Galacticon and Lord of the Kraken

[jimilee]

So here are probably my last 2 builds til mid August. Sadly sometimes real life gets in the way, but first is another Enviro job on The Lord of the Kraken and the bottom right is what happens when you rush it. It is just a neat sounding pedal. The Kracken Guts are a mess but I am particularly proud of the Galacticon guts. It is finished with a polyurethane finish.




[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/jimi-lee-2/kraken[/soundcloud]

And of course the Galacticon, it's a phase 45 with a depth mod


[soundcloud]https://soundcloud.com/jimi-lee-2/galacticon[/soundcloud]

[GermanCdn]

Tres Magnifique, and thanks to your soundbites, my suspicions that there's something amiss in my Kraken build have been confirmed, dammit.

[jimilee]

Tres Magnifique, and thanks to your soundbites, my suspicions that there's something amiss in my Kraken build have been confirmed, dammit.

Oh noes! What's the problem?

[GermanCdn]

It passes signal almost uneffected and the switch in one position definitely isn't right.  But I've had a good run of first time fire up boards, I was due for a debug.

[gtangas]

you are unstoppable...

the wiring is hallways a challenge... at least for me!

[jimilee]

you are unstoppable...

the wiring is hallways a challenge... at least for me!

Well I board mounted the pots and labeled the enclosure backwards for some reason, so I had to flip the board which put all my connections on the wrong sides. I looked at the diagram in the BOM I think rather than looking at the board itself.

[ch1naski]

Damn Jimi, you really got those two together quickly, huh?
Is the environ poetry expensive to use? I've been using crystal clear acrylic, with so so results.....

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[Stomptown]

Great work jimmy! I love the artwork on both and the guts on the phaser are perfect! What do you think about the depth mod?

[jimilee]

Damn Jimi, you really got those two together quickly, huh?
Is the environ poetry expensive to use? I've been using crystal clear acrylic, with so so results.....

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Famowood Glaze Coat bar top epoxy from Lowes 22.00 for the smallest quart size I think. Every time I mix it up, I fill the bottom of a paper cup, and still have enough left over for another pedal. Thing is takes a decent 72hrs to dry. I really like it.

[jimilee]

Great work jimmy! I love the artwork on both and the guts on the phaser are perfect! What do you think about the depth mod?

depth mod is fantastic. Build came together with ease. The only trouble I had was the jfets. I used 5952 I think and the pin out is reversed.took me a good 10 minutes to remember that. Depth mod is interesting, I think it goes deeper than a regular 45 and more shallow a well. The speed and shallow depth make for an interesting mixture.

[Stomptown]

Cool! I need to get a better set if jfets for mine. It doesn't get as intense as my smoothly does. I spaced pinout in the build doc. Sorry about that one! Ill have to add that in ASAP.

[pickdropper]

Nice looking builds, Jimi.  Graphics are getting better each time.

[ch1naski]

Good to hear about the depth mod. I'm hoping my builds get deeper than my smoothie.

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[Bret608]

These both look and sound good! I'm not a huge envelop filter guy, but I really liked the sound of the Kraken.

[snz728]

Stompdown-I just built mine too and not as intense as Jimi's (nice job and thanks for the demo, btw) but I think I need to get better Jfets too.