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James · Post by **James** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:04 pm

ac88 wrote:James, what does the Aqua Teen pedal do?

It switches between two signal paths. The switch on the left goes between the two paths and the switch on the right switches between either the selected signal path, or just straight guitar > amp bypassing both chains.

There's an LED above each to show which chain is selected. I wanted to get a bi-colour LED but I've never seen them in green/purple or green/pink so I went with one each. Then an LED in the middle of the spaceship tells you if you have it in bypass or not.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 5:53 pm

James, what do you think of the Sansamp Classic ??

James · Post by **James** » Tue Nov 24, 2009 6:10 pm

I got my first tube amp a fair while after I sold it, so it's difficult to say. It's a good pedal for sure and extremley versatile. It seemed to be a little better than the GT2 and similar types, but depending on your use it might not justify the extra cost as I'm sure there's a lot of overlap in function. That's badly pharsed but I mean that there are probably a lot of sounds that the classic and other models do very similarly, and then a few that the classic does better, or has that extra versatility over, but if you're not after those particular ones it does't have the added value.

I'd really like to have another for a little while to see how I like it with the amps I have now. Last check they were going for a little over a hundred and when I already have dirt pedals I like plenty it would be too extravgant.

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 1:50 pm

No-one said that link wasn't working. So I'll say it again:

NickS wrote:Just picked up one of these

with a stand and a hard case for Â£100.

I could do with some decent rock organ and piano patches for it, though.

Progrockabuse · Post by **Progrockabuse** » Wed Nov 25, 2009 3:46 pm

NickS wrote:No-one said that link wasn't working. So I'll say it again:
NickS wrote:Just picked up one of these

with a stand and a hard case for Â£100.
I could do with some decent rock organ and piano patches for it, though.

don't need a B3 clone do you? I've one i haven't used for ages. Needs a good home.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 2:30 pm

James wrote:I got my first tube amp a fair while after I sold it, so it's difficult to say. It's a good pedal for sure and extremley versatile. It seemed to be a little better than the GT2 and similar types, but depending on your use it might not justify the extra cost as I'm sure there's a lot of overlap in function. That's badly pharsed but I mean that there are probably a lot of sounds that the classic and other models do very similarly, and then a few that the classic does better, or has that extra versatility over, but if you're not after those particular ones it does't have the added value.

I'd really like to have another for a little while to see how I like it with the amps I have now. Last check they were going for a little over a hundred and when I already have dirt pedals I like plenty it would be too extravgant.

Thanks for the run down James. I would be eager to try one out.. I had the GT2, but did wonder how different the classic would in fact be. Much more keen on a stand alone stomp box at the moment. Maybeez one day.

Coolcat · Post by **Coolcat** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:55 pm

Some random pictures of stuff I have laying around here.

Gig cab.

Selfmade vox ac30 custom heritage

My guitar rig i use most of the time. It says london city, but it's a 100w marshall 1959 superlead on the inside

Some of my effects, most are selfmade. (Big muff, rebote delay, RAT, phase 90, small clone, big black one is a boss dc2 dimension C)
I have more, but i've got to finish them. At the moment i'm equipping my basses with internal preamps.

othomas2 · Post by **othomas2** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 8:57 pm

Blimey, some nice hear there !!

Post by **Mike** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:13 pm

Wahey! Welcome to the boards CoolCat, Amp Building - that's some serious chops!

Coolcat · Post by **Coolcat** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:23 pm

Thanks, I started building fx pedals when I saw forums with lots of people who built them. So i tried it myself, and now I build fx, and amps. In my spare time I also repair amps for people i know.
You have built realy nice stuff too i see. I already saw many of your pedals, because i have been watching this forum for quite a while.

Post by **Mike** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:27 pm

Cheers bud, but it's a different scale to an AC30 and a 1959SLP. I find all the different voltages and noise prevention methods all completely daunting, although I think I would enjoy making the tagboard/turret board section. Just like a massive pedal!

One day I'll get a kit and try something out, but it's whole huge kettle of fish on top of this safe 0-9V Faraday Cage world I live in!

Coolcat · Post by **Coolcat** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 9:33 pm

Yes, it's true, but to me the only thing you need is a bit of common sense, and maybe a dose of fear/the idea that those amps ARE dangerous. (but i tend to forget those things) Normally the power is completely drained out of them when you work on the inside. It's only when you made a mistake that you probably need to probe it while its powered on. The vox amps don't even need biasing. (and the ac30 is realy loud to me.) The marshall is like complete overkill, so I installed a master volume knob in it. At this moment I am just finishing a refurb of an old fender bassman 50 which was brought in by someone. The thing was completely broken. Had been laying in the attic for 15 years. The cool part of repairing those things, is that i can have a bit of fun playing with vintage gear

But pedals are equally fun to build

Haze · Post by **Haze** » Thu Nov 26, 2009 10:31 pm

I recently aquired a '76 Bassman 50 that could use some maintenance. If you get the chance you should put up some pictures of the repair process. It would be very helpful and informative to folks like me who don't know much about upkeep.

Very nice gear aswell, the ac30 looks like a lot of fun to build

Mages · Post by **Mages** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 10:30 am

holy cow, you built a boss dimension C? that's fucking hardcore. where are the switches?

Coolcat · Post by **Coolcat** » Fri Nov 27, 2009 7:36 pm

Yep, it's the dimension C. But I left the switches out, and chose for a better control with potentiometers instead of switches.

It was quite an involved build. The PCB has over 150 pieces on it.

the isaac eaton · Post by **the isaac eaton** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 3:18 am

Got my small clone in today, I am seriously blown away by the tones this thing makes. This is the best chorus pedal ever.

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 4:03 am

the isaac eaton wrote:Got my small clone in today, I am seriously blown away by the tones this thing makes. This is the best chorus pedal ever.

It really is great. It does some great subtle tones, too, pretty much anywhere you dial it in before 12 is a tone that I will stick with. I have no real use for the crazyness unless im getting teh kurtz.

Post by **Mike** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 8:31 am

Coolcat wrote:Yep, it's the dimension C. But I left the switches out, and chose for a better control with potentiometers instead of switches.

It was quite an involved build. The PCB has over 150 pieces on it.

I think I might have seen your project on FSB.org. It's fairly awe inspiring.

Coolcat · Post by **Coolcat** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:46 pm

Well, I dont think that was my project. I stumbled upon someone else's project and there i found the schematics. I did make some changes in the components and a piece of the schematic. If you want, I can PM you all the paperstuff you need to build one. The biasing on these things is a pain!

Post by **Mike** » Tue Dec 01, 2009 2:49 pm

Thanks for the offer mate but I'm all over the place with builds at the moment, I can't even conceive of a time I would have to build one of these.