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Re: ThePearDream's Project Thread

Post by ThePearDream » Fri Apr 05, 2024 8:35 am

I thought I'd convert my CV Tele to an Esquire, so I ordered an Esquire pickguard. This is what I received. :wtf:
The packaging even says "Pickguard 50's Esquire". I probably shouldn't have ordered it on April 1st :squint:

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Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Sat Apr 06, 2024 7:11 am

Aren't there a couple Fender models of Telecaster that they call "Esquire", but are 2 pickups? Seems like Fender fuck-up to me.
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Post by ThePearDream » Sat Apr 06, 2024 2:03 pm

Yeah, definitely a Fender mistake. The vendor (Guitar Audio on eBay) already refunded me for the pickguard. I'll try buying a non-Fender one next.
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Post by ThePearDream » Wed May 15, 2024 9:26 am

I just had a dozen UV printed pedal enclosures delivered from Tayda. Four of them are for new builds. The other eight are new enclosures, for pedals I've made previously, but that didn't have proper artwork (the stickers), or where I didn't like how it turned out. I'll have to re-do two of the enclosures unfortunately. One of them, I had a hole in the wrong spot, and the other, my labels are the same color as the enclosure.

Then, I have another three dozen or so pedals designed and ready to print. And there's another dozen-ish in my design queue to be figured out still. So, I have a nice back-log of designs built up now and shouldn't run out for a good long while.

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Re: ThePearDream's Project Thread

Post by ryland » Wed May 15, 2024 11:04 am

Man, I just sharpie bare aluminum boxes for pedal builds. Mostly so that I don't get held up waiting for enclosures. I went on a bit of a building binge during the pandemic years, just to keep myself busy. Now I have a couple hundred stuffed in all corners of my house. Having enclosures like that would make it easier to find the one I want when I go looking for it...I have no idea where my first Slow Gear build went...

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Post by ThePearDream » Wed May 15, 2024 11:25 am

ryland wrote:
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Man, I just sharpie bare aluminum boxes for pedal builds. Mostly so that I don't get held up waiting for enclosures. I went on a bit of a building binge during the pandemic years, just to keep myself busy. Now I have a couple hundred stuffed in all corners of my house. Having enclosures like that would make it easier to find the one I want when I go looking for it...I have no idea where my first Slow Gear build went...
To me, a pedal without some kind of graphics is only half built. I like twiddling knobs, but I need to know what they are supposed to do.

Here's the first one transferred to its new home.

First, my original enclosure:
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Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra:
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I used the purple version of the factory graphics as a reference.
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New enclosure, featuring everybody's favorite Sabbath lover, Ned Flanders. He also bears more than a passing resemblance to Tony Iommi, what with the moustache, left handedness, and affinity for crucifixes:
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Re: ThePearDream's Project Thread

Post by ryland » Wed May 15, 2024 11:38 am

Yeah, I have the controls all labeled with a sharpie. As long as it sounds good, I don't care what it looks like! Function over form has always been my ethos. Which is not to say that I don't respect a nice enclosure, and that looks great! Stupid Sexy Flanders.

How do you like the Sabbra Cadabra?

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Post by ThePearDream » Wed May 15, 2024 2:20 pm

ryland wrote:
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Yeah, I have the controls all labeled with a sharpie. As long as it sounds good, I don't care what it looks like! Function over form has always been my ethos. Which is not to say that I don't respect a nice enclosure, and that looks great! Stupid Sexy Flanders.

How do you like the Sabbra Cadabra?
It's a really fun pedal. To my ear, it nails that Sabbath sound, especially when I use it with some PAF type pickups. It's not an essential pedal, it doesn't hang out on my pedal board. It's awesome by itself, into a clean amp though. When I feel like playing "that" sound, or Sabbath-y doom metal/post-metal sounds, it delivers.
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Post by ThePearDream » Thu May 16, 2024 5:23 am

Next pedal: EQD Plumes clone

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My first enclosure was honestly, pretty lazy and stupid. I had struggled to find an idea, and just wanted to get it built. I threw some clipart of a cactus on it. Very JHS. Very lame.
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And here's my new Plumes:
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Re: ThePearDream's Project Thread

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Thu May 16, 2024 7:14 pm

Much better!!

EDIT: Also, for the newer EQD circuits, do you also do the flexi-switching for these?
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Re: ThePearDream's Project Thread

Post by walterwiseman » Fri May 17, 2024 2:41 am

ThePearDream wrote:
Thu May 16, 2024 5:23 am
Next pedal: EQD Plumes clone

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My first enclosure was honestly, pretty lazy and stupid. I had struggled to find an idea, and just wanted to get it built. I threw some clipart of a cactus on it. Very JHS. Very lame.
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And here's my new Plumes:
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This looks brilliant ;D
I've ordered enclosures from tayda several times in the past but never took advantage of the UV printing. Looks like great quality. What's the durability of the print like?

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Re: ThePearDream's Project Thread

Post by GilmourD » Fri May 17, 2024 4:31 am

Doug, are you getting those printed directly to the enclosures or is that DTF stickers you're applying yourself?

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Re: ThePearDream's Project Thread

Post by ThePearDream » Fri May 17, 2024 4:35 am

Shadoweclipse13 wrote:
Thu May 16, 2024 7:14 pm
Much better!!

EDIT: Also, for the newer EQD circuits, do you also do the flexi-switching for these?
I don't. I looked at the breakout board options at pedalpcb, and they don't have anything for that. I suspect that since EQD has a patent on that switching, it would be a bad idea for pedalpcb to offer it.
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This looks brilliant ;D
I've ordered enclosures from tayda several times in the past but never took advantage of the UV printing. Looks like great quality. What's the durability of the print like?
That's hard to say, as I don't gig. It's definitely tougher than the waterslide decals with lacquer over the top, that I had been using.
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Doug, are you getting those printed directly to the enclosures or is that DTF stickers you're applying yourself?
It's a UV print, direct to the enclosure. There are three layers applied, white, color, and then clear. Then it is cured with UV.
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Re: ThePearDream's Project Thread

Post by ThePearDream » Fri May 17, 2024 4:42 am

Next pedal re-do:
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The original:
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And mine, featuring 70s Scratchy in an R. Crumb pose, from "Itchy and Scratchy Meet Fritz the Cat"

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Re: ThePearDream's Project Thread

Post by Shadoweclipse13 » Fri May 17, 2024 6:03 am

ThePearDream wrote:
Fri May 17, 2024 4:35 am
Shadoweclipse13 wrote:
Thu May 16, 2024 7:14 pm
Much better!!

EDIT: Also, for the newer EQD circuits, do you also do the flexi-switching for these?
I don't. I looked at the breakout board options at pedalpcb, and they don't have anything for that. I suspect that since EQD has a patent on that switching, it would be a bad idea for pedalpcb to offer it.
They probably do. I remember seeing someone selling a little bypass utility board that basically did Flexi-switching. I was trying to find the link in case you were interested, but I can't seem to find it right now...

Of course, right as I give up, I find it. It's not a PCB, but a completed module. I feel like I remember a PCB as well, but that might just be my imagination...

https://shop.mas-effects.com/products/relay-bypass
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