It's alive!!!!

Well after a good while i've finally got this thing up and running and i must say it sounds bloody amazing!.

I had some issues with channel switching that lasted since saturday when i finished the amp (when it was nice and tidy) to now when i sorted it out.

I misread a few values of resistors which caused this but now its sorted!.

However internally its a right mess now due to all the fault finding time on the bench.

So for now there is just  a pic of it externally and i shall get some gut shots up after i have tidied it up this weekend.

The O'netics are here!!!

Well they are finally here after many issues and delays I can finally get this thing going.

They have a little cosmetic damage and it seems the couriers have dropped the package at some point as one of the fixing plates is bent upwards but hopefully the transformers themselves should still be fine.

Boards almost complete!

I know that i've been useless updating this thing but im going to keep to it more now that the project is moving along.

I am still waiting on a few resistors & caps to finish these boards off and im also going to change the 1uf Orange drops (The MASSIVE orange caps)  to Xicons possibly as they are smaller and fit a lot better. I will have to wait until the build is finished and then A/B them to see if there are any tonal advantages.

 Still waiting for C34 & C35 for the preamp board along with 3 resistors, they should be here sometime this coming week.

Still waiting for 4x 220k 1watt resistors for the power board. These are crucial as they are the bleed resistors that discharge the caps that can potentially kill me.... Definitely need those in there

Badly Painted TS

Well here's the TS it's the very first time I have ever sprayed anything and will be redone as i aren't 100% happy with it.

However it will do for now until I build my other pedals.

TS808 complete!

Took about 30mins from start to finish and worked first time with no problems.

There was a 511k resistor missing though so I had to nip out to Maplins to get a replacement.

The toughtest bit of this build was the switch wiring as it's all so close together.

Here are some pictures of it currently. I am going to design a finish & paint it soon.

I'm still alive!!!

Just a quick update to let everyone know that this project is still on the go. I just havent really gotten around to doing much with it as I want to wait until all the parts are here.

The majority of the parts are now here including the Chassis which is an absolute work of art!

The custom pickup from Hayden @ Bulldog pickups is an absolute beast! It turned out a lot better than I ever imagined it would.

Its hot, tight, articulate, has a very hifi sound to it and cleans up amazingly well. I shall be posting some clips of it in the near future along with the SLO Clone when the build is complete.

The first package for the SLO has arrived!

So here we have it, the real beginning.

In my possession now are all the resistors, capacitors, PCB's and a few of the switches and LDR's etc.

I can finally get started with populating these and hopefully the rest should arrive shortly and i should have the amp finished within the next two months max.

I'll be posting more pictures of the PCB's assembled.

Decided upon the remaining build parts

I have been looking around at the various electronics suppliers for getting the remaining components,chasis,transformers & headshell.

I have come to the conclusion that getting all of these from different places that I would have to do is going to end up costing more in the long run with shipping and minimum orders.. The remaining cap I need is only available in quantities of 2,500 at $4.15 each!! Mental.

On the transformer front I just got an email back from Heyboer regarding custom transformers for this project. It turns out it will cost more than getting the Hi-Def transformer set from O'netics which was designed for this project and has proven to be up there with the best.

And the chasis,pots,switches,wire etc i am going to get from Rob @ c3amps.

So all in all I can get EVERYTHING that I need to finish the build from one place!.

Hopefully I shall be ordering them over the next month or so.

And the project begins

I have ordered the first lot of parts for my SLO build. Whats on the way is as follows.

All resistors
All Capacitors (apart from one but its easy to get hold of)
A few of the switches
All the rectifiers other than DB101
PCB's Pre & Power (smashguitars)

A big thanks goes out to Koa-Dogg from sloclone forums for this great deal that saved me over £100

And here's a picture of the goodies!