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Re: Josh's 18W Tremolo TMB Builds

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In case of the use of the dedicated PCB I'd use a dumble style chassis. It's about 2" longer and 1" wider.
I'd prefer not to need another cab... I'm curious about the term dedicated PCB - are you referring to the board shown for the rectifier or the main PCB?
I did a quick search for dumble style chassis and there seem to be some options...I used to have a press brake years ago but maybe it's time to see if a hand brake could be used for chassis builds...
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In case of the use of the dedicated PCB I'd use a dumble style chassis. It's about 2" longer and 1" wider.
I'd prefer not to need another cab... I'm curious about the term dedicated PCB - are you referring to the board shown for the rectifier or the main PCB?
I did a quick search for dumble style chassis and there seem to be some options...I used to have a press brake years ago but maybe it's time to see if a hand brake could be used for chassis builds...
I meant Josh’s tremolo TMB reverb PCB.
If the new chassis works out nice I'll be ordering more of those.
For 2mm aluminium a hand brake should be plenty ok.
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Josh, do you ground your reverb jacks directly to the chassis?
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Josh, do you ground your reverb jacks directly to the chassis?
I do. I haven't tested it compared to isolating them, but it has generally worked fine for me.
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I do. I haven't tested it compared to isolating them, but it has generally worked fine for me.
Thanks! I'm gonna put a dwell control in the 36.. I did this on my 18 too.. on the back panel though
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I do. I haven't tested it compared to isolating them, but it has generally worked fine for me.
Thanks! I'm gonna put a dwell control in the 36.. I did this on my 18 too.. on the back panel though
When I placed the amplifier's reverb input jack (low level output from the tank) directly onto the chassis, it hummed badly. I had to isolate that jack from the amplifier chassis and connect it to the same ground being used by the reverb tube. Just sayin'.

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Bieworm wrote:
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I do. I haven't tested it compared to isolating them, but it has generally worked fine for me.
Thanks! I'm gonna put a dwell control in the 36.. I did this on my 18 too.. on the back panel though

When I placed the amplifier's reverb input jack (low level output from the tank) directly onto the chassis, it hummed badly. I had to isolate that jack from the amplifier chassis and connect it to the same ground being used by the reverb tube. Just sayin'.

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I'll be putting the reverb RCA inputs on the back panel, so it's pretty easy to change the grounds
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TriodeLuvr wrote:
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When I placed the amplifier's reverb input jack (low level output from the tank) directly onto the chassis, it hummed badly. I had to isolate that jack from the amplifier chassis and connect it to the same ground being used by the reverb tube. Just sayin'.
I have done it both ways in the past, but IME there's been no difference. Of course there's plenty of variables in what affects the ground scheme and noise.

I may decide to do a test with this circuit at some point, but free time doesn't happen too often. Yes, for anybody with noise issues, they should be isolated.
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Thu 03/25/21 3:54 pm


I'll be putting the reverb RCA inputs on the back panel, so it's pretty easy to change the grounds
Is your back panel non-conductive? Mine are installed on the aluminum chassis, so I had to cut the hole slightly larger and install a shoulder washer. I was lucky to have a few of those left over from a previous project. IME, shoulder washers that fit Switchcraft phono jacks properly (and which don't have a huge outer diameter) aren't easy to find. The ones I have were samples from the manufacturer, but I think Mouser sells them now.

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I use aluminium too
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The jacks I use come with isolation washers:
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I'll try them out on my next build and see if it makes a perceivable difference on this circuit.
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Hey Josh, do you have the dimensions/ hole pattern for the pcb? Just out of curiosity 😉
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Bieworm wrote:
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Hey Josh, do you have the dimensions/ hole pattern for the pcb? Just out of curiosity 😉
For you? Nah. But for anybody else that wants to use my PCBs, here's the mounting holes. ;) ;)
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JMPGuitars wrote:
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Bieworm wrote:
Fri 03/26/21 9:04 am
Hey Josh, do you have the dimensions/ hole pattern for the pcb? Just out of curiosity 😉
For you? Nah. But for anybody else that wants to use my PCBs, here's the mounting holes. ;) ;)

PCB Mounting Holes.pdf
Lucky me then...you putting this out for other European readers 😃😃😃
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I finally got around to recording a demo of the 36W version with the PCB, and Mercury Magnetics transformers: https://youtu.be/L0p04n1pSio

Or here's the shorter instagram version: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQRGsyjgwzu/

The demo also includes the "2020 Special" JoshuWah pedal series.

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Here.. one for the archives:
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Time to build a couple more. Capacitors marked, and everything else is ready to go.
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JMPGuitars wrote:
Thu 10/28/21 4:57 pm
Time to build a couple more. Capacitors marked, and everything else is ready to go.

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Fun! 8)
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Board 1 is done. I'll do board 2 tomorrow, then clean them up and take some real photos.
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Though I do find the dramatic lighting on this cellphone pic pretty funny.
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