Mike's Pedal Thread

Post by **Mike** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 8:17 am

haha hopefully so it's up at Â£102 at the moment - keep bidding guys, they're Â£135 new plus you have to wait 11-13 weeks at present.

The search term thing is also pretty cool!

Post by **Mike** » Wed Nov 16, 2011 10:09 am

Marilyn Klonroe

taylornutt · Post by **taylornutt** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 4:38 am

Hey Mike! I know you have gotten your fair share of YouTube criticism over the years, but I wanted to drop a couple of compliments I got on the pedals your built me in one of my guitar demos. (Saltbreaker-Booster combo, Fuzzface)

Here is my Demo: (Warning: Shoddy Playing inside)

[youtube][/youtube]

Here are the cool compliments on your pedals:

man that fuzz is so amazing,,,,
bringbackthe1960sppl 1 month ago

Can't beat The White Stripes, I NEED those MadeByMike Fuzzface and Saltbreaker effects; sounds too cool!
ReuRomansolTobo 8 months ago

I just wanted to pass those along to you. I still love both pedals and use the often.

I also used the MBM Fuzzface for a large portion of this demo.
[youtube][/youtube]

Post by **Mike** » Tue Nov 22, 2011 8:31 am

Cheers Taylor, much appreciated!

Post by **Mike** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 11:36 am

This was donated as a prize to the HCFX Battle of the Boards 2011 Competition

Modded RAT with Turbo (clip) and Reutz mods

Post by **Mike** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 12:53 pm

Ordered PCBs from madbeanpedals.com and chips from Small Bear to make myself their DirtBagDeluxe (Deluxe Memory Man) and CurrentLover (Electric Mistress) projects. Massive builds with lots of expensive parts, but why not treat myself just this once eh?

NickS · Post by **NickS** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:03 pm

Mike wrote:Ordered PCBs from madbeanpedals.com and chips from Small Bear to make myself their DirtBagDeluxe (Deluxe Memory Man) and CurrentLover (Electric Mistress) projects. Massive builds with lots of expensive parts, but why not treat myself just this once eh?

They have NOS SAD1024s?

Post by **Mike** » Thu Nov 24, 2011 1:39 pm

Napes, the Electric Mistress project is based on the MN3007 which you can still get hold of, or a Cool Audio V3207 which is an MN3207 clone which is in current production.

The DMM uses MN3005 (hen's teeth) or can be adapted for V3205s which is what I'm using.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:10 am

WHAMMO

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:55 am

Are you adding a ground plane on the bottom layer? No urge to put all the resistors in a neat line?

Oh (and I'm not being picky) are you sure your resistors aren't too long? Are you using carbon comps?

Post by **Mike** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 11:58 am

I've not added a ground plane so far (don't know how to do that to be honest) and there's been no problem with the Dream Box. Can you give me pointers on how you do it for the future?

Putting resistors in a line wastes space.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:01 pm

timhulio wrote:Oh (and I'm not being picky) are you sure your resistors aren't too long? Are you using carbon comps?

I thought I'd used the same spacing on my Dream Box and they fit exactly snug (they're quoted as 4 holes veroboard which is resistor spacing as far as my experience of it), but a look at the Viewplot for that vs this one suggests these are actually bigger. Odd. I'll investigate. Not like it matters anyway, as the layout is pretty small.

Post by **Mike** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:04 pm

Good spot - looks like I used R0207/3 on the Dream Box but used the 4 hole spacing on this one.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:13 pm

Mike wrote:I've not added a ground plane so far (don't know how to do that to be honest) and there's been no problem with the Dream Box. Can you give me pointers on how you do it for the future?

Putting resistors in a line wastes space.

Here's the ground plane stuff. Draw a polygon on the bottom layer, adjust the clearances and name it the same as your ground net.
http://www.muzique.com/schem/eagle.htm

Post by **Mike** » Fri Nov 25, 2011 12:36 pm

Cheers, will fix those resistor sizes and add ground planes for future revisions.

Post by **Mike** » Sat Nov 26, 2011 9:55 am

Post by **Mike** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:53 am

This weekend:

lorez · Post by **lorez** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:08 am

whats the bukowski pedal?

Post by **Mike** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 11:08 am

OCD -> Box Of Rock

Post by **Doog** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:56 pm

Love the Bukowski one, brilllllllz.

What's the deal with the plastic covering over some of the pots?