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Decided to get into the pedal building world for fun, I stocked myself up for a good handful of builds so look out for these in the future. I decided to not go full kit route, but to get some pcb's that have some good documentation, source the parts myself, buy painted enclosures and drill / decal myself (one of my biggest issues with alot of DIY pedal builds is the laziness that goes into the aesthetics alot of the time). Learned alot on this first one (esp in the decal application department).
First up is a Rangemaster clone. Always wanted to give one of these a whirl. For those nerd inclined my supplier no longer has OC44's so I went with an OC71 which was also found in some original units. Also the LED is in the stomp switch ring:
Links to pictures incase they arn't showing:
Two major things I will keep in mind for the next build are:
-Don't use the LED ring until I figure out how to drill and notch for the wire properly
-Don't use borders on the decal, and make sure to turn off the layer outlining knob sizes!
Other than that, for a first build I think it turned out well and it sounds great. The tone swith goes from treble boost to a mid then full boost (the last two are more 'fuzzy' than stock), I can see myself using stock for the most part but it would be cool to play with different capacitor values to taylor the switch more to my tastes (I'll still find a use for the other settings I'm sure). The graphic on the front is just the schematic mirrored FYI.
First up is a Rangemaster clone. Always wanted to give one of these a whirl. For those nerd inclined my supplier no longer has OC44's so I went with an OC71 which was also found in some original units. Also the LED is in the stomp switch ring:
Links to pictures incase they arn't showing:
Two major things I will keep in mind for the next build are:
-Don't use the LED ring until I figure out how to drill and notch for the wire properly
-Don't use borders on the decal, and make sure to turn off the layer outlining knob sizes!
Other than that, for a first build I think it turned out well and it sounds great. The tone swith goes from treble boost to a mid then full boost (the last two are more 'fuzzy' than stock), I can see myself using stock for the most part but it would be cool to play with different capacitor values to taylor the switch more to my tastes (I'll still find a use for the other settings I'm sure). The graphic on the front is just the schematic mirrored FYI.
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