Testbed
Since these hybrid Fuzz Faces are actually going to be a Fool product, I knew I was going to be spending a lot of time with the testbed over the next couple of weeks. I was worried about it disintegrating from all the use, since I kind of threw it together for an afternoon of testing transistors. So I took a piece of the 18-gauge aluminum (which I'm not going to be using for the new enclosures) and drilled a couple of holes in it for the input and output jacks. Then I put a 90-degree bend in it to get them up where they'd be handy. Then I mounted the board on a couple of standoffs. It probably looks shaky, but that board weighs nothing. It feels pretty solid attached like that.
So yeah, it's still not a fancy piece of test equipment, but it seems a little more durable. I have some more things I want to try before I set the circuit in stone and now I'm not as worried about it all coming apart in my hands while I make that happen.
Eh, might as well get a few points for style. I went ahead and set it up with a "control panel" so that stuff isn't floating around.
BTW, Mouser has been backordered on 24mm 2K Alpha pots for a month now. I've got a 16mm pot in there right now for the Fuzz control. That's why those two shafts are different.
Testbed
Since these hybrid Fuzz Faces are actually going to be a Fool product, I knew I was going to be spending a lot of time with the testbed over the next couple of weeks. I was worried about it disintegrating from all the use, since I kind of threw it together for an afternoon of testing transistors. So I took a piece of the 18-gauge aluminum (which I'm not going to be using for the new enclosures) and drilled a couple of holes in it for the input and output jacks. Then I put a 90-degree bend in it to get them up where they'd be handy. Then I mounted the board on a couple of standoffs. It probably looks shaky, but that board weighs nothing. It feels pretty solid attached like that.
So yeah, it's still not a fancy piece of test equipment, but it seems a little more durable. I have some more things I want to try before I set the circuit in stone and now I'm not as worried about it all coming apart in my hands while I make that happen.
Eh, might as well get a few points for style. I went ahead and set it up with a "control panel" so that stuff isn't floating around.
BTW, Mouser has been backordered on 24mm 2K Alpha pots for a month now. I've got a 16mm pot in there right now for the Fuzz control. That's why those two shafts are different.