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And the main reason for the rehouse - to remove the stupid lip that makes sticking the pedal down an utter nightmare!
[IMG]http://i61.photobucket.com/albums/h44/pantherairsoft/Amp%20Cab%20Pedals/e52e47d5.jpg[/IMG]

Dimensions of the pedal (excluding the lip of of the top)...
123mm x 65mm x 33mm.

I can loose the battery compartment, as long as the battery snap is left stowed inside the unit so it can be put back in the original case in the future. That would reduce the length from 123mm by 20mm or so.

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Would it not be easier to just get a machine shop to get some metal plate cut it to size bend and drill so it fits to where you'd expect it to? I suppose if you had to pay a proper shop it may not make sense money wise above putting it into a 125B or something.

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Does anyone have a circuit for putting an LED on a non-latching footswitch, so that it toggles on and off every time you press it?

Edit: After doing a bit of research, what I need is apparently called a 'flip-flop' circuit. Presumably named after its French inventor, Phillipe Phelope :-)

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[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1346058537' post='1784489']
Does anyone have a circuit for putting an LED on a non-latching footswitch, so that it toggles on and off every time you press it?

Edit: After doing a bit of research, what I need is apparently called a 'flip-flop' circuit. Presumably named after its French inventor, Phillipe Phelope :-)
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Any good?

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I don't think so - that circuit is for a latching switch. For a non-latching switch it will just flash the LED when contact is made. I need something which will remember the state - it'll probably involve an IC, and using that to both turn on the LED and pass the signal to the effects unit. If I get anywhere with it, I'll post the results.

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I recently purchashed a Dwarfcraft 'The Great Destroyer' kit ([url="http://www.dwarfcraft.com/pedals"]http://www.dwarfcraft.com/pedals[/url]). It's a weird glitchy fuzz basically.
Enclosure all comes drilled etc, so had a good friend paint it with something of her choice, she's the artist not me.

[IMG]http://i47.tinypic.com/23r029z.jpg[/IMG]

I do like the juxtaposition between the name of the pedal and the image :) :

[IMG]http://i48.tinypic.com/n2g19i.jpg[/IMG]

Cheers
Si

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[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1351506953' post='1851797']
I recently purchashed a Dwarfcraft 'The Great Destroyer' kit ([url="http://www.dwarfcraft.com/pedals"]http://www.dwarfcraft.com/pedals[/url]). It's a weird glitchy fuzz basically.
Enclosure all comes drilled etc, so had a good friend paint it with something of her choice, she's the artist not me.



I do like the juxtaposition between the name of the pedal and the image :) :



Cheers
Si
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That looks wickid!

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[quote name='danbowskill' timestamp='1354562697' post='1887455']
Is anyone on here up for making a woolly mamouth clone? or know where i can find 1? ( obviously don't want to pay shed loads ;-) )

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Hey, I think this is one of my builds for sale on here: [url="http://basschat.co.uk/topic/190209-zvex-woolly-mammoth-clone-l40-posted/"]http://basschat.co.uk/topic/190209-zvex-woolly-mammoth-clone-l40-posted/[/url]

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[quote name='pete.young' timestamp='1354569596' post='1887616']
Anyone know of a good circuit or kit for a Pro Co Rat clone?
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Madbean does two boards, a tiny stock Rat and also a larger Rat with a couple of mods available. His boards are nice as well, but worth ordering a few to make it worth the postage so pick a few other projects you like the look of too.
Alternatively, pedalparts.co.uk also do a Rat board I believe.

Fun circuit to play about with, consider socketing most of the caps if you're tuning it for bass, particularly the dual RC network attached to pin 2 of the IC!

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These may all be mentioned earlier in the thread, apologies if so, but here's a list of places selling good PCBs that I've used previously. Hopefully it will be of use to others!

[url="http://www.musikding.de"]http://www.musikding.de[/url]
[url="http://www.madbeanpedals.com/"]http://www.madbeanpedals.com/[/url]
[url="http://musicpcb.com"]http://musicpcb.com[/url]
[url="http://pedalparts.co.uk"]http://pedalparts.co.uk[/url]
[url="http://www.jmkpedals.com/JMK_Pedals/JMK_PCBs.html"]http://www.jmkpedals.com/JMK_Pedals/JMK_PCBs.html[/url]
[url="http://1776effects.com"][color="#009933"][b]http://1776effects.com[/b][/color][/url]

If you want a good way to spend any holiday time at crimbo I can highly recommend any of the above!

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[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1357595311' post='1925199']
What type of pot might I use for a mids control on a muff clone?

Cheers
Si
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10k-25k are good starting points, depends how much variation you want. Have you got Duncan Tone Stack Calculator downloaded? Very useful, particularly if you want to tweak the other R/C components in the the tone stack. Also have a look at the way Blackout implement their mids control. Slight variation, worth breadboarding though.

EDIT - Also, try using sockets for C6 and C9 (General Guitar Gadgets schematic) and playing with the values til you find what you're happy with. The mids mod and those two caps are the best place to start for making it your own!

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Sure, thanks for the info, I'll be working from the GGG Green Russian schem when the PCB arrives, and also from this Mids mod: http://rkerkhof.ruhosting.nl/Taas/Mods/Big%20Muff.htm
Is that a 25k log or Lin pot?

Cheers
Si

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[quote name='Sibob' timestamp='1357666513' post='1926352']
Sure, thanks for the info, I'll be working from the GGG Green Russian schem when the PCB arrives, and also from this Mids mod: [url="http://rkerkhof.ruhosting.nl/Taas/Mods/Big%20Muff.htm"]http://rkerkhof.ruho.../Big%20Muff.htm[/url]
Is that a 25k log or Lin pot?

Cheers
Si
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[url="http://www.muzique.com/lab/tone3.htm"]http://www.muzique.com/lab/tone3.htm[/url]

25k lin. Wire the 3.3k resistor across lugs 2 and 3 of the mids pot and then replace the resistor on the PCB with this new arrangement and you're winning.

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