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[ubersam]

@pie-key - the textures are inherent to the paint/powder that I used so I just let the paint dry long enough to where handling the item doesn't leave any marks. I usually leave it alone to dry for at least a week. The powder coat is quicker. 10 minutes to lay on the powder, 30 mins to cure in the oven, then I let it cool off to the touch. Once it's cool it's ready to use.

@r_chino18- the rustoleum truck bed liner seems more durable than regular spray paint, no primer. Then again, i only had the pedal a couple more weeks before the guy who ordered it took possesion. I wipe the box diwn with acetone after sanding & washing to make sure there are no oils left on the surface. And i wear nitrile gloves as well.

[Bart]

Bangis ng mga gawa mo, Sam! Hindi ko alam na gumagawa ka pala ng pedlolz.
Oh, and nice meeting you in person, pre. Wish I could have stayed longer in the NAMM.

[pie-key]

@pie-key - the textures are inherent to the paint/powder that I used so I just let the paint dry long enough to where handling the item doesn't leave any marks. I usually leave it alone to dry for at least a week. The powder coat is quicker. 10 minutes to lay on the powder, 30 mins to cure in the oven, then I let it cool off to the touch. Once it's cool it's ready to use.

@r_chino18- the rustoleum truck bed liner seems more durable than regular spray paint, no primer. Then again, i only had the pedal a couple more weeks before the guy who ordered it took possesion. I wipe the box diwn with acetone after sanding & washing to make sure there are no oils left on the surface. And i wear nitrile gloves as well.

Medyo OT, do you accept paint job? please PM me for info.

[ubersam]

hey Bart! it was good meeting you guys, too. at least naka hangout kahit sandali lang. next time pag nagkaroon uli ng chance magkita-kita.

pie-key - pasensya na at medyo busy sa real job @ project, wala ng time. also, wala ako sa pinas.

[narmario17]

greetings, mga kapatid na DIY'er... medyo matagal din akong nawala, long story pero sabihin na lang natin na nag lay-low lang... anyway, eto mga latest:

Sir tanong ko lang, san ka po nakakakuha nung mga metal chassis, great knobs tsaka yung 3SPDT na foot switch? Gagawa din po kasi ako ng mga sarili kong effects with a little mods. Salamat po!

[ubersam]

Sir tanong ko lang, san ka po nakakakuha nung mga metal chassis, great knobs tsaka yung 3SPDT na foot switch? Gagawa din po kasi ako ng mga sarili kong effects with a little mods. Salamat po!

Yung enclosures ng apat na yun ay from mouser.com (bud cu-124). yung mga knobs e from http://www.mouser.com, http://www.taydaelectronics.com/ at https://www.smallbearelec.com/home.html. yung 3pdt from http://www.pedalpartsplus.com/

[narmario17]

Yung enclosures ng apat na yun ay from mouser.com (bud cu-124). yung mga knobs e from http://www.mouser.com, http://www.taydaelectronics.com/ at https://www.smallbearelec.com/home.html. yung 3pdt from http://www.pedalpartsplus.com/

Maraming salamat sir! Gagastusan ko nalang yung pa-ship dito. Haha. Sabi na eh, wala akong maasahan ditong ganyan sa pinas.  Buti nalang at hindi pa ako nge-effort na maghanap sa kung saan (raon or quiapo). More power sir! 

[ubersam]

Maraming salamat sir! Gagastusan ko nalang yung pa-ship dito. Haha. Sabi na eh, wala akong maasahan ditong ganyan sa pinas.  Buti nalang at hindi pa ako nge-effort na maghanap sa kung saan (raon or quiapo). More power sir! 

Try mo yung Tayda. They have a good selection of parts pero medyo limited ang styles ng knobs that they offer.  Yung sizes ng Hammond style enclosures they only have four sizes: 1590A, B, BB; 125B (1590N1), but they're the sizes that we'd typically use. Reasonable din and shipping nila. They're in Thailand and the shipping cost to the US was about the same as, if not better, than US based shops. Yun nga lang it takes longer. Mga 1 to 1 1/2 weeks.

[pie-key]

Maraming salamat sir! Gagastusan ko nalang yung pa-ship dito. Haha. Sabi na eh, wala akong maasahan ditong ganyan sa pinas.  Buti nalang at hindi pa ako nge-effort na maghanap sa kung saan (raon or quiapo). More power sir! 

Tara group buy!!!

@ubersam, bro how about mammoth electronics???

[Musikerochan]

hehehe, goodluck with Customs fees

[kawayan_strat]

hehehe, goodluck with Customs fees

[Musikerochan]

ta.ena, tiningnan ko resibo ko sa customs. ipaliwanag nyo nga kung paano nangyari to:

yung cost nung items kukuhanan nila ng computation para sa (1) taripa. sisingilan ka din nila ng 2 more fees. tapos eto na, VAT. pano nila kinuwenta ang VAT? ganito: yung total cost mo ia-add nila yung 2 other fees na babayaran mo AT YUNG TARIPA na galing sa cost ng items. galing no? yung taripa ay ang computation mula sa cost ng item diba? how come isasama ang babayaran sa taripa sa pagcompute ng VAT? medyo masakit ulo ko kung pano ita-tax ang FEE na ibabayad. diba parang double taxation to? sakit sa bangs, obobs pa man din ako sa tax laws.

[jmwreck]

Try mo yung Tayda. They have a good selection of parts pero medyo limited ang styles ng knobs that they offer.  Yung sizes ng Hammond style enclosures they only have four sizes: 1590A, B, BB; 125B (1590N1), but they're the sizes that we'd typically use. Reasonable din and shipping nila. They're in Thailand and the shipping cost to the US was about the same as, if not better, than US based shops. Yun nga lang it takes longer. Mga 1 to 1 1/2 weeks.

but they now have the option for dhl, i've been ordering from them all the time, dhl can take 1 day to deliver here in sg

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[narmario17]

but they now have the option for dhl, i've been ordering from them all the time, dhl can take 1 day to deliver here in sg

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Ayan. Coming from the expert. Haha. Thanks sir!

ta.ena, tiningnan ko resibo ko sa customs. ipaliwanag nyo nga kung paano nangyari to:

yung cost nung items kukuhanan nila ng [apple] para sa (1) taripa. sisingilan ka din nila ng 2 more fees. tapos eto na, VAT. pano nila kinuwenta ang VAT? ganito: yung total cost mo ia-add nila yung 2 other fees na babayaran mo AT YUNG TARIPA na galing sa cost ng items. galing no? yung taripa ay ang [apple] mula sa cost ng item diba? how come isasama ang babayaran sa taripa sa pagcompute ng VAT? medyo masakit ulo ko kung pano ita-tax ang FEE na ibabayad. diba parang double taxation to? sakit sa bangs, obobs pa man din ako sa tax laws.

apple talaga. hahaha. hala? grabe ang customs. nagpapa-ship kami sa company noon (container van pa nga) pero parang hindi naman ganyan (though may "under" talaga)? Eh tax na nga yung tariff for your imported goods tapos isasama pa nila sa VAT? Double taxation na nga po yung boss. Hala. So ilang percent na total na ginastos mo (+shipping) ang nagastos mo sa customs? 

[Musikerochan]

papatak ng lagpas 50% kung isasama mo ang abala ko nung araw na yun. kung dito sa local post office ang payment ng tariffs at iba pang fees baka kulang-kulang 30-40% siguro. nagbasa ako about vat. kasama nga sa computation yung mga fees, so tama ang singil nila. pero kung titingnan, VAT sucks balls.

[pie-key]

papatak ng lagpas 50% kung isasama mo ang abala ko nung araw na yun. kung dito sa local post office ang payment ng tariffs at iba pang fees baka kulang-kulang 30-40% siguro. nagbasa ako about vat. kasama nga sa [apple] yung mga fees, so tama ang singil nila. pero kung titingnan, VAT sucks balls.

so ano mai- aadvice mo?

[Musikerochan]

^follow boss poundcake's advice when ordering online.

--OT; ano ba yung word na sine-censor tapos napapalitan ng "apple"?

EDIT: akalain mo ang compu.tation pala ang nagiging computation?

[fvckn.deathwish]

mga sir! ask lng po! kse mukang me alam keo sa pagGwa ng pedals,
ung pedalq kse , nasira ata dhel sobra sa 9V ung supply ko,  badtrip kse ung adapter, palpak e, ask ko lng po qng panu q un aayusin? btw. its a behringer GDI21.

tripq kse to e, hehe
mjo me alam ako sa guitar wiring, actually, niRewiring q ung gitaraq, kso wla tlga ako alam sa pedals. hehe. thanx in advance! 

[kawayan_strat]

mga sir! ask lng po! kse mukang me alam keo sa pagGwa ng pedals,
ung pedalq kse , nasira ata dhel sobra sa 9V ung supply ko,  badtrip kse ung adapter, palpak e, ask ko lng po qng panu q un aayusin? btw. its a behringer GDI21.

tripq kse to e, hehe
mjo me alam ako sa guitar wiring, actually, niRewiring q ung gitaraq, kso wla tlga ako alam sa pedals. hehe. thanx in advance! 

Bro, bawal ang "text" language dito, paki ulit lang, hindi ka namin maintindihan, or better yet, please read the rules.

[fvckn.deathwish]

mga dre!
ask ko lang po kung ano pinagkaiba ng schematics ng distortion at overdrive?
kasi ang pagkakaalam ko is overdrive is a kind of distortion, so pagnagseSearch ako sa net, nakikita ko is "overdrive/distortion schematics" so ibig sabihin is pareho lang sila ng schematics...
pero sabi naman nila, malaki ang pinag kaiba non dalawang yon, kaya gusto ko lang po malaman kung ano ..
salamat po!


btw.
pwede po bang magsama ang
distortion pedal at overdrive pedal sa isang pedal layout?

salamat po ulit! 

[fvckn.deathwish]

Pahingi lang po ng idea how to make your own DIY pedals!
hehehe.

[Musikerochan]

in a nut shell: overdrive has softer clipping, distortion clips harder.

[ubersam]

Pahingi lang po ng idea how to make your own DIY pedals!
hehehe.

Read this thread from the beginning. Dami ka mapupulot na ideas. For even more ideas, go to diystompboxes.com, freestompboxes.org, runoffgroove.com, tonepad.com, generalguitargadgets.com, etc.

[ubersam]

mga dre!
ask ko lang po kung ano pinagkaiba ng schematics ng distortion at overdrive?

The best way to find out is to look at the schematics side by side.

Here is a schematic of the Boss SD1 Super Overdrive: http://www.hobby-hour.com/electronics/s/schematics/boss-sd1-super-overdrive.gif
and here is the Boss DS1 Distortion: http://muztab.com/upfiles/ds1-schematic.jpg

If you disregard the switching circuits and the buffers, you'll notice that both are based on an opamp gain stage + clipping diodes + tone control. The placement of the clipping diodes influence the way the circuit distorts. In the overdrive, they are in the feedback loop of the opamp giving the circuit a softer clip. In the distortion, the diodes are at the output of the opamp gain stage, anti-parallel to ground (in some cases, Vref), clipping the signal harder.

So, in a very general sense, as Musikerochan said:

in a nut shell: overdrive has softer clipping, distortion clips harder.

However, in the past few years, the distinction between overdrive and distortion seems to be getting blurred. You have ODs with output to ground/Vref diodes in between gain stages or a combination of output to ground and feedback loop diodes. Anyway, the more variations, the merrier.

[pie-key]

in a nut shell: overdrive has softer clipping, distortion clips harder.

I think its more on the gain stages that makes it distort more or less. Diodes clipper creates distinct character on the distorted sound, you can actually take out the clipping diodes and still you can hear it distorts right?