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Now if they'd just let me have a soldering iron..... :twisted:]]> From Here to There TwistedFingers https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/building-the-black-screamer/#post-346583 https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/building-the-black-screamer/#post-346513 Wed, 20 Jan 2010 14:41:58 +0000 From Here to There HalfBlindLefty https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/building-the-black-screamer/#post-346513 https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/building-the-black-screamer/#post-345607 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 04:23:12 +0000
Congrats on your successful project. :D]]> From Here to There Dan T. https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/building-the-black-screamer/#post-345607 https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/building-the-black-screamer/#post-345591 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:37:41 +0000

Thanks]]> From Here to There HalfBlindLefty https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/building-the-black-screamer/#post-345591 https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/building-the-black-screamer/#post-345341 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 03:01:04 +0000
Can't even tell that it's left handed, or footed. :D]]> From Here to There Blue Jay https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/building-the-black-screamer/#post-345341 https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/building-the-black-screamer/#post-38122 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 01:01:48 +0000
After years of not soldering electronics (because of my cataract surgery and 1 eye) I decided to get me a magnifier with lightbulb and try to build a TS808 clone kit.
I dusted off my soldering station and other forgotten electronics tools ( I gave away my scope years ago)
Ordered a kit and went for it :)

Day 1
The resistors, diodes and other "low" stuff


Day 2
Added the capacitors transistors and upright mounted resistors and diode


*Same day - a little later*
There was no wire in the kit so I fetched me a old floppy flatcable splitted it and used that for the external connections.




For the case I wanted that old - used - painted over many times look you sometimes see on ships, bridges etc.
I used multiple layers of black pain that I put on after a night in a cold shed, so it was thick.
That way I could push, scratch and deform the surface before applying the next layer.
Finished with a homebrew logo and multiple (9 or 10) layers of blanc coating.





The final result


Anyway,
Recorded a simple demo using my Tokai Strat , the screamer and my Cybertwin.
Started with 5 patterns using only the amp and all guitar switch settings.
After that I activated the screamer using average settings.

The fat mod I added is a little to bassy for my taste so I only used it shortly. I will be redesigning the filter later.

http://www.box.net/shared/yr8iy8b2uq

I tried a mod that changed the drive pot's range
http://www.box.net/shared/onn6nlu619

Afterwards I didn't like the sound to much and undid the mod


Well for a first timer after many years it came out great, worked at first activation....
Next one :)]]> From Here to There HalfBlindLefty https://guitarnoise.forum/from-here-to-there/building-the-black-screamer/#post-38122