Lowrider build

[thomasha]

Just finished a lowrider build.
For this I used the 2015 schematic and made a layout to fit in a 1590b.
I guess it would fit on one board, but I made it with two separated boards to save some space.
It's a nice effect, the octave up works as a nice fuzz too.
I just used some trimmers for the fuzz and tone and set them during the testing stage.
The art is an etch with the black background to give some nice contrast.
Cheers, Thomas

[playpunk]

Gorgeous!

[alanp]

Now THAT is some impressive crammage.

[matmosphere]

Great artwork and a nice etch. Can't believe you could stuff that into a 1590b!

[jimilee]

Daaamnnnn


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[oip]

what a great build!  i don't know how you've managed to pack it in that tight without shorts but it's crazy

also didn't know about this design, just reading through the build doc i have a foxrox octron so it's very interesting to compare.

that etch is god damn glorious

[madbean]

That is crazy. Excellent work.

[Jmilla]

Love that etch!!

[m-Kresol]

perfect build. I agree with the other, cramming that in a 1590B is impressve

[EBK]

I'm obviously a huge fan of this sort of build.  Nice work!  Very beautiful etch too!

One tiny bit of unsolicited advice though, if you don't mind.  Get yourself a cheap pair of flush cutters for trimming those pointy leads.  It helps a lot with tight builds to prevent shorts.  I use Xuron Micro-shear 170II, which I like.

[thomasha]

Thanks for the tip!
it's really hard to cut right near the board, I tried sanding it once, but that was the worst idea.

I'm also looking for a solder iron with a fine tip, as the traces are really close to each other.

[m-Kresol]

I've recently got a new Knipex cutter (https://www.conrad.at/de/elektronik-u-feinmechanik-vornschneider-mit-facette-115-mm-knipex-64-42-115-852856.html) and it is amazing how bad my low-cost one was that I used up to now. I feel like I can cut anything with this and the arrangement of the cutting wedges is really comfortable for pcb work

[EBK]

Thanks for the tip!
it's really hard to cut right near the board, I tried sanding it once, but that was the worst idea.

I'm also looking for a solder iron with a fine tip, as the traces are really close to each other.

I bought a fine tip for my Hakko soldering station, thinking I would be able to use it for SMD work.  Had way too much trouble trying to get the tiny tip to heat things up enough for good soldering.  Switched back to my broader tip and learned to drag solder for narrow pitch stuff.  Just solder away, using tons of solder and bridging the hell out of everything in a refreshingly carefree manner without even bothering to lift the iron (you are literally dragging a liquid solder ball over everything like a boulder chasing an adventurous archiologist) , then use solder wick and perhaps some gravity to pull the excess solder away, leaving everything miraculously soldered perfectly.  It's as fun as it sounds. 

Forgot to mention, put some flux on the places you want soldered first (again, no need to be really careful).

[pickdropper]

Man, I dig your aesthetic on that.

Very impressive way to fit it all in, too.

[jubal81]

Staggeringly impressive on every front. Wow.