Serpent Boost - Naga Viper

[rullywowr]

Enclosure is 1590NS first powdercoated chrome, then transparent green.  Took a hint from one of Pickdroppers' latest and etched with a laser engraver and then I filled in the voids with white acrylic paint and a cottton tipped swab.  Used shiny Envirotex (I love this stuff!) over the top only for protection of the paint.  I saw some tips on the web regarding this and I think next time, I will use a light masking material over the enclosure before laser etching (etch right through the mask).  This way, it will protect the enclosure from soot and smoke plus add a quick mask for the acrylic paint.  It was pretty time consuming filling all the voids and then rubbing off the excess.  Very pleased however because I have never been able to do a white lettering scheme myself before so this is exciting.

This is one great circuit, very versatile due to the range knob.  Even makes my little SS test amp sound pretty good!  Can be like a standard treble boost Rangemaster or a full range boost.  Plenty of volume on tap and the "Heat" knob adds extra fatness to the tone if desired.  Have plenty of extra boards if interested.

Demo Video:

[selfdestroyer]

Looks great, I like your waterslide, looks hecka pro. I have a layout that I etched and I have nothing but problems with it, might have to try one of your boards.

[hoodoo]

Nice one Ben, good looking sparkly green, with unobtainium white lettering  , and a nice deep looking enviro top coat, good as it gets mate.

[alanp]

The board layout is really nifty, haven't seen any laid out like that before (Very polished -- you'd swear it has Pickdropper DNA in it...)

[juansolo]

Classy! 

[marmaliser]

Sweeet. Are you gearing up for production as your latest builds have been that level an above

[Cortexturizer]

REally really nice!

[stevie1556]

Looks amazing and sounds fantastic!

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[fendman]

That is one really nice pedal Ben...loving it. Think I will need to have a board
Great work
Mike

[bcalla]

Very slick!

[pickdropper]

I really like that board layout.  Great job mounting all three pots in such a limited space.

Nice wiring, too.

[rullywowr]

Thanks for all the kind words everyone!  The PCB layout was a matter of trial and error, it was a bit of a challenge getting all three pots on such a small layout while keeping the main wiring outputs on the center axis and also everything evenly spaced.  It would be cool to see this in a 1590a, as it should fit without any issue

I've not really done any mini-production of pedals to date but I have some of my own tweaked circuits which I plan on making a limited run and seeing how it goes.  In the interim, I am finishing up the latest batch of new DIY boards for release.  Perhaps my least favorite part of the process is creating the build documents, however this is going easier now that I have done a few.  I am also really trying to put forth an effort to make videos with good sound quality so people can actually hear what the board sounds like.  This is also getting easier once everything is setup and I familiarize myself with the process.

As I am sure it goes with all of you, each build gets better than the last.  Due to the awesome people and their support on this forum, it is inspirational and provides motivation to continue improving my builds/layouts.  Best pedal forum on the web.  Thanks!