Miscellaneous pedal projects

[JohnH]

I spent last night pulling out all my half finished electronics projects, figuring out what I needed to finish them, and then organising them in boxes with parts lists attached so I can work my way through.

There's a few pedals in there, so I thought I'd document them here.

So far I've got (in various states of disarray):


Echo base (all the parts but not breadboarded):

https://www.diystompboxes.com/smffor...?topic=60662.0


Valvecaster (all the parts apart from a tube, partly asembled):

https://www.diystompboxes.com/smffor...?topic=63479.0




BYOC Scrambled Octave (PCB with all components all soldered, just needs a switch and some jacks)

https://buildyourownclone.com/products/scrambledoctave

[JohnH]

I'll order a tube for the valvecaster tonight, and drop into Jaycar tomorrow for the assorted switches and jacks. Hopefully I can get these going in the next week or so.

Any suggestions for fun pedals to add to the list are more than welcome!

[jugglindan]

Are you using a 12AU7 for the valvecaster? That's an interesting circuit and I am eager to hear your experience with it. I have read mixed reviews so have held off making one for now. I am more interested in building a Lamington amp later this year.

[JohnH]

Yeah, I'm not sure how it'll go either but figured I had all the bits so it couldn't hurt to try. I had an 12AU7 when I started but ended up using it for an art project so that's the only thing I'm missing.

Lamington is on my list too - if be interested to see how it goes for you!

[McCreed]

I had an 12AU7 when I started but ended up using it for an art project...

What the????

[JohnH]

What the????

Ha ha ha, yeah. I don't even know if I have pics of it. I've been working electronics into a lot of my exhibitions:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9N28wJh_FO/

[JohnH]

Just spent an hour cleaning out boxes of random electronic bits and managed to find a whole box of DC jacks in various colours, a handfull of mono jacks and four stomp switches. Looks like I have no excuses now, better get soldering...

[jugglindan]

Ha ha ha, yeah. I don't even know if I have pics of it. I've been working electronics into a lot of my exhibitions:

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9N28wJh_FO/

That looks cool. My reaction was a greater appreciation for the miracles of technology that surround us everyday that we take completely for granted. No idea if that is what you were aiming for, but I like it.

[JohnH]

That looks cool. My reaction was a greater appreciation for the miracles of technology that surround us everyday that we take completely for granted. No idea if that is what you were aiming for, but I like it.

Yeah, that's pretty much exactly what I'm going for. I had a show in 2018 at the Contemporary Art Space in Manuka, and I had about 40 watercolours of components (resistors, capacitors and transistors) and then in the middle of the room I had a turntable hooked up to a stereo amp and preamp that I'd built into a clear plastic box.

It was great! People got such a kick out of being able to see inside the box, even though it's not like looking inside a printing press or engine where you can see the mechanism at work.

It was also interesting because all these people I'd never met came in for lengthy chats about their time spent as electrical engineers, radio operators, computer programmers, etc.

[JohnH]

Got the tube I needed in the post, so I finally got the Valvecaster together.

Sounds pretty good. It's definitely a boost, but I'll need to play around with it for a bit (and at different volumes) before I decide whether I like it