Retrograde & the Dirtbag Deluxe

[MadPostman]

The Dirtbag Deluxe was a monstrous build but a lot of fun. I've always loved the name of the german audio electronics company, "Echolette", so I decided to use it. They made some great tape echo machines.

I'm still getting a slight bit of distortion on the repeats. I've read all the forum material on this subject and believe I've made all the necessary adjustments. Maybe I just need to play with the gain trims a bit more.




The retrograde is definitely a "nasty wall of fuzz". The enclosure for this project turned out to be a big hassel. After screwing up the water slide decals (forgot to pre-clearcoat), sanding, and repainting, I believe I will be buying my enclosures pre-painted from now on.

[midwayfair]

Outstanding looking Dirtbag right there. Congrats!

[DutchMF]

Very cool builds man! I like the yellow theme on the Retrograde! The only thing I can find on the Echolette that I don't like is the yellow switch knob (which looks great on the Retrograde!) but the rest.... Dude, it looks fantastic!!! Very cool knobs....

Paul

[juansolo]

Liking both of them. Very clean inside and out. 

[monkeyssj1]

Nice d-bag . try messing reducing the gain 1 trimpot (i believe?).. you'll hear it decrease the initial delay volume and it shouldn't distort as much... I found that slightly adjusting the second one also effected the rate at which delays lasted or fedback.

[Bret608]

The Dirtbag looks fantastic! The theme and colors are really dead-on.

Sorry to hear the Retrograde enclosure turned out to be so much work, but I think the result was worth it!    Very eye-catching!

[jkokura]

Love that subtle yellow bottom plate on the Dirtbag. The fact that you have the coloured bat on the switch makes it even more awesome!

Jacob

[MadPostman]

Thanks everyone. I've been playing around with the d-bag a lot more today. I think I've got this thing figured out. It's amazing the types of sounds you can get with extreme delay/feedback settings. Very cool stuff.

[jimilee]

Thanks everyone. I've been playing around with the d-bag a lot more today.

You should never refer to the dirtbag as a d-bag,cause that is something different! 
I'm so childish,GOSH!

[DutchMF]

Love that subtle yellow bottom plate on the Dirtbag.....

DOH! Didn't even see that when I first posted... I was totally obsessed with those knobs! Now the yellow switch makes sense, sorry for my earlier comment!

Paul