Mike's Pedal Thread

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:35 pm

oh yeah, what a fucking noise machine, tis truly amazing.

i 've just brought a new power supply and a gator pedal tote pedal board. 40 for both, can't be bad.

gonna sell my coffin case one and make me new board up with mike pedals.

money went in at 1 o clock, should show in your account by half 3 according to the clerk.

Reece · Post by **Reece** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 1:53 pm

Progrockabuse wrote:gonna sell my coffin case one and make me new board up with mike pedals.

Is that the board you had at doogfest? If so I'm interested.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:00 pm

Progrockabuse wrote:oh yeah, what a fucking noise machine, tis truly amazing.

i 've just brought a new power supply and a gator pedal tote pedal board. 40 for both, can't be bad.

gonna sell my coffin case one and make me new board up with mike pedals.

money went in at 1 o clock, should show in your account by half 3 according to the clerk.

Wonderful, thanks muchly bud, and glad you like it.

I'm sure you're making it sound rather delightful. I really enjoyed making that one, funtimes.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 2:19 pm

Zaphod wrote:
Progrockabuse wrote:gonna sell my coffin case one and make me new board up with mike pedals.
Is that the board you had at doogfest? If so I'm interested.

yes, pm if you want it, you can have first dibs.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:12 pm

thanks for all you've done mike. here's some shots.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:14 pm

Fuckin' sweet.

I'm totally loving the symmetry between those two boxes. Thanks for buying them mate.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:18 pm

two little things. is the pedal quite noisy in operation/standby and the pedal is way loud, i've got it running at just over zero, is that normal?

Post by **Mike** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:21 pm

Eh?

It is very loud but it absolutely shouldn't be noisy when bypassed, and it wasn't when I tested it before I sent it to you.

Have you tried it alone on the daisy chain? Maybe it's a power supply issue.

It should make no noise whatsoever when bypassed. It's true bypass. There is nothing in the signal chain then.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:42 pm

found the culprit, the reel echo doesn't like been on the same chain as the duo-fuzz. this dam new sound lab power supply. i'm only powering 3 pedals.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 3:45 pm

The Echo will be pulling a fair share of power I imagine, but you clearly should be able to use three pedals.

Hmm. The Fuzz itself won't be using a lot, but I know how finicky they can be. Unfortunately I don't think there is space for a battery in that case.

I could try and dial down the brightness of the LEDs by changing the resistor to a larger one, but that's all I could change about th epower requirements of the Fuzz I'm afraid. Those Banks do struggle sometimes, the Diago powerstation is well worth a look. It has a massive current limit.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:05 pm

i'm gonna try it with my old boss daisy chain from my tu-2

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 4:44 pm

all is well now, it was that maplin power supply. just need an angle daisy chain to make live easier.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 5:23 pm

Sweetness, glad to hear it!

Post by **Mike** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 7:21 pm

PHEW I'm knackered.
I ran 7k through the woods and then wired up Haze's pedal.

Rock on. These things are so fucking complicated to fit into a small case. I claim to hate it but I love it really.

Sloan · Post by **Sloan** » Fri Sep 26, 2008 8:26 pm

SHIT'S TRILL DAWGBRAH.

Post by **Mike** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 3:20 pm

Cheers bud.

That's the Vibrato (left) and Tremolo (right) on one piece of Stripboard for building into my 2 in 1 case. tested and working, I'll wire it up tomorrow or Monday.

Post by **Mike** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 4:12 pm

mmm...crowded. Now it's obvious why a built a special board with both on.

Now this is just porn to me.

Will wire it up over the next couple of days, couldn't resist a cheeky mockup.

Thom · Post by **Thom** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 7:57 pm

Fuck yeah. Looks sexy as hell.

mewithoutus · Post by **mewithoutus** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 8:29 pm

i would have all sorts of sweaty sex with that.

robert(original) · Post by **robert(original)** » Sat Sep 27, 2008 10:37 pm

i wish i had the wiring skills that you and aen possess.
but alas my hands are big and fat, and i would use a chissel.