Echo Base

[Haberdasher]

Awesome Keefe!! It looks so good inside and out! I've wanted to make one of these for so long but it was kinda daunting at first. Now it seems like it would go together like cake! There is really a minimal amount of wiring.

Yeah there are only a few wires so it looks really clean,  especially if you leave out the battery snap.

If you biuild one, just be sure to be meticulous laying out and testing your components beforehand.  You wouldn't want to be stuck trying to de-solder parts out of the middle of this board.  Tight layout!

Now that I've built it, I'm pretty confident I could have gotten it in a 125 with some careful measurement.  The 125 is wider sideways that the 1590bb so you could get the board all the way flush up to the top.

The hardest part is really just measuring, laying out  & drilling the holes for those pc mounted pots.

I'm using Pulsar "DecalProfx" (I think that's the name, don't have the package in front of me).  It is toner transfer, so not really a decal.

Thanks!  It looks fantastic, but it sounds like I'll be sticking with my new "no more dark enclosures" for some time.  Enjoy the pedal!

You know, I don't blame you.  I really don't.

Brilliant build Haberdasher.

I think I'll leave your decal method to you though; it sounds like a nightmare.

You must have the patience of a saint!

Thanks m8. A saint wouldn't curse like me when something goes wrong, though.
In my case, I've already bought all this stuff, so I'm sure as **** using it, but I can't help thinking how easy a decal might be from time to time.

Sweet looking build there. Love my echobase too.

Now that I have mine working I really wish I had completed it earlier.
It sounds totally killer guitar->sunking->faultline->echobase->amp

Puts my wiring to shame!  

Well, there isn't much wiring involved in the echobase.  Believe me my wiring skills aren't nearly as good as some other guys around here.

[LaceSensor]

ID say with board mounted pots, the echo base is one of the easiest wiring jobs of a complex pedal. Even the footswitch is just two lugs as its buffered bypass.

Not to take away from the great work done here, but the EB is really a quite simple build. There is just a lot of components. Of course you can add a number of switchable options to spice things up and add more wires

[mjcyates]

Great job! The echobase is a great sounding pedal.

[Haberdasher]

Great job! The echobase is a great sounding pedal.

Thanks!  I'm digging it.

ID say with board mounted pots, the echo base is one of the easiest wiring jobs of a complex pedal. Even the footswitch is just two lugs as its buffered bypass.

Not to take away from the great work done here, but the EB is really a quite simple build. There is just a lot of components. Of course you can add a number of switchable options to spice things up and add more wires

I agree.  This was one of the easiest pedals I've ever boxed up.  Drilling the enclosure was really the only part where I had to stop and think.

[EconMan]

Nice build! I have an Echo Base pcb still waiting to be wired up. The Echo Base was the pedal that originally spawned my pedal building addiction then I stumbled upon this site and wire up a Sabertooth as my first build due to the wait on the Echo pcb. Now I'm a full blown addict.

[nzCdog]

Now I'm a full blown addict.

Muahaha!  It is all going according to plan! 

[jimmybjj]

Okeef, was wondering if you could give us some feedback on the decals. I understand they take a little work to get right. My question is the process cumbersome enough to prevent you from buying supplies again when you run out. I guess a better question would be, if you had it to do over again would you buy the decal system?

[Haberdasher]

I've still only used it about 4 times, so it's kind of hard to say.  And since I've never used the kinds of decals the rest of you guys use, it is even harder to say since I don't have anything else to compare it to.

Right now, I would say yes I would buy it again.  If you already have a suitable laminator and access to a laser printer then why not.  It's pretty neat & gives you a lot of options with the white text and different colors of laser foils.

If you want to try it you could just buy the paper, clear mylar film, some clear coat film, and white pigment foil.  That would let you do some laser color graphics, and the white foil would allow you to do white text.  I bought the special adhesive spray at JoAnns fabrics, but I have also seen it at hobby lobby.  For the carrier boards you can just use .031" copper clad boards, or even etch the copper off them first.  I'm pretty sure that would give you everything you need to get started.

Let me know if you have any other questions.

[juansolo]

Super tidy inside and out. Most impressive sir!

[gtr2]

I'm late on this build report, musta missed it 

VERY NICE!


Josh

[Haberdasher]

thank you much for the encouraging words, kind sirs.