Sods Law in full effect on this build. It was built before boxing so required some degree of estimation as to where the pots would be and then where to drill the hole in the box when it was decided it was indeed worth boxing.
The first thing I did was wire every single pot backwards, which was annoying, so I reversed all those. It all looked good when fitting after drilling, but I'd managed to break one of the switches off, which had of course, torn the pads from the board. So with all that intact underneath, I ninja'd in some repairs and got the switch back in. Next Cleggy screwed up the Envirotex mix. First time in about 3 years or more. So that had to be stripped off, the decal off, it all cleaned up, re-decaled and re-Envirotex'd. Smashing. Fit the board, drops straight in, then I look and see that the jack holes are along side the bottom of the PCB. That didn't even occur to me when drilling that I'd need to fit them low. So two grommets, two holes in the back, some shielded cable and we're finally rocking.
So a difficult birth for this one then and a strong case of TFFT now it's done. The board is Brejna's Dual Tight Dragon, itself a take on JOK3RX's Dragon Armour which is a clone of the Amptweaker Tight Metal. Or in this case a hybrid Tight Metal / Tight Rock combo with knobs on, and it's great! Thankfully...
(http://juansolo.co.uk/stompage/images/dd-o.jpg)
(http://juansolo.co.uk/stompage/images/dd-i.jpg)
More annoying is that I only had one grommet, the other one (matching) I had to steal from my car, which now has a hole in it's rear bumper...
Quote from: juansolo on January 18, 2015, 05:48:29 PM
More annoying is that I only had one grommet, the other one (matching) I had to steal from my car, which now has a hole in it's rear bumper...
Laughed hard on that one!
Your tenacity will have paid off, that's looking damn good 8)
Damn, that is spectacular! One of the cleanest I've seen yet. Wowser.
I still don't get how you make those knobs look sexy, but they're just perfect.
Looking at this, it seems impossible that there were issues in the build. This looks stunningly perfect.
Despite the horror story it came out great! Now if you can sell it for ~ $3,000 you might break even on your time. ;D
Outstanding!
Quote from: bcalla on January 18, 2015, 07:02:28 PM
Despite the horror story it came out great! Now if you can sell it for ~ $3,000 you might break even on your time. ;D
LOL, there is a distinct possibility I might sell it as I'll be building a small one shortly to replace it. But I suspect, given it's not right, £60 might be more like it! ;)
Nice!! That is feckin cool yo 8) How does it work, any problems, bugs etc...? Does it sound good? I have been messin around with this design tryin to get a distinct super hot rodded, fire breathing Marshall "Cameron" type of voicing with it.. It certainly already has the gain... just have to fire up the blow torch and bend it into shape ;D
Nice work as always!
Well, you got there in the end :) and it still looks clean enough to eat your tea off.
Friggin' awesome clean and spiffin looking as it gets! Really hard to believe the trouble you went through to come out like that! Must feel even more so like a deserved victory over Murphy's Sod laws....! 8)
Quote from: Leevibe on January 18, 2015, 07:02:12 PM
Looking at this, it seems impossible that there were issues in the build. This looks stunningly perfect.
I'm just good at hiding them ;) Though the big rubber plugs in the sides are a bit of a giveaway...
Quote from: J0K3RX on January 18, 2015, 07:30:16 PM
Nice!! That is feckin cool yo 8) How does it work, any problems, bugs etc...? Does it sound good? I have been messin around with this design tryin to get a distinct super hot rodded, fire breathing Marshall "Cameron" type of voicing with it.. It certainly already has the gain... just have to fire up the blow torch and bend it into shape ;D
Nice work as always!
No bugs we've encountered (other than the trace fix that Brane has already documented). There are a couple of small compromises we've noticed due to it being a combined thing, but nothing that really affects it too much. We'll be doing some little ones shortly and it'll be interesting to compare/contrast.
It also seems like a very versatile little circuit, what with there being 5 pedals based on it now (Tight Drive/Rock/Metal Fat Rock/Metal) So we're toying with seeing what we can get out of it when we have some more boards to experiment with.
Quote from: juansolo on January 18, 2015, 09:02:54 PM
Quote from: Leevibe on January 18, 2015, 07:02:12 PM
Looking at this, it seems impossible that there were issues in the build. This looks stunningly perfect.
I'm just good at hiding them ;) Though the big rubber plugs in the sides are a bit of a giveaway...
Naw. Those are toan condenser nodes. The black ones sound the best.
Quote from: Leevibe on January 18, 2015, 09:10:03 PM
Quote from: juansolo on January 18, 2015, 09:02:54 PM
Quote from: Leevibe on January 18, 2015, 07:02:12 PM
Looking at this, it seems impossible that there were issues in the build. This looks stunningly perfect.
I'm just good at hiding them ;) Though the big rubber plugs in the sides are a bit of a giveaway...
Naw. Those are toan condenser nodes. The black ones sound the best.
Especially the relic'd one that's been stuck on the back of a 1993 Merc for the last few years ;)
That looks great as always. I like the street fighter theme :D
So what's the tale of woe part then? It sounds like a normal build to me. Well, apart from the Merc rubber, obviously. This could start a new fad for rubber clad pedals, you trendsetter! ;D
Turned out nice in the end (did that sound like George Formby?) Good to know that even Cleggy can have a bad Envirotex day.
I think rubber plugs should be used for all top mounted pedals so they enclosures will not rub against each other on a board... yeah thats it..
Great job.
Cody
I remember playing that back in the day! Good times!
Looks great!
Josh
Sweet! That's a lot of metal there. Hopefully that's not a Porsche part in there.
Quote from: chuckbuick on January 19, 2015, 02:18:08 PM
Sweet! That's a lot of metal there. Hopefully that's not a Porsche part in there.
Haven't had to start plugging holes in the Porsche just yet ;)
So you were intending to make the In/Out jacks as side mount but had to relocate to top mount? And this was after the decal work?
Either way... I like the after use of the grommets to hold the PCB! Also, recycling parts from the vehicle is true dedication to your trade. ;)
Awesome, when the plugs pop out, you know you have too much gain. :)
Love it!
And I love your tenacity. I probably would have shelved it for a few years, at least. :)
Love it! Double dragon was a lot of fun back in the day. This looks like it was a PITA to get together, but you made it happen. You really know how to make those knobs look so great on your builds!
Holy crap that's tight! Sweet build and glad it all came together. Gotta love some old school arcade themes.
Quote from: Govmnt_Lacky on January 20, 2015, 04:15:21 PM
So you were intending to make the In/Out jacks as side mount but had to relocate to top mount? And this was after the decal work?
Either way... I like the after use of the grommets to hold the PCB! Also, recycling parts from the vehicle is true dedication to your trade. ;)
Yep, exactly that. If I'd mounted them under the board and used enclosed Neutrik jacks I could have done it too. Mounting at the side in high gain is good as you're not running signal wires over the board... So I ended up putting them on the back and shielding them. As the decal had been on twice, I wasn't going to strip it a third time just for the in / out labelling! ;)
I'll get another grommet for the car at some point.