Very happy with the end results, though its still a learning curve.
A little misalignment adds to the "hand crafted" appeal, right?!
Just a note/disclaimer - these are 1 offs, for my own personal use, not for sale. Therefore, using the Vex artwork should not be a big deal, and if it is, they are just stickers.
Awesome, I'm definitely getting some! :o)
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ReplyDeleteYeah its good I reckon, you can get 4 or 6 of those size from a sheet.
While your around, did you ever verify the wolf computer layout on your page? It seems to have disappeared. Anyway, I built one, but the controls dont seem to work well, and it sounds jack all like the video.
Some concessions - I didnt have a Log 100k pot for the Level, so I used a Lin.
Also, I couldnt find a 25k pot for the Fuzz.
So what I did was put a 47k resistor across lug 1 and 3 of a 100k lin pot. However, the fuzz is either on or off (at the right extreme of the turn its on). I tried a 10k pot, and 100k pot and they all pretty much sound the same. I figured that the 100k pot, with 47k R in parallel would equal about 30k. I didnt have a 33k resistor, which wouldve made it a 24.8k pot.
Anyway, I might have done that wrong, but regardless it behaved the same with a 10k or 100k with no alteration :(
Also, the bias doesnt seem to do much, and cuts out at its extreme. The sag isnt that interesting either. Just seems to clean the pedal up.
I used 2n3094 transistors. Same story with 2n5088 type.
Any help appreciated. Probably "buy a 25k pot" lol
Oh and WRT the decals, they do white ones or transparent.
ReplyDeleteI went for transparent.
Sanding the metal boxes leads to a nice "watercolour brushstroke" effect through the transparency.
I'll get some transparent and white I think and give it a go. Yes I took down the Wolf Computer layout. I thought it was ok after it had been confirmed, but melx built one and he said that it didn't sound like a WC. So as we really haven't had the schematic confirmed I thought it was better to pull the layout until we can get one to open up to get the true circuit confirmed. The size of the Fuzz pot doesn't really matter that much because it's at full fuzz in the "no resistance" position and so the size of the pot dictates how clean the effect will get in the anti clockwise position. Not many people will be using it there anyway so I wouldn't worry too much about that pot.
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ReplyDeletethanks for the reply.
Looks like the schematic is a bit off then, sounds like an overdrive to fuzz, but none of the feedback/oscillation/motorboarding that the original is famed for :(
Its cool though and I respect your decision. When the schematic gets revised Ill simply swap my board out I reckon.
I think white labels would look great too, but as above, I really dig the transparent look too. If you build any Zvex, you can simply get the graphics off his website, and do a quick photoshop or MS paint to get rid of the knobs, footswitch and LED.
Good luck!
Yes I'll get the layout backup as soon as I know it's 100%. I think I'd probably end up using the transparent most of the time and that texture thing sounds nice. I just really want the white ones because I've got some matt and gloss black paint, so the white will be useful for those boxes.
ReplyDeleteIve just updated a 3rd page with my Mammoth, looks cool too.
ReplyDeleteI will put some videos up today, if you could comment on the Wolf Comp that would be most helpful. Mine doesnt self oscillate in any combination of settings.
Thanks anyway for the help and layouts of course, Im sure it will get figured out soon.
yeah, that's pretty much what my wolf C sounded like although I could get occilation out of mine with the fuzz maxed and using a very small range on the starve knob... it sounded pretty cool so I didn't think much of it until I watched a video of a real one and realised it was nothing like it! lol... ah, it's all part of the fun I suppose!
ReplyDeleteI used shielded cable in mine so that probably gave it less chance of oscillation. Could you do me a favour and watch my video clip and comment if it sounds pretty much like yours? cheers sir.
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