Tassies

A few Items I can add to the check list. Buy a few ammo cans from the Army Surplus Store. These things are unbreakable and a great container for just about anything, CD's, Cables, Mics, Tools, you name it. They tend to be a bit on the heavy side if it is a big one and fully stocked, but still, your gear will be well protected when transported or moved around to be set up. I bought the 37 Kilo boxes and they work great, one for cables, two for effects and stuff, and one for tools. Just a few Ideas. Have fun. Tas.

Hey Jim, I know the feeling...... Have fun. Tas

Cool Stuff, Now I think I'm in bussiness. lovekraft, thanks for the SW, it is a godsend I think. Could you please send me the layout of the Fetzer / Ruby, If you have one floating around. Just to compare apples with Apples, so I know what I'm actually doing. Regards, Tas.

Good morning again. Hope everyone is still fine and dandy. Just a little update on my first attempt at building a sustainer. Well it doesn't work. Like I said, my knowledge of electronics is basically zero, so I will have to do some more reading. Anyway, just a few sources I picked up on that might be of help to other people, I picked up a book at a second hand book store, called "The Art of Electronics" by Cambridge Press. If you want to know about or get started with electronics, this is likely one of the best refference I have seen thus far. My main problem though is not theory on how the thing should work, I just don't have any background in commiting the design to circuit board. I couldnt find any Perfboard so I had to go with a thing called "VeroBoard"?? It works on the same principle as those prefab breadboards with tracks and stuff but shite you have to use a drill bit or special tool to make breaks in the track, so I think something went wrong with that whole process but, I will attemp to get a new board up tonite and let everyone know how it's going. For the guys in SA that have trouble finding components, I have come across the mother of all suppliers + you can order on the net + they sell components to the small guys. Just go to www.rssouthafrica.com. They have just about everything you can need on any project. So anyway, until I found a decent tutorial on commiting a design to circuit board, I will stick to something that even I cannot F*ck Up with. Winding the driver Have Fun. Tas.

Cool, thanks for the reply(s). Like I said, I have a bit of knowledge on the subject but that is about it. I think if I hook a battery up to this thing smoke will come out of it but that is about it. So lets see. Thanks for the help. Tas

Good Morning everyone (Well anyway, it is a bright and sunny day here in SA) For a about 2 days or so I have been following this thread and finished building the 386 Amp in the early hours this morning. Just a few questions, If I understand the posts so far, I need to actually feed the 386 amp directly from the bridge PU not from the output cable for best performance. Is there any risk involving hooking this little amp up to my quitar and using a set of headphones to just test if the amp is working ? My skills and knowledge when constructing a cricuit is less zero, so I hope I wired this thing up correctly. Last question, on the Fetzer / Ruby Diagram posted, There is a 100k trim. Is it a pot, because looking at the pictures posted, I only see what I can guess is the volume and gains pot, but no trim. or am I in the wrong here ? Just some guidelines to clear that out will be greatly appreciated. Have Fun. Tas.