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Title: Runoffgroove Thunderbird: Jimmy Page's White Dragon Suit
Post by: mcasemo on January 28, 2018, 05:01:36 AM
I made some PCBs for the ROG Thunderbird, being legit and following Brian Tremblay's licensing agreement (think i might sell a few).  I tried to follow good layout technique, but to be honest, all i know is to try to keep the power separate from the signal, then after a while of routing, that is out the door (I think i ran the Vcc right under one of the voltage diodes). 

First build sounded amazing, but had a high pitch noise, and the white noise was too much.  Tried shielding and that did not work, finally figured out I have bad batch of LT1054's (ebay) (5 KHz switching freq) and once i found a good charge pump, it was much more quiet.    I'm going to avoid charge pumps for a while, struggling with bad ones in a few other builds (although TC1044SPCA's at mouser are like $1 right now).

Anyway, this thing sounds awesome, and super loud.   Octagon enclosure, water slide decal, graphic I got from a "one sixth warrior" forum, a guy in korea made a 1/6 scale jimmy page with this suit and I found his suit graphic.  I wish i could still find the photos of it, it was insane, little Jimmy with little LP and pedal.  I'm trying to pay him as well if I sell them, but he's not responding.

(http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/39uOzVGXybq4UJtpF8MwuQs1xutBw_XqmzL0ejjFnTod6Wvb-bSNpQHACBCh8Gxm04ITTp-C2KYBw7FOl8OIYGl6YtmFINcdUmgplykckSCSbFtsIvl_mhBvCHS8khChhpqWZ3bZrO6vLYyfZWeYREWiy6J5AUCkXJS2pdzrPLURxJmLLd1QLHUr_CzYwanD2fkupQdI3p1lpi97lgd9vt_WhAkut7PWSyi__DpvC8QlzZOyQ59SXZS3ldK6MfL1xQQ-XQ7twk-Q-YJ32FA6RkdiBkqZm57mx5XkDMY83C9PpZjPkaZTpOX_XbqagsBtBymBAPsjY8eZAGzXmZW3rTxhVGrQFBoPRndrcPcy87PDyvKlfwqXaH07hBsjc146TBOKlkiY_2-gjymJVPFm-HbB-iuVHF9VJfc54Kk7RYUEFtCexCKtSFa3J47RDizqZdfQ2vDGjxORQdasyH-lJgz9QAzZHUd0ok655nMYaf4VTbcBukh_ZWsKJKLPD0QA34x9QpQq3d1XBuWBNZ_MUJ-cNN3ZWVC0MXJQWih3MjMt48pvlBogsNnIe0wXKslX1NPk1vn3K5S4DORs83E3hVKNQE9fJukJWDqVEii3=w669-h892-no)

(http://lh3.googleusercontent.com/uWnjh_AfRcHsxG4Y0xrlunTPT6sZ1lzopWoCboXUdaxgExfYbDdjOXyDo_KqtaLuPJZNxYYMtI-Oy4DhUTNrLCTXyR9KJ1Lhssm-959rmz5DfcJy7uA6xWXYQp4MKZ65aQgY_zowWsNWHDoPxEq9A8rniJlw7mWLZBpJKJaFhg08y9zcxeqqJVPFoc7f3zhTQVaN7amNMPOkeS5Kk0e3flv2oWiFYCdxlayss8B70098UGyB655gi_yhNGPoP2t9b2qrXbkVos0Ami2wrLut13Ep8GrisF0S2uw5K-VyJyvl7S87FFnTnqAOPknl0Qt3mGGRXwLNavIPrFJyOwbQnFWmeyK4ZwWMXWl1-dUAV_I72gI2FCe5xhjAU4M2sE7osvevoce7UiTgUj3Rmx4vn7k8s554T8Lx7c7vCUuLDlEuEg5975QnN7IpQalLbnj9CzgvTQePiqb5A0FA2QZwD4zY67vEbIbtZfDJpXKenZrDH9NxkcrY16nIBKLNCFKbyjE70gCY6TWWx6Ett9oHO0rVEyjHhwQnJofkL0LY2mkzN6I-CvY0P6uvpr9lYC5t26mzY4X9He6VdC4zisLt1jK9eXFNfbWsAWE9Dllw=w669-h892-no)
Title: Re: Runoffgroove Thunderbird: Jimmy Page's White Dragon Suit
Post by: matmosphere on January 28, 2018, 06:03:44 AM
The pics aren't working, but it certainly sounds like a great build.
Title: Re: Runoffgroove Thunderbird: Jimmy Page's White Dragon Suit
Post by: mcasemo on January 28, 2018, 06:46:57 AM
ah crap!   stupid google photos.  I hope it's working now.  I'm signed out of google and can see them.
Title: Re: Runoffgroove Thunderbird: Jimmy Page's White Dragon Suit
Post by: HamSandwich on January 28, 2018, 03:50:12 PM
Nice! Cool design. But are you also going to pay Jimmy Page for using his name?  ;D

Is the wiring complete? There's a jumper to that middle row, assuming you just haven't wired up the LED?
Title: Re: Runoffgroove Thunderbird: Jimmy Page's White Dragon Suit
Post by: jimilee on January 28, 2018, 03:50:17 PM
That's fantastic looking.


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Title: Re: Runoffgroove Thunderbird: Jimmy Page's White Dragon Suit
Post by: Philthy on January 28, 2018, 10:18:56 PM
cool
Title: Re: Runoffgroove Thunderbird: Jimmy Page's White Dragon Suit
Post by: stringsthings on January 28, 2018, 10:51:51 PM
That's some incredible attention to detail.  Well done!

It is a very loud circuit.
Title: Re: Runoffgroove Thunderbird: Jimmy Page's White Dragon Suit
Post by: mcasemo on January 29, 2018, 12:07:37 AM
Haha, i should try!   Yeah, I had not put in the led yet.

Quote from: HamSandwich on January 28, 2018, 03:50:12 PM
Nice! Cool design. But are you also going to pay Jimmy Page for using his name?  ;D

Is the wiring complete? There's a jumper to that middle row, assuming you just haven't wired up the LED?
Title: Re: Runoffgroove Thunderbird: Jimmy Page's White Dragon Suit
Post by: tcpoint on January 29, 2018, 01:26:07 AM
Juansolo did something cool with a noisegate on a thunderbird build.  The thunderbird is notoriously noisy.
Title: Re: Runoffgroove Thunderbird: Jimmy Page's White Dragon Suit
Post by: drsteel on January 29, 2018, 07:29:11 PM
Wow! That's beautiful.
Title: Re: Runoffgroove Thunderbird: Jimmy Page's White Dragon Suit
Post by: TheDude on January 31, 2018, 12:48:33 AM
Just loving the artwork here. Great job!!!

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Title: Re: Runoffgroove Thunderbird: Jimmy Page's White Dragon Suit
Post by: Lovebandits on October 22, 2024, 02:39:53 AM
How about the black poppy suit?? Would love one of the white dragon!!!
Title: Re: Runoffgroove Thunderbird: Jimmy Page's White Dragon Suit
Post by: jimilee on October 22, 2024, 03:36:22 PM
Very cool!


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