Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Tube powered Wah Pedal help

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • #31
    Originally posted by Paul P View Post
    I've noticed the same thing. Everything's nice and clean on paper then you
    add all the wires and it turns into a big mess .

    Sometimes I could make a wire real short but the possibility of re-using
    the part in some future project makes me want to leave as much lead length
    as I can. Power transformer is bad in this respect.

    I don't think your wiring's that bad.

    This is like brain surgery. I understand the Japanese were so good at
    assembling small stuff because of the women's small hands. I envy
    them their small fingers. I have sausages and sometimes there's just
    too many of them in the way and I can't see what I'm doing.

    Paul P
    Yeah I guess it could be neater if I trimmed off some of the excess wire from the Power section but I guess I am insecure and can't bring myself to cut it off. If this thing just doesn't work according to plan I might need to re-use that transformer among other things.

    I wish my hands were a little smaller, the more I stuff in this little box the smaller this box seems to get.


    I did plug it in last night and "smoke tested" the power supply and as ugly as it is it worked fine so I do feel a little bit better.
    DIY Links

    Tolex Tutorial
    http://www.guitarkitbuilder.com/cont...lifier-cabinet

    Chassis:
    http://www.guitarkitbuilder.com/cont...lifier-chassis

    Turret board:
    http://www.guitarkitbuilder.com/cont...d-construction

    Comment


    • #32
      This is almost finished all that is left here is installing the jacks, circuit breaker and soldering 4 leads going to the tubes.




      Here it is completed and ready for testing... Still wish I could get this a bit neater a lot of shielded wire for the input and outputs and the Wah Pot.

      DIY Links

      Tolex Tutorial
      http://www.guitarkitbuilder.com/cont...lifier-cabinet

      Chassis:
      http://www.guitarkitbuilder.com/cont...lifier-chassis

      Turret board:
      http://www.guitarkitbuilder.com/cont...d-construction

      Comment


      • #33
        Casey4s,
        This is a cool schem, mebbie I missed it (need coffie), but, what tubes are you using?
        I'm currently working on a similar design, implemented with 3, sub-mini "hearing aid" tubes (JAN6418 Pentode).
        Ekatt
        Last edited by elecktrokatt; 03-26-2008, 12:28 PM. Reason: content

        Comment


        • #34
          Originally posted by elecktrokatt View Post
          Casey4s,
          This is a cool schem, mebbie I missed it (need coffie), but, what tubes are you using?
          I'm currently working on a similar design, implemented with 3, sub-mini "hearing aid" tubes (JAN6418 Pentode).
          Ekatt
          I am using two 6SL7GT octal preamp tubes for this pedal.
          DIY Links

          Tolex Tutorial
          http://www.guitarkitbuilder.com/cont...lifier-cabinet

          Chassis:
          http://www.guitarkitbuilder.com/cont...lifier-chassis

          Turret board:
          http://www.guitarkitbuilder.com/cont...d-construction

          Comment

          Working...
          X