Tooly Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 finally. link to front photo link to photo of back I just finished clearcoating it and re-installing the guts. Its for a buddy of mine, a present for his younger brother, hence the name he wanted for it, Junior. I got my wifey to do the Jr. in the bottom corner, i didnt trust my own hand after all this coffee this morning. selling it this aft for 100. simple DIY envelope filter kit, built from scratch, except for the board itself, with a few mods, and a pretty killer paintjob, if i do say so myself. i just learned how to do these cool-ass swirly paintjobs, they are as much fun to do as this pedal is to play. i really dig the back plate, how the yellow kinda looks like a meteor, maybe its harder to see thru the computer, but this shit looks sweet eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NewRider Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Nice work Tooly! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ol'Hickster Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Right on, Looks wicked! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bradm Posted February 17, 2008 Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 Nice! Tooly, are you familiar with Build Your Own Clone?Aloha,Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted February 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2008 (edited) yeah brad; they are the site that got me hooked on this stuff. they have recently come out wiht some pretty sweet kits, a reallllly nice analog sounding digital delay. the repeats slowly distort just like an old bucket brigade analog delay i really like their motto Take Tone into your own hands it makes sense, rather than buying 200+ $ boutique pedals, why not build them yourself? and customize it to your own needs? the guys who came up with the BYOC idea are brilliant. im going to work on a tubescreamer soon, with all sorts of mods, might have to put a rotary switch in it to accomodate them all, im thinking a stock TS808 ala SRV, a modded TS9 ala trey, a turbo mode ala the newer TS9DX, a sweet warm bassboost because those stock tubescreamers are lacking in the low end dept, some symmetrical distortion options as well as some nice thick asymmetrical clipping with MOSFets. im pumped Edited February 17, 2008 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay Funk Dawg Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Sounds like a lot of fun making pedals! I think i'm more interested in making music than pedals - but in the pursuit of finding your own voice on your instrument I see this is a great skill to have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prost Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 nice...I'd love to make my own envelope filter....was it hard to figure out the circuitry? Is it an easy DIY project for someone who knows nothing about electronics? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tungsten Gruvsten Posted February 18, 2008 Report Share Posted February 18, 2008 Nice job Tooly - my first pedal was an enelope filter too!Cool paint job too - love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hamilton Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Sexy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geomouse Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Looks very cool and definitely personalized. I've gone with the all-in-one multi effect type stuff in the past which has invariably broken down after time which of course leaves you with no effects at all! I'm leaning towards individual boxes now and this shit has me keenly interested as well. Thanks for the inspiration Tooly and the link to BYOC Brad. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phishtaper Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 looks wicked cool, but how do I hook it up to my sewing machine? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bokonon Posted February 19, 2008 Report Share Posted February 19, 2008 Sexy! I'd tap that! Looks good, keep up the good work! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 nice...I'd love to make my own envelope filter....was it hard to figure out the circuitry? Is it an easy DIY project for someone who knows nothing about electronics? theres a few different filter projects out there, all are pretty easy. i'd suggest for your first few times build kits, either from BYOC, they have the best boards around, or www.generalguitargadgets.com they also sell complete kits. its easier when you start to get the whole kit, instead of trying to source the parts, its tough if you dont understand, i still dont get it all and have a box of wrong parts growing there is a huge sense of satisfaction when that pedal works for you, its like building anything else, be it a deck, or a bookcase, whatever, if you are into DIY, you get it. id love to build me a guitar down the line, all in good time eh? the painting was fun as hell, trippy, maybe it was the paint fumes, but it was really sweet swirling that shit. thanks for the kind words folks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prost Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 Thanks Tooly....that's something I'll have to look into making Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonyak Posted February 20, 2008 Report Share Posted February 20, 2008 now the next step is actualy designing you own pedal and building it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 21, 2008 now the next step is actualy designing you own pedal and building it.well, you figure, if you mod the circut, like this one was, a few different components, its a different circut, making it your own. but i know what you mean, designing your own circuit, thats a different story altogether, kinda hard to figure out stuff that isnt just a repeat w/different options or features. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SaggyBalls Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 So Tooly - Will you make Guitar Pedals now? I have little interest in making pedals but love to use them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the Battleship Ethel Posted February 22, 2008 Report Share Posted February 22, 2008 nice work man!!i heard about these today from Flowers.what else are you making?what could you compare your Envelope filter to?not a fan of most of them on the market,but that is because i used to own an original MXR one.it was super sweet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted February 24, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2008 newbold- yeah i make em now, part time, it isnt paying for shit yet. but its what i love to do, i love to use em too, and got frustrated about always being broke from buying customized, modded stuff.trees: the circut board is a copy of the DOD 440 envy. i have heard this is the one radiohead used on paranoid antriod, having never heard the tune, i dunno. comparable to any decent envy. im just looking at this MXR envelope you are talking about, looks pretty similar as far as parts go, seems an even move "open" circuit to accept cool mods (up-down sweep, threshold, filter, resonance knob mods)what else am i building? right now i have a 5knob compressor *almost* done, minus paint. and im making a big order today or tomm. for a coupla tubescreamers and phaser/univibe boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red dog Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 I remembered having seen this topic awhile back, and I am looking into a fuzz/Octave pedal. I guess these things are famously unreliable at "trackng" the notess you play. The Chicago Iron company is looking good, but a bit pricey. Has anybody tried one of these Build your own clone versions? or heard about them? I figure if it is so hard for a "pro" to make a decent fuzz/Octave pedal maybe I shouldn't try it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red dog Posted April 15, 2008 Report Share Posted April 15, 2008 I remembered having seen this topic awhile back, and I am looking into a fuzz/Octave pedal. I guess these things are famously unreliable at "trackng" the notess you play. The Chicago Iron company is looking good, but a bit pricey. Has anybody tried one of these Build your own clone versions? or heard about them? I figure if it is so hard for a "pro" to make a decent fuzz/Octave pedal maybe I shouldn't try it myself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tooly Posted April 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted April 16, 2008 ive heard nothing but good things about the BYOC fuzz-octave. their pedal comes with an octave lift switch that just cuts the oct-up so you just have a great fuzz with a real nasty snarl. ive heard that the octave effect isnt as pronounced as an RM Octavia, but having never built one, i cant really say.you want oct. up or down? if down, the mxr bluebox is what you want. you can buy a board from tonepad.comthis looks fairly easy though, 30 parts minus the jacks+power supplyyou ever do any PCB soldering? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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