Although I do have another on the bench that should take me a few minutes to debug (gotta pretty good idea of what's wrong).
Context: I have a backing band now and I use 4 pedals:
-footswitch for my Amp (which I built in a 1590b enclosure which is the standard zvex-size-boutique thingy);
-A snark tuner-pedal (pretty much 1590b size, although not as rectangular;
-a home-made boost (1590b enclosure again);
-a home-made TS-808 (1590b).
I'm not a big pedal user (I love building them for the challenge and what I learn from the process but don't use them that much). What I hate even more is lugging them around/plugging them and all the space they take (I love coming up on stage with just a guitar and a cable, having only a footswitch in front of me).
All in all now, that's four 1590b size pedals for a "pedal-board". Small for most but too much space and fiddling with connexions for me.
My solution: reduce and resize.
-Resize: I've built a new footswitch in a 1590A enclosure. Smaller, no need for anything bigger really, especially since it'll be stuck to the board, no stability issues.
-Reduce: Built both a new boost and TS808 in a 1590BB enclosure. Smaller than two 1590b connected, save one jack connection and one 9v connection;
Therefore, I went from 4 pedals to 3 and reduced the size of the "board"...
Here they are:
Boost+TS808 combo:
Acid-etched with no extra color or paint except for the clear-coating. That way it'll still look nice if it gets chipped.
Green led for the TS808 and yellow for the boost.
No asym-sym clipping switch but I socketed the 3rd diode so if I ever wanna switch back to symmetrical clipping, it's just a matter of pulling it out and putting a jumper in the socket.
And I know Kamanda's gonna ask for a gutshot so here it is:
And the footswitch:
Same principle: no paint, just acid-etched with clear-coating.
No gutshots Kam but come on, it's just a dpdt switch, a led, a resistor and 2 wires in there, use your imagination...
White led, which I almost never use.
Context: I have a backing band now and I use 4 pedals:
-footswitch for my Amp (which I built in a 1590b enclosure which is the standard zvex-size-boutique thingy);
-A snark tuner-pedal (pretty much 1590b size, although not as rectangular;
-a home-made boost (1590b enclosure again);
-a home-made TS-808 (1590b).
I'm not a big pedal user (I love building them for the challenge and what I learn from the process but don't use them that much). What I hate even more is lugging them around/plugging them and all the space they take (I love coming up on stage with just a guitar and a cable, having only a footswitch in front of me).
All in all now, that's four 1590b size pedals for a "pedal-board". Small for most but too much space and fiddling with connexions for me.
My solution: reduce and resize.
-Resize: I've built a new footswitch in a 1590A enclosure. Smaller, no need for anything bigger really, especially since it'll be stuck to the board, no stability issues.
-Reduce: Built both a new boost and TS808 in a 1590BB enclosure. Smaller than two 1590b connected, save one jack connection and one 9v connection;
Therefore, I went from 4 pedals to 3 and reduced the size of the "board"...
Here they are:
Boost+TS808 combo:
Acid-etched with no extra color or paint except for the clear-coating. That way it'll still look nice if it gets chipped.
Green led for the TS808 and yellow for the boost.
No asym-sym clipping switch but I socketed the 3rd diode so if I ever wanna switch back to symmetrical clipping, it's just a matter of pulling it out and putting a jumper in the socket.
And I know Kamanda's gonna ask for a gutshot so here it is:
And the footswitch:
Same principle: no paint, just acid-etched with clear-coating.
No gutshots Kam but come on, it's just a dpdt switch, a led, a resistor and 2 wires in there, use your imagination...
White led, which I almost never use.
