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by CRBMoA
21 Dec 2011, 19:13
Forum: Measuring & Matching
Topic: Digital multimeters DMM: which one to buy?
Replies: 47
Views: 77762

Re: Good multimeter?

like buying separate stereo components rather than a rack system, I believe it is usually best to get the various (volt/ohm, cap) meters separately. When things are bundled together, quality is sacrificed. i'd go with a DMM in the price range above ($30-40) and get a separate cap meter. i've had go...
by CRBMoA
20 Dec 2011, 20:02
Forum: Parts & Tools Sourcing & Trading
Topic: Group buy at BYOC
Replies: 6
Views: 2752

Re: Group buy at BYOC

I realize this is not for everyone, and FSB is a VERY international community. I didn't even cross post here.

I know Mammoth, and Blake has taken very good care of us in the past.
by CRBMoA
20 Dec 2011, 17:59
Forum: Parts & Tools Sourcing & Trading
Topic: Group buy at BYOC
Replies: 6
Views: 2752

Re: Group buy at BYOC

Discussion Thread Here is what I am shooting for: Mammoth will be our Vendor - Preliminary numbers look like this- --------------------------------------------------- Standard Alpha Pots are $1.09 individually-- If we move more than 500 (EASILY), a 30% price break gets us to $0.76/pot. Please remem...
by CRBMoA
15 Nov 2011, 00:38
Forum: Parts & Tools Sourcing & Trading
Topic: Where to get pre-bonded wire?
Replies: 7
Views: 4133

Re: Where to get pre-bonded wire?

I believe the gauge is smaller that 22, but the stuff sold HERE is bonded MUCH better than the Small Bear stuff. I use wires from both suppliers.
by CRBMoA
29 Aug 2011, 15:54
Forum: Announcements and Forum Rules
Topic: freestompboxes.org is back
Replies: 147
Views: 259551

Re: freestompboxes.org is back

Simply awesome!
by CRBMoA
12 May 2011, 04:17
Forum: Boutique Stompboxes dissected...
Topic: Way Huge - Red Llama (whole story) [traced]
Replies: 61
Views: 26155

Re: Way Huge - Red Llama (whole story) [traced]

Could be the chip, could be the build (no offense), but the circuit is quiet.

What layout did you use?
by CRBMoA
27 Apr 2011, 23:01
Forum: Boutique Stompboxes dissected...
Topic: Guru Electronics - Big Cheese clone - Bad workmanship
Replies: 39
Views: 8665

Re: Guru Electronics - Big Cheese clone - Bad workmanship

Having taken one for the team and had a good search, I'm pretty sure it was a joke. I hope this doesn't offend anyone, but I tend to take comments by Europeans (in general, but especially non-Brits) a little more seriously and literally than comments from my naive and sheltered countrymen. :lol: Im...
by CRBMoA
12 Apr 2011, 19:19
Forum: Printed/Published Online Designs
Topic: Little Headphone Amp
Replies: 16
Views: 8950

Re: Little Headphone Amp

Would it be alright to use a stereo output jack and just bridge the L/R channels together? I'd hate to have sound in only one ear. :wink: Or build two and run them side by side? Becomes a mixer in a hurry, but one or two dual ganged pots would make it a winner. Not that I don't appreciate what is t...
by CRBMoA
05 Apr 2011, 21:14
Forum: Parts & Tools Sourcing & Trading
Topic: 3PDT switches, mini speakers & some misc stuff
Replies: 15
Views: 4541

Re: 3PDT switches, mini speakers & some misc stuff

I bought some stuff from this offering.

Fast, fair shipping. Good dealings.

In return, here is a free bump!
by CRBMoA
05 Apr 2011, 17:20
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: "Little Angel" - Super Simple PT2399 Mini Chorus [documentation]
Replies: 357
Views: 62656

Re: "Little Angel" - Super Simple PT2399 Mini Chorus [documentation]

Best stripboard advice I ever got was to drag a file or Exacto blade between the strip traces, to remove the whispy solder strands you cannot see. This would work for flux, too.

I have fixed problems that I could not see this way more than once.
by CRBMoA
23 Mar 2011, 22:46
Forum: Boutique Stompboxes dissected...
Topic: Zvex - Inventobox [traced]
Replies: 133
Views: 33047

Re: Zvex inventobox [traced]

Junior Kimbrough would have no use for the Inventobox.

Thanks to someone's sig, I got exposed to some refreshingly simple [and real] music.
by CRBMoA
21 Mar 2011, 00:51
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: "Little Angel" - Super Simple PT2399 Mini Chorus [documentation]
Replies: 357
Views: 62656

Re: "Little Angel" - Super Simple PT2399 Mini Chorus [documentation]

Thanks Rocklander.

FWIW, for me, swapping out the 10K at R-18 and replacing it with a 1K was better to my ears.

cb
by CRBMoA
20 Mar 2011, 23:34
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: Madbean Fatpants vero
Replies: 20
Views: 3609

Re: Madbean Fatpants vero

sinner wrote:I forgot to say. Green dot on 6th IC lug means to cut the leg off
That is hard core! Hell Yea! :applause: :applause:
by CRBMoA
20 Mar 2011, 22:58
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: "Little Angel" - Super Simple PT2399 Mini Chorus [documentation]
Replies: 357
Views: 62656

Re: "Little Angel" - Super Simple PT2399 Mini Chorus [documentation]

I am being lazy, so I am not reading the whole thread.

But can you tell me if you are working on vero, or the PCB that was offered at GuitarPCB?

I bought one to try out months ago, and popped it last week, and it works as advertised for me.
by CRBMoA
17 Mar 2011, 19:31
Forum: DIY Projects
Topic: Baja Music Man guitar and bass onboard preamps [documentation]
Replies: 503
Views: 183638

Re: Baja Music Man guitar and bass onboard preamps [documentation]

Thank you for taking the time to visit https://www.freestompboxes.org ( the forbidden forum :lol: ) and thank you for your post in this thread. AND - Welcome to all members of the TalkBass forum - you are all most welcome to visit here anytime :thumbsup cheers bajaman bajaman, I do not ever recall ...
by CRBMoA
10 Mar 2011, 22:49
Forum: Lords of the Boards - Vero, Perf, PCB or Point-to-Point
Topic: Drilling Techniques
Replies: 49
Views: 26340

Re: Drilling

Continuing with rocklander's theme.........................

DrNomis wrote:I guess it really doesn't matter which method, or technique you use to drill a hole in any material, the end result will always be the same....a hole exactly one gauge larger than I intended in the material.... :)
by CRBMoA
09 Mar 2011, 23:39
Forum: Lords of the Boards - Vero, Perf, PCB or Point-to-Point
Topic: Drilling Techniques
Replies: 49
Views: 26340

Re: Drilling

I kinda hate it when my BEASTMASTER Ryobi decimates my enclosure with pounding whiny thunder of 12V, bursting through the frail walls of my enclosure, sending lethal shards of aluminum death.............

No. You're right. It's stupid.
by CRBMoA
28 Feb 2011, 22:48
Forum: Parts & Tools Sourcing & Trading
Topic: Female Terminal Connector for DC Jack Lugs?
Replies: 4
Views: 1962

Re: Female Terminal Connector for DC Jack Lugs?

You can also use washers on the inside to reduce thread exposure. It's not one of the nits I choose to pick myself, but I have heard the complaint before. I actually liked the external nut jacks when I had fewer builds under my belt, but I can see why the internal nut design is more popular, and I w...
by CRBMoA
16 Feb 2011, 19:18
Forum: Electric Guitar/Bass Wiring
Topic: Need a Bass Players opinion
Replies: 10
Views: 4326

Re: Need a Bass Players opinion

The BEST studio bass I ever had was a '65 P-bass with a '66 Jazz neck and the extra Jazz P/U mounted at the bridge.

I wouldn't mess with the bleeder cap size, but I sure wouldn't build him a souped up bass and then take away half the controls.

Unless he just plays C&W. :wink:
by CRBMoA
04 Jan 2011, 17:39
Forum: Capacitors
Topic: The 'Sound' of Capacitors..
Replies: 695
Views: 327890

Re: The Big Catfight: ethics/cloning/copying/stealing/person

Why has no one pointed out the obvious, non-correctable control factor in these 'home' tests? Disclaimer - I really don't know (or care) about the answer about caps. Until I have built 20 of the same circuit, I have not heard enough samples of anything to get THAT picky about flavors of dirt. I was ...