4 in 1! my most ambitious project yet.

[tagwap]

Problem: I play guitar in church as well as in a rock band and I was taking up too much space in church with my large pedal board.
Solution: Build the 4 circuit's I use in church into a single enclosure.

Here goes:
drilled and sanded.


The finished guts: It's a Klone into a double flush tremolo, into a P90 phaser (with added depth control) into a sea urchin. An awesome collection of circuits. I added in a loop (out and then back in) between the Klone and the modulation effects so that if i need to I can add extra drive/crunch etc. This is simply jumper-ed if i'm using it stand alone.


and finished:



The LEDs are ultra violet purple but for some reason they photograph red.

My new homemade mini pedal board:


And all ready to go:

I have a wah into the 4 in 1 and then a boneyard into a TS808 in the loop and then back into the big box for the mod and delay. A whole gigready gig rig on a board less than 2 A4 pieces of paper in size! Before someone notices and comments I know there are no patch cables attached yet in the last pic, I know! I just dropped everything on there quickly for the photo. I reckon this project has taken me over 24 hours! (mostly due to a non working sea urchin circuit that would work occasionally when it wanted to. In the end I gutted another sea urchin from it's small enclosure and dropped in it here. Problem solved!)

Very satisfied with this build :-D

[gtr2]

Nice work there.  I've had a large enclosure for over a year for the same purpose.  I need to get on it!

By the way, was the sea urchin passing signal but no delay?

Josh

[tagwap]

Yep it was. Occasionally I could get it to work by 'tickling' the ground section of the board but I have no idea why. The delay would start to work but once the power supply was cut off the next time I powered up the delay wouldn't work again. Do you know what causes this problem?

Hey this is my 100th post. Wooooo!

[raulduke]

Fantastic build mate.

The beauty of DIY; building something to your exact requirements.

[pickdropper]

Fantastic build mate.

The beauty of DIY; building something to your exact requirements.

My thoughts exactly.  I've been meaning to do something like this as well.  Very very cool.

[gtr2]

Connect the analog ground and digital ground pin on the pt2399 together and you'll fix the issue.

Josh

[tagwap]

Wow thanks for that! Can you tell/show me which those 2 pins are so I know which ones to join please. Thanks for your help on this.

[morgcl]

I believe it's pins 3 and 4. Don't quote me on that though.... 

You'll have to have Josh confirm. He's the pro with these things.

[gtr2]

Yes join pins 3 and 4.  You can just solder a jumper right on the PT2399. 

Josh

[tagwap]

Thank you very much. I thought that circuit wasa lost cause. I'll stick it in a 1590b now :-)

[timbo_93631]

Nice work on that enclosure, looks so tidy and well laid out.

[LaceSensor]

sexy build and board to boot

[slimtriggers]

That is an awesome setup!  Is the Klone out of the chain when the loop is engaged, then?

Yes join pins 3 and 4.  You can just solder a jumper right on the PT2399. 

Josh

You're a genius.  I've been having the same problem and just chalked it up to a bad switch.  Glad I saw this before I pulled the switch and soldered in a new one!

[Knut Koupee]

Excellent work!

[Ettore_M]

Really nice build! The result looks great! I absolutely love the colour of the enclosure! 
Nice little pedalboard you got there.. This is what I want to do too. A small pedalboard with so many effects can be really comfortable for gigging! 

BTW, what is the size of the enclosure?

Hector