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Title: Page Box Mk II
Post by: dan.schumaker on August 05, 2019, 03:10:00 PM
Some of you that have been around a while may remember my BOTY entry from a few years back, the Page Box.  This was meant to be an all-in-one Jimmy Page pedalboard in a box.  In the box was a Tone Bender Mk.II -> Phase 90 -> Delay w/ Modulation -> Effects loop -> EP-3 preamp Boost -> RAH. 

The original was built on Vero, and it was a total spaghetti mess on the inside.  I recently decided to take another look at the box, see if I could clean things up.  And here are my results:

(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48463529581_b82f6de011_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gQyfUe)1957-1 Page Box (https://flic.kr/p/2gQyfUe) by Dan Schumaker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/126000939@N08/), on Flickr
(https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/48463529741_2cb1e92f5e_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/2gQyfWZ)1957-2 Page Box (https://flic.kr/p/2gQyfWZ) by Dan Schumaker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/126000939@N08/), on Flickr

And here is the original for comparison:
(https://live.staticflickr.com/4637/25648581638_c4c7bdc5d0_c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/F5tFJN)Page Box 3 (https://flic.kr/p/F5tFJN) by Dan Schumaker (https://www.flickr.com/photos/126000939@N08/), on Flickr


Title: Re: Page Box Mk II
Post by: alanp on August 05, 2019, 03:15:43 PM
I admit, I was expecting a big PCB, not a few :)

Did you get lost while navigating that huge enclosure, after all those 1590A builds? ;)

What are the extra two 1/4" jacks for?
Title: Re: Page Box Mk II
Post by: jjjimi84 on August 05, 2019, 03:18:01 PM
Alanp you beat me to it!!!

How much easier is it with all of that glorious room to fit things?

Looks and sounds great, really nice job.
Title: Re: Page Box Mk II
Post by: dan.schumaker on August 05, 2019, 03:31:23 PM
I didn't really know what to do with all the extra room, it was a little disorienting, wasteful even.  I wanted to just throw a dozen 1590A boxes in there :)

The extra two jacks are for the effects loop, to add something else in.  There is also an additional +9V jack to daisy chain power out for something in the loop or a wah (because you need a wah).