Bigwan

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Octave into gated fuzz into envelope filter. Job done.

Darkglass head features in Beav's rig rundown for current DTP tour. https://youtu.be/gFZiZc5o7To

Speak to the guy who designed most of the Trace Elliot gear: [email protected]

That's a proper bargain! Well done!

Another beauty is in the eye of Noddy Holder moment. I think the non-X version is hideous, but for the life of me I couldn't tell you why. Whereas the X version is sex on a stick to me. Love it. Go figure.

Thanks folks! I roughly figured about 4.7 cubic feet going by external dimensions minus 3/4" of material per face and recessed grill. Didn't go as far as to account for bracing (probably minimal!), volume of port tube or drivers. I'd guess from that that it's maybe slightly more than 90 liters, but probably not much more than 100, 110. I'll unhook the crossover first and take it from there as suggested.

I know there's another sealed cab thread running but I don't want to muddle it. I recently bought an old Peavey 410TX cheap. It has had the 4 original drivers replaced with 4 (older model) Eminence Beta 10 drivers. There's been no attempt to retune the cab for the replacement drivers, and it was originally a 4 ohm cab, but the new drivers have been configured to 8 ohm. I always run the cab with the tweeter all the way off. The cab sounds... mediocre, although all I have to compare it too is a Barefaced 2x10 which is unfair in the extreme. My question is, rather than going to the time (which I have little of) and effort of retuning the cab for optimum ported performance, could I take out the crossover and tweeter, patch the cutouts for the port and the tweeter, add some stuffing to the cab and use it as a sealed cab?

Guma drive and antique kits ordered!

[quote name='FretNoMore' timestamp='1474915273' post='3141516'] Yes, what I did was - Mount pots in enclosure, straighten legs and align pots as good as possible - Put a piece of cardboard with double-sided tape across the pot backs (Holds pots in position and at a distance from the circuit board) - Turn over and drop the pot assembly out of the enclosure - Mate it with the circuit board, making small leg adjustments where necessary - Put board plus pots back in enclosure - Tighten nuts lightly - Solder legs [/quote] Good work! [quote name='kodiakblair' timestamp='1474926147' post='3141619'] Has anybody built the Growling Krizzly from musikding ? [url="http://www.musikding.de/Growling-Krizzly-Deluxe-kit?lang=eng"]http://www.musikding...xe-kit?lang=eng[/url] I've got a feeling it would be beyond me but that's never stopped me,course I could see sense and get somebody to build it [/quote] Haven't seen any built, but they must sell some of them as they were recently out of stock. Looks moderately complicated that one. The electronics wouldn't be the problem for me. Drilling and finishing the enclosure is where I get bored...

[quote name='FretNoMore' timestamp='1474833927' post='3140952'] Finished the Into The Unknown, moment of panic when nothing worked at first but luckily found two bad solder points. This is a quite mental pedal ... [/quote] Did you mount the pots first? Did it help?

[quote name='FretNoMore' timestamp='1474738794' post='3140176'] Halfway through assembling a Musikding/Parasit Studio kit, Into The Unknown. It will be a fun task for tomorrow to line up 8 pots, three switches and two diodes ... [/quote] Let the enclosure do the hard work for you. Mount all the pots and switches to the enclosure as straight as you can, then offer the pcb up to them, then solder. Worth a try!

Agreed it's a good skill to have as a DIYer, and if I was better set up at home I would tackle it no problem. I just don't see the point of risking it myself when I have the correct equipment at work is all. I think with the loss of a lot of FETs, etc. as through hole devices it's likely that there will be a lot more SMD required for DIYers in the near future.

[quote name='DanEly' timestamp='1474557593' post='3138809'] Interesting, what is stopping you from attempting the SMD soldering at home? I'm a huge Darkglass fan so I'm very attracted to this kit because I'd actually use the pedal a lot. Do you really think it's no wise to have a bash? [/quote] ESD for one, no microscope for another. And my soldering iron tip is a little too chunky!

Just a word of caution. The Guma drive is NOT a good kit for a beginner. There are a few surface mount components involved - I wouldn't attempt that at home and I'm an electronic engineer with years of experience dealing with SMT! I have all the right tools at work so I'll be doing that portion there. Personally I'm not a huge fan of the darkglass sound, but I'm going to build both the Guma and Antique anyway (still waiting for payday Si! Not long left now...) as I could see me using them on occasion, just not enough to warrant owning either of the real thing! I'd highly recommend any of fuzz dog's bass kits. All the ones I've built have been great quality. Personal favourites of mine are the blueberry (mine's heavily modified and I'm planning to modify it more!) and musket fuzz clones. I'm reserving judgement on the Ezekiel as I installed the switch on the wrong side of the board and destroyed it taking it off the pcb! I found the RC booster wasn't for me - too subtle. I'd like to build the BB preamp at some point. I've a meatball clone (on a Risole PCB from oshpark, into a ready etched enclosure from Dan Minner in the states) and [color=#006621][font=arial, sans-serif]parasit studio arcadiator from Musikding waiting to be built, but time is against me these days...[/font][/color]

[quote name='Beer of the Bass' timestamp='1474453430' post='3138074'] Those 2x10" cabs further up the page are unusual - I don't think I've seen whizzer-cone drivers used together with a tweeter before. Usually whizzer-cones are used to extend the range of the driver upwards a bit without the complexity and expense of using multiple drivers with a crossover, so both together seems like a quirky choice. [/quote] I believe Accugroove did it with their 2x10 but I haven't seen anyone else do it....

[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1474043778' post='3135276'] Less talk more action Si [/quote] Still waiting for payday!

I'm starting to think both drive kits in one 1590xx enclosure... With a Deadpool coloured etch...

The nothing to declare lane makes it $629 = £476 though. Still more tempting!

[quote name='JapanAxe' timestamp='1474017195' post='3134896'] This is a discussion we've had many times! I now take it for granted that a product costing $X in the US will cost £X in the UK. I do like the concept of those tone controls, nice to hear they work too. @Opticaleye, will you have a chance to gig or rehearse with this soon? [/quote] This I know. Doesn't make it any less frustrating! At least it's not hamstrung by being fixed voltage per region like a Mesa...