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A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby waitup » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:23 pm

Hey everyone,

I don't usually post too many of my DIY exploits on forums in case it's construed as advertising or something, but I'm really happy with how this one turned out and I think you guys would like the aesthetic. It's a channel strip I was commisioned to built for my good friend Michael Carpenter, who I'm sure a lot of you guys know.

Mic pre is JLM's baby animal (with 99V and OEP trafo), compressor is JLM mac (with 99V's) and the EQ is the gyraf G pultec (with lundahl iron). Thanks for the great stuff, Joe!! I'll try to get guts shots up soon too, as it's pretty tight in there!!

Enjoy :)

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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby mylesgm » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:27 pm

Looking good, now lets see under the hood...
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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby Chris H » Wed Dec 14, 2011 9:55 pm

Great work! It's interesting how all this new gear based on the simpler retro originals is becoming more accessible
than it ever was. Good times I reckon.
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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby Ben M » Wed Dec 14, 2011 10:01 pm

Great work Nick!
Looks like a gem.
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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby rick » Thu Dec 15, 2011 3:37 pm

what ever you got paid for doing building nick
its not enough :)

a guy i know in the states builds beautiful ( and i mean beautiful as in $10 k + ) acoustic guitars
one day he realised it was nuts because he actually started out doing it to build his own guitars for himself !
and all his amazing ones only hung around long enough for the laquer to dry before they were gone from his life

now he prices all woods and parts X 2 and quotes with that factored in for each commission he takes
and so he builds two of every super commision he gets and keeps one for himself

now his problem is how to turn down the $$$ offers to buy his spare personal guitars
..tough problem to have !

I have built so many beautiful things that other people now have instead of me , sometimes i wonder if my own advice is something i should listen to more often !
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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby waitup » Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:23 pm

When I was poor as hell last year I didn't get to build anything for myself, but lots for other people. This year with my current employment situation it's been great to not only built a few things for myself again, but also to take on some more interesting/enjoyable projects like this one for MC.
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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby Ben M » Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:40 pm

Would be good to see the guts. There's a lot to stuff in there.
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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby waitup » Thu Dec 15, 2011 4:48 pm

As requested:

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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby Ben M » Thu Dec 15, 2011 5:31 pm

Cool idea with the front panel patching Nick. Also good fix for the power supplies. Your mojo just keeps getting better.
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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby Chinagraf » Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:06 pm

Are they Joe's power supplies? They're great, super quiet.... how did you do the front panel lettering? Departure from Lasertran?
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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby waitup » Thu Dec 15, 2011 7:11 pm

Hey Andy,

Yep, Joes PSUs. No noise issues. I manually moved the power transformers around a bit before committing to a position for quietest operation.

The panel is laser marked by a local trophy shop. Very durable!

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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby obutcher » Thu Dec 15, 2011 10:44 pm

Have to add, I got to have a play with it today... sounds great! Nice work both Joe and Nick!
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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby what_noise? » Fri Dec 16, 2011 12:16 am

Looks great, where did you pick up the knobs from?
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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby waitup » Fri Dec 16, 2011 1:57 am

The knobs are from Sato parts USA
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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby Ben M » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:36 am

Nick this one is definitely worthy of being called "The Franklinstein".

Are the inductors for the pultec Panasonic? They don't look like the Toko type ones.
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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby rob » Fri Dec 16, 2011 8:59 am

nice work!
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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby waitup » Fri Dec 16, 2011 9:41 am

Thanks Rob, and thanks for the advise about the laser marking.
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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby waitup » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:16 am

Ben M wrote:Nick this one is definitely worthy of being called "The Franklinstein".

Are the inductors for the pultec Panasonic? They don't look like the Toko type ones.


Ben I'm not sure what brand the inductors are, but they're the ones from WES components in Ashfield.

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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby Ben M » Fri Dec 16, 2011 10:54 am

waitup wrote:
Ben M wrote:Nick this one is definitely worthy of being called "The Franklinstein".

Are the inductors for the pultec Panasonic? They don't look like the Toko type ones.


Ben I'm not sure what brand the inductors are, but they're the ones from WES components in Ashfield.

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Re: A Bit of a DIY Monster

Postby danander11 » Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:18 pm

Very nice!
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