Midwell - Custom wooden enclosure content

[storyboardist]

A couple weeks ago I went to a house show/EP release party of a local band my brother-in-law works with (he does marketing/web stuff for them). Got to talking gear with the guitarist afterwards and we hit it off. Decided last weekend I wanted to make him a pedal. I ended up going way over board with this, but I'm pretty happy with how it turned out and he was super excited about it. Having quite the dad sense of humor and loving puns, I decided to build a mids EQ (Catalinbread VarioBoost clone) as the band name is Midwell.  A couple years ago I'd started this wooden enclosure with a bent steel top that's just been sitting on my bench collecting dust, so I made the back cover and a plate for the jacks. I drew up custom layout in Eagle and added Steve Demedash's Incandenza relay bypass. Used my resin 3D printer to make the name badge (which got buggered in assembly  ) and threw on some big ol' chrome/black knobs from BLMS.

An in process shot:


Guts:


Finished:




I'm going to redo the name badge as the screw holes were just a bit off and made the lower edge bend upwards, not to mention gashing the lower line of text with a screwdriver. But he's excited to use and they're going into the studio in a few weeks, so hopefully it'll be a useful tool in that process. Here's their Spotify link if anyone fancies a listen: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6vHP2UiHTuZKRBVhtx2nFe

[jimilee]

Very very neat.


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[matmosphere]

I mean, just wow!!
That is pretty much perfect in every way.

[dawson]

Awesome-looking enclosure and name-plate!

[TGP39]

Such a beautiful build.  I love that Incandena relay bypass that Steve does.  Nice touch.
~Steve

[rockola]

That's what I call a boutique build. Next stop, dovetail joints.

[Stomptown]

That's looks so awesome! 

[m-Kresol]

This is stunning in every way. Well done!

[DLW]

Very elegant! I'm especially loving that jack mount plate.

[nzCdog]

Beautiful

[cooder]

Style and all! Perfect and the name plate is the icing!
I have a Varioboost on my board as well and it's a permanent fixture. Great circuit!

[storyboardist]

Thanks guys!

[Bret608]

That is beautiful! It looks like it would have some kind of crazy octave fuzz in it.

[Bio77]

Very cool!  What is on the bottom?

[selfdestroyer]

I have seen this thing 4 other times from you and it still wows me.. Looks amazing!