'SPITFIRE' Metal 'n' Blues Pedal...

[deadastronaut]

@wgtp:  nice, i'll try that too..just a 100k pot yeah instead of 47/50k?.....i have it on a designated breadboard still for any tweaking


@jok3rx  ..linko not workingo....    (for the elderly ha ha... )


@jorge pm'd

[deadastronaut]

pcb's sold out!... blimey they went quick...

@jorge: thanks . 

i will post them all out today ok guys......


i spent last night designing my new box...its gonna be nice!!!...

[J0K3RX]

@jok3rx  ..linko not workingo....    (for the elderly ha ha... )

Try them now... I forgot to create hyperlink

[deadastronaut]

@jok3rx:  nice work man, what prog are you using for those?...

[J0K3RX]

@jok3rx:  nice work man, what prog are you using for those?...

Thanks.. I am using "Sprint Layout 5.0"  http://www.abacom-online.de/html/demoversionen.html

[deadastronaut]

a sneaky peek preview of the spitfire v3..it'll have 3mm red/orange eyes like the original too... .

[Jorge_S]

Do you sell those enclosures too? 

I want mine witth UV-Led 

[deadastronaut]

hi jorge, nope sorry...too much work, but i like my ones etched...i'm just a fussy bugger, i dont like waterslides,stickers etc...

as for uv  ....hmmmm...get some sunglasses..

[J0K3RX]

Rob ~ That looks Outstanding!!! Great design & etch job...! As compared to other retail/custom pedals this could easily be a $250 to $300 box!

[deadastronaut]

^

i dunno about that!..my concience wouldn't let me charge anywhere near that,  they usually go to friends and they say 'mate rates' which is considerably less than £100.00 believe me.......cheeky bastardo's

but hey mates are mates eh!..even skint ones!...

got a day of drilling today...which i never look forward to as i don't have a press....just a block of wood, and my foot...

[Maik]

Hey Rob, nobody needs 2 feet to play guitar 

[deadastronaut]

ha ha its come close a few times....

[Perkla]

Do you sell those enclosures too? 

I want mine witth UV-Led 

If u want to get blind i´d say UV is pretty good... if u want to be able to see for a little while longer...well then i´d say go for a normal LED...

[J0K3RX]

Do you sell those enclosures too? 

I want mine witth UV-Led 

If u want to get blind i´d say UV is pretty good... if u want to be able to see for a little while longer...well then i´d say go for a normal LED...

I like laying in tanning beds with my eyes wide open! I'm a rebel...

[Perkla]

Do you sell those enclosures too? 

I want mine witth UV-Led 

If u want to get blind i´d say UV is pretty good... if u want to be able to see for a little while longer...well then i´d say go for a normal LED...

I like laying in tanning beds with my eyes wide open! I'm a rebel...

U seem to be pretty hard core JOK3RX 

[seedlings]

This circuit made it off the to-do list and onto breadboard today!  One quick, then one thorough review of the 2N5457 GDS pinouts and it worked on the very third try.  I didn't want so many switches, and wanted slightly darker range of tones, so playing with some values I ended up
-removing the bright cap on the volume pot (C4)
-didn't need either C3, C5 or C12
-made C7 10uF
-settled on 4.7nF C8
-removed R7, C11
-used 100K pot with a 47K strapped C15 to R14 to reduce the range of HF on the tone knob

Awesome.  Thank you so much for your efforts on this circuit deadastronaut!

CHAD

[deadastronaut]

good one chad....

the version 3 just has 1 switch now...

2n5457's eh!...less gain?.

yeah its a good idea to breadboard it, to get it to set it to suit your 'style' taste'.....cool.

[seedlings]

good one chad....

the version 3 just has 1 switch now...

2n5457's eh!...less gain?.

yeah its a good idea to breadboard it, to get it to set it to suit your 'style' taste'.....cool.

I didn't realize they had less gain than the j201... I'm a latecomer to the pedal-building party, but assumed since your schematic says 'J201 & 2N5457', that meant  they were similar.  But, still- great circuit.  Certainly doesn't need any more gain!  Oh, I also ended up removing the 680K R6 resistor, which perhaps added back some of the lost gain.

I have this pedal in mind for a hardcore 7-string friend.

CHAD

[J0K3RX]

good one chad....

the version 3 just has 1 switch now...

2n5457's eh!...less gain?.

yeah its a good idea to breadboard it, to get it to set it to suit your 'style' taste'.....cool.

I didn't realize they had less gain than the j201... I'm a latecomer to the pedal-building party, but assumed since your schematic says 'J201 & 2N5457', that meant  they were similar.  But, still- great circuit.  Certainly doesn't need any more gain!  Oh, I also ended up removing the 680K R6 resistor, which perhaps added back some of the lost gain.

I have this pedal in mind for a hardcore 7-string friend.

CHAD

Chad, I am very curious as to how this will sound with a 7 or 8 string? It has a very tight low end so I am expecting it to do very well...

~ Jim

[seedlings]

good one chad....

the version 3 just has 1 switch now...

2n5457's eh!...less gain?.

yeah its a good idea to breadboard it, to get it to set it to suit your 'style' taste'.....cool.

I didn't realize they had less gain than the j201... I'm a latecomer to the pedal-building party, but assumed since your schematic says 'J201 & 2N5457', that meant  they were similar.  But, still- great circuit.  Certainly doesn't need any more gain!  Oh, I also ended up removing the 680K R6 resistor, which perhaps added back some of the lost gain.

I have this pedal in mind for a hardcore 7-string friend.

CHAD

Chad, I am very curious as to how this will sound with a 7 or 8 string? It has a very tight low end so I am expecting it to do very well...

~ Jim

Well, I'm not the 7-string player.  I did try it with dropped B and it growls nicely.  I was reading my post again and noticed a few other things I ended up changing.  Removed R14, R7, C18, C11 in favor of a .001uF strapped across the volume pot.  C6 and C2 are .05uF.  And then I played more and changed C7 again to .68uF, but added a 100uF cap in place of C3.  C8 / C10 is a .001uF.  Now the tone knob goes from 4x12 boom on one side to tight 10" sealed on the other side.

I totally understand why you put the switches !  I like just about everything.  Now to get my bud to come over and try it out. to see if it needs anything in the frequency range that bass guitarists hate.

CHAD