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Re: A/B/Y pedal build

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So an update, even with isolating transformers I'm still getting background noise, guitar straight into amp and its dead quiet when I touch the strings... where to from here? some soul searching perhaps...
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Re: A/B/Y pedal build

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Is a commercial ABY switcher noisy?
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Ok, I think I solved the problem, just needed to link the ground of the circuit to the ground of the signal, instantly way quieter, and I think with that and the hum debugger will make it pretty much silent, yay!
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Test fit with the v3 enclosure, printed it with 100% infill so strength issues gone :lol:

Considering lining it with copper tape, will see how noisy it is…
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Re: A/B/Y pedal build

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And after that long journey it is complete!

Surprisingly the noise it adds from having both amps connected is trivial, can't even hear it when playing at low volume so I'm pretty stoked, this is without any isolating transformers or ground lifts etc...

Short video of it in operation on the gram: https://www.instagram.com/reel/CkR89Xsp ... _copy_link
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Re: A/B/Y pedal build

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Nice one 8)

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Pink is very fitting for you, Jeremy 😉

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JoeBlow wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 3:53 pm Pink is very fitting for you, Jeremy 😉
I really dig pink, I was also too lazy to change the filament in my 3d printer :rofl:
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Re: A/B/Y pedal build

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jeremyb wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 3:56 pm
JoeBlow wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 3:53 pm Pink is very fitting for you, Jeremy 😉
I really dig pink, I was also too lazy to change the filament in my 3d printer :rofl:
I like the look of the housing. It looks more interesting than the usual pedal, with that texture.

We all like bit've pink, deep down 💋

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Re: A/B/Y pedal build

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More pedals should be brightly coloured. Black is boring.

I've been designing some pedal graphics recently, all in bright colours.

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Talking of bright colours heres a Harmonic Percolator I did recently, first go at vinyl inkjet graphics, got a few bubbles but meh...
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jeremyb wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 5:19 pm Talking of bright colours heres a Harmonic Percolator I did recently, first go at vinyl inkjet graphics, got a few bubbles but meh...
Had to double check to make sure that was a guitar neck.
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Re: A/B/Y pedal build

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jeremyb wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 5:19 pm Talking of bright colours heres a Harmonic Percolator I did recently, first go at vinyl inkjet graphics, got a few bubbles but meh...
Looks great. Did you paint the enclosure? It has a good texture.

What's the process for doing a vinyl inkjet graphic?

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Starfire wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 5:51 pm
jeremyb wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 5:19 pm Talking of bright colours heres a Harmonic Percolator I did recently, first go at vinyl inkjet graphics, got a few bubbles but meh...
Looks great. Did you paint the enclosure? It has a good texture.

What's the process for doing a vinyl inkjet graphic?
Yeah painted it with some metal etch primer and then gloss white spraycans from bunnings, the inkjet vinyl sheets came from spotlight, just chucked it in the printer and changed the printer settings to be photo paper and vivid colour and boom! Let it dry for a while, cut it out, stuck it on, and then poorly carved out the holes for the controls... gotta be careful tightening the nuts on the pots as it can tear the vinyl :rofl:
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Re: A/B/Y pedal build

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robthemac wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 5:28 pm
jeremyb wrote: Sat Oct 29, 2022 5:19 pm Talking of bright colours heres a Harmonic Percolator I did recently, first go at vinyl inkjet graphics, got a few bubbles but meh...
Had to double check to make sure that was a guitar neck.
Don't fret about it Jean, you might bust a nut over it!
Slowy wrote: That's the problem; everything rewarding is just such hard work. Regret takes much less effort.

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