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Had one years ago and had some nostalgic curiosity. Just as good as I remember and not super keen to get rid, but there's other things I want and with 85 DIY pedals on the shelves, I have a strict one in one out policy on branded pedals... For those who don't know, the ultra fuzz was something of a hidden gem - often very wrongly considered a fuzz factory clone, it's absolutely anything but. Can do noisy squeals but also does very rich dense heavy distortion. This one is in absolutely immaculate condition, with box. Price is £125 and includes postage with adequate insurance. Pickup available from Sheffield or Leeds also an option-
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Obviously can't speak to this specific example but you'd be surprised how much of that is manufacturer mandated - semiconductor suppliers are, to put it politely, a high maintenance bunch. A few of them dictate very specific terms to us, including that all products must be shipped in manufacturer supplied packaging - with waffle trays this sometimes means we have to stick one chip in a whole tray...
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Very interested in in the streamer if you do decide to let them go separately -
I can't tell you specifics, but they're from a decent manufacturer...
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Not that it helps you much, but if you want the explanation, it's two fold - CPC are just selling at a lower margin, different customer base, different pricing structures. But also CPC has older, lower cost stock, so their sell price is lower. Farnell sell a lot more of this part so the physical stock we have is newer and there's been a price increase. When CPC exhaust that stock their price will go up.
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Which component is it? I can take a look CPC is owned by us but they operate entirely independently and have their own stock including their own pricing. They might be selling it at a lower margin, or even cost to burn off stock (at farnell we're not allowed to do that but at CPC they are sometimes)
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Bought this on a whim a while back and haven't used it for a long time. Fantastic condition with box/etc. Priced to go at £140 Posted-
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Nothing different really just adding the inverter in. You could use a LT1054/1044 instead of the the 7660s, just don't connect pins 1 and 8. Slightly odd design
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I should be asleep but the layout was so simple it took 5 minutes. The downside is having to read my writing - This is for thr NPN version based on the tag board layout.
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A request for a temporary loan of a few pedals (mostly preamps)
bobbass4k replied to Quatschmacher's topic in Effects
Transformer + valves. I got the lightning bit direct so US shipping too. I did run it without the transformer for a while but I was curious. -
A request for a temporary loan of a few pedals (mostly preamps)
bobbass4k replied to Quatschmacher's topic in Effects
True to form it's the most of expensive DIY clone I've ever built, by a fairly long way. -
A request for a temporary loan of a few pedals (mostly preamps)
bobbass4k replied to Quatschmacher's topic in Effects
The Nobellium - don't know how true it is to the original but sounds pretty good to my ears. Not used it in a while so let me fire it up tonight and give it a check. -
A request for a temporary loan of a few pedals (mostly preamps)
bobbass4k replied to Quatschmacher's topic in Effects
I have a sushi box DIY clone of the noble if that's of any interest? -
Does anyone have a reliable source for PNP germanium transistors? Got a couple of cheap job lots off ebay (40pcs) and they're all sub 40 hfe garbage. In the past I've gone for low gain silicon ones but they seem to be running out too. Got a TAFM clone to build but need a couple of 60-100 hfe PNPs. Been a long time since i've had to look but the usual sources seem to have dried up.
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I got the new boards and the test build worked but it had a nasty hum. I was trouble shooting it but other things got in the way and I never finished. Something to look at over Xmas, I'll PM you the schematic/Gerbers though. I'm very bad at PCB design so there may well be a schoolboy error.
