CRAZY HUGE VERO!

[jalmonsalmon]

hmmm
Looks like this could be squeesed into a 1590bb enclosure with no issues...  
I am feeling BRAVE now hehee

[inefficiency]

That looks slick.

You should build an enclosure for it. Maybe wooden sides with a sheetmetal top or something. Might as well seeing as you now have a maaaaaaaaaassive board!

[Silver Blues]

Wow. Nice

[johnk]

jalmonsalmon wrote

hmmm
Looks like this could be squeesed into a 1590bb enclosure with no issues...  
I am feeling BRAVE now hehee

yep, that's what I decided to mount it in. i'm mounting it now. pics soon to follow.

[johnk]

DONE! I used a tiny true bypass relay board for the bypass so I could use a lower profile switch to fit everything under the main circuit board. this is one of my most satisfying builds to date since this is an incredible sounding phaser. I'm diggin' the rate led too (the original doesn't have one).

[rocket88]

Holy crap john. That's an incredibly tight fit. It looks amazing.

[IvIark]

What's the relay board mate and where did you get the stomp switch from?

[inefficiency]

Man, that's incredible.

What a job!

[johnk]

IvIark wrote

What's the relay board mate and where did you get the stomp switch from?

the relay is this one:http://monomonster.wordpress.com/2014/02/09/relay-bypass-module-rbm-installation-guide-rev-2-0/

and I got the momentary soft switch from smallbear: http://www.smallbearelec.com/servlet/Detail?no=672

[IvIark]

Thanks for that John.  I've got some of those stomps and a circuit for soft latching which I've wanted to use for a while now but I haven't bothered because I use 1590Bs so frequently and the relay board would just be too big to use with an effect in that box.  I think I'll do it though because there are a few 1590BB or 125B builds that I'd like to do now and I love using those stomps.

[Silver Blues]

Jack Orman from AMZ sells PIC-controlled relay bypass kits for a reasonable price too, that's where I got the one in my RCBC, could not be happier.

[johnk]

Silver Blues wrote

Jack Orman from AMZ sells PIC-controlled relay bypass kits for a reasonable price too, that's where I got the one in my RCBC, could not be happier.

it appears that he doesn't sell them on his site anymore. maybe someone else is selling them for him now?

I just tested the relayed true bypass with my bass and it's a no go. it would probably be fine for guitar, but with a bass it was adding distortion, only in the bypass mode, so, so much for the soft switch (I just installed a regular hardwired 3PDT by pass in it). it's a bummer, cuz I dug the feel of soft switch on the relayed one. if I ran a buffer in front of it, it worked perfect, but IMO, that defeats the purpose of a true  bypass.

[IvIark]

Try the layout I just posted.  There's nothing at all that will cause any distortion, the audio signal only touches the vero tracks and relay contacts, and so it's exactly like using a 3PDT stomp.

[johnk]

I will, but i'll have order some relays for it.

[Silver Blues]

johnk wrote

Silver Blues wrote

Jack Orman from AMZ sells PIC-controlled relay bypass kits for a reasonable price too, that's where I got the one in my RCBC, could not be happier.

it appears that he doesn't sell them on his site anymore. maybe someone else is selling them for him now?

Really? Oh.

EDIT: He's still selling the boards, the controllers and the switches looks like, but not the kits. Odd.
http://www.muzique.com/pcb.htm#dyp

[johnk]

BTW, here's a quick clip of my Phasor II with a p bass:

https://soundcloud.com/johnk_10/phasorii

[IvIark]

Sounds great John

[johnk]

since this one is a monster to build I really didn't want to build another one, but a couple of my friends just had to have one so I build two more. after these two, i'm definitely not building anymore of them!

[IvIark]

Haha, you're braver than Javi, he refused to build any more after the first one!

[iggy]

John, another amazing job. and you builds always look amazing.  Where's Geiri? I'm waiting to see if he can stuff that into a 1590a box.