karter2000

Hi all, I posted this over in TB but it got buried pretty quickly so sorry if you've seen this question recently. I'm looking for a 600 dollar (Canadian) 5-string with actives. I've narrowed it down to the Jackson Spectra JS3V or Yamaha TRBX305 based on trying them and others at my local stores. My initial thoughts that the Yamaha felt more solid and better build quality, but I did like the tone of the Jackson. I'm looking for an aggressive sounding bass if that helps. The 35' scale of the Jackson didn't feel too awkward given my experience has been with 34" basses.

1590A, hopefully 😁

Decided to try my hand at a layout for the simple Alembic SVF that's been around for a while. I have yet to send the files to the fab house, so hopefully it works. I also changed the power supply to a ±9V supply which I nicked from Peter Rutter at VFE Pedals (brilliant designer). He uses a similar supply for some of his designs.

Yep, using an effectslayout PCB. Haven't had much of a chance to play around with it but I do like it.

It was actually @dylan159 from FSB's interpretation of the Barbershop, so they had left off Q3. I think it sounds pretty comparable to the V1 and V2 versions of the Barbershop that I've built in the past.

Hi there, do you have these? I love the pedal and would like to make one! Would you also have design files/gerbers/etc? My work has Altium and they don't care if we use it for our own stuff. The first a Barbershop variation from member pf FSB, the relay was my layout using the VFE FET bypass and PIC controller.

[quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1495056975' post='3300991'] Been playing about with one of these on stripboard lately - altered a couple of values to suit it more to my taste and it's working very well! [media]http://youtu.be/AqBxMXwc77c[/media] [/quote] What did you end up changing? I breadboarded it myself, and wanted to like it but it didn't appeal to me all the way.

I actually built one, using one of JC's pcb kits. It's a hard build, definitely not for beginners! As far as sound, I can't comment on whether it sounds like an original or not as I've not played through an Acoustic 360. From the comments I've read, it nails the 360 very close. To my ears, it has a great vintage tone which is also very adjustable. It's quiet and can drive a power amp. The fuzz is pretty cool (and nasty) and the nice thing about JC's design is a clean blend is included (which the original did not have). It has plenty of clean headroom as well, and the circuit has the option for an active/passive switch. Overall, very nice preamp. I'll probably end up selling mine as I'm into a different vibe as far as tone (more dirt). Hope that helps! [quote name='alhbass' post='831323' date='May 8 2010, 03:52 AM'] As it says in the topic title - I'd be interested to hear from anyone who's tried (or at least heard) one of these in the flesh... [url="http://www.lynx.bc.ca/~jc/pedals360.html"]http://www.lynx.bc.ca/~jc/pedals360.html[/url] I'm interested as I'm increasingly going towards a more vintage sound, and love the Acoustic360 - but but can't forsee having the cash or space for an original...[/quote]