is a fun pedal. Enjoy!

oldrocker · January 17, 2008, 06:48:51 PM

Hilarious.

suprleed · January 17, 2008, 06:50:12 PM

NICE!

Baktown · January 17, 2008, 07:33:03 PM

Too funny!

I'm sure everyone here has gone through the same stages of emotion (in my case usually anger!).

Good job!

Axl

snoof · January 17, 2008, 08:18:21 PM

yes yes, nicely done

earthtonesaudio · January 17, 2008, 08:23:04 PM

My first few builds definitely had a "denial" stage when they wouldn't work at first. First time it was that I reversed the battery connections (+ to -). Second time I forgot to connect the power to the circuit. Third time there was a solder bridge. All of these are among the first things you are supposed to troubleshoot, according to every guide I've ever read. ...But of course I told myself it couldn't possibly be the power connection, no! It must be a faulty component, or stray capacitance, or etc, etc. So yeah, denial stage, followed by "d'oh" stage.

But now I know that a modded fuzz face will work (slightly) with the power connections reversed!

Dai H. · January 17, 2008, 10:34:39 PM

that's great! toofunny!

Paul Marossy · January 17, 2008, 11:29:18 PM

I liked the "Time to rock! (eye protection optional)" bit.

ambulancevoice · January 17, 2008, 11:50:53 PM

....

hahah

Chawk · January 18, 2008, 12:24:24 AM

Hahaha.. oh man. My face should NEVER be that big. That's just scary.

gaussmarkov · January 18, 2008, 01:00:57 AM

wonderful!

niggez · January 18, 2008, 05:30:46 AM

great essay! Thinking about building this thing tomorrow

But first ill have to see how my green ringer sounds with matched caps, because right now...its crap. Maybe i can fix it with matched caps...
No, it must be a bad circuit (Denial

)

ambulancevoice · January 18, 2008, 07:03:15 AM

Quote from: Chawk on January 18, 2008, 12:24:24 AM
Hahaha.. oh man. My face should NEVER be that big. That's just scary.

hehehe
dun duh dun duh dun duh dun duh
DUN DUH DUN DUH DUN DUH DUN DUH

Krinor · January 18, 2008, 07:23:54 AM

Whenever I get to that "denial" stage I tend to pour myself a drink - before I get to the second "anger" stage - and then I go through the whole thing once again, but slowly.

Once I pretend to be a gentleman it usualy occurs to me what an imbesile geek I was just five minutes ago.

Chawk · January 18, 2008, 10:56:52 AM

Quote from: ambulancevoice on January 18, 2008, 07:03:15 AM
Quote from: Chawk on January 18, 2008, 12:24:24 AM
Hahaha.. oh man. My face should NEVER be that big. That's just scary.

hehehe
dun duh dun duh dun duh dun duh
DUN DUH DUN DUH DUN DUH DUN DUH

Frightening... kind of reminds me of the shining. "Heeeeeerrrreee's Johnny!"

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