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Title: Vault Boy Delay - MN3005 Dirtbag
Post by: eldanko on January 25, 2012, 02:40:14 AM
Finally.

Presenting the Vault Boy delay.  MN3005 chips... bought 5, 4 of which turned out good.  5th one... not so much.  Nevertheless, still enough to do two of these for myself (stereo rig).  The build fired up on the first try, no small miracle.  Cramming the charge pump in was fun... but I'm particularly proud of also cramming in a Cusack clickless bypass system, as I prefer these on delays.  Doesn't eliminate the pop completely, but certainly lessens it.

The plate etching was done by our own Josh (gtr2), who did an absolutely STELLAR job!  He was gracious enough to take on this project for me and I cannot thank him enough given how well it came out.  Any Fallout fans here?  (please let there be some other nerds on here... please....)

So happy to get this up and running.  Thanks for all the encouragement thus far, friends.  Completing this one was quite a milestone for me!

(http://www.danekinser.com/gear/VaultBoy-2.jpg)

(http://www.danekinser.com/gear/VaultBoy.jpg)


Title: Re: Vault Boy Delay - MN3005 Dirtbag
Post by: nzCdog on January 25, 2012, 02:46:28 AM
Wow!  :o
Sublime etching... fantastic build... and you have two of these???!!  Jealous much
Title: Re: Vault Boy Delay - MN3005 Dirtbag
Post by: JakeFuzz on January 25, 2012, 03:15:00 AM
Damn Purple tape to match. That thing looks awesome. Love the Fallout cartoon faceplate. Amazing you got that click less bypass in there, this build is tighter than some 1590a builds!
Title: Re: Vault Boy Delay - MN3005 Dirtbag
Post by: lloyd17 on January 25, 2012, 03:25:47 AM
Beautiful. New wallpaper on mi phone!
Title: Re: Vault Boy Delay - MN3005 Dirtbag
Post by: thetrend77 on January 25, 2012, 04:25:33 AM
Love Fallout, love the pedal! Your stuff is always awesome!
Title: Re: Vault Boy Delay - MN3005 Dirtbag
Post by: jtn191 on January 25, 2012, 05:58:56 AM
so awesome!! I wanted to do a fallout/vault boy theme for my first pedal (SHO) but I was better off moving in baby steps
beautiful turn out!
Title: Re: Vault Boy Delay - MN3005 Dirtbag
Post by: eldanko on January 25, 2012, 01:23:45 PM
Yeah man... Fallout has some pretty great graphic ideas to work with, and Josh did a killer job on the etching.  Someday I will take the time to learn to etch...
Title: Re: Vault Boy Delay - MN3005 Dirtbag
Post by: raulduke on January 25, 2012, 03:47:53 PM
Your on a roll at the moment thats for sure!

Fallout was a pretty cool game; I never had the patience/time to get into it though.
Title: Re: Vault Boy Delay - MN3005 Dirtbag
Post by: mjcyates on January 25, 2012, 04:33:06 PM
Very cool! Looks great!
Title: Re: Vault Boy Delay - MN3005 Dirtbag
Post by: gtr2 on January 25, 2012, 07:25:43 PM
Love the final project!

Great job Dane.

Josh