Process Pictures from the Forever Zero

There has been interest in how I created this enclosure.  I think next time I might try THREE LAYERS MWAHAHA.  I'm not sure if that is warranted or not though.  Anyways, below are two snapshots of the initial power point files and how I worked with them.  This first issue highlights one of the critical flaws I made.  The yellow and green highlighted ares are that of the actual PCB.  I just used a crude shape for the ZP Mini since the actual PCB has more indentations in it at the top, but it was just to get an idea. So this worked out excellently for viewing the horizontal spacing and where I would need to put the knobs, however you can see that I didn't include the dimensions of the input and output jacks.  Just looking at the yellow area, you can tell that it is too close to the top of the encosure.

The next step after the design was completed was to separate the "color layers".  On the far right is the finalized product, but i separated the two layers on the right hand side.  This is just making whichever colors you want "BLACK" so that they aren't effected by the light sensitive emulsion.  I usually try to make the image the colors I want first to get an idea and then convert it back to Black and Clear.  In this case, since the gold is the perimeter of the Reverb Knob, and looks to be on top of the white bands on the left hand side, I logistically decided that it would be layer 1.

Layer 1 also included the horizontal bar at the top so it made it a little bit easier for me to lineup with the enclosure, although sometimes it can still be tricky.

And here is the messy screen.  I was nervous about how it would come out at first, it is damn well near the worst "at-a-glance" looking screen I've made, but I can't argue with the end result.

My first multi-pedal::Forever Zero

Forever Zero...same color scheme as the moaj.  It is two madbean pedals in one, a delay with modulation and then a nice reverb.  Together they make a nice combination.  later on I'd consider adding an effect loop, but for the time being i just left it as is.  I used a white dc jack and a white baseplate to make the enclosure really pop.  I'm not sure about the gold knob, but I have a white knob coming along the way.

Updates

Well, it seems that I had missed out on soldering the input jack to the stomp switch and the circuit was barely connected except by gravity.  This might have explained the squealing noise that was present prior to inserting a capacitor to ground next to the initial pull down resistor.  I'm not sure if this effectively created an R-C filter that took out the high pitch sound.

Anyways, there are some problems with that build which I need to modify, the filters didn't work as I had expected them to.  The stock Low pass filter's sweep was only about 1/2 of the potentiometer.  I would have expected it to be the same as the rat, but for some reason it doesn't.  I think it could have turned out differently if I would have used a Linear instead of Logarithmic taper.

I still want to use the enclosure, but with something that different.  I have a Big Muff PCB and I'm going to try out some updates/modifications and hopefully that goes well.  I'll try to do a better job documenting what I'm doing.

My schedule is pretty busy, but slowly I'm starting to think about the multi-effects time based rack unit. I've got a Madbean Delay PCB...

Tidbits for a time-based unit

Alright, so I don't plan on just making pedals. There are some effects I would just rather have on for the most part and not have to deal too much with since I like them being on a majority of the time.
Enter the Roland Chorus Echo

This is basically what I want to try and Frankenstein out of some of the pedals that I would just position on top of my amp and just leave on.  I've since learned about Beavis Danelectro endeavor using many of the cheap Danelectro pedals that are available out there.  I liked the idea...alot.  Basically I have 3 pedals I want to modify and put into a box unit like this.  Albeit it won't be a tape based echo, it'll still be something.
1.) Electroharmonix Small Clone
2.) Danelectro BLT echo pedal
3.) Danelectro Milkshake chorus pedal

I've found a couple youtube videos on how to mod the Small Clone and the BLT echo to give me a couple more options.  In addition to this I'd want to have a couple of inputs, and a couple of outputs (stereo if possible).  I'd like to be able to switch in the circuits as well.  I'll have to think about it more, but here's another example that inspires me as well, I probably won't need it to be as big, but I like the look of the faceplate...