About time I broke out of the Tubescreamer world...

[misterwhizzy]

Re: About time I broke out of the Tubescreamer world...

Just a tiny bump to say this has already become an always-on pedal for me. I love it.

Now if the stupid knobs would hurry up and get here...

[misterwhizzy]

Re: About time I broke out of the Tubescreamer world...

In the first post, I promised pics, and they come with a bit of a story on their own. I wanted knobs that really fit a Centaur-style pedal. For those of you who don't know about the internals of the Centaur, the gain pot is double-ganged, meaning it affects two different amplifiers inside the circuit with any turn. It also means it's the most expensive part inside the pedal. Instead of being a knurled shaft pot like you see on a typical volume or tone knob. But the dual-gang pot is a flatted-shaft pot, which means the same knob needs some help to fit on the shaft.

I tried to figure out what to do to fit the knob, and I decided I'd cut off the bottom of a toothpick to fill out the rest of the circle. Well, one wasn't enough. There was enough space left that the pot started rotating after the knob had started rotating about fifteen degrees or so. Completely unacceptable. So I went with a second, trying to fit it in the remainder of the space, and when I pushed down on the knob, I pushed the shaft of the pot out of its housing inside the pedal. Dammit. So I had to unscrew the knobs I had just put on, pull the entire circuit out, reassemble the pot, which required needle-nosed pliers, a screwdriver, and a lot of patience, then put everything back together. This time, I put the last knob on first, with about a toothpick and a half. Anyways, I finally got it back together.



...And working.



Just a last shot of the family, then I'll probably let this thread fade away.