Liquid Eternity (Arion SCH1)

[Philthy]

My name is Philthy and I'm a chorusaholic.  So when Rockhorst (Nucleon Fx www.nucleonfx.com) offered up a proto of his new Liquid Eternity board I didn't hesitate.
It's a clone of my favourite chorus - the Arion SCH1.
Here is the build in all it's glory. I used a guitarpcb TwoKnobJob so I can have two, switchable Rates .
I had a bit of clock noise from the long runs to the rate pots so I have since shileded the I/O wires. (THe long runs are of course avoided if you use a pcb-mounted pot direct to the board, so this issue is unique to my build).
Sounds great

[Rockhorst]

That looks nice and tidy! The two knob job is a very welcome feature on this one. I've played with the thought of incorporating it on the pcb, but it's already a big one, so I didn't. Good to see that it can be easily added if need be. I really admire those 80s PCBs like the Arion and Boss ones. Hand drawn and single sided. It took a lot of effort avoiding using any vias on the redesign of the board. There's no particular reason to do so, just like a challenge.

Question: how do you manage to have the DC jack sunk into the enclosure? It looks like it's flush?

[Philthy]

just a slight countersink on the hole

[mrclean77]

Awesome build - I dig the stamping and for sure the countersunk DC jack. Great idea on the switchable rate controls.

I had an Arion Chorus when I was in my teens and HATED it. Sold it and for years have heard so many praises about the thing, I finally asked myself, "What's the deal?!". Then I remembered back then I was playing thru a solid state Yamaha amp  I may have to succumb to the urge to build this thing.

[Boba7]

That looks fantastic!

Do you feel the need to adjust the depth when switching rates?

[Philthy]

No, there's a sweet spot that works for both a fast and slowish setting
You need to roll off the tone knob to get the Leslie thing going

[stringsthings]

Very nice!  The purple chickenheads go well with the finish.