Dub-T-123 Posted January 19, 2013 Author Share Posted January 19, 2013 Nice job, Manse! The Japanese built Fenders are really nice aren't they? We have an MIJ Mustang Bass in my band that totally rips And, of course, this thread is open to pics and discussion of any projects you want to post about! I suppose guitar related DIY is best, but whatever! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manse Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Nice job, Manse! The Japanese built Fenders are really nice aren't they? We have an MIJ Mustang Bass in my band that totally rips And, of course, this thread is open to pics and discussion of any projects you want to post about! I suppose guitar related DIY is best, but whatever! Thanks Dub, my soldering skills are not equal to yours (yet ). But this has given me appetite for "having a go". ps - the fuzz you built me continues to be awsome. More brutal than my MXR Classic Fuzz, it gets an airing every time we play. (It is very cool for our stoner-rock cover of Hole In The Sky.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manse Posted January 19, 2013 Share Posted January 19, 2013 Nice job, Manse! The Japanese built Fenders are really nice aren't they? We have an MIJ Mustang Bass in my band that totally rips And, of course, this thread is open to pics and discussion of any projects you want to post about! I suppose guitar related DIY is best, but whatever! And yes - frankly the MIJ Fender gear is something of a highpoint for '80s Fender output!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted January 24, 2013 Author Share Posted January 24, 2013 Hey Manse - I'm stoked that you're still enjoying that fuzz! Here's something I just wired up in my testing box that you may like. It can get much fuzzier than this but I like this sound. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manse Posted January 25, 2013 Share Posted January 25, 2013 Hey Manse - I'm stoked that you're still enjoying that fuzz! Here's something I just wired up in my testing box that you may like. It can get much fuzzier than this but I like this sound. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaR6Va6xglc I do like the sound of that!! In fact, I like it just like it is, (it would be good for late era Manic Street Preachers sounds - which I am quite partial to.) Got another day in the rehearsal studio tomorrow - so the Dub Fuzz will be getting another outing. We will see what it makes of the new quarterpounders in my strat. I am guessing it is going to be good! Cheers, Manse Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted January 26, 2013 Author Share Posted January 26, 2013 That was a Harmonic Percolator clone. I guess the idea of the circuit is that it's supposed to cancel out unpleasant frequencies. The interesting thing is that it actually works pretty well I think. It can get some octave fuzz sounds but I think it makes a pretty nice overdrive Have fun at your rehearsal! Let me know how it goes! I've got my first gig with my MK1.5 Tonebender clone that I built and my ac30 tonight. I may have a video of it to post later Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 Toggle switch selects either true bypass loop or feedback loop. The knob adjusts the amount/pitch/gnar of the feedback and does nothing in true bypass mode. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted January 29, 2013 Author Share Posted January 29, 2013 BuZzArOuNd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 2, 2013 Author Share Posted February 2, 2013 This is my favorite fuzz I've built in quite a while. It's basically a Fulltone 69 circuit with MK1.5 Tonebender cap values and a 2G301 in Q1 and a 2G308 in Q2. So that is to say its basically a MK1.5 Tonebender circuit with a pregain control and a bias control for Q2.. I need to flip the battery leads around since I'm stuck in negative ground wiring mentality but dayum this is a sick fuzz. I'm in love Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesguitar65 Posted February 3, 2013 Share Posted February 3, 2013 This is my favorite fuzz I've built in quite a while. It's basically a Fulltone 69 circuit with MK1.5 Tonebender cap values and a 2G301 in Q1 and a 2G308 in Q2. So that is to say its basically a MK1.5 Tonebender circuit with a pregain control and a bias control for Q2.. I need to flip the battery leads around since I'm stuck in negative ground wiring mentality but dayum this is a sick fuzz. I'm in love Very nice Dubs! I built a fulltone 69 clone as well awhile back. When you set the voltage bias for Q2, did you set the bias control at mid way? I noticed the bias control can change the voltage by almost 1v. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 3, 2013 Author Share Posted February 3, 2013 Thanks! I took it to a jam last night and it sounds sooo good! Yeah, I just started with the trimmer at 12 o'clock and moved it around, I ended up just sticking with it at noon which seems to give the "contour" (aka bias) a good range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 4, 2013 Author Share Posted February 4, 2013 Random group shot of some of my builds.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvinator Posted February 4, 2013 Share Posted February 4, 2013 Here is a Christmas Present my son made for me. It took him quite a while to complete it - I just got it yesterday. This is all laminated Cherry made from one 7' X 8" X 3/4" board. (This won't be going on stage!) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
krock Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Here is a Christmas Present my son made for me. It took him quite a while to complete it - I just got it yesterday. This is all laminated Cherry made from one 7' X 8" X 3/4" board. (This won't be going on stage!) Thats an amazing looking stand, materials and handy work look top notch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kelvinator Posted February 5, 2013 Share Posted February 5, 2013 Thats an amazing looking stand, materials and handy work look top notch Thanks Krock - I'll pass on your kind words to my son. It really is a very functional work of art. The pictures don't quite do it justice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 6, 2013 Author Share Posted February 6, 2013 That stand does look beautiful! Awesome bass too! I just boxed up this midfi clari(not) clone yesterday This thing is the duck's guts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
btoth76 Posted February 8, 2013 Share Posted February 8, 2013 Hello! On weekends I make stuff like this from waste wood pieces: I'll add some silk padding soon, so it will be an absolutely nitro-safe stand. Cheers... Bence Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 8, 2013 Author Share Posted February 8, 2013 Wish I had some wood working skills.. I'd probly cut my fingers off on accident so I'll just stick to the nerdy stuff. Cool stands and nice LPs, guys. Thanks for sharing Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 Quick Buzzaround vid My playing kinda sucks because I recorded this quickly without warming up or anything but I do some with the bridge pickup and some with the neck pickup so I guess it's a basic idea of the sound Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted February 11, 2013 Share Posted February 11, 2013 I just boxed up this midfi clari(not) clone yesterday Is this the harmonic percolator? A fuzz and ring mod? What do the controls on the side do? I'd like one of each of your pedals Dub!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 11, 2013 Author Share Posted February 11, 2013 No, that's a midfi clari(not) clone. The knob on the side is the delay time. The switch on the side turns the fuzz on and off It does some fuzz, delay, and random pitch shifting stuff. It's a pretty interesting pedal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dub-T-123 Posted February 12, 2013 Author Share Posted February 12, 2013 Heres a very short clip of the clari(not) running into my mk1.5 clone. The clari(not) is doing some subtle random pitch modulation, kinda like a warbly tape player, the mk1.5 has a dying battery so it sounds kinda cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riffster Posted February 16, 2013 Share Posted February 16, 2013 Swapped the original JWT Gibson pickup for a Duncan Distortion. This Duncan sound killer. Replaced the killswitch for a No-Load 500K tone pot, the killswitch was fun for a couple of weeks and as expected the novelty wore off quickly. I can use a tone pot a lot more and with the no-load feature the guitar retains the original design of not having a tone pot. Bofore: No load pot, 500K turn it up all the way and there is no resistance. And then nothing... Add a Russian paper in oil capacitor, 0.033uf The killswitch hole was huge so a piece of coiled wire will center the pot in the hole and keep it snug: The "11" knobs I bought have too long a shaft, I have jig for that, a 1/2" bore bit that with a rounded of lead tip, masured desired depth with a caliper and used a sharpie marker to re-color the acrylic. (next time I have black spray pain out i will spray the back) The result is knobs that sit nice and tight to the body. Final result, the tone pot works great but I did notice there is a bit of noise now, it may be that the ground that is connected first to the voilume pot instead of the tone pot, no biggie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 I figured I'd resurrect this thread. Here's my bad hot tub relay board: :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted April 8, 2013 Share Posted April 8, 2013 Here's my bad hot tub relay board: I think Bad Hot Tub would be a particularly bad a$$ pedal name actually! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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