wfoguy wrote:

^^^^^^
Looks good to me. Does it weight around 10 lbs. ?

It weighs in at 23 lbs. Not ultra light but not bad considering everything I put in there.

Bill S._______

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Love it! The original plan was to use all "mini" form factor pedals (besides the Turbo Tuner), but when the SurfyTrem was announced I knew I had to make room for it.
Thanks everyone for the kind words and thank you Bjorn for creating the SurfyBear and SurfyTrem they're the best!

Bill S._______

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Last edited: Dec 07, 2016 11:43:45

shake_n_stomp wrote:

The harmonic tremolo on the Fender IV's Malibu Run is also a great reference for that sound. I am resisting the urge to get the Flint for its 61 harmonic trem and will be patient for the SurfyTrem.

Are you possibly thinking of Little Ollie vs. Malibu Run? I know there's a mis-named youtube video out there. But that IS the sound. You will not be disappointed at all with Bjorn's Surfy Trem pedal; the harmonic (brown) setting can be like a whole 'nuther instrument.

Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel

DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.

shake_n_stomp wrote:

Little Ollie is the ska-type tune where Malibu Run is the swampy tremolo-laden chill-out. Yes, they were apparently switched on labels. Such is the case with surf instro...and the Astronauts singing "...Ban-zai Pipe-line" on Kuk contributed to the mix-up in those labels, too....and those tunes from various artists where the song would appear on another album but with another name (High Tide/Tranquillizer for the Lively Ones comes to mind).

Hunh - thanks! (Not knowing what ska is/was this helps a bit.)
Anyway, I like 'em both; you're going to love the pedal.

Wes
SoCal ex-pat with a snow shovel

DISCLAIMER: The above is opinion/suggestion only & should not be used for mission planning/navigation, tweaking of instruments, beverage selection, or wardrobe choices.

Clarry wrote:

Iggydog wrote:

Clarry wrote:

Needs some cosmetic stuff done to it; black metal paint on the chassis etc.
But there's room for a rack mounted Surfy Trem in there.

I now have to sort out why it's less reverby and drippy, now that it's been mounted...

Cool enclosure.

The first thing to check when it's less reverby and drippy is that you've got the reverb pan send/receive cables the right way 'round. It's easy to get those reversed.

It was something much more technical than that...foam. I forgot to take the protective packaging out.

Sounds much, much, better than the inbuilt digital spring reverb on my amp, but I still have to go full on Dwell, Mix and Tone for what I would class as "middling" surf drip. Of course, there are a lot of things for me to consider such as tone settings on my amp, and the actual "amp" settings as it's a modelling amp - a Vox VT80+. There "Cali Clean" and "AC30" sound best. The pan is a TAD 4AB3C1B so I don't know what the general consensus is on them.

I really need to test drive it at volume tonight, as bedroom setting can be a bit deceiving too. Thursday is band rehearsal, so I'll give it a crank (I use the studio's Roland Jazz-Chorus at rehearsal).

All in all, it's definitely there-or-there-about and I was getting some great sounding rhythm work out of it on the Squier Jag. When dialled in around the 6s and 7s I'm getting a lovely "full" tone. A bit of tweaking will get there in the end.

And probably more importantly, it's got me listening to what I'm doing.

Foam. It's always the foam.
The point above suggesting a possible reversal of the RCA in/out cables may be the reason you must 'go full on Dwell, Mix and Tone for what [you] would class as "middling" surf drip'. Either swap them on the reverb pan or on your electronics chassis. The RCAs do no carry any current - just audio - so this is safe and non-destructive although I still strongly recommend disconnecting mains power before mucking about with anything.

A setting of 6-6-6 (typical starting point) should be pretty swampy at that. I suggest going straight from guitar to reverb unit to amp to keep things simple for troubleshooting.

My understanding is the TAD pan you mentioned is the horizontal-mount version of the normal Fender reverb unit spec (i.e. ends with "B" in the PN). All of mine end with 'C' rather than 'B'. I do not know the ramifications of a horizontal orientation of a 'C' or a vertical orientation of a 'B'. I have read several favourable comments about TAD pans.

Lorne
The Surf Shakers: https://www.facebook.com/TheSurfShakers
Vancouver BC Canada

Last edited: Dec 08, 2016 10:04:50

Well, there was more drip at volume on a decent amp. The rest of the band were impressed with it, although not being into surf I don't know what they expected.

There still seems to be something missing at the top end, and thinking back it could be with one of my solder joints. I blocked one of the holes for a wire on the input or output and couldn't unblock. So I soldered across the solder disc.

I'm surprised it works at all!! I'm planning on another in the new year anyway, now I have the bug.

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Last edited: Feb 02, 2024 12:20:54

What about these amazing pedal versions people are on here building? Are there pre made enclosures that are the right size? Or are these built from scratch?

Guitarist for Black Valley Moon & Down By Law

Ok well I just went through this entire thread again......haha! And I can't find what I'm looking for....iv read on the newer versions of the SB that the optional solder points for an LED are no longer there. Are there any close up pics to show me exactly where and how to solder in a toggle switch and LED? Iv got a 12v jewel...so to my knowledge I won't need a resistor. Thanks in advance! I'm severely limited on electronics experience,most the stuff iv read on this thread may as well have been Russian haha! I will receive my SB on Sunday for christmas.....so I'm trying to get all the info I can so I can sit right down and get to soldering! Thanks!

If you want the ultimate,you gotta be willing to pay the ultimate price.

Brett

bjoish wrote:

Latherman87 wrote:

Ok well I just went through this entire thread again......haha! And I can't find what I'm looking for....iv read on the newer versions of the SB that the optional solder points for an LED are no longer there. Are there any close up pics to show me exactly where and how to solder in a toggle switch and LED? Iv got a 12v jewel...so to my knowledge I won't need a resistor. Thanks in advance! I'm severely limited on electronics experience,most the stuff iv read on this thread may as well have been Russian haha! I will receive my SB on Sunday for christmas.....so I'm trying to get all the info I can so I can sit right down and get to soldering! Thanks!

Hi

As you can in this schematic, you can easily add a power switch and a pilot lamp (or LED+resistor).

Yeah, it is important to note that a 12V lamp (usually) has two contacts and they are interchangeable but it is just needs to be wired in as parallel.
The on/off switch is wired in series only on the 12V hot wire to open/close the 12V power to the circuit board. It took me a bit to work out how to figure out the wiring for these two things because of my own inexperience with wiring electrical circuits but totally worth the effort.

Lorne
The Surf Shakers: https://www.facebook.com/TheSurfShakers
Vancouver BC Canada