So the harsh Indiana winter has set in which means I have been spending a lot of time down in my “workshop” which is really just a workbench I was inspired to build by MAKE Magazine.  Just a quick side note, DIY projects should all use Google Sketchup, I think that program doesn’t get the credit it deserves.  Anyway, I have taken a head-first plunge into DIY stomp boxes.  I built a Bazz Fuss a while back and thought it was great but could never find a good use for it with the band.  

For Christmas, my wife and I made all of our presents.  She made like four scarves and I made my brother-in-law a Rebote 2.5 from Tonepad.com.  Its a analogue-ish delay pedal.  The “ish” is because it isn’t analogue but there are very few true analogue delay pedals.  Even the one MXR sells, the Carbon Copy, isn’t true analogue.  The Rebote uses a Princeton Technology’s PT2399 Delay integrated circuit, or IC.  The build was the first to involve making my own printed circuit board, or PCB.  I was definitely nervous about the process but it came out great and was really satisfying to build.

Since then, I have built another Rebote 2.5 for myself and also designed my first PCB to make another Bazz Fuss Deluxe but in a smaller case.  I also started working on a Dynacomp clone but that one is having some severe issues.  I also have a pedal board power supply in the works that I need to get going so I don’t have to lug around all these power adapters.  I also want to make a Bluebox clone but that might have to wait a while.  

I still need to finish up the enclosure for the Rebote 2.5 and then I will get some pictures up on here.  I am waiting for parts to come in to finish up the new Bazz Fuss Deluxe and then that will get placed in an enclosure and finished up as well.  I also hope to have a DIY pedal board done before we go to Nashville in about two months.  For now here are some iPhone pictures of the compressor and Bazz Fuss Deluxe boards before they got etched.

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