Red Army Overdrive

[Jakes Dad]

Finished up this one last night a little too late to do a full volume check (past my Grandson's bed time) but the first very low volume check was pretty nice.  Just did a full volume noodle after I got home from work - the smile will not go away! This is the 7th or 8th BMP variant I've built (3rd on the Halo board) and it now reigns as my favorite.  Used an aion Halo built to Red Army specs with the presence/mid range control.  Found the box (non-Hammond 1590B-ish) in the drawer; Halo and 3PDT from aion (duh); green wire from Guitar PCB; knobs (love those Vintage Cup Cakes), pots, jacks and switch from Small Bear; electronic fiddly bits from Mouser. 

The box:


And the guts:


Chuck

[jimilee]

Looks really great. Is it an overdrive or a muff?

[Jakes Dad]

Most definitely a Muff - a year or two later it was the Civil War BMP.

Chuck

[jimilee]

I thought so, the overdrive part confused me (I'm a bass player). It does look really great.


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[fredwreck]

Looks great!

[diablochris6]

Love the offset star. Great job.

[stringsthings]

Very nice.  Most excellent.

[jonnygreentrees]

Looks great! Is the star a stencil?

[bcalla]

Very cool!

[Jakes Dad]

Looks great! Is the star a stencil?

Close.  When I drill I cover the box with painter's tape and peel it off after all the holes are there.  After staring at photos of original forever the obvious star layout jumped out at me so I grabbed a small triangle, marked the star and trimmed the tape with an exacto knife.  A few squirts of flat red paint and there it is.

Chuck

[storyboardist]

Really like the looks of that one. Well done

[selfdestroyer]

That came together really nice. I like the simplicity of the artwork. And who doesn't like a BMP variant?... I don't know any one of the sorts. lol

Great job!

Cody