Neil. Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 how would you suggest i diffuse them? crinkly tin foil, right? if you get fine sandpaper and rub the led till it goes from clear to a sort of cloudy-dulled look and rub off the excess, it should do it. Test it on a seperate led first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest bshuker Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 That pic I made justn ow didn't get nearly as much lolz as I wanted Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 Just wondering..... The Fuzz Face Clone and the Valvecaster that i'm waiting on parts for, does anyone here think they might be interested in buying either of those? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teej212 Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 how much for the valvecaster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted June 24, 2009 Share Posted June 24, 2009 i'm not sure. depends on how much work goes into it and how successful a build it is Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teej212 Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 how about the unmentionable pedal you built Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted June 25, 2009 Share Posted June 25, 2009 not for sale. BUT, bare in mind that it is just a fuzz face with a booster and slightly different controls. Like it's controls affect the transistor bias (2 dials), and voltage bias (3 dials) afaik. The Fuzz face i'm building also has 2 controls for transistor bias and 3 for voltage bias. I reckon it'll be a less insane version of the other one. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted June 27, 2009 Share Posted June 27, 2009 Excitement to the max! just finished the printout to cover my 2 builds with. Epic pedals will look epic. Also, running a bit of an experiment with them. Maybe someone could share some light? Managed to get 2m of cable. Now normally when i'm building pedals, i use Single Core 1/06mm, which is fine. But, after having a little chat with a good friend of mine, he suggested i use stranded core. Now, i don't like WORKING with stranded core, cos my wire stripper will never strip the wire clean enough to get all 16 odd strands. it always cuts most of them off. SO, i'm running a little test. Just after work today, i picked up some new cable. It's by that brand Monster (ie, monster prices for stuff that's dirt cheap in other shops). I got 1m of "Speaker Cable" which is actually 2m of it, cos it's the two wires together, and 1m of "High Quality Speaker Cable", which is basically the same, except as far as i can see, it either has more strands, or the strands are wrapped around some sort of central core. My only thought is, will this wire be too heavy for pedal signals? hopefuly not. Any ideas/opinions on this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teej212 Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 i used stranded wire on a build i did a while ago, might have been a fuzz face, but it was a pain in the fucking ass. trying to get all the strands of wire through the holes...id;ghsdklfjghslkdfjgh as for your question, i tried using speaker wire for a sustain pedal for a keyboard and it worked fine, not sure if that helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 that actually does! sweet. Cheers teej! I'm expecting a load of parts tomorrow. Mainly, all the parts for both the valvecaster and the fuzz face. as for the covers i've designed, i've no colour cartridge left so i'm going to go print them tomorrow evening in my friends house. That being said, if all goes smoothly, I might just have some demos by tuesday afternoon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matthijs Posted June 28, 2009 Author Share Posted June 28, 2009 hahaha! i never noticed that. I should probably rename the thread to just pedal modification or something... please don't... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 because it provides several lulz, i shall leave it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phill Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 make me a diefet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted June 28, 2009 Share Posted June 28, 2009 the diefet will be the next build! or maybe a spring reverb rackmount Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 potato You should always use stranded wire IMO. Tinning it (coating it with solder) makes it just as easy to use. If you're having problems with your stripper, use your teeth!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 cheese I figured out the problem with the stippers, so it's ok now. My parts just arrived, so i'll go get some breakfast then build the valvecaster. I should build the valvecaster first, right? we all know what a Fuzz Face is like... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 are ye havin pataytey caerkes far ye breeeefest? I'm not really following this thread tbh. I'd love to make some pedals, and i've actually designs a couple, but i've never made one. The most soldering i've ever done was a theremin kit I got for my gf. I think i'll actually make some mic pre-amps though. You got any schems for them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 no, i'm having tea and toast with a fuck load of nutella on it. I don't have any mic preamp schems, but i've a bunch of boosters for guitar! pedals are actually really easy to build, and you get a similar sense of satisfaction to when you save up for ages to buy some awesome gear, so i like it. I'd love to sell a few, but i don't know if people would actually buy the likes of a Valvecaster. I'm going to make a diefet next. i'm optimistic about selling that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 nutella I was already feeling ill after my heavy night of drinking and only sleeping for an hour, but you just made me hurl. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 vomit my bad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheddatom Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 You homo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 debug is by far the worst part of building pedals... i'm 99.9% sure my VC is wired correctly... it's my 1st time working with tubes, and part of me wonders if the pinout i have is wrong... When you flip the tube upside down, the pin on the left of the gap is 1, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teej212 Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 heres a video of the vc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil. Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 posted that vid here about 6 times.... doesnt solve my problem though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teej212 Posted June 29, 2009 Share Posted June 29, 2009 oy i thought i saw you write that since there were no valvecaster vids you would post one heh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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