Timmsie95
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So for Christmas, my father bought me a new multi-wattage soldering iron, and that sparked the idea to try to build my own pedal! so I came across a company that many of you probably know, called "Build Your Own Clone" ( www.buildyourownclone.com ). They have a wide variety of pedal kits, with printed PCB's, predrilled enclosures, and all the components needed to wire up your own pedal clone. So I found the "Classic Overdrive", which is a TS808 clone, with an original JRC4558D chip. Throughout the build, I came across a few headaches, mainly because of a stupid mistake, but it's finally done, it sounds amazing, and heres a few pics of it throughout the build!
Here's the PCB, with a few of the resistors and the diodes in place. So far, so good!
And here's the PCB with all of the components in, except for the potentiometers, and the switch is not yet installed. (I later discovered the problems I was having was due to some solder that was bridging across the terminals of the capacitor just below the IC socket)
Here it is next to the bare enclosure - sorry, but I didn't take any pics of the internals after I installed the pots and everything.
This was after three or four coats of a metallic red Ford auto paint, still wet.
And this is three or four coats of a metallic black GM auto paint for the bottom.
Then, I did a black fade from the top, using the same metallic black. Starting to look fancy!
Then, (with the help of my dad, who is a wizard with a paint brush, painted lettering in a metallic silver, to look like the words were scratched in. Next we did three coats of a heavy duty matte clear coat, designed for wheels, so I can stomp the thing as much as I want without chipping the paint.
And now, fast forward a week and a half, and exactly 5.3 headaches later... The finished product!
This beast sounds even better than it looks, and I couldn't be happier. I highly recommend buying one of their kits, if you have steady hands and patience! They come with easy to follow instructions, with graphics to show you exactly where you should be soldering.
Happy building, everyone!
Here's the PCB, with a few of the resistors and the diodes in place. So far, so good!
And here's the PCB with all of the components in, except for the potentiometers, and the switch is not yet installed. (I later discovered the problems I was having was due to some solder that was bridging across the terminals of the capacitor just below the IC socket)
Here it is next to the bare enclosure - sorry, but I didn't take any pics of the internals after I installed the pots and everything.
This was after three or four coats of a metallic red Ford auto paint, still wet.
And this is three or four coats of a metallic black GM auto paint for the bottom.
Then, I did a black fade from the top, using the same metallic black. Starting to look fancy!
Then, (with the help of my dad, who is a wizard with a paint brush, painted lettering in a metallic silver, to look like the words were scratched in. Next we did three coats of a heavy duty matte clear coat, designed for wheels, so I can stomp the thing as much as I want without chipping the paint.
And now, fast forward a week and a half, and exactly 5.3 headaches later... The finished product!
This beast sounds even better than it looks, and I couldn't be happier. I highly recommend buying one of their kits, if you have steady hands and patience! They come with easy to follow instructions, with graphics to show you exactly where you should be soldering.
Happy building, everyone!
