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Made a pedal for The Boy

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thermionicthermionic Frets: 9779
edited November 2020 in Making & Modding
I started my girlfriend’s son on the righteous path with a lefty Squier Strat on his birthday last year, he’s pretty good by now and seriously into Nirvana and Hendrix. Much better than I was after a year for sure! So this year I made him a pedal, an Axis Fuzz from Fuzzdog. I sneaked a photo of a drawing he made of Jimi for his art GCSE and applied that to the housing with some rub-off decal paper (think Letraset). I’ve never had success with waterslide decals, the ink always dissolves in water despite sealing with lacquer. This decal paper gives good results, but you only have one go at applying it, no sliding around.

https://i.imgur.com/suqfdGb.jpg

I had a slight problem with the clear acrylic lacquer “crinkling” the white Hammerite as it dried around the knobs, which I had to touch up. Some light sanding with 2000 grit wet and dry, rubbing compound, and Meguiar’s X20 brought it up reasonably flat and nicely glossy.

https://i.imgur.com/LaeXrTV.jpg

“Purple Haze” flavoured LED of course:

https://i.imgur.com/yHpi7Rp.jpg

Obligatory gut shot. Not super neat but I’m happy with it.

https://i.imgur.com/g9pH2cQ.jpg

It sounds great, like a souped-up Fuzz Face. I want to build one for myself now!
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  • mikem8634mikem8634 Frets: 382
    Wow, that's a very lovely thing you've done there. Kudos.
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  • WazmeisterWazmeister Frets: 9715
    Superb job, and I bet he will love it.

    There is always something special about a handmade gift. 
    Feedback here - http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/57555/
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  • thermionicthermionic Frets: 9779
    There was a bit of panic last night when it didn’t work, despite the main board testing ok a few days ago. Re-flowing several solder connections did it. The Fuzzdog pcbs are very compact and bijou, and the solder pads are tiny. I’ve got a good iron with a fine tip, and used leaded solder, but the boards never work first time for me. Making things is cool!
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  • BigMonkaBigMonka Frets: 1793
    That pedal looks proper pro and I bet he'll love that its his art work! What an amazing and thoughtful present  =)
    Always be yourself! Unless you can be Batman, in which case always be Batman.
    My boss told me "dress for the job you want, not the job you have"... now I'm sat in a disciplinary meeting dressed as Batman.
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  • oafoaf Frets: 301
    Fantastic! Very nice indeed, great job :-)
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  • thermionicthermionic Frets: 9779
    I gave it to him over the weekend. He was very happy to get a pedal, especially one with a Jimi Hendrix graphic, and noticed that it had his name on it in tiny writing in the corner... Er, you drew it!

    https://i.imgur.com/vxtGXzY.jpg
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  • PeteCPeteC Frets: 409
    Great gift - sure he will get a lot of pleasure from that pedal. 

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  • longjawlongjaw Frets: 424
    Great work x2 (the drawing & the pedal!).
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  • skippy76skippy76 Frets: 619
    Nice work mate,  Very cool
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