D*A*M - Tone Bender 'El Diablo'

sinner · Post by **sinner** » 08 May 2013, 10:19

Good evening gentleman,

This http://stompboxes.co.uk/forum/viewtopic ... 54&t=14673

...is attached.

I cant see one resistor value (marked as ?), Phibes thinks it's 47k... We'll wait, we'll see

I think "level" pot is 47k, but I'm not sure what taper, can be log... fuck knows

Attack pot stays unseen, but what else it can be other than 1k lin?

Anyway, it's just a twicked TB MK1,5/Fuzz Face

beedotman · Post by **beedotman** » 08 May 2013, 14:37

It's VOX so it have 10K on Q1 collector.

beedotman · Post by **beedotman** » 08 May 2013, 14:39

There's also 820R resistor on attach pot.

sinner · Post by **sinner** » 08 May 2013, 14:54

beedotman wrote:It's VOX so it have 10K on Q1 collector.

I was thinking it's just inspired by version of it, Mr.Main take on it

beedotman wrote:There's also 820R resistor on attach pot.

Oh yeah, I see it now

sinner · Post by **sinner** » 08 May 2013, 15:10

beedotman · Post by **beedotman** » 08 May 2013, 17:33

I'm not sure 47uF - IMO it's regular 22uF here, but just in another wrapping.
Rest looks good!

sinner · Post by **sinner** » 08 May 2013, 17:37

Its BC Electronics cap, and looking on the size makes me think its 47u

beedotman · Post by **beedotman** » 08 May 2013, 19:18

sinner wrote:Its BC Electronics cap, and looking on the size makes me think its 47u

I got BC 22uF this size

It's 100V. Here's pic.

sinner · Post by **sinner** » 08 May 2013, 19:31

different series mate

sinner · Post by **sinner** » 08 May 2013, 19:32

where did you get that silver FF enclosure you dirty slut?!

jalmonsalmon · Post by **jalmonsalmon** » 09 May 2013, 02:55

Ironic,
I just got one of these in the mail... wonder what my next build shall be hmmmmm

I may wait and see if there are any updates to this pedal, socket some trannys and caps and try and tweak it but I want something in RED!

phibes · Post by **phibes** » 09 May 2013, 05:03

You owe me a fuckin' ice cream now Paul!

sinner · Post by **sinner** » 09 May 2013, 07:06

Yeah, pedalenclosures.com is the hottest shit on the planet, and Mike is one of nicest person i came across

@Tim - come and get one

Dr Tony Balls · Post by **Dr Tony Balls** » 09 May 2013, 13:11

sinner wrote:Yeah, pedalenclosures.com is the hottest shit on the plane

HA....i cant stand them. The YYs are always too thick and I cant get pots to stay in em well. Sure I could order different pots, but thats aggravating.

sinner · Post by **sinner** » 09 May 2013, 13:26

It's just a pots bro

YY's are coolio, I wish Mike will make them twice as wide as they are right now one day

The new one looks cool, the big ones, the only ones I never had... yet... I wonder do they're big enough to fit CE-1 Chorus replica board Im working on - this type of enclosure would be perfect for chorus ensemble repro project

Anyway, talk to Mike, he's really great person

beedotman · Post by **beedotman** » 09 May 2013, 13:43

sinner wrote:where did you get that silver FF enclosure you dirty slut?!

Ha! I've bought some time ago FF on DAM forum and replaced guts one of Your boards and NKT213 and NKT214 combo

But I've sold it foolishly to some guy in Japan

This was one of Cornell reissue I think - much better quality than dunlop boxes.

sinner · Post by **sinner** » 09 May 2013, 13:48

beedotman wrote:
sinner wrote:where did you get that silver FF enclosure you dirty slut?!
Ha! I've bought some time ago FF on DAM forum and replaced guts one of Your boards and NKT213 and NKT214 combo
But I've sold it foolishly to some guy in Japan
This was one of Cornell reissue I think - much better quality than dunlop boxes.

Lucky bastard...

...the guy in Japan

jalmonsalmon · Post by **jalmonsalmon** » 09 May 2013, 14:54

I put a tonebender pro MK II into one of those YY's and used the usual alpha pots with no issues, yeah they are thick and beefy and my only issues with the YY's is getting my step drill bit to cut thru all that metal.
I found the best method of course are the pilot holes 1st then use the step drill bit to get your final size. Pots stay on fine for me

Lucifer · Post by **Lucifer** » 09 May 2013, 15:00

beedotman wrote: This was one of Cornell reissue I think

Sinner, my dear boy - it might be worth contacting Denis Cornell (at http://www.dc-developments.com) as he might just have a few FF cases spare - and here (though I've told this tale elsewhere) is the reason why I think he could have some:

Denis was forced to stop making FFs by the nasty lawyers at Dunlop, even though Arbiter had given Denis the rights to the FF design. Unfortunately, Denis's company is too small to take on the giants, so he ceased FF production. That's why I think it just might be possible that he could have a few cases left over. It's worth asking him anyway. He's a great guy and very helpful.

As a consequence of the nasty Dunlop people, Denis now builds the First Fuzz (FF - clever, eh) which, you guessed it, is the same FF circuit but in a different box.

If you get to speak to him, please pass on my regards (I used to work one day a week for him some years back).

sinner · Post by **sinner** » 09 May 2013, 15:30

Lucifer wrote:Denis now builds the First Fuzz (FF - clever, eh) which, you guessed it, is the same FF circuit but in a different box.

I used to build Fuzz Face and call it Fuzz Cafe (cafe is anagram of face) - how clever is that?

I wish I would contact him, but sadly Im just in process of changing my job :/