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joe
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Post DIY WIsh List!
on: July 28, 2012, 23:38
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What are the DIY projects you'd most like to see covered in Tonefiend DIY Club?
Lars

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Post Re: DIY WIsh List!
on: August 2, 2012, 23:35
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I for one would like to see how to add a reverb tank to an amp top or combo that does not have one. I've tried to read up on the subject, but it seems that it's very important to match the input and output buffers that are placed before and after the reverb to the specific reverb tank on hand.
This may be a little overkill for a DIY Club, but you asked 🙂
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rsgoldfish

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Post Re: DIY WIsh List!
on: August 3, 2012, 00:21
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The price may be prohibitive, but a Wah-wah pedal would be awesome. I know Mammoth just started stocking enclosures for them
bobbyzero

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Post Re: DIY WIsh List!
on: August 3, 2012, 01:30
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I'd love to see positive/negative ground conversion covered, I just can't wrap my head around it. Hate batteries, love pedalboard power supplies!
AZX309

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Post Re: DIY WIsh List!
on: August 3, 2012, 17:31
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Tremolo pedal of some sort
mwseniff

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Post Re: DIY WIsh List!
on: August 3, 2012, 17:43
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Quote from Lars on August 2, 2012, 23:35
I for one would like to see how to add a reverb tank to an amp top or combo that does not have one. I've tried to read up on the subject, but it seems that it's very important to match the input and output buffers that are placed before and after the reverb to the specific reverb tank on hand.
This may be a little overkill for a DIY Club, but you asked 🙂

Actually it may not be as tough as all that. I have seen amps (Guild) where the output at the speaker was tapped to provide drive for a reverb tank (low impedance 8 ohm). The output of the reverb tank either went to a separate amp and speaker or fed back to a second channel of the amp. You can also easily drive and recover reverb using ICs on a high impedance reverb tank.

Lars

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Post Re: DIY WIsh List!
on: August 4, 2012, 11:19
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Actually it may not be as tough as all that. I have seen amps (Guild) where the output at the speaker was tapped to provide drive for a reverb tank (low impedance 8 ohm). The output of the reverb tank either went to a separate amp and speaker or fed back to a second channel of the amp. You can also easily drive and recover reverb using ICs on a high impedance reverb tank

Hey, thanks mwseniff.
I guess I should have been a little more detailed in my wish. I want to add a reverb tank to my own kit-built 1 channel 5w class A tube amp. So I really don't want to add IC's or op-amps or the like. Possibly I'll try to pull it off with some JFET transistors since they are popular based on their "tube-like" sound. Either that or going full on and adding a tube for driving the reverb tank and also buffering it when the signal returns.
But thanks for helping out. Perhaps I should just try someting out instead of reading about it more 🙂
Thecoslar

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Post Re: DIY WIsh List!
on: August 7, 2012, 19:51
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An A/B box, most definitely. A bass boost pedal would be pretty cool, just because it's be simple but still unique. Maybe some sort of filter pedal, whether that's a wah or just really odd distortion/boost, I think it's be good experience for the newer builders.
Jeff_H

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Post Re: DIY WIsh List!
on: August 9, 2012, 08:58
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Some info about switching does sound like something useful and simple. You could include simple A/B switching, and loop switching. Also, optional LEDs.
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Larry

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Post Re: DIY Wish List!
on: August 15, 2012, 17:05
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Adding envelope control to phaser, chorus, or flanger circuits.
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