by jfromel » Sun Dec 06, 2009 4:09 am
I just unpacked these and holy sh&^ they look incredible. Damn you slackers who have not paid, NO PEDAL FOR YOU!!! we should have charged twice as much for these, I need one of these for my board and Donner has a habit of collecting #2's (so his will be number 2). I think one should go to Bjorn as well. Anyhow none of the slackers get pedals from this round. If we do another round then all slackers will be given amnesty.
I need to order a few parts but everyone should have their kits under the Christmas tree, or under whatever plant your tradition esteems for the winter holiday. Based on my builds of these so far I am going to modify VR1 for a 1m rev taper pot, this will give a smoother control over the gain
I hate to be negative by saying such things as "Damn you Slackers" but there has been a lot of REAL pro-bono work in this project. Bjorn has freely given a schem which based on my study, IMHO may be as original as a fuzz circuit can get in modern times, AND has given much comment on the circuit and it's mods. Nic from NOC3 did the original design for the PCB - for free and what I am charging for a complete kit, with documentation after paying Donner to finish these (which he did at bargain basement price) is again pro-bono work. So Slackers get no love. I will talk about this with Bjorn and Donner before making a call but I think it would be best to auction off the remaining slackers pedals for charity and perhaps give some winter coats and a few hot meals to families who are wihtout. After seeing how beautiful these pedals will be when complete and the time and energy of 4 contributing artists I am in shock that there are any slackers on a run of 25 pedal kits at $120 each.
If I am out of line I will let Donner or Bjorn rail on me.