tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post6978446775039422951..comments2024-03-27T15:26:01.893+00:00Comments on Guitar FX Layouts: Zorg Effects - Glorious BasstarIvIarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08416945174853142251noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-65194069104756737182017-02-16T07:39:42.566+00:002017-02-16T07:39:42.566+00:00the problem is you would only have three combinati...the problem is you would only have three combinations and not four someone correct me if i am wrong thanks <br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475485559085932632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-54032630495517513192016-10-22T00:22:35.045+01:002016-10-22T00:22:35.045+01:00Thanks Veit!
I took the time to make a little demo...Thanks Veit!<br />I took the time to make a little demo, with some of my favorite presets: <br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovy-p5kO5r8Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03945095935334983930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-74875643609036202632016-10-14T09:04:04.331+01:002016-10-14T09:04:04.331+01:00Instead of doing this offboard challenge I used th...Instead of doing this offboard challenge I used the board Gabriel sells on www.zorgeffects.com. First I had the high frequency squealing, then swapped the ICL7660SCPAZ for another one and: Wow! This thing is absolute amazing! Never played anything like this before. Great Work! Thanks.Veithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11734684451074757086noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-74874403510476662342016-04-16T17:31:29.196+01:002016-04-16T17:31:29.196+01:00ha ha dead eye. Ya this is an offboard wiring chal...ha ha dead eye. Ya this is an offboard wiring challenge. I did use shielded cable for the ins and it did help a tad.For future builders testing through a regular guitar and guitar amp may cause some oscillation and a few strange things . This is a solid build and incredible bass effect!!. This would be a good candidate for a pcb<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475485559085932632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-48827195354073043222016-04-15T11:50:24.331+01:002016-04-15T11:50:24.331+01:00Next time I'm definitely buying a board from y...Next time I'm definitely buying a board from you instead of making spaghetti of wires again! I just wanted to see how it sounds first and I must say it sounds absolutely rad! I gave the pedal away already to one band for some feedback even though my build was a little problematic. But I just felt the need to show it to my local bassists and see if they like it at all. I'll try swapping the IC once I receive the pedal and hopefully it should fix the oscillation issue :)<br /><br />BTW, I just changed my name from KOLIZIJA.Dead Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18157391740159201582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-72434642655370426062016-04-14T22:59:51.744+01:002016-04-14T22:59:51.744+01:00THANKS!!!
I'd pretty much like to see that vid...THANKS!!!<br />I'd pretty much like to see that video! (I actually have to do one myself, but... so much to do, so little time!)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03945095935334983930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-51049064853739107682016-04-14T22:55:44.706+01:002016-04-14T22:55:44.706+01:00For that high freq: The ICL7660SCPAZ must be fully...For that high freq: The ICL7660SCPAZ must be fully SCPAZ otherwise it'll create a high frequency in the audible range. But I just witness this afternoon that it happens that some labelled CPAZ are still creating the high frequency. I just swapped it for another one: gone.<br />But still there's something wrong with your treble knob, it should remove the treble normally...<br /><br />Dip switch on OFF position => with gains at 100% you may see the led flashing.<br />Dip switch on ON position => with gains at 100% you may see the led flashing. Leds stop flashing, less volume, diodes should be working.<br /><br />And, sorry for the bad advertisement, but for lazy people who don't like wiring knobs, I do sell board you know... :D<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03945095935334983930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-39293717195866887632016-04-10T19:45:45.188+01:002016-04-10T19:45:45.188+01:00Right, so I finally got around finishing this up. ...Right, so I finally got around finishing this up. I've been working on this pedal on and off for too long and finally it's been boxed today. Now, I have a few issues with it but besides them, holy cow what a versatile pedal! I just spent a whole hour just messing with it and you can really get some interesting sounds.<br />Now, the problems I have... The master tone control seems to act very weird. I think I might have wired something wrong but having it fully CCW, gives me some sort of a weird feedback. Kind of like Stability knob in Fuzz Factory. It only oscillates with the Treble band. And it's kind of very trebly too. Both ends of the pot seem identical except one of them makes the pedal roaring. Bizzare but I love it!<br />Second, from what I can see, the DIP switches 'off' position go into the cuts underneath them. Unfortunately, I bought slightly longer DIP switches so I simply cut off the lugs on the OFF position and only wired the 'ON' lugs into the board. Now, I might be crazy, but they seem to do absolutely nothing in my board. I can't even tell if it's the diodes clipping or the LED's (even though they light up).<br />There are some weird oscillations going on with some particular settings of the pedal, but I love the gating in this pedal so it's not a biggie.<br />Definitely worth building even if it is a huge PITA wiring up 8 pots... Probably gonna make another one of them then heheheDead Eyehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18157391740159201582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-54603439606779506882016-04-08T16:27:44.607+01:002016-04-08T16:27:44.607+01:00Everything is fine. I made this for a bass player ...Everything is fine. I made this for a bass player friend of mine. I was testing it through the clean on my 1977 jmp marshall and I thought it had some issues. When I decided to go ahead and take it to my friend and test it through a killer ampeg bass amp it was more than fine. My bass player friend has about 20 bass pedals including some fuzz and eq pedals. He said this is the best pedal for bass he has ever seen heard or tried. He said its "supremely extremely bad ass". I like it with the dip switches on. I plan on making a couple more one for me and one for another bass player friend. I will post a couple videos next week for demoing this pedal. It really should have a 5 minute video on you tube showing the versatility of this pedal .Thanks once again Alex great call on doing this layout and of course great design Mr Zorg effects . Ill try to get me friend to help with the video and show off what this fantastic effect can do!!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475485559085932632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-57803364226867379302016-03-31T23:47:43.118+01:002016-03-31T23:47:43.118+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475485559085932632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-35658607896612108932016-03-30T22:18:20.173+01:002016-03-30T22:18:20.173+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475485559085932632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-25471621214666333112016-03-30T21:12:33.441+01:002016-03-30T21:12:33.441+01:0068k plus 10k inseries as well68k plus 10k inseries as wellAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475485559085932632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-47864926143866115552016-03-30T21:07:50.319+01:002016-03-30T21:07:50.319+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09475485559085932632noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-32875292251239152292016-03-12T11:12:09.867+00:002016-03-12T11:12:09.867+00:00Hard to say... You might actually be saturating th...Hard to say... You might actually be saturating the output stage. But setting the bands volumes at 12o'clock and putting more output volume would have solved the problem... Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03945095935334983930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-55114045052798034802016-03-11T13:18:56.163+00:002016-03-11T13:18:56.163+00:00I get quite a bit of distortion when all the knobs...I get quite a bit of distortion when all the knobs are at 0. The volume isnt completely gone one 0 volume either. everything else works. Any idea where the problem is? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668015457387032732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-45849136629554000742016-03-10T18:16:06.833+00:002016-03-10T18:16:06.833+00:00This is strange... Does it still distorts with the...This is strange... Does it still distorts with the led clipping? Are you using an active bass guitar? Would you know which opamp is distorting (Bass/mid/treble/Output stage)? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03945095935334983930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-46470824407420314762016-03-08T10:20:18.599+00:002016-03-08T10:20:18.599+00:00I built this and it works well. My only concern is...I built this and it works well. My only concern is that on minimum gain settings the opamp is still distorting. It's not that bad but anybody know how to maybe clean it up a bit when the gain is all the way off? Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668015457387032732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-24540797702610682332016-03-01T08:05:31.814+00:002016-03-01T08:05:31.814+00:00Thanks! Thanks! Tokai73https://www.blogger.com/profile/06205383940136197229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-19627438179666044032016-02-29T12:54:24.611+00:002016-02-29T12:54:24.611+00:00Both pictures shows 4 poles dip switches. But the ...Both pictures shows 4 poles dip switches. But the right one is the first one in your list.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03945095935334983930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-47450487279950290702016-02-29T10:13:27.053+00:002016-02-29T10:13:27.053+00:00nowhere.you just leave them empty.
nowhere.you just leave them empty.<br />ξεναγός νεκρόποληςhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463939372683232133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-60791405572147587752016-02-29T09:36:51.640+00:002016-02-29T09:36:51.640+00:00this may be a stupid question.. where do lugs 3 of...this may be a stupid question.. where do lugs 3 of the gain pots go?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668015457387032732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-8430233554265630092016-02-28T11:59:46.822+00:002016-02-28T11:59:46.822+00:00Can I use these: http://uk-electronic.de/onlinesho...Can I use these: http://uk-electronic.de/onlineshop/product_info.php?cPath=39_327&products_id=2645&osCsid=a5a5ff7272bd1f99c716950d44e35b78<br /><br />or these: http://uk-electronic.de/onlineshop/product_info.php?cPath=39_327&products_id=2647&osCsid=a5a5ff7272bd1f99c716950d44e35b78<br /><br />I'm "little" confused about those poles...Tokai73https://www.blogger.com/profile/06205383940136197229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-15489124059652109252016-02-25T13:35:26.749+00:002016-02-25T13:35:26.749+00:00Yep, the dip switch adds and removes the 1n4148.
A...Yep, the dip switch adds and removes the 1n4148.<br />As the green led have a 1.6v threshold (forward voltage), and the 1n4148 a threshold of 1v, the 1n threshold is reach first at clipping, making the green led useless: the signal will always clip at 1v, making the 1.6v threshold unreachable.<br /><br />If you were to replace the 1n by a blue ultrabright led with threshold at 3.2v, that led would be useless because the green led would clip first at 1.6v...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03945095935334983930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-90931863846706536612016-02-23T10:59:20.039+00:002016-02-23T10:59:20.039+00:00The Dip Switches add and remove diodes.
It's a...The Dip Switches add and remove diodes.<br />It's all explained on Gabriel's website:<br />http://www.zorgeffects.com/images/Manuels/Glorious_Basstar_Technical_Data_Eng.pdf<br />With 8 pots and a DPDT switch he used Dips to avoid having another 6 SPST external switches.<br />But you could use those if you prefer.Alexhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02431893143306628176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6847048658257278783.post-3665826408342124052016-02-23T04:42:59.562+00:002016-02-23T04:42:59.562+00:00The dip switches confuse me. They were hard to fin...The dip switches confuse me. They were hard to find so im using dpdt so I can choose the diodes from the outside of the enclosure. To me it looks as if the dip switches let you choose between using 1n diodes and using 1n diodes AND leds. It dosnt look exclusive to me by looking at the circuit. Could anyone clarify this? ThanksAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15668015457387032732noreply@blogger.com