New PT2 day

**thesteve** · 04-15-2009, 10:15 AM

So...a couple weeks ago I dropped a haphazard bid for a PT2-SC on eBay just for laughs...

and ended up winning. I received the board last Monday and finally finished getting all of my pedals velcroed up and everything mounted this morning. Here's some pictures.

**bravesfan007** · 04-15-2009, 11:18 AM

Looks good. However, it also looks like if you get any more pedals something's going to have to be moved off.

**thesteve** · 04-15-2009, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by bravesfan007

Looks good. However, it also looks like if you get any more pedals something's going to have to be moved off.

Yeah. I'm sad about that. I was simultaneously surprised at how big the PT2 is and shocked that I have hardly any room left. I could probably fit one more pedal if it were the size of my LPB-1.

I do plan on making a smaller tap tempo to replace the FS5-U. I never realized how much space that thing utilized until I mounted it. I'm also not sure if the Fabtone is really going to stay on the board. I haven't tried using it with my band yet, in fact, I forgot I had it until last week.

Eventually I would like to replace all of the molded rubber cables with a more streamlined jack. Something like this might work. If I can find a good source for bulk cable, I may consider making the cables by hand. Using a thin jack like that would probably buy me some more space on the board too.

k-lub242 · 04-15-2009, 11:58 AM

Be careful those don't start shorting out. I know someone at church using those... and I borrowed one at one point and ended up with a short between two pedals from it touching or something like that. Not sure if that was just bad luck though.

snizzle · 04-15-2009, 03:39 PM

Board looks good Steve. Check out redco for wire. He's a great post from a guy at BYOC that details making your own cables with the sources he used. He's a solid, trustworthy guy so this is good info:

http://www.buildyourownclone.com/boa...hp?f=9&t=16532
-shane

Glad to see that PBJ still on there too. Do you still dig it, even with the DD6? I've got a friend getting into effects and he doesn't want to drop a lot but really needs a delay. Doesn't really need a lot of features, just a good sounding "fill out your tone" kinda delay. Sound like the PBJ will fit the bill?

On a similar note, have you ever thought about rehousing it?
-shane

**thesteve** · 04-15-2009, 03:54 PM

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Originally Posted by snizzle

Board looks good Steve. Check out redco for wire. He's a great post from a guy at BYOC that details making your own cables with the sources he used. He's a solid, trustworthy guy so this is good info:

http://www.buildyourownclone.com/boa...hp?f=9&t=16532
-shane

Glad to see that PBJ still on there too. Do you still dig it, even with the DD6? I've got a friend getting into effects and he doesn't want to drop a lot but really needs a delay. Doesn't really need a lot of features, just a good sounding "fill out your tone" kinda delay. Sound like the PBJ will fit the bill?

On a similar note, have you ever thought about rehousing it?
-shane

Thanks for the link Shane. I'll definitely check it out.

I do really like the PB&J even though I have the DD-5. The only thing I don't like about the PB&J is that it does not trail off when you turn it off. It doesn't get a ton of play because I primarily use the tap tempo on the DD-5 for rhythmic delays. However, the PB&J definitely gets used here and there for some interesting effects with two delays running.

I have considered rehousing it, but I haven't really looked into it too much. It's really been one of those "maybe someday, but not necessary for now" sort of things.

snizzle · 04-15-2009, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by thesteve

Thanks for the link Shane. I'll definitely check it out.

I do really like the PB&J even though I have the DD-5. The only thing I don't like about the PB&J is that it does not trail off when you turn it off. It doesn't get a ton of play because I primarily use the tap tempo on the DD-5 for rhythmic delays. However, the PB&J definitely gets used here and there for some interesting effects with two delays running.

I have considered rehousing it, but I haven't really looked into it too much. It's really been one of those "maybe someday, but not necessary for now" sort of things.

But, the PBJ was your main (only?) delay for quite some time right? Does it do well in that respect?

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-shane

**thesteve** · 04-15-2009, 04:10 PM

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Originally Posted by snizzle

But, the PBJ was your main (only?) delay for quite some time right? Does it do well in that respect?

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-shane

The PB&J was the first delay I owned. It is an excellent sounding delay and if tap tempo and trails weren't needed, it would definitely be a recommendation from me.

**thesteve** · 04-27-2009, 09:47 AM

So I altered my chain order yesterday which meant one pedal was added onto the board and a couple were taken off (and set to the side). I wanted to make room for my wah in order to do some textural effects and I moved the volume pedal to after the gain effects. Right now my chain looks like this

Guitar--->Jekyll and Hyde-->Wah-->DS-1-->RAT2-->Fabtone-->EB Volume-->DD-5-->PB&J-->Digiverb-->LPB-1.

I think if I had a 3ft cable or two with a right angle jacks I could get the LPB-1 back on the board, but for now the tap-tempo is definitely going to sit off the board. It just takes up too much space.

metropolis4 · 04-27-2009, 12:07 PM

Looks good!
You know another thing you can do to save a bit of space is build a LPB into a smaller enclosure. General Guitar Gadgets offers a PCB for it that will fit into this enclosure: 1590A

It would save you a couple inches anyway. You could easily build a tap tempo into that size enclosure too which would save you about 3-4 inches total between the two of them.

**thesteve** · 04-27-2009, 12:17 PM

Interesting...I may have to consider that in the future.

what could also be interesting would be to use that PCB with another enclosure the size of the current LPB-1 and put both the LPB-1 and the tap tempo switch in the same enclosure.

snizzle · 04-27-2009, 04:04 PM

The problem I've found with the tap tempo is not the size of the enclosure, but the size of my foot. I'm still seriously considering drilling into mine to mount a tap tempo, but even though the switch is smaller than a dime I still need a few inches to get my foot in there.
-shane

**thesteve** · 04-27-2009, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by snizzle

The problem I've found with the tap tempo is not the size of the enclosure, but the size of my foot. I'm still seriously considering drilling into mine to mount a tap tempo, but even though the switch is smaller than a dime I still need a few inches to get my foot in there.
-shane

Good point. With my board's current layout, it's a little tough for me to reach a couple of my pedals without hitting my volume pedal.