Blue Box

[00Pdr]

If you watch "watch?v=cUzMMuNbOMw" you can see that you mounted the Blend Pot the other way around. Your fully down is original fully up.

[ConorNosThrill]

something I noticed which it doesnt exactly specify in the data sheet is the DIP8 chip. "4558" can mean many things depending on the letters that go infront. Basically, what 8 pin chip did you use?

[notanother]

@ConorNosThrill I can remember the exact chip I used in this pedal, I could have used any OPAMP i had at the time. I imagine the 4558 is probably the JRC4558 often used in tubescreamer mods, try having a look for that or some alternatives used in the tubescreamer. I had a quick look on wikipedia for the tubescreamer and it mentions TL072, RC4558P, and OPA2134

[ConorNosThrill]

@notanother Alright, thanks for the info.

[TheViewFromUpThere]

One more question: What kind of output jacks did you use?

[TheViewFromUpThere]

Can you etch with overhead projector paper and not magazine paper?

[notanother]

@TheViewFromUpThere Im guessing by overhead paper you mean the transparent plastic sheets. No you can use these, they'll stick to your iron and make a horrible mess. The magazine paper you need is very cheap thin but glossy, print onto it with either a laser print or photocopier (If the printer has trouble with thin paper try sticking it to a normal sheet of paper with prit-stick)

[TheViewFromUpThere]

@notanother That was my exact problem. Sticking it to something else is genius, thank you very much!

[marcovich166]

que gacho se oye

[NeitoxD]

hasta el ojete..!!

[elmedi0]

Is there anyway to wire a dial to control the pitch of that suboctave?

[notanother]

do you mean in relation to the guitar? or so you can control the pitch independently

[WingedS777]

Is there a possibility of builting blue box without fuzz? I want just octave down to get pitches like on a bass guitar.

[notanother]

i think the bluebox has a control allowing you to blend between a distorted signal and a square wave, however since the blue box output a squarewave this will be a fairly synth like distorted octave signal. you may want to look at another octave, the blue box is a noisey little box

[rogercosseboom]

I was debating building it but now i've definitely got to...

Did you buy their pre-made board, etch your own, or use a protoboard? If etching/proto- was it difficult?

[notanother]

hey thanks for commenting,

I made the board myself i think using the pcb design on tonepad. building PCBs isnt too tricky try searching 'toner pcb magazine paper'. I used that method and i prefer it to blue press'n'peel

if your interested ive posted some links in the video discription of the PCB and the final pedal

[EricfromWV]

thanks man, I was deciding on whether or not to build this, but this video sold me on it :)

[probablyjoel]

Dude, that is ridiculous. i love it.

[msdmfike]

das ist keine Blue box noop ^^ ich will video efeckte sehen ^^ und kein selbst gemachte msuic instrument ^^ OK =)

[brddork]

wait, so are you modding the circuit on the guitar to have a built in blue box?

[notanother]

no its just a pedal, not intended to be built into the guitar i just happened to take the photo whilst the circuit was sat ontop of the guitar

[brddork]

ah, alright. looks like you could route a place for that circuit pretty easily though. That'd be kind of cool, actually. hmm...

[notanother]

yeah it wouldn't be difficult but then you would need an internal power supply.

also i tend to use a limiter before it as the standard guitar output is fairly weak.

[khachokans]

what is the string of your guitar?...

[notanother]

hi im not quite sure what your asking, what guage or just how many? its just a 6 string if thats what you were asking, in that picture some of the shadow makes it look a bit like there are more

[tragictravistie]

yea, i get what hes saying, it looks like theyre twisted

[Murple333]

Yeah but does it let you seize trunks and get free long distance?

[notanother]

lol i guess your talking about the phone hacking blue box, no sorry it doesnt get me free phone calls or seize trucks! sorry

[shackleton1]

What guitar is that in the video?

[notanother]

hey the guitar is a fender squier tele, nice guitar its sea green i think, since recording this i have installed a seymour duncan hotrails in the bridge

[phunkphish]

Cool. Could I get a schematic for this. Its basically just mixing a square wave with your signal.

[appetite4gnr]

sounds like old NES games

[KiLTRO56]

pretty cool

[gnrher]

Hey, try to get a more quality sound to apreciate the effect, it's sounds kind like a midi.

check out my MXR Distortion Plus.

[guanjon]

FIRST!