Show me your 1590A enclosures/pedals...

[Perrow]

I remember people saying they drilled through the pot shaft, and others saying they've found pots "pre drilled" shafts.

[haveyouseenhim]

I'm guessing it's a pot with a built-in LED.. I've been looking for them, but haven't found a supplier yet.

It's a clear plastic pot shaft. Smallbear has em in stock.

[midwayfair]

Can anyone post a pic of a flashing knob like this one without the knob itself?

http://www.smallbearelec.com/servlet/Categories?category=Potentiometers+and+Trimpots%3AClear+Shaft

[Havaden]

Thanks a lot guys!
I've already bought a lot of 12mm, and just came up with the idea of squeezing a few flat sanded 3 mm LEDs underneath the pot with some sort of plastic washer to insulate it all. 

I finished drilling the 1590a tremolo at school today, turned out great
and I'll post the pics of my horrific wiring and paintjob once painting is possible, the weather is just to cold for it right now

[Havaden]

Does anyone care to share their 1590A drilling templates?

I just finished my V.2 template, or more a measurement note.
On the next one i will lower both jacks 5mm towards the 3DPT since i noticed that the side of my jacks will fit nicely between the switch and the side of the box.
Now i don't know if this one will work for you, but it works just fine for me
i use the standard open metal/fiberglass jacks, 3DPT and 12mm pots.
I use this dc jack:

[deadastronaut]

if you don't use batteries (unlikely in a 1590a) use an 8mm dc socket instead of those massive 18mm holes..... save a little more space..

[Havaden]

save a little more space..

Learned from the first build that every millimeter counts 
I don't mind the 12mm pots, but those 18mm sockets forces the circuitboard to be a lot smaller.
thanks for the hint, i will need it for my upcoming 1590a little angel

[deadastronaut]

yeah every mm counts with those little buggers..

i think most of the dainty footed guys use 9mm pots too.

[Perrow]

Learned from the first build that every millimeter counts 

My first 1590A, EVERY millimeter counted.





http://rumbust.net/Superfly+in+a+1590A

[deadastronaut]

^ man those tubes must be tiny as f...

do they glow at all, or leds?..

[therealfindo]

Will have ask one of my German shop-keepers if they can get those clear-shaft pots in

[Perrow]

^ man those tubes must be tiny as f...

do they glow at all, or leds?..

They're about AA sized, I'll post a pic later. There's not a lot of glow, but yes, they glow.

[deadastronaut]

cool...

[Perrow]

Damn, I always forget how stupidly small these guys are. I held that amp in my hand something like two days ago and still I was off by a factor of about two on the size.

[deadastronaut]

blimey that is tiny, might as well of used fets

[thelonious]

might as well of used fets

BLASPHEMY!  heh heh

[Perrow]

blimey that is tiny, might as well of used fets

Well, I did, 'twas getting two fets and a led inside each glass "shell" that was hard 

[Havaden]

That is one tiny amp and some really tiny tubes !

[tubegeek]

Perrow, is that a Fender reverb driver transformer? Where did you get that particular one?

[joelster]

Perrow, that is amazing! How's it sound?



This is actually a re-working of a pedal that I had already finished. It's a Rat with a switchable Reutz Mod: