Non-MB -- Shortstack/Hotcake

[pk1802]

I finally sat down and got this little guy boxed up. I like it a lot, although there is a bit of fizzyness on the note decay(in normal and bluesberry mode with every opamp I've tried).

Shoving everything in there. I had to grind the edge of the lid because I mounted my power jack to close...


It's a tight fit with that switch in there...


My girlfriend painted this one for me. My idea was just for her to paint a stack of pancakes, but her (literal) hotcake was a much better idea. Here it is getting a test drive next to my honeybee clone...

[jtn191]

nice build! I'll look into how to smooth the decay...I'm building one into a 1590a soon. Gave my other one to a friend

[jimilee]

That is a tight squeeze,and why I don't like 1590a's takes a lt of patience.

[lincolnic]

I love that paint job.

[pk1802]

nice build! I'll look into how to smooth the decay...I'm building one into a 1590a soon. Gave my other one to a friend

I'm not super worried about it, this is by far my favorite low-cutting pedal, fizz or no fizz.

That is a tight squeeze,and why I don't like 1590a's takes a lt of patience.

Indeed, 1590a's are a pain, but for whatever reason, if it fits in a 1590a I refuse to put it in a bigger box. My pedalboard is pretty crowded, so it is worth it to me.

Here's a pic of my (newly rearranged) pedalboard. You can see how 1590a's will be my savior. I'm considering doing a 1590a TS, Honeybee, BSIAB2 and LPB1 to cut down on space.

I love that paint job.

Thank you, I'll be sure to pass that along to my girlfriend. I want her to paint more pedals for me, but I had a hard time with clearcoating. I'm always afraid that I'll mess up all of her hard work.

[jtn191]

nice build! I'll look into how to smooth the decay...I'm building one into a 1590a soon. Gave my other one to a friend

I'm not super worried about it, this is by far my favorite low-cutting pedal, fizz or no fizz.

I just looked back at the schems and if you double C7 to 22n and bump up the output cap to 56n it brings the pedal closer to 2003 Hotcake specs...I'll try it out but doubt it'll fix fizziness--likely just changes the bass cut on the way out.

Nice board!

[pk1802]

I just looked back at the schems and if you double C7 to 22n and bump up the output cap to 56n it brings the pedal closer to 2003 Hotcake specs...I'll try it out but doubt it'll fix fizziness--likely just changes the bass cut on the way out.

Nice board!

If I ever open this little guy up again, I may put that change on the switch. The difference between normal and bluesberry is pretty negligible, I could do without that.

BTW, thanks for all the help. Your board was very nice to work on and I would recommend it to anyone looking for a hotcake board.

[jubal81]

I was thinking about the hotcake the other day. Sometime I'd like to breadboard one with a dual opamp, with one buffering the reference voltage. Also, I'm wondering how it would sound with a discrete opamp. JFETs sound good when they clip, unlike opamps ....

[pk1802]

I was thinking about the hotcake the other day. Sometime I'd like to breadboard one with a dual opamp, with one buffering the reference voltage. Also, I'm wondering how it would sound with a discrete opamp. JFETs sound good when they clip, unlike opamps ....

I'm still learning, what would be the benefit to buffering the reference voltage?

The only thing I really know about discrete opamps is that audiophile dudes spend a fortune for people to design them discrete opamps(or at least that's what my buddy does). Are you thinking you would design your own or just follow the schematic for what is on the die of a standard opamp?