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Yea, guitar pcb, has always been good at filling orders for me. Also
offers deals, and sales, every so often. Great seller

 Thanks for the input! I'll do some research on these effects, and go from there!

note: The actual effect used in the recordings are hhypothesized to be a Roland AP-7 "Jet Phaser"...

I guess the Isley Brothers were time travelers. "That Lady" (the funky version), was recorded in 1973. The Roland AP-7 came out in 1975.
As with pretty much every Phasey-sounding tone that nobody can figure out, it's almost always a Maestro PS-1a. That should be the first guess every time, but it's always the last thing considered. Whenever in doubt, always guess the Maestro PS-1a.

Yes! the Maestro PS-1a is what I think really brings the tone home! Does
anyone make a pcb of this? Or a vero layout?
I was thinking the MBP Stage Fright, may be close option

For "Whose That Lady" in particular, you'd want the Lectrix FX "Countdown Phaser". Its based on the A/DA Final Phase, a CMOS phaser with built in overdrive effect.

note: The actual effect used in the recordings are hhypothesized to be a Roland AP-7 "Jet Phaser" and a Roland Bee Baa fuzz, injected directly into the recording board. Neither of which has much shelf space in the DIY world.

I have read about the Roland Jet phaser, and Bee Baa fuzz, But I watched
a guy on youtube use something different. There was a wah pedal, going to
Maestro phaser, a Big Muff, than a Rotovibe.
I was hoping I could wire each circuit separate, with foot switches. I really
want that fuzzy, high end, phaser sound. The Countdown Phaser sounds
like it could be the right direction

 I picked up a old wah pedal, that didn't work
But, was perfect, for extra space.
I was wanting a Jimi Hendrix sound
For the wah, which I have a Guitar
PCB board for. Just need to get the
Appropriate parts for that.
so I think I have that figured
Out. I wanted to add fuzz, and phaser.
I am really looking for that "Whose
That Lady" sound.
From what I've looked up, a Univibe,
Or phaser, added with a Big Muff,
Can get close to this.
So I was wondering which would
Sound better. A phaser effect, or
The MBP Stage Freight, wired for
Univibe.
I could just go with a Big Muff for
Fuzz, but I was thinking about using
A fuzz effect, put out by Guitar PCB,
For that 70's "In A Gadfa Da Vidda"
Fuzz sound.
Any advice, on different effects, or
Special parts to use would be helpful!

With the Brassmaster, anyway, the problem lies in the PCB ground trace.  After it snakes itself all over the board, it comes back out at a pad meant to connect to one of the switches, but by the time it gets there, it has picked up a slight bit of voltage and no longer makes a good ground for that switch.  It is not at all clear to me from looking at that board layout or the schematic where that tiny DC shift comes from, but the solution is to cut the ground trace at a certain spot and run a new ground wire to that part of the board.

Edit: Now that I've though a bit more, it might just be that a noise-generating component (the spike-throwing switch) is at the wrong end of the ground bus, which pollutes the ground current of the other parts of the circuit....

There may be something similar going on with the Mutron boards.  Check to see if the board itself is being used to ground external components, and trying running dedicated ground wires instead

I will have to give that a try! Thanks!

Yep been busy and wanting a Brass Master for practice and was thinking of taking the easy way out.

If you end up buying a Brassmaster from GGG and have problem with it popping, let me know.  There is a mysterious problem with that layout from R.G. Good news is that the solution is fairly simple.

I purchased a couple of the Mutron 3 circuits, which sounded great! But the selector switch, for
Low, med, high. Pops, really loud, when selected.
I tried running 1 meg resistor from switch to ground, 1 meg resistor from input, and output jacks, to ground, as well as a few other tricks,
But it still pops loudly when switched.
Any tips would be helpful

 I would say the Big Muff, Tube Screamer,
And than the Klon.

Ohh.. That nice smd goodness!!
Never really done any, but that makes one
Heck of a package, in a small box!
Gonna have to give it a try though

Interested, as well!

I've been there before, but with an "eye candy" female vocalist, the drinkers just begin to stare!
We just kept playing, and ignored those people (and the guy who kept shouting "play Mustang Sally!" I hated
that guy!)


But! We would take a hit, and hire a sound guy, using all his setup, for the gigs. He would charge $175.00, to
$200.00, a show. He had all the cool new stuff (still does), and could make us sound good, on a bad night. It
was pricy, but he had a preset board, for all the place's we would play, so everything was already dialed in. I
could look at him, for a split second, and he knew exactly what I needed. He was like a soundman psychic!
It was worth every penny, for him to do sound!

 

Well the bass player, in my band, wanted a nasty distortion
with reverb. So I went with a Peppers Pedals Hm-2 board, and a 1776
Reverb. I thought it was a little too much after the build, but the Bass
player loves it! He also wanted Godzilla painted on it, so It all came
together pretty well

If it was just regular pinstripe paint, it should wipe
Off with a slovent based product. If it feels like it's on top of the finish, than it more than likely is. So, what you could do, is get some Acetone  (try it in a cavity, or on the back of the guitar at least). If it does not appear to harm the finish, than try that first. Acetone is not as strong as lacquer thinner, so it's less likely to harm the finish (if it will at all).
   If Acetone does not do the trick, try mineral spirits. Whenever I do pinstriping on automotive finishes, and I make a mistake, lacquer thinner is used, to wipe it off. I've used laquer thinner on guitar finishes as well, and it's been fine. I just hate
To suggest thinner at first, without knowing what finish is on the guitar. So better safe than sorry!

  You could use an automotive compound, to help remove, and shine up the surface. It may also help remove any left over paint. Than polish.

If you really have to, you could wetsand, with 1500 grit, than compound and polish. But you'll need a buffer for that. I don't mean to ramble on, but there are a lot of ways to remove that, without harming the finish. If you lived in my neck of the woods, I could do it in about a 1/2 hour, and look like new!
So give an update, on your results.

Oh!, if anything, you could contact a pinstriper, custom paint shop, or sign painter in the area, ig there is one. May be able to help out as well. Just another thought!

 Get well soon!

 

I gave up on mammoth. The last order (3 different items), they sent diodes, instead
Of transistors.