Starlight Echo

[jkokura]

This is the Echobase, but with a few little tweaks to taste.

First up, my client wanted a southern cross in LED's on the face, so I built a network of LED's that turn on and off with the pedal, looks pretty dang snazzy and bright on a stage. The little LED up by the Speed and Depth pots is the modulation LED attached to the board, not as bright, but I wanted that because the other LED's are supposed to be the real indicator lights anyway, i wanted the modulating LED to be more of a background thing. All LED's are hot glued in place, so I hope they stay!

Next, I put a 'slam' feature in. It's instant oscillation by means of a momentary SPST switch. Step on the switch, the delay goes into insanity mode. Step off the switch, and the insanity will die off and you will be left with your regular delay. What's genius about this particular setup is that the volume is capped off, so it never will blow your ears, and you can control the overall level of oscillations with the Level knob. If you play with it a bit, you'll find you can get an acceptable level of oscillation volume, and still hear your guitar over it if you continue to play, sort of like a madness in the background. Obviously you don't get the delayed sound with the overlaying guitar but...

Overall it came out nice and clean. I had a delay on this one because the original enclosure developed a blemish during my finishing process, so I had to wait a month for a replacement enclosure to come in the mail... Makes me want to look into powder coating myself and ordering enclosures in bulk.



LEDs are hard to photograph.



And the Guts.



Enjoy!

Jacob

[JeffdaMaori]

Super tidy and clean looking,professional swisch outside; top stuff!

Nice with the Southern Cross... is the client from Australia (the Australian flag has the Southern Cross as five stars depicted, the NZ falg with four stars)....?

[jkokura]

Thanks! I work on hard on making my stuff as perfect as I can.

Nice with the Southern Cross... is the client from Australia (the Australian flag has the Southern Cross as five stars depicted, the NZ falg with four stars)....?

He had been to Austrailia, and wanted to commemorate that experience in a custom piece.

Jacob

[k.rock!]

Very cool Jacob! Looks great, I love the LEDs...if I had this pedal I probably would be staring at it all the time while playing...haha great job!

-Kaleb

[mjcyates]

Very nice Jacob! How do you like the circuit? I think it sounds very nice.

[nzCdog]

Awesome job Jacob... I love the design incorporating the LEDs...  The fonts are gorgeous too, which ones did you use? (if you don't mind me asking)

[Jimihendrix1987]

Ei Jacob ! You've made a very cool looking pedal Congratulations

Thanks! I work on hard on making my stuff as perfect as I can.

I appreciate this kind of people !

[petesz]

Very awesome, so pro.

[gtr2]

Definitely my favorite of yours so far Jacob.

Sweeeet!  You always set the bar high!

Josh

[bigmufffuzzwizz]

Oooh that a nice looking pedal. Something I would want indeed! How difficult was it to add the extra slam knob? Sounds like something I'd be interested in doing.

[redbean]

Fantastic job... love the stars!