For the UK/EU guys.
Thonk, a DIY Synth stuff shop, have VTL5C3's at £3.99 in their shop (3.85 for 10).
Seems a pretty good price to me.
They also have a wide range of 1900H clone davies knobs at a good price too (£0.70 a go).
Thought some of you UK guys might be interested... http://www.thonk.co.uk/shop/knobs-davies-1900h-clone-metal/ (http://www.thonk.co.uk/shop/knobs-davies-1900h-clone-metal/)
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Awesome, I need some VTL5C3s as well!
Cheers for the link
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Is VTL5C3 the vactrol to stock up on? Just curious.
It appears to be very common to a lot of guitar effects (tremolos, autowahs etc.) out of the VTL bunch.
It is used a lot in modular synth modules, where a vactrol is required (Buchla stuff etc.), hence Thonk selling them.
Quote from: chromesphere on February 05, 2014, 10:56:14 PM
Is VTL5C3 the vactrol to stock up on? Just curious.
From several build docs I've seen, it seems to be the main one. I know the Afterlife recommends it over a roll your own one.
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For the US blokes, you can get good prices on Vactrols from Allied Electronics.
Quote from: raulduke on February 05, 2014, 03:57:36 PM
They also have a wide range of 1900H clone davies knobs at a good price too (£0.70 a go).
Thought some of you UK guys might be interested... http://www.thonk.co.uk/shop/knobs-davies-1900h-clone-metal/ (http://www.thonk.co.uk/shop/knobs-davies-1900h-clone-metal/)
So about these inserts... I can't seem to find a decent picture to answer my question... does the tightening screw go through the metal insert?
I ask because I tried a few plastic 1900 knockoffs that didn't have a metal insert and the plastic threads stripped right away. They were completely unusable.
Thanks guys. I had a look through a few of Brian's layouts and noticed that the "3" was used in all of them. The trem lune on tone pad uses the "2" from memory.
Might have to get a few of these for the web store. My fellow countrymen have absolutely no sensible option for them what so ever.
I hope you do get some Paul, as like you said, they are hard to get down here. If you are going to stock vactrols, RS components, do the Silonex NSL3?'s that are comparable. Someone smarter than me may be able to tell you which ones correspond with the different VTL5c?'s.
Quote from: hoodoo on February 06, 2014, 11:07:26 PM
I hope you do get some Paul, as like you said, they are hard to get down here. If you are going to stock vactrols, RS components, do the Silonex NSL3?'s that are comparable. Someone smarter than me may be able to tell you which ones correspond with the different VTL5c?'s.
I have a source for the vtl5c3's. They should be about $8.00. possibly $9.00...Even that's kind of cutting it to the bone. Their pricey! Ill look into it.
Edit: Ive order a small quantity. I usually try and aim for a price cheaper then the competition but just cant do it on these, their dam expensive! Anyway, should have stock in about a week if you need one they will be available!
Thanks buddy good price there.
You can put me down for a couple Paul, just let us know when they're in, thanks, Matt.
Np Matt! Eta next week (hopefully).
Cheers
Paul
Sorry to bump an old thread, but just to let others know, I ordered from these guys 2 days ago, the vactrols turned up today, well packed. Won't be able to try them out for a few days yet, but they look good quality.
The same ones I've seen on ebay were around the £12-15 mark, so it's a massive saving.
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Quote from: stevie1556 on March 07, 2014, 12:30:47 AM
Sorry to bump an old thread, but just to let others know, I ordered from these guys 2 days ago, the vactrols turned up today, well packed. Won't be able to try them out for a few days yet, but they look good quality.
The same ones I've seen on ebay were around the £12-15 mark, so it's a massive saving.
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Yeah they seem fine to me.
Was going to buy some more so I have a good stock. There are a lot of fun things you can do with Vactrols once you get over the initial cost of the buggars.
The only rhink I've seen them in is a Cardinal Tremalo (I really need to build one of those) and the Afterlife. I love my Afterlife though.
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Does anyone know a place that stocks the CoolAudio VTL5C3 clone? They're $2.70 a piece at 100+ orders so even with store mark up...