built a booster for my Rocker 30

dawnofzion · Post by **dawnofzion** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:53 am

Ok thanks to mike for sharing his saltbooster design. I built a saltbooster to boost my Orange Rocker 30. It was a tight fit but I got everything to fit inside this little case. It sounds great too. Now that I have one pedal under my belt I am thinking about building a hendrix fuzz face clone. I call my booster the salty orange juice boost since I will be giving my rocker 30 a little more juice with it.

JamesSmann · Post by **JamesSmann** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:56 am

that's a pretty pedal man! nice work.

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:15 am

best looking boost pedal hands down

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:26 am

something special that makes it work best with your orange? or is it just a booster?

looks great!

dawnofzion · Post by **dawnofzion** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:28 am

nothing special that matches it up to the orange. Just a regular boost built to saltboost specs.

Empires · Post by **Empires** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 6:43 am

Good work! Especially the finish!

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 7:25 am

That's amazing, and I expected nothing less as a result of how brilliant all your other projects have been. Quality work, I love the graphics.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 8:00 am

Looks quality. Which schematic did you use for this?

Also: gutshots!

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 9:17 am

I made some up with schematics, vero layout and wiring guide, it's in a thread somewhere.

kim · Post by **kim** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 11:13 am

looks cool dawn ! you're my rocker 30 and mini saltboost twin hahaha

i never had a boost pedal but for certain effects it does wonders if you wanna use it with a mic, now it just stays on my board all the time for mic as wel as guitar use.

dawnofzion · Post by **dawnofzion** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 1:47 pm

The LED is freaking bright. If you look down directly at it it will damn near blind you. I will post pics of it on my pedal board tonight.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:04 pm

Blindness is how you know it sounds good.

BobArsecake · Post by **BobArsecake** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:27 pm

Very nice :D

dawnofzion · Post by **dawnofzion** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:33 pm

hey mike have you built a fuzz face yet?

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:41 pm

Yeah quite a few mate. I recommend the Mike Fuller mod's version (he used to make it as his '69 Pedal). I can sort you out with a Veroboard layout if you want?

This was Benecol's for his birthday (I think he's 43 or something). It has AC128 PNP Germanium transistors and is battery power as it is positive ground. I also wired it so you can power it off a standard Boss DC power supply (but not daisy chain it with other regular-ground pedals).

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This is one I made for Chicago Mike:

benecol · Post by **benecol** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:43 pm

Mike wrote: This was Benecol's for his birthday (I think he's 43 or something).

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 2:50 pm

ROLF. I was wondering if you'd notice.

kim · Post by **kim** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:16 pm

the blue leds on behringer pedals do that too lol you have to cover the led with your finger if you wanna twist some knobs and actually know what you're doing.

Post by **Doog** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 3:51 pm

A small square of masking tape will tone down the brightness/blindness a bit. Might look a bit shit though.

Also, put a small sprig of parsley in your shoes and enjoy its spicy scent all day long.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Apr 16, 2009 4:02 pm