Custom built fOXX Tone Machine

Here’s a custom built fOXX Tone Machine from zeta sound, dressed in velvet.

fOXX_Tone Machine Custom built
fOXX Tone Machine Custom built

Used the same circuit board layout as in this build. Hosted in a Hammond 1590BB enclosure.

fOXX_Tone Machine Custom built
fOXX Tone Machine Custom built
fOXX_Tone Machine Custom built
fOXX Tone Machine Custom built
fOXX_Tone Machine Custom built
fOXX Tone Machine Custom built

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Work in progress

Some images from the workbench.

Mounting hardware in a Lady Dirt tube pedal.

Zeta Sound Lady Dirt high voltage tube pedal
Lady Dirt high voltage tube pedal

The circuit board of the Bull pedal. There’s silicone diodes clipping and in the front of the image you ses two germanium AA144 diodes. There’s three BC184 transistors and one 2N3904. Posted earlier here.

Bull pedal
BULL circuit board

Just had to take this picture. A cap from the 1950:s vs a modern one, same uF and voltage rating.

vintage vs new capacitor
Cap vs cap

Here’s a gut shot from the new prototype of the Maestro PS-1A clone.

MaestroPS-1A Clone zeta-sound
Maestro PS-1A clone.

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Yamaha CH-01 Chorus repair

A chorus from the -80:s, the Yamaha CH-01. Based on the MN3009 256 stage BBD chip and the MN3101 clock generator.

Yamaha CH-01 repair
Yamaha CH-01 Chorus

Had the circuit recaped and trimmers adjusted for bias, clock speed and depth.

Yamaha CH-01 repair
Yamaha CH-01 Chorus circuit board

And here we have a chorus once again delivering.

Yamaha CH-01 repair
Yamaha CH-01 Chorus

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fOXX Tone Machine

How about a clone of a fOXX Tone Machine. First prototype from zeta-sound, including germanium diodes, stompswitch for octave and bypass, DC-Jack and battery space. Hosted in a 1590B type of enclosure.

fOXX Tone Machine
fOXX Tone Machine guts

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Maestro PS-1A V2

Video and pictures of the V2 zeta-sound clone of the Maestro PS-1A phase shifter.

Mainly changes made in the main circuit board layout , allowing the stompswitches a bit more centered and using onboard in/output jacks. The speed selector circuit works the same as in V1, tap the switch and change the speed through three presets. Blue -> Slow, Green -> Medium, Red -> Fast.

Stepping through the three speeds.
MaestroPS-1A V2 Clone zeta-sound
Maestro PS-1A V2 clone
MaestroPS-1A V2 Clone zeta-sound
Maestro PS-1A V2
MaestroPS-1A V2 Clone zeta-sound
Maestro PS-1A V2
MaestroPS-1A Clone zeta-sound
Maestro PS-1A V2 guts
MaestroPS-1A V2 Clone zeta-sound
Maestro PS-1A V2 circuit board

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