Mike's Pedal Thread

Post by **Mike** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:27 pm

Done
1. JD's Fuzz Factory - Completed.

In progress:
2. Benecol's FuzzFace with Fuller mods - parts ordered. Going to be in a BB case with battery power a must, jacks on the top, portrait style, pink LED if it's not just white, Green if the LED looks crap. Silver. Silver and Black knobs. Board built. Case drilled, primed and painted
4. Ebay Big Muff - takes lowest priority obviously. Board built, not tested - Case drilled and painted
5. Woolly Mammoth - case drilled, primed and painted

3. Astro - Saltbooster Plus (with tone control) - sticker + lacquer - will drill case next week.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Aug 21, 2008 1:37 pm

Done
1. JD's Fuzz Factory - Completed.

In progress:
2. Benecol's FuzzFace with Fuller mods - parts ordered. Going to be in a BB case with battery power a must, jacks on the top, portrait style, pink LED if it's not just white, Green if the LED looks crap. Silver. Silver and Black knobs. Board built. Case drilled, primed and painted
3. Ebay Big Muff - takes lowest priority obviously. Board built, not tested - Case drilled and painted
4. Woolly Mammoth - case drilled, primed and painted

5. Astro - Saltbooster Plus (with tone control) - sticker + lacquer, Blue LED - will drill case next week.
5. Astro - Foxx Tone Machine clone - Green with Green LED, footswitchable Octave effect with Yellow LED - will drill case next week.

jcyphe · Post by **jcyphe** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 2:39 am

Mike wrote: FuzzFace with Fuller mods - parts ordered. Going to be in a BB case with battery power a must, jacks on the top, portrait

ahahahahahaha

Sooner or later I knew you'd come around.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:15 am

That's Tim's (benecol's) spec, not mine. I understand their use with Fuzzes.

I still hate batteries though, they're bulky and take up a lot of space in cases and make it much harder to arrange the board, switch(es), jacks etc.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:43 am

I'm trying to work out how many pedals I've built.

Saltbooster x 14
SuperHardOn x 1
Box Of Rock x 1
Box Of Mike x 3
Green Big Muff x 2
Woolly Mammoth x 1
Fuzz Factory x 2
Tonebender x 1
Hemy-Roid Fuzz x 1

I'm sure I've missed some. Fuck me, that's 26 pedals.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:47 am

plus there 26 fucking amazing pedals.

i own 4 of 26, with plans to own more mwaahhaaaaaa!!

Post by **Mike** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 9:52 am

Unfortunately I designed none of them really, haha. Ah well, I'm greatly indebted to you guys for allowing me to have this new awesome hobby that I love. I'm not making a heap of money from it, there is invariably not much left after I order parts and painting materials, but that's not the point.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:45 am

urg, this was supposed to be my post rehearsal-volume evaluation of the green big muff but disaster struck. i turned it on and the earth hum coming from it was unbelievable, totally audible over the fuzz. turns out the CHEAP SHIT maplin power supply i was using is churning out far too much voltage and seemed to be overloading it (i even set it to 4.5v and it was still going mental). i tried it with the supply for my ns-2 and it was lovely, but i needed that to power the rest of my pedals. so that means i have to wait another week before i can crank it properly. ratcocks!

i've had nothing but disappointment from maplin over the years, i used to be a staunch defender but no more. EVERYTHING i buy from there fucks up, and it's getting tedious!

Post by **Mike** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:03 am

That's shit mate, must have just been a completely bad power supply.

The power bank things they sell I think are pretty decent for 19.99 and they're not made my Maplin, the goons. If you're wanting a great solution I would recommend a Diago power station.

Boourns on not getting to rock it out properly. Bad times.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:30 am

Mike wrote:That's shit mate, must have just been a completely bad power supply.

The power bank things they sell I think are pretty decent for 19.99 and they're not made my Maplin, the goons. If you're wanting a great solution I would recommend a Diago power station.

Boourns on not getting to rock it out properly. Bad times.

i've got the supply i used with the NYC muff, i just need to change the tip so it fits. i'm just glad i found the problem before it burned any pedals out. i plugged it into the ns-2 which daisychains all the other pedals, and the LEDs were all lighting up even though they were switched off. straight to the bin for that bad boy.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:31 am

stewart wrote:
Mike wrote:That's shit mate, must have just been a completely bad power supply.

The power bank things they sell I think are pretty decent for 19.99 and they're not made my Maplin, the goons. If you're wanting a great solution I would recommend a Diago power station.

Boourns on not getting to rock it out properly. Bad times.
i've got the supply i used with the NYC muff, i just need to change the tip so it fits. i'm just glad i found the problem before it burned any pedals out. i plugged it into the ns-2 which daisychains all the other pedals, and the LEDs were all lighting up even though they were switched off. straight to the bin for that bad boy.

That is ridiculous.

Proper wank. Could you not just get another daisy chain to add to your curren NS-2 one? or are you flirting with the mA limit?

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 11:59 am

Mike wrote:
stewart wrote:
Mike wrote:That's shit mate, must have just been a completely bad power supply.

The power bank things they sell I think are pretty decent for 19.99 and they're not made my Maplin, the goons. If you're wanting a great solution I would recommend a Diago power station.

Boourns on not getting to rock it out properly. Bad times.
i've got the supply i used with the NYC muff, i just need to change the tip so it fits. i'm just glad i found the problem before it burned any pedals out. i plugged it into the ns-2 which daisychains all the other pedals, and the LEDs were all lighting up even though they were switched off. straight to the bin for that bad boy.
That is ridiculous.

Proper wank. Could you not just get another daisy chain to add to your curren NS-2 one? or are you flirting with the mA limit?

um, i'm not sure about the mA limit, but there's only 4 pedals on the daisychain so i reckon it would be fine. the cable i've got at the moment is from one of these 'power system' type things (like the diago), and i'm using it backwards (if that makes sense) so there's only 5 sockets on it including the one that connects to the ns-2. i could just buy a daisychain cable with more outlets, i suppose! i need a couple of those virtual battery things for my amp splitter anyway so i may as well sort it all out in one go.

mezzio13 · Post by **mezzio13** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:12 pm

Mike wrote:I'm trying to work out how many pedals I've built.

Saltbooster x 14
SuperHardOn x 1
Box Of Rock x 1
Box Of Mike x 3
Green Big Muff x 2
Woolly Mammoth x 1
Fuzz Factory x 2
Tonebender x 1
Hemy-Roid Fuzz x 1

I'm sure I've missed some. Fuck me, that's 26 pedals.

Green Ringer - 1

Btw, that pedal is runing my life. I had my metally sounding stuff all set, and using my GSP-7 as a distortion the crunch was through the floor, and palm mutes were punch and nice. I put that GR upstream of that, and holy shit. The squirrely nature of it when you play chords just fills my sound out with tons of added girth. Mutes now are all wet and drippy but still punchy. it's just completely sick. I don't even want to get into the insanty it does with pinch harmonics. Damn you Green Ringer, and damn you Mike Livesley for making me so dependant on this pedal.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 1:15 pm

mezzio13 wrote:
Mike wrote:I'm trying to work out how many pedals I've built.

Saltbooster x 14
SuperHardOn x 1
Box Of Rock x 1
Box Of Mike x 3
Green Big Muff x 2
Woolly Mammoth x 1
Fuzz Factory x 2
Tonebender x 1
Hemy-Roid Fuzz x 1

I'm sure I've missed some. Fuck me, that's 26 pedals.
Green Ringer - 1

Btw, that pedal is runing my life. I had my metally sounding stuff all set, and using my GSP-7 as a distortion the crunch was through the floor, and palm mutes were punch and nice. I put that GR upstream of that, and holy shit. The squirrely nature of it when you play chords just fills my sound out with tons of added girth. Mutes now are all wet and drippy but still punchy. it's just completely sick. I don't even want to get into the insanty it does with pinch harmonics. Damn you Green Ringer, and damn you Mike Livesley for making me so dependant on this pedal.

I knew I forgot one! That was a fun one.

I'm dead glad you're loving it. A properly idosyncratic thing, that pedal is. I'm beyond chuffed you're loving it.

mezzio13 · Post by **mezzio13** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 7:23 pm

I'll see if Rob will help me make a demo video after my wife gets back from Georgia.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:35 pm

That would be beyond awesome mate.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Aug 22, 2008 10:43 pm

I'm so tired.

5 hours of soldering. This is what I do on a Friday night, it's so depressing I want to cry.

This is Astro's Foxx Tone Machine/Fulltone Ultimate Octave. Needs two more Ge diodes

This is a Woolly Mammoth I made just because

Also did flying leads for Benecol's Fuzz Face (left), misc Green Big Muff and Woolly Mammoth (right) and Astro's Fuzz and Booster (which I also built tonight - bottom)

This evening - fueled by Carlsberg Export - solder responsibly kids.

Post by **Mike** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:23 pm

I've tested Benecol's Fuzzface, Astro's Saltbooster and the Big Muff and Woolly Mammoth and they're all working fine and sounding great. The Octave Fuzz for astro needs another pair of Germanium Diodes that should arrive next week to be completed. I've marked his cases for drilling on Tuesday. Did the last coat of silver on Benecol's case which I'm now finally happy with unless something goes wrong in the drying process (painting Silver is a pain - very unforgiving).

I have some stuff to make decals for settings and the name of the pedal and a logo on the back which I'm going to have a play with, starting with the Woolly Mammoth which I have given a shortscale name to.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:40 pm

Mike wrote:I have some stuff to make decals for settings and the name of the pedal and a logo on the back which I'm going to have a play with, starting with the Woolly Mammoth which I have given a shortscale name to.

ah, did you get sick of waiting for me to do it? i'm a lazy bastard, honestly!

d'you reckon you could make a fulltone ocd? dunno how complicated they are but if you could do one or less than the Â£140 or whatever retail i could be tempted...

Post by **Mike** » Sat Aug 23, 2008 12:44 pm

stewart wrote:
Mike wrote:I have some stuff to make decals for settings and the name of the pedal and a logo on the back which I'm going to have a play with, starting with the Woolly Mammoth which I have given a shortscale name to.
ah, did you get sick of waiting for me to do it? i'm a lazy bastard, honestly!

d'you reckon you could make a fulltone ocd? dunno how complicated they are but if you could do one or less than the Â£140 or whatever retail i could be tempted...

Nah I was just bored mate, I'd still be interested in your designs. I got laser labels and I think my printer is inkjet so it could all go wrong and cost me a printer :-/

I have a schematic around, I think it's do-able. I could probably do it for around Â£80/Â£90 in a box the same size as your muff. I've have to prototype it first and see how it goes.