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Title: 2 More Compressor Builds...
Post by: Bassman on December 16, 2012, 05:35:48 PM
Just finished up 2 more 4-Knob Compressor builds for a couple friends.  Everything went really well until I plugged both of them in for testing.  Neither one would bypass.  One was shorting out the input tip lug on the enclosure through the heat shrink  :?  so a piece of white decal paper fixed that one up.  The other was a bit trickier but it turned out to be a badly manufactured mono jack on the output (the tip was too long and wasn't contacting the correct part of the plug).  I got that swapped out and all is right with the world.

On the upside, I now know that the audio probe I built a couple weeks ago works swimmingly :D  Found both issues with it within a minute of beginning troubleshooting   ;D

(http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy62/Airframer_2010/IMGP2419_zps8ed1dedf.jpg)

(http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy62/Airframer_2010/IMGP2408_zps0755627c.jpg)

(http://i778.photobucket.com/albums/yy62/Airframer_2010/IMGP2415_zps97bffb95.jpg)
Title: Re: 2 More Compressor Builds...
Post by: DutchMF on December 16, 2012, 08:38:41 PM
Cool lookin' brothers! What is that enclosure? Gold sparkle, I could get my wife interested in those.... You have some lucky friends!

Paul
Title: Re: 2 More Compressor Builds...
Post by: Bassman on December 16, 2012, 08:42:42 PM
Quote from: DutchMF on December 16, 2012, 08:38:41 PM
Cool lookin' brothers! What is that enclosure? Gold sparkle, I could get my wife interested in those.... You have some lucky friends!

Paul

Thanks man  8)

They are Vintage Orange Sparkle Translucent pre-painted from Mammoth. 
Title: Re: 2 More Compressor Builds...
Post by: fendman on December 16, 2012, 10:38:49 PM
Well Baseman glad you got them both working...really nice work. I have two plastic 3080's so you have given me the excuse to make at least one ;)


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Title: Re: 2 More Compressor Builds...
Post by: lincolnic on December 17, 2012, 05:25:33 AM
Nice vero work!
Title: Re: 2 More Compressor Builds...
Post by: nzCdog on December 19, 2012, 09:30:50 AM
Very tidy, in and out! :)
Title: Re: 2 More Compressor Builds...
Post by: Bassman on December 19, 2012, 03:19:15 PM
Thanks guys  8)  I had a lot of fun with these... now off to finish up about 15 other projects  :D
Title: Re: 2 More Compressor Builds...
Post by: hammerheadmusicman on December 21, 2012, 11:35:09 PM
Do you have a schematic for this one dude? Just troubleshooting my build, would be easier with a schem! Thought I'd find it if I needed it and now I can't!

George
Title: Re: 2 More Compressor Builds...
Post by: hammerheadmusicman on December 22, 2012, 12:46:28 PM
^ Cancel the last, have found it, thanks anyway :)

George