Alice meets the Evil Monkey

[Twinfan]

Nice work - you can't beat a bit of GAS mate  ;)

[Matt77]

Got mine today and the acme compressor that i demanded be built. That's four from juan and marauder  now. Love mine

[FredD]

The ?Lady is bloody fantastic. Due to the now completely unobtainable transistors in it I can't make myself one.

It's another pedal on my list that I'll buy if one pops up for sensible money (sadly getting increasingly unlikely).

What transistors (?) do you need ?
I have quite a collection of 'rare' trannies, so mebe I can help ???
(Started building thermionic stuff in 1963, used my first trannies (OC72, OC73) a bit later ! Have several old LARGE OXO tins full of early (and later) stuff. Loads of trannies !!!

[marauder]

Fairchild 2n5133 with gains above 400, and low noise.

Any for sale these days are either high noise or low gain, i dont think they were the most consistent part, the datasheet has a huge range for hfe.

What transistors (?) do you need ?
I have quite a collection of 'rare' trannies, so mebe I can help ???
(Started building thermionic stuff in 1963, used my first trannies (OC72, OC73) a bit later ! Have several old LARGE OXO tins full of early (and later) stuff. Loads of trannies !!!

[marauder]

Got mine today and the acme compressor that i demanded be built. That's four from juan and marauder  now. Love mine

That compressor is quite unlike any others i've used.  I prefer something more extreme like a ross, but i have to say its impressive keeping the noise level down, when the note is fading out.

Need to box my ?lady up in a small box. 

[Matt77]

I don't mind the lady having a big box :)
The compressor is just used to encourage feedback a bit quicker. Works perfect
http://juansolo.demon.co.uk/stompage/images/acme-o.jpg

[WezV]

i think the lady needs a big box - and no, i dont mean she needs a big box to accept the massive input jack i am going to shove into her

i just like the graphic potential of the big box pedal format, which seems to suit what you guys do

[juansolo]

Because we had to re-finish Matt's pedals, I had chance to spend a bit longer in Photoshop cleaning up the dirty grrrl, so she's a little more spunky on his ;)



Which gave me the oppertunity to re-do mine also (we're just getting used to a new refinishing process...)

[juansolo]

Fairchild 2n5133 with gains above 400, and low noise.

Any for sale these days are either high noise or low gain, i dont think they were the most consistent part, the datasheet has a huge range for hfe.

What transistors (?) do you need ?
I have quite a collection of 'rare' trannies, so mebe I can help ???
(Started building thermionic stuff in 1963, used my first trannies (OC72, OC73) a bit later ! Have several old LARGE OXO tins full of early (and later) stuff. Loads of trannies !!!

What he said. Don't suppose you have some Mullard OC81's in your stash? A bit of germanium onobtanium used in the original Tonebenders.

[marauder]

What he said. Don't suppose you have some Mullard OC81's in your stash? A bit of germanium onobtanium used in the original Tonebenders.

LOL.

With real, not measured by a DMM, gains of 70-100 for 2 of them, and 100-150 for the other. And leakage below 200.

I think Dave Main has all those.

[juansolo]

What he said. Don't suppose you have some Mullard OC81's in your stash? A bit of germanium onobtanium used in the original Tonebenders.

LOL.

With real, not measured by a DMM, gains of 70-100 for 2 of them, and 100-150 for the other. And leakage below 200.

I think Dave Main has all those.

I think he's used them all up :) But it's worth an ask :P

[HTH AMPS]

What he said. Don't suppose you have some Mullard OC81's in your stash? A bit of germanium onobtanium used in the original Tonebenders.

LOL.

With real, not measured by a DMM, gains of 70-100 for 2 of them, and 100-150 for the other. And leakage below 200.

I think Dave Main has all those.

I think he's used them all up :) But it's worth an ask :P

I've got a few in my personal stash, here's some I had lying around on my workbench.  Also got a decent supply of OC45s and CV-number Ge's which are just awesome if you want low leakage Ge's with gains averaging 150 (tested in-circuit).

[Matt77]

 There's a rubbish tip in Speke that has a lot of them
:(
Having looked at those photos, I have a horrible feeling I have binned bags full of such transistors when I helped clear out my grandad's electonics shed. I only salvaged the Mullard valves and didn't think the transistors were of any use at the time