Blues 2 Rock - Protein

   

My next project I've decided is the Protein. I found the circuit thanks to Dirtbox layouts and his awesome selection of circuits. A modified ODR-1 Overdrive going into a blues-breaker with added headroom. It's on my board in Looper 2- overdrives, at the end. Timmy at front for stacking if wanted, Bluesbreaker with HEADROOM at the back. It works really well. Bluesbreaker on it's own, ODR-1 on it's own. Put them together for even more. Stacking other pedals into the bluesbreaker is keeping it there. I highly recommend to try. I have used shielded/grounded wire on input and output to help ensure no noise issues, as it's close quarters inside a 1590BB2. The LED's are running off a piece of vero also.

 

I'm starting to get very happy with how a pedal I've made looks. The enclosure is "silver hammer" 1590bb2 from Tayda. Acid etching enclosures and patching cock-ups with plates has led me think this one up. I just recycle old aluminum flashings, whatever looks like it will work. Most polishes up Ok. Some are a alloy and for that reason I started converting my hydrochloric acid to Ferric Chloride. It's relatively simple and I've found works well, and with other metal such as brass. It's all just hacksaw and file and plenty of patience. Drew it up on Inkscape and went from there. For now this is where I want to head on the look, which is becoming somehow a big part of the whole experience.