Progress!

well after getting some lovely parts in the post today from Si my RAT is moving along nicely!

I really could use a proper overhead light though,so I think that will be my next "big purchase"

also I've decided that in order to rap this one up pretty quickly I'm going to use the LuciBox enclosure I had planned to put the Double Bazz into

should look pretty cool in a TGP kinda way!  :/

Everything in it's right place...

Hmmm I'm not sure I'd get a factory Job with a work station like this!

so as you can see I finally got my Delivery from Banzai

I mostly went for switches/pots/LED'S + bezels/op-amps things that are fairly pedal specific 
I'd a credit note for maplins so I got a big pack of 600 resistors (unfortunately I'd say alot of the values won't be much use for pedals) and some Vero board from them
probably the most important thing I got from Banzai was the bit for drilling cases,so I'm definitely planning to drill and paint my own for those

my little collection is coming along quite nicely,I'm planning to stock up on more caps/diodes/trannies etc this week if I can flog a pedal to pay for it all!

I've a whole graveyard of Guitar parts in a big box that I'm planning to raid for wire,knobs, pots and jacks too
it's amazing how much builds up over the years so I'll be doing my best to recycle all that stuff

so far my biggest expense has definitely been tools such as the magnifier/clamp drill, multimeter,adjustable spanner,solder and wick all that stuff but sure I guess I should do it right if I'm going to do it at all!

....now do I finish my parts Tele I was putting that JazzMaster pick-up into first?
,or do I get cracking on this stuff???

Result!

well I gotta say I'm proud for my first effort so far!

Luckily for me,Mr or Mrs Fly (R.I.P)
is well hidden by the MXR type knob...nice one!

Finish isn't quite as crinkly as I'd like,but I'm debating if a second coat will look crap or not?
I think I'll do two coats on the bottom plate as a test and see if the effect gets more pronounced as a result...

...right then,Tea time!

F_CK YOU FLY!!!

Arrgh!!!

See that lil black spec under the Pot guide hole on the right?
a fly must have landed on the case while drying,got stuck and thats a bit of him that got left behind!
The little shite!
I'll wait and see how this dries overnight,maybe a light sand and a second coat is in order?
anyone tried two coats of hammerite before?

Lil' messy!

Ok so Today I sort of on impulse decided to stop into Halfords,
grab a can of primer and get cracking!

I've long had a BYOC tonebender that was unfinished and boring to look at
so it made a good Guinea Pig to work on
(on a completely unrelated note,does anyone know how to fix a lifted pcb trace?)

anyway I built myself a little box for spraying outside as I live in an apartment
so no chance of doing it in a Mancave/shed/attic!

Twas a bit windy,and a huge golden retriever came running up to me while working,but thankfully he didn't get too close!

so yeah first coat done,looks pretty good so far...
I'll do another tomorrow morning and then colour coat tomorrow evening...

question is...which colour to get??

EDIT:

second coat done...coming along nicely

...I'm starting to have serious doubts about a lot of "Boutique" makers!

"This is what you'll get,when you mess with Us"

So on this glorious (non Volcanically challenged in anyway) Sunny day,I thought to myself shame to waste it!
...as a result I decided to take a few snaps ;)

anyone fancy building themselves a boost?
I think "the A class" has a nice ring to it!

Boss OC-2 Synth mod

...so I seen this video on HC the other day,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=up5SKmEOZeI

and remembered that my flatmate/bandmate Jimmy had one
around somewhere that he absolutely hated!
so it didn't take long to convince him to let me fire up the Soldering iron...

as mods go it's quite easy.six lengths of wire & a double pole switch are all you need

(and by pure luck Melx had kindly sent me the very switch I needed last week)

as this is the older Japanese one,finding a spot for the switch is a little tricky

but it's not impossible

this location seemed the easiest to get to 

 

So the Result?

Sonically it's pretty good actually!!!

sort of like a cross between a NES & a Fuzz Factory

He likes it,and it looks like it will go back on his board!

So I'm happy,I got some experience and he gets use of a pedal that was destined to be banished to the attic and after all isn't that what this place is all about? 

Thanks to Sean/Noisedom for the mod!