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Fuzz out with the over_crunch hell box

my latest bend was an ibanez guitar pedal, called a thrashmetal overdrive.

My first problem was wether i kept the original case! apon first opening it didnt seem to hold much bending potential. But after a bit of fooling around i finally got some quite nice bend points.

This ruled out keeping the original case as there was just not enough space to fit everything in, and when i found combination points using the bends i decided a patchbay was the only way to go.

The next problem was finding a case. I ended up using a standard board case from the local electronics store, but i did buy a few more that were possibilities. The main problem was getting the jack holes in the right spots, but with a bit of fooling around and with my new dremel i got it right first time. :)

Also a problem was holding the circuit board in place with enough strength that pushing and pulling the jacks out wouldnt pull the board out of place. I ended up using 3 plastic board holders from the local electronics store, screwed into place ( i tried glueing but no joy )

All this in place i sprayed the box a metallic purple, coated with enamel clear coat ( which still gave me a sticky finish :( never using again ) and attached the bannana jacks. Had a little problem with the light, first i couldnt get a 9v red light, so i used a clear one. I also couldnt get it to light when the distortion was on, so now as soon as you attach the battery it lights.

Anyway, the bends go from crazy pitchable farts, strong loud fuzz, nasty crunch, pitchable feedback, radio hipass and over-over overdrive.