Members dot-dot-dot Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 This is just for me and I won't be selling any, so keep calm. It's a BYOC Screamer kit, plus a 386-based booster. Left to right, top row first, the controls are Boost, Feedback, Sage (power supply current limiter for the Screamer board only - boost gets full power all the time). Bottom row are the three Screamer controls - Drive, Tone, Volume. Tasteful ruby to bronze racing stripes, as you can see, and a nice bright red LED. The toggle switches the mid boost in and out. There's a build thread in the DIY forum (click me!) if anyone is interested. It seems to do everything from clean boost to mild overdrive to BREWTAL SLUTBANGING GAIN, then fuzzes from thick, full near-synthy sounds to thin spluttery ones, broken zippery fuzzes and more. Plus the feedback knob lets you dial in howls and squeals as required, or with more subtle settings it seems to affect how the tone control functions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuyaGuy Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 are those racing stripes i see before me? looks cool.sounds like it would be cool.so the current limiter is for the dead battery sound, i'm guessing?and so the pedal actually feeds back into itself? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dot-dot-dot Posted July 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Yes on all three counts. I was aiming to make some sort of "ultimate" overdrive/distortion with some inspiration from the Ultra Fuzz and Fuzz Factory. The feedback pot is set up as a 250k variable resistor between the input and output of the Screamer board (so the boost is not in the feedback path), and the sag pot is a pot set up as a 47k variable resistor in the 9v line to the Screamer board - as you say, to simulate a dying battery. That could do with being a lower value though - maybe 4.7k instead. It was an awful lot of work, so while I might put together an outline schematic I don't really fancy making any more... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuyaGuy Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Originally posted by dot-dot-dot It was an awful lot of work, so while I might put together an outline schematic I don't really fancy making any more... that's OK as long as i can get this one! i just read the DIY thread and dan-o-guitar is right--it IS the ultimate TS! certainly the one i would choose out of all the variations out there. so how's the feedback? similar to the Ultra Fuzz's oscillating wildly? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dot-dot-dot Posted July 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Originally posted by GuyaGuy so how's the feedback? similar to the Ultra Fuzz's oscillating wildly? It's usually lower pitched than the UF puts out, but in a similar vein. Doesn't react to the guitar controls in the same way - I think the booster is isolating that to some extent, but it does do the ducking thing where while you're playing the feedback cuts out, then when you stop it splutters back into life. The pitch seems dependent on pretty much all the controls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members GuyaGuy Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Originally posted by dot-dot-dot It's usually lower pitched than the UF puts out, but in a similar vein. Doesn't react to the guitar controls in the same way - I think the booster is isolating that to some extent, but it does do the ducking thing where while you're playing the feedback cuts out, then when you stop it splutters back into life. The pitch seems dependent on pretty much all the controls. sounds really cool.let me know if you want to trade for a taiwanese DS-1.it's in excellent condition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fernmeister Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 you've got cool guitars, you've got a great amp, you've got a killer stand alone DAW... ...give us some clips man!!! seriously though, it looks cool. i like seeing collectable, one-off, not quite polished, non-factory pedals. it fills my soul with hope!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dot-dot-dot Posted July 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Originally posted by fernmeister you've got cool guitars, you've got a great amp, you've got a killer stand alone DAW... Yeah, but I can't play for toffee! I'll see what I can do. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Originally posted by dot-dot-dot Yeah, but I can't play for toffee! I'll see what I can do. If you're as bad as you are self-depreciating Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members zhivago Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 very nice, Andi!racing stripes always do it for me!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dot-dot-dot Posted July 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Originally posted by english_bob If you're as bad as you are self-depreciating I'm not that bad. No-one is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fernmeister Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Originally posted by dot-dot-dot I'm not that bad. No-one is. i could name names on this forum that would prove you wrong... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dot-dot-dot Posted July 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 I thought jrak had left? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Originally posted by fernmeister you've got cool guitars, you've got a great amp, you've got a killer stand alone DAW......give us some clips man!!!seriously though, it looks cool. i like seeing collectable, one-off, not quite polished, non-factory pedals. it fills my soul with hope!!! I don't know what you'll be filled with if I manage to post pics of my BYOC Tri-Booster, but I suspect despair, or possibly mirth rather than hope. It's my birthday present, so I can't set about it until next week, when I'm off work, but meant to be helping with a house move. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lanefair Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 That looks laverly. One question though: Why not have a footswitchable boost? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dot-dot-dot Posted July 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Originally posted by Lanefair That looks laverly. One question though: Why not have a footswitchable boost? Two reasons; one I didn't want that much faff, two there wasn't room with the battery in there, and three (erm, two part two) the 386 tends to "interact" with whatever is before or after it so just turning it on and off would tend to have rather odd consequences. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members stompboxx Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Nice work. I have to say though, that stripe down the middle makes it look like a Protone pedal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dot-dot-dot Posted July 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 So it does! I didn't much think about it - just masked off the two stripes and sprayed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members squareking Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Originally posted by dot-dot-dot BREWTAL SLUTBANGING GAIN Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members english_bob Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 Which are the knobs that came with the BYOC kit and which are yours? I'm considering buying some alternative knobs for my Tri-Boost if the ones with the kit suck... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dot-dot-dot Posted July 3, 2006 Author Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 The lower level are the BYOC ones, the upper level are from Maplin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members MonkeyKnifeFighter Posted July 3, 2006 Members Share Posted July 3, 2006 I bow to you.~MkF! "O Captain, my Captain!" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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