Johnny Wishbone Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 [quote name='mSz' timestamp='1494277058' post='3294689'] Where do you guys get transistors from? I struggle to find any good supplier in UK. [/quote] www.bitsbox.co.uk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mSz Posted May 8, 2017 Share Posted May 8, 2017 [quote name='Johnny Wishbone' timestamp='1494277961' post='3294703'] www.bitsbox.co.uk [/quote] Haha spent some much time on this page and haven't realised they have transistors there. Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 (edited) Eventually finished my Guma Antique this morning (a naughty half hour in the lab at work). Original intention was to build this and a Guma Drive into the same box, but with time seemingly always against me I folded and ordered the individual printed enclosures from Julian (kit supplier) instead... along with his Pumpernickel compressor kit... and printed enclosure. No way I was attempting that drilling job! Edited May 9, 2017 by Bigwan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_JimBob Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Just got my Guma Drive kit through, too - going to be having a go at drilling the enclosure myself - not done a pcb with board mounted pots before, so I'll definitely be taking my time with that one. Interested to hear what you think of the Pumpernickel - I think it's excellent sounding. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted May 9, 2017 Share Posted May 9, 2017 Definitely impressed with the quality of the schalltechnik kits. Instructions wouldn't be top notch though, and are open to interpretation in places. The Guma Antique printed enclosure is beautiful! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sibob Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Still need to build my Guma Drive, but the Antique has been out on a few gigs and sounds great. Si Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 Yup, can confirm the Antique sounds awesome. Used it into my B3 last night with the B3 set up to replicate the EQ on the M900 I just sold. Bit of high pass filtering from the Fishman preamp model and we're set for the IEM experiment! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted May 11, 2017 Share Posted May 11, 2017 Guma Drive completed at lunchtime today (again a cheeky half hour in the lab at work!). I'll test it tonight. Something of note with the Guma Antique. Without doubt it's the least noisy of all the DIY projects I've built. Highly recommended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bartelby Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 Finally got around to starting one of the several projects I've had lying around for a while. This one has only been sat here for a year. Some of the others are about 10 years old... It's a Gristleiser it's a version of one of these: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIK9LBnu-A8[/media] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 [quote name='bartelby' timestamp='1495048859' post='3300906'] Finally got around to starting one of the several projects I've had lying around for a while. This one has only been sat here for a year. Some of the others are about 10 years old... It's a Gristleiser it's a version of one of these: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIK9LBnu-A8[/media] [/quote] Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted May 17, 2017 Share Posted May 17, 2017 (edited) 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! http://youtu.be/AqBxMXwc77c Edited May 17, 2017 by paul_5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karter2000 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 [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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted May 18, 2017 Share Posted May 18, 2017 I changed the 2 emitter resistors from 100r to 560 to reduce the gain and make it a bit less fizzy. I'm going for a low to mid drive unit with this one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 I'm starting a Crowther Prunes & Custard this week; just fancy something a bit different... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mSz Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 (edited) Does anyone know where I can get this led covers ? I manage to find them in polish shop but can't find it anywhere in UK. It might be because I don't know its proper name. Ah yes, and one more thing. How do you cover legs of transistors? Is it heatshrink? Edited May 24, 2017 by mSz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigwan Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 [quote name='mSz' timestamp='1495624823' post='3305359'] Does anyone know where I can get this led covers ? I manage to find them in polish shop but can't find it anywhere in UK. It might be because I don't know its proper name. Ah yes, and one more thing. How do you cover legs of transistors? Is it heatshrink? [/quote] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]They're called frenzel lenses i believe. [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]And you use the plastic insulation you've stripped off wires for that particular look...[/font][/color] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mSz Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 [quote name='Bigwan' timestamp='1495629837' post='3305418'] [color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]They're called frenzel lenses i believe. [/font][/color][color=#282828][font=helvetica, arial, sans-serif]And you use the plastic insulation you've stripped off wires for that particular look...[/font][/color] [/quote] Thanks! You were close. They are called fresnel lenses, but that was close enough to find them! I haven't thought about striping wires to source the tubing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 I tend to socket all my transistors, I'm a bit wary of inadvertently frying them when I solder them in place. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mSz Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 [quote name='Rich' timestamp='1495644836' post='3305584'] I tend to socket all my transistors, I'm a bit wary of inadvertently frying them when I solder them in place. [/quote] That's what I am doing at the moment. Mainly because I want to be able to swap them. There is quite a big supply on the way to me I guess using heat sink is a good idea as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
El_JimBob Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 Finally finished my GUMA Drive B3K clone last night... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Wishbone Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 [quote name='El_JimBob' timestamp='1495718929' post='3306116'] Finally finished my GUMA Drive B3K clone last night... [/quote] Wow! That enclosure looks amazing! I've had the kit lying around a while but haven't got round to building it yet. Getting the artwork looking somewhat decent around the toggle switches is putting me off a little, in all honesty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 [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] Hi. Where did you get the schematic / circuit info ? FSB ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JapanAxe Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 (edited) Here's my latest build, first pedal I've built in a while - an Orange Squeezer clone for my smallest guitar pedalboard. I used a PCB ordered from eBay as it offered several advantages over a stripboard build. The knobs are different sizes on purpose - I can easily adjust the volume with my foot, whereas the bias control may not get adjusted very often. I couldn't find orange spray paint cheap enough so I ended up with yellow Plasti-kote. The lettering/graphics are laser-printable water-slide decal. It sounds great on my Strat, and nails the Sultans of Swing tone. Edited May 25, 2017 by JapanAxe Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paul_5 Posted May 25, 2017 Share Posted May 25, 2017 [quote name='rmorris' timestamp='1495729012' post='3306203'] Hi. Where did you get the schematic / circuit info ? FSB ? [/quote] Got a stripboard layout from tagboardeffects.blogspot.com. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rmorris Posted May 26, 2017 Share Posted May 26, 2017 [quote name='paul_5' timestamp='1495732375' post='3306238'] Got a stripboard layout from tagboardeffects.blogspot.com. [/quote] Thanks. I thought you might have used that. But seeing as you modified some component values I wondered if you found a schematic or reverse engineered one from the layout. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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