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The rub a dub is a sticker. It's stuck on a piece or 0.5mm aluminium sheet and cut it to size, then sprayed it with matt lacquer.
The 'Buzzaround' Bumblebee is the same but I sprayed with a mix of matt and gloss lacquer.
Here's a closer pic


and the Bumblebee for comparison

Sorry to hear about your job man.

Good to see what you did with that case. I like the stomp placement and I couldn't find the LED at first. Very nicely done. Your friend will be very pleased I'm sure.

OK, a bit of thread necromancy here. I was thinking of naming my egodriver EGO and it seems someones beaten me to it, but great build and good info worth bumping IMO.
Maybe I'll build the COD or the DOC... hmm...

Looking good man.
Seems you like compressors. I really like my Afterlife. The Jon Patton/1776 Bear hug will be my next.
Be sure to let us know how it goes and don't be afraid to ask questions.

Epic builds, epic cases.

Nice build man.
Really enjoyed your demo too, it got stuck in my head for a while.

Thanks for the comments guys!

Yeah I'm happy with how the rub a dub turned out. Real fender knob for extra mojo

The bare box pedals all had ideas for graphics but either I lacked the tech (laser etching, etc) or my ideas sucked, so I felt it best to leave them alone. The exception is the Prince Albert which does have a Tramp Stamp but you'd have to ask nicely to see that

Stunning work man.
But...

You're gonna need a bigger pedalboard.

Brootal pedal man!
I'm sure your buddy will be very pleased.

Good idea about soldering the trannies. You probably only need to do one leg of each just to stop them falling out.

[Afterlife]

Here is a round up of the pedals I've managed to get done in the last two months. Some of these were quite straightforward, others have had issues that took a while to get sorted out but I've happy to say they are now on my 'finished but might tweak' list 



Top row left to right:
Afterlife, my first 1590a. Went together very cleanly and smoothly. I'm proud of the guts on that one.

Zero Point Mini, 5 knobber. Added the knobs for modulation. Thanks to Juan Solo I could eliminate the clock noise with some shielding.

Collosalus. More clock noise with this, had to do the mods in the power section as per the doc. Clean as a whistle now.

Pork Barrel. This one had a charge pump and sounded great with a battery but there was a terrible noise with a power supply. I've removed the charge pump and now it's ok but I prefer it at 15v. I'm going to put the road rage in a small enclusure and try it externally instead.

SJ Effects Prince Albert. None more black? Stuffed with huge caps but I botched up the dc jack and only got round to fixing it yesterday. Sounds awesome.

Bottom row:
Bloviator. I was going to call it Top 'N' Bottom but I liked Top 'n' Tail better.

Rub-a-Dub. Short brick. Not sure where I got the idea for the name and graphic...

Bumblebee. This has got the mojo thing happening and some nice trannies from Chromesphere. Thanks mate!

Honeydripper. Another homage. This pedal should have been made last year but I had to learn how to draw circles in Illustrator first 

I have more pics and gut shots which I can add later if there's interest.

I'm trying to decide whether to put the Prince Albert or the Honeydripper in the April contest. Times running out. Must decide...

Do you ground to the chassis when using insulated jacks?

I've used them on a couple of pedals without grounding and so far no nasties but I do wonder if I should drill a hole for a crimp terminal or something.

Mains insulation on the transistors? Too cool

if you dont mind the clutter you could build the road rage in a small enclosure and run it externally ,at least to check it works.

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good work, looks like a winner.

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just got a couple of quick question s about the BOM, theres no r48 right?
and the 22ohm resistor in the shopping list isn't needed?

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