125A Build Ideas

[aziltz]

I've got about 4 125A boxes that I grabbed from the lab awhile back...  Not quite deep enough for stomp switches, what should I build?

I've already thought of Buffers and a TRS Effects loop Breakout Box.  Others?

[Stomp]

Dont know what size box that is?  How about something like a vintage Muff Fuzz?  Would it work for that?

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Something different for fun.

[aziltz]

Dont know what size box that is?  How about something like a vintage Muff Fuzz?  Would it work for that?

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Something different for fun.

its the same shape as the 1290/MXR, but a bit smaller, and not deep enough for a stomp switch.  I think that's why its not commonly stocked by the effects suppliers.

[Mark Hammer]

The measurements I get on the thing from Circuit Specialists are 3.9" x 2.0" x 1", so a bit shorter and narrower than a 1590B.  The chief limitation would seem to be that missing 0.4" in depth that the 1590B has.  It normally permits a battery to be laid on its side, rather than the larger footprint when laid on its back.  If your plan is to make something that runs off external power, you should be okay, but if your plan is to have a battery in there, your options are somewhat limited by this.  Heck, even a 1590A is 1.22" high.  Narrow profile jacks should be obtainable and you can stick a stompswitch in there if you are willing to tolerate it sticking way up high above the surface of the pedal, but it'll be a tight fit.

My suggestion, then, is to make things that do not demand either a stompswitch or a battery, so that the battery space is not a problem.  What might some of those be?:

1) A buffer board, so that you can stick a bunch of TB pedals after it without fear of treble loss.

2) A simple 2 input, one output mixer.

3) A cable tester.

4) An A/B switch.

5) A simple 1-in, 2-out splitter

6) A yeah-I-got-one-of-those cable/plug adaptor with a couple of different jack types ( phone, mini-phone, XLR,  RCA, etc.) on each side.

[aziltz]

The measurements I get on the thing from Circuit Specialists are 3.9" x 2.0" x 1", so a bit shorter and narrower than a 1590B.  The chief limitation would seem to be that missing 0.4" in depth that the 1590B has.  It normally permits a battery to be laid on its side, rather than the larger footprint when laid on its back.  If your plan is to make something that runs off external power, you should be okay, but if your plan is to have a battery in there, your options are somewhat limited by this.  Heck, even a 1590A is 1.22" high.  Narrow profile jacks should be obtainable and you can stick a stompswitch in there if you are willing to tolerate it sticking way up high above the surface of the pedal, but it'll be a tight fit.

My suggestion, then, is to make things that do not demand either a stompswitch or a battery, so that the battery space is not a problem.  What might some of those be?:

1) A buffer board, so that you can stick a bunch of TB pedals after it without fear of treble loss.

2) A simple 2 input, one output mixer.

3) A cable tester.

4) An A/B switch.

5) A simple 1-in, 2-out splitter

6) A yeah-I-got-one-of-those cable/plug adaptor with a couple of different jack types ( phone, mini-phone, XLR,  RCA, etc.) on each side.

thanks for the suggestions.  I was definitely thinking battery less, but I also see how a switch could fit in there now.  I'd have to be sure to isolated it so it doesnt short on the bottom plate with a piece of foam or rubber.