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Uncle Krunkus
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Yes, I made it myself. 
I got a small plank of Koto (it's a Japanese wood which is a lot like turpentine. Smells beautiful) from a place that deals in exotic timbers. Cut into 3 sections, and routed the 2 holes and 1 half depth hole (front). Then I sandwiched them together so that the holes matched up to form a "space" inside the block.
Then I finished the space for the circuit, pots, sockets, switch. Then I screwed the whole thing down to the end of plank of scrap so it would be easier to shape. Which I did with a hand held power saw that I can change the cut angle on, pencil and ruler, patience, and a lot of care. Then sanded it up and finished with a couple of coats of polyurethane.
Here's some pictures of another two I made.
The first is American Walnut. It has a three band EQ through the middle.
The second is Zebrano. It has a different circuit again which allows switching of the clip diode configuration.
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You old goth you! 
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Uncle Krunkus
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Pedal designs aside (which are definitely cool enough) - "Fuzzferatu" is the wickedest name I've encountered in a long time...........
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| Scott Stites wrote: | | Pedal designs aside (which are definitely cool enough) - "Fuzzferatu" is the wickedest name I've encountered in a long time........... |
Yes, definitely better than "Count Vladimir von Fuzzula."
Although I kind of like "Fuzzenstein," or perhaps "Fuzz 9 from Outer Space."
How about "I Married a Teenage Fuzz Box." No, that sounds like an invitation to legal troubles. So does "Invasion of the Fuzz Snatchers."
Okay, I'll shut up now. Besides, I have to go back to filming "The Haunted Rock and Roll Dragster of Go-Go Party Beach."
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How 'bout "Dr. Strangefuzz"?
Fuzz the Fuzzing Fuzzers,
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"City on the Edge of Fuzzever." ?
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Andy,
Those knobs are so cool  They are going to look awesome on that pedal of yours !!!! Absolutely Macabre .... Thats OK in my book
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I love it.
Re. the lights ... maybe some SMD leds glued to the wood lighting a plexiglass knob that goes inside the skull?
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Uncle Krunkus
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"Fuzzbian Vampires from Outer Space"
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Danno Gee Ray
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| Thank you for that resource! |
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nice page..... i should 'come out' too 
I collect old knobs, it started when i bought a 5kg box of mixed knobs off a retired tv/radio repairman. He had been collecting them off various appliances since the sixties. The last few years i have been getting knobs off vintage lab gear my uni chucks out - really nice stuff!
I love the design effort that goes into the humble knob.
guess I have well over 1000 knobs, not counting the one's on my synths |
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nice page..... i should 'come out' too
I collect old knobs, it started when i bought a 5kg box of mixed knobs off a retired tv/radio repairman. He had been collecting them off various appliances since the sixties. The last few years i have been getting knobs off vintage lab gear my uni chucks out - really nice stuff!
I love the design effort that goes into the humble knob.
guess I have well over 1000 knobs, not counting the one's on my synths |
It is a vastly misunderstood passion.
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Uncle Krunkus
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I am also guilty of collecting knobs.
I don't have as many as AndrewF, but I already have separate containers for Imperial & Metric ones. I've got a couple which are extra special to me, some which I've never seen anywhere else. I try to use them on projects I'm working on whenever I can. Indigo will sit and help me sort them into ones which look "the same" and ones which are "different".
"Oh, and how many of that kind have we got?", "Hold on Dad, I'll count them!"
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| I too have a rather oddball assortment of knobbage. I went to a local Ham club parking lot auction and bought an old fella's lifetime collection for I think 12 bucks. After sorting out all the TV tuner knobs I'll never use, I still have this ginormous bin full of off the wall cool knobbage. The smell alone from sorting through them is oddly magical. |
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who here goes out and buys knobs before they know what they will use them for
i do my absolute favorite use of knobs is on the buchla synths i love the red and blue ones where do you get those?
i think i also have a problem for colour coding everything i love those arp sliders with the little end caps |
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BTW- whilst i am posting pics, can anyone tell me what that blue rubbery thing is? it has some UK patent numbers on it but I cannot find any info on it.
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It should be a B9A/B7G valve, (tube), extractor - you slightly moisten it, then push it down over the valve, (tube), and it gives you a nice safe handle to pull the glass out of it's socket with. In the black bit at the top should be rings of holes that act as pin straighteners.
If it's of no use, I'll make you an offer, if it hasn't gone rigid.
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Beavis,
Your knob collection page is a great reference for design! In fact, I just bookmarked it. It will save me a lot of time thumping and surfing thru all the electronics companies looking for that appropriate knob! |
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ericcoleridge
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I just came across these knobs and they reminded me of this thread:
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| TheProf wrote: |
It should be a B9A/B7G valve, (tube), extractor - you slightly moisten it, then push it down over the valve, (tube), and it gives you a nice safe handle to pull the glass out of it's socket with. In the black bit at the top should be rings of holes that act as pin straighteners.
If it's of no use, I'll make you an offer, if it hasn't gone rigid.
Can anyone remember the film "The 39 Steps"?
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You are right! Thanks Prof.
I had sassed the pin-straightening function - comes in handy.
but the tube-puller I thought that was where you stick your finger!
I tested it out on a few tubes, it is still soft and grips very nicely -didn't need moistening.
Sorry but I would like to keep it, I dismantle a lot of tube gear from my uni and some of those tubes don't like to move, I usually wrap them in a rag to pull them from their sockets but this will be perfect. |
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ok...
that's an awesome pedal!
and the skull knobs will be the best on that thing!!!
these are some i use:
http://www.musiciansfriend.com/product/Q-Parts-Skull-Knobs?sku=420920
i tend to put those on different noiz toys when i can.
even put some on a Rave-o-lution 309 and a Alesis Wedge.
are you selling those Fuzzeratu toys?
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Uncle Krunkus
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I looked into the logistics of building them to sell. The problem is that even with multiple units of the same basic makeup, the time works out at about 10 hours each. If I were doing it for a crust I'd like at least $30 an hour, and I just don't think there's a large enough market for AU$300+ fuzz pedals. Even if they were all hand made and one of a kind.
If you think I'm under selling the product let me know, but I've never been very good at business. I'm sure I'd lose interest at about No.20!
It's a sad irony of the human condition, but I think I actually enjoy hating my job.  
Or do I?
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| Who says you'd have to do a whole lot of them? Do a limited production run of one of a kind unique boutique pedals at More than you specified. If they are ELITE...well then people will pay for that sometimes. Might just be a few metal heads out there would LOVE stuff like that, at least seems to me. |
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