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Let me be the first to say bloody hell they are brilliant.  Even your boards looking fantastic. What are they?

Thank you. The black one is a '79 era grey DOD 250 Overdrive clone and the red one is a '76/77 script era MXR Dyna Comp clone.

I messed up when I posted about Metalphoto the other day. That is not the right stuff. There still is ID-Mark listed under other products on New Horizons: ID-Mark (Photopolymer Resist Coated Aluminum and Polyester) - UV and water etched metal panels with adhesive backing. You can request free samples and give it a try.

Anybody have an idea about the price of this stuff? Seems like something I would like a lot!

Paul

You can ask on the website for free ID-Mark samples which is enough to make several pedals. See if you can get all aluminum samples, or you may get a mix of aluminum and plastic sheets. Here's 2 separate combo pics (outside/inside) of what I etched for my DIY project builds with my samples to get an idea of the result quality:

I messed up when I posted about Metalphoto the other day. That is not the right stuff. There still is ID-Mark listed under other products on New Horizons: ID-Mark (Photopolymer Resist Coated Aluminum and Polyester) - UV and water etched metal panels with adhesive backing. You can request free samples and give it a try.

http://www.horizonsisg.com/idmark.html





ID-Mark Fast Facts

Material: Photopolymer Resist Coated Aluminum and Polyester Sheets with Adhesive Backing

- Finishes: 14 Color Combinations
- Sizes: 10" x 12", 12" x 20
- Thicknesses: 0.006", 0.007", 0.014", 0.025"
- Applications: Signs, Labels, Decals, Nameplates, Plaques and Awards, Equipment Tags, Prototypes, Panel Fronts
- Performance Characteristics: For Outdoor Use (if protected), Resistant to Chemicals

My signal chain is: Fender Yngwie Malmsteen Stratocaster guitar into Boss NS-2 Noise Suppressor to Neo-Classic 3080 Compressor and Neo-Classic 741 Overdrive (both in the send/return NS-2 effects loop) to MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay to Boss RC-3 Loop Station out to Marshall MG15FX Series 4 home practice amp, only using the clean channel and no on-board amp effects. I'm only a home guitar music enthusiast so this small effects rig is a perfect fit for my small row house environment.

My favorite pedals are the 2 Neo-Classic "clones" that I completely made from scratch as first time DIY builds (in 2010 and 2011) of a 1979 'gray spec' DOD 250 Overdrive and 1977 'script spec' MXR Dyna Comp with no changes from the original circuit schematics and sound except the addition of true bypass, LED power indicator, and Boss style DC jack. My original pedal PCB artwork layouts were designed using ExpressPCB but home etched and tinned. You can get more details on these 'non-commercial' DIY effects projects on my Neo-Classic FX showcase website including interior gut shots. I made an extra copy of each as a special gift of appreciation for my good friend and American neoclassical shred guitarist Dean Cascione. Dean liked my gray 250 clone so much compared to the others he owns that he recorded all the guitar leads on his 2011 instrumental album "Neoclassical Fire" with it which made me feel honored and it turned out sounding great!

My next favorite pedals are the MXR Carbon Copy Analog Delay and the Boss RC-3 Loop Station. I like moderately low slap back echo type delay with an almost reverb like effect at the same time. I'm also having fun with the RC-3 creating loops to play along with as well as backing tracks copied to it via USB from my PC. It's a great practice tool. I hope you this relatively tame and simple setup interesting. It gets the job done without the temptation of effects overkill that a large pedal board rig would spoil me with.

That's actually one of my DIY original custom layout boards that was given away from a few left overs I had while developing my gray spec 250 clone. Glad to see it got a home and is used. I have a non-commercial DIY hobby webpage about it here with detail pictures and write-up:


Neo-Classic FX - DIY Stompbox Projects
http://sites.google.com/site/snmavronis/NeoClassicFX
Maryland, USA