B.Y.O.C. screamer or similar

[MrBump]

http://www.banzaieffects.com is a good place for effects gubbins. Just received confirmation my next build is getting shipped, a distortion kit based on the Soldano SLO100 distortion channel. Might be tricky but I like a challenge. Might throw up a build progress thread like my mighty mouse build if anyone is interested.

That's an EXCELLENT site!

I couldn't find any kits on there - am I blind or are they really well hidden?

No, no real kits there - just components.

If you want kits, it's either BYOC or olcircuits.com

Mark.

[badgermark]

Tom,

just a question where you using the lead free solder 1st time around, as it has a pretty high melting point.

Personally I hate the stuff and prefer traditional solder

Lead free is horrible. I got a roll of leaded solder with a flux core, and it is amazing. Pretty darn sexual if i'm honest.

[indysmith]

Tom,

just a question where you using the lead free solder 1st time around, as it has a pretty high melting point.

Personally I hate the stuff and prefer traditional solder

Lead free is horrible. I got a roll of leaded solder with a flux core, and it is amazing. Pretty darn sexual if i'm honest.

I stole a load of that from Uni. It is awesome.

[sgmypod]

Badgermark calm down...tis only solder......

By the way you built anything like the ruby amp or noisy cricket?

[badgermark]

Badgermark calm down...tis only solder......

By the way you built anything like the ruby amp or noisy cricket?

It's only solder, but it's SEXY solder. Not built an amp kit, yet. I will one day probably, my OLC kit is on it's way, so if that works out i might order the cricket kit to do over my xmas holiday.

[sgmypod]

Just finished a ruby...is ok but am modding it.......have built proper valve amp http://www.astonelectronics.co.uk/ this one but I had it slightly different as wanted 6v6(now in a combo form)..great little kit great destructions and help at end of a phone

[_tom_]

Not sure what solder I had, it may be lead free but it took forever to melt sometimes and a cr@p iron didnt help. I've got a 30w antex now which seems to be better. Will eventually get round to ordering a 3pdt switch, still need to get a push/pull for my Pearl as well :lol:

[sjwebb90]

Rapid Electronics (UK) can supply the "sexy" solder.

http://www.rapidonline.com/Tools-Fasteners-Production-Equipment/Soldering-Equipment/Solder-Fluxes/Solder/30236/kw/85-0592

250K & 500K Push Pull pots can be obtained from Allparts.

http://www.allparts.uk.com/allparts-guitar-parts/electronics-c-277_1_81.html?p=shop

[ThorpyFX]

Hi i'm a bit of an effects addict and i've built 16 BYOC kits and have loved everyone of them, i sold my keeley ts808 after building the BYOC 808 clone pictured below, it has more clarity and grit than the maxon, ibanez and keeley TB mods i have owned. i thought it was a fairly simple buils compared to the compressor they sell and the best bit is that they come with tons of modding components. mine is fitted with metal film 1uf caps, a less/more mod to give lower drive and greater drive at either end of the pot and also a capacitor was changed to increase bass and decrease mids slightly.



Vibe-O-Tronic.co.uk the UK distributor are brilliant and rapid at posting.

[_tom_]

Yes the "out" is going to the right jack..... but the wrong terminal.

If the unit still doesn't work and you were using an inapproriate iron. I.e too hot you may have cooked a component.
Out of interest could you take a picture from a different angle (side angle of the pins) of the DC socket.

As it didn't attahced on the last posting heres a picture of my BYOC screamer wiring

yours seems to be the older style with a different circuit board. I'll try changing the wire to the different terminal.. are the in/jack wires going to the correct terminals on the input jack (3 terminal one)?

[sjwebb90]

On a closer inspection of the photo the "in" is earthed as well.

I have tried to amend your photo to show where the wires should be going to the switch. I have also added labels denoting "Signal" terminals and "Earth" terminals.

If you want to bypass the switch then move the "in" and "out" cables from the board to the the "signal" terminals on the respectives in and out sockets.

[_tom_]

Thanks for all the help, I got my BYOC screamer working today :D :D I just need a new switch I guess, it all works fine with it bypassed. Sounds GREAT as well, much more open/less compressed and boxy than my behringer to800!

Hopefully I wont mess it up next time, might get a small crocodile clip or something to put on the bottom of the terminals as a heatsink just in case, is that a good idea or will that just stop the terminal from heating up correctly?

edit - quick clip i did of the screamer http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=493678&songID=6761805

[sgmypod]

Damn now have even more TS gas.....BYOC or maxon or Visualsound

[_tom_]

Get a BYOC if you're good with soldering (and im guessing you are since you made an amp kit), mine sounds great to me. About £50 and comes with all the stuff for various mods. Only thing is that unless you're good with paint/decals it might look a bit cheap.

[sgmypod]

yeah my ratt/mouse is blue sparkle and gold sparkle but not in a good way