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The Surfy Bear Fet Reverb
Joined: Dec 17, 2012 Posts: 519 Vienna 
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Posted on Mar 03 2015 06:02 PM
hi gilette! http://www.surfgrammeln-san.org |
Joined: Feb 08, 2015 Posts: 32 Chicago
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Posted on Mar 04 2015 10:53 PM
Surfy bear... so far so good. Just have to make the face plate |
Joined: Jan 04, 2011 Posts: 1588 Berlin L-Berg 
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Posted on Mar 05 2015 12:24 AM
Nice. What was that before it became a Surfy Bear? — |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2015 Posts: 32 Chicago
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Posted on Mar 05 2015 07:42 AM
Thanks! It used to be a Seymour Duncan combo amp. I gave up repairing it after the third or fourth time. I basically cut it in half. I used the chassis so grounding it was easy. There is no noise. I think the blue tolex is sweet. |
Joined: May 04, 2014 Posts: 734 
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Posted on Mar 05 2015 09:57 AM
ElBirkerio wrote:
Ahhhhh.... you have the mini.. |
Joined: Mar 14, 2006 Posts: 2778 Atlanta, GA
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Posted on Mar 05 2015 11:40 AM
That pre-set mod looks really useful. Now I didn't read back through all the thirty some odd pages of posts but has anyone tried swapping out the mix pot with a phone jack and routing the signal through a modified volume pedal (with the correct value pot sweep)? This could give you a continuously variable mix addressable through the foot pedal. Years ago I had an Evans steel guitar amp that had both remote volume and reverb control pedals. I always thought that was a cool idea but to date, I've never fooled around with it. Steel guitar players apparently like having that control. Best Reverbs (perfect for this thread) ed —Traditional........speak softly and play through a big blonde amp. Did I mention that I still like big blonde amps? |
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Joined: Feb 08, 2015 Posts: 32 Chicago
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Posted on Mar 08 2015 07:18 PM
Bam! |
Joined: Jun 26, 2007 Posts: 399 Cleveland, Ohio 
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Posted on Mar 08 2015 10:24 PM
driptone, that is so cool, congrats on a great job! I love where you applied the Surfy Bear badge. |
Joined: Jul 24, 2012 Posts: 2762 Finknabad, Squinkistan 
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Posted on Mar 09 2015 10:33 AM
Driptone, |
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Joined: Nov 23, 2014 Posts: 98 Dijon 
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Posted on Mar 09 2015 10:43 AM
Last edited: Mar 09, 2015 10:45:31 |
Joined: Jul 06, 2010 Posts: 596 Stockholm 
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Posted on Mar 09 2015 11:16 AM
Very Cool !!
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Joined: Feb 08, 2015 Posts: 32 Chicago
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Posted on Mar 09 2015 09:52 PM
Thanks to everyone for the kind words! |
Joined: Nov 08, 2006 Posts: 80 Vienna, Austria
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Posted on Mar 10 2015 05:30 AM
the knobs, the tolex, the back wall and the water bottles are a reverberation of the surfy bear logo! |
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Joined: Jun 26, 2007 Posts: 399 Cleveland, Ohio
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Posted on Mar 11 2015 06:48 PM
I was intrigued with the idea of building the Fetverb in 'pedal form' and using it with my newly acquired Hot Rod Deluxe. The HRD's reverb not so good, specially when compared to a 6G15 circuit. I'm swapping out the HRDs pan for the Accutronics 4ABC1B and will use the amp's effects loop with the pedal on top of the amp for easy reach. I wrapped the power supply's plug in red electrical tape to remind me not to use its reverse polarity on my pedal board, which I'm fully capable of doing. Hey Bjorn, you need to fabricate a pedal-sized Surfy Bear badge |
Joined: Jan 02, 2009 Posts: 1307 The original Plymouth, UK. 
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Posted on Mar 12 2015 05:50 AM
Assembled mine on Tuesday and got it working fine. I bought the through hole pcb so I could repair and modify it if I wanted. |
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Joined: Jul 06, 2010 Posts: 596 Stockholm
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Posted on Mar 13 2015 06:54 AM
cambeezy wrote:
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Posted on Mar 13 2015 11:05 AM
I finally got mine working 100%, as I had bad noise issues with my original power supply. I first tried a Radio Shack Enercell, as the 9V version I bought for my Moog Moogerfooger Phaser worked just fine. The Enercell 12V 1.5A was made the Surfy Bear very noisy. I switched to a 12V 2A power supply from a Western Digital My Book external hard drive, and it worked like a charm (with a polarity change of the wiring as it is center positive). Another mistake I made was drilling the holes for the RCA jacks a little too small, so that the provided plastic insulators didn't isolate the jacks from the chassis. Be sure to size the hole for the plastic insulators. If you do, they fit nicely. I thought this was the source of the noise, but it didn't seem to affect the noise level. It was all the power supply. But Bjorn was clear about making sure the RCA jacks to the pan being isolated from the chassis. The sound is wonderful, and very musical. I'm using the Harbor Freight toolbox to house the pan, and a small aluminum box to house the electronics. Pictures to come. |
Joined: Feb 10, 2014 Posts: 41 The Beach with no water
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Posted on Mar 13 2015 01:04 PM
The Surfy Bear Is In The Mail...
The Reverb is Near.... —Bow |
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Joined: Jul 06, 2010 Posts: 596 Stockholm
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Posted on Mar 13 2015 02:20 PM
ReverendBow wrote:
Yeah, its probably somewhere over the atlantic ocean |
Joined: Dec 11, 2013 Posts: 2537 Akron, Ohio
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Posted on Mar 14 2015 10:03 AM
I want to order another kit soon Bjourn! This one is going in a simple pedal on my pedal board. —The Kahuna Kings https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Kahuna-Kings/459752090818447 |
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