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Yep, that's my concept for the booster pedal, basically a simple battery powered op amp based booster pedal, the original design was to have the...

Do you plan to use an external power supply with the pedal? One of the things that came with my recent pedal was short chord to allow me to hook up...

I used Amazon's relatively easy return policy to send it back, and get a replacement. The replacement arrives on Friday. If it has the same problem I...

You could try putting a small cap on the input jack from the tip to the sleeve connection, maybe something like a 47pF, that might help by diverting...

Update: I've made some more progress on the booster preamp build, got all the mounting holes in the diecast aluminium case all drilled-out to...

Nice work. The band looks very slick for one rehearsal.:D

Hi Trevor, that's really awesome. My colour came from a mix of Tru Oil and Mixol, about 13 coats of tinted oil, and then another 15 of straight...

Update: As promised, here's the hand-drawn schematic I reverse-engineered from the article in my Guitar Handbook, as you can see, it is a very...

Back in the early 80’s this exact project was my first ever pedal build. If I remember correctly, the first edition of the book actually had an...

Yep, I will be including a proper true-bypass footswitch in the form of a 3-pole double-throw footswitch, when bypassed, the booster is taken...

First gig I have been on in a long time, and just one rehersal...but huge fun, at least for me ;-) Couple of short vids:

Haven't had time to post much, but the gig turned out to be a blast. I ended up only playing the Batwing Precision that I built on this forum...

Will be interested to see it! I think I'd want a true-bypass switch on the pedal. I used to have problems with the one in my G&L when the battery...

Will be interested to see it!

Yeah, that's essentially what the booster/preamp circuit I'm building is, it takes the signal from a passive pickup and boosts it up to where the...

This colour looks very similar to one of my STA-1 builds. Check out...

Just be aware that the Tru-Oil may yellow a bit. It can have a tendency to shift blues to greens. Not a problem if you like the greens! I think...

That's a great idea! I have read that everyone should have a boost pedal. I have an orange peeler, modified a bit for bass, that has a volume knob...

I have checked continuity with a multimeter and got happy beeps across the whole plate.

Top coat will be another 10 to 15 of straight Tru-oil, with a light buff of 0000 steel wool in between every 2 to 3 coats. Final with an automotive...

Color looks good! What will you be using for a topcoat? One thing to check with the alu tape is to stick two pieces together so that they overlap,...

Looking good! Sent from my CPH2655 using Tapatalk

Final body colour, not the best photo, but I am happy with it.

Hi Fender, thank you for the great advice, I have bought some aluminum tape and used that. Seemed to be easier and the smarter option. Thank you...

Sanded the filler with 600 g wet and dry. Sprayed another 3 quick coats, let dry, and sanded with 1200 g w&d. It was looking flat! Then sprayed...

Finally, some nice weather! 25 degrees and low humidity. :cool: So, I have sprayed the body with 3 quick coats (horizontal, vertical,...