Tiny Trem in the flesh

saxoftenest · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:33 am

The mini board's really starting to come together. This is culturejam's Shoot the Moon tremolo, stuffed into a really small box. If you're interested in building one of these, I highly recommend using guitarmageddon's layout posted in the layout and schematic vault. Mine works fine but has a fair number of standing resistors and squished-together parts (as you can see below).

Anyway, here she be:

Some in process guts, as I was trying to determine where to stick the second LED:

And the guts:

Many thanks to CJ and guitarmageddon!

raulduke · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 8:36 am

One word: Immaculate

Tremendous work mate!

I imagine that a mm out on any of your drilling would have been game over :shock:

!

TNblueshawk · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:25 am

raulduke wrote:

One word: Immaculate

Tremendous work mate!

I imagine that a mm out on any of your drilling would have been game over :shock:

!

+1 and that's why I've not tried it yet

Great work Matt. You make it look easy the way you laid it in there and I know it's not.

mrclean77 · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:30 am

I was sooo proud of my Wooly Mammoth in the 1590A, until............... :lol:

Nice work! And I HAVE to get some of those pots!

This one is really high up on my 'must build, now' list, lol

culturejam · **Joined:** Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:48 am **Posts:** 10331

Excellent!

saxoftenest · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 9:59 am

raulduke wrote:

I imagine that a mm out on any of your drilling would have been game over :shock:

!

I'm not gonna lie, there was a bit of file-work to finagle it all in there. Also, I probably should have skipped using Barry's 3pdt board in this one and saved some space. Ah well!

TNblueshawk wrote:

You make it look easy the way you laid it in there and I know it's not.

Thanks! These mini builds appeal to my love of puzzles, etc. I have a stack of 1590B's and 1590BB's waiting for me to pay them some attention. I can just hear my big board calling, "Hey, you've had the same pedals on me for like 3 weeks. What gives?!"

mrclean77 wrote:

I was sooo proud of my Wooly Mammoth in the 1590A, until............... :lol:

Nah man, here are a few things that are more impressive in your Mammoth build: open jacks, 16mm pots, internal-nut DC jack. The way I layout my hardware in a 1590A, it's virtually impossible to short on anything besides the enclosure or run a wire in a way in which it'll get caught on something, so I can pretty much mash the board in there without worry. :mrgreen:

powerpopguy · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:01 pm

oh come on, GTF outta here! Super build.. purple and everything! Excellent job.

Crankston Shnord · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:18 pm

It almost looks like, what with the socketed IC's, like the back of the enclosure would be a tough fit......

Great build, BTW, I never would have thought that circuit would have fit!

chordball · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:40 pm

Most excellent! I have a hard enough time walking straight, let alone building something like this. :lol:

GrindCustoms · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 1:42 pm

Awesomely done Sax!

Time to purchase some enclosed jacks and mini pots.....

saxoftenest · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:06 pm

Crankston Shnord wrote:

It almost looks like, what with the socketed IC's, like the back of the enclosure would be a tough fit......!

It's actually those damn 1uF caps that are the tallest component. If I were to do this over again, I would not socket the ICs and find a way to lay down the big caps...

culturejam · **Joined:** Sun Jul 29, 2007 11:48 am **Posts:** 10331

saxoftenest wrote:

It's actually those damn 1uF caps that are the tallest component. If I were to do this over again, I would not socket the ICs and find a way to lay down the big caps...

Or you could use 1uF multilayer ceramics:
http://www.taydaelectronics.com/capacit ... citor.html

Cheap and tiny! They are about the same size as the small ceramic disc caps.

guitarmageddon · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 2:43 pm

Excellent work

rocko1369 · **Joined:** Sat Aug 14, 2010 7:52 pm **Posts:** 859

That's a sweet build!
I love the 1590a, let's you know who's boss that's for sure! :lol:

ckyvick · **Posted:** Thu Mar 08, 2012 7:39 pm

Awesome build! Proves that size don't matter

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