pics of my cheap g1176

[hodad]

It ain't the purtiest, but it works nicely & cost me under $150.00.
http://www.wee-scottie.com/tcr/g1176front.jpg
http://www.wee-scottie.com/tcr/g1176guts.jpg

The chassis, front panel & vu were from an old piece of tape duplication equipment I picked up cheap on e bay. My layout is a little funky because I used the original holes. Wiring is somewhat improved over what you see in the picture--I ran shielded cable to the input & output pots & tidied stuff up slightly, but wiring is not my strong point.

Thanks to mnats & Jakob & everybody that helped me out.

Tom

 

[petshoes]

Well done Tom, like the color looks a cool sea foam green! Cant beat that price. I'm in the middle of building a G1176 on the cheap, what did you use for the graphics?

Jeff

 

[MikoKensington]

Very cool! Refreshing approach, to a classic. :thumb:

 

[Flatpicker]

$150?? Wow, you can't beat that. Looks good to me. :thumb:

 

[fum]

For $150, I'd say that's spankin!

Nice work! :thumb:

ju

 

[Greg]

Nice one !!!

 

[hodad]

[quote author="petshoes"]..., like the color looks a cool sea foam green! ...what did you use for the graphics?

Jeff[/quote]

Jeff --
The paint is Krylon Kids Tuff--takes a while to get really dry, but the colors are pretty cool & seems to hold up fairly well. The graphics are dry transfer (rub-on) lettering. Font is microgramma bold. I put a coat of clear acrylic spraypaint over the lettering to help keep it from getting scraped up--it's not a perfect solution, but it works pretty well.

Tom

 

[jeroddumas]

Where do you get that dry transfer lettering from?? Great looking panel!!!

 

[Mark Burnley]

Excellent!

Great work...quality compression is available to all budgets now-

Long live DIY!

:guinness:

Mark

 

[Brizco]

i like it! it looks cool!

i made an ssl with almost the same colour (spraypaint)

 

[radiance]

Very cool!

 

[CJ]

I can dig it!
:guinness:

 

[mik]

cool, bravo!

 

[Brian]

Looks great!
So what are your secrets to keeping the budget down?

 

[hodad]

[quote author="Brian"]
So what are your secrets to keeping the budget down?[/quote]

Pretty much all the savings was in the front panel, enclosure & vu meter--the rest of the suff mostly came from the usual sources (mouser, digikey, etc.)

Tom

 

[clintrubber]

from Jeff:

sea foam green

Interesting you use this description... is this a generic description ? Only seen it used by Fender so far.

And yes, I like that colour ! Have used it on a few units as well, nicely matches my Fndr.

Nice unit you got there.

Bye,

Peter

 

[kato]

very sexy. I like the 'broadcast' look. it reminds me of working at the radio station.

did you really build this for $150 bucks? is that possible?

when i add up the cost of the lundahl, the sifam, the PCB, and the torroid, I'm almost at $150! Good jorb!

 

[tony dB]

super stuff and the proof that DIY can save some serious buck!! :razz:

Great work, thank for posting this. :thumb:

Tony

 

[petshoes]

i don't think sea foam green is a generic description.. I just had fender colours on the brain.. im diy-ing a jazzmaster and had narrowed it down to sea foam green and shoreline gold. I went with the gold

There's prolly some old cars that had sea foam green paint jobs, didnt fender just use what ever car paint was available back in the 1950's.
Jeff :guinness:

 

[clintrubber]

im diy-ing a jazzmaster and had narrowed it down to sea foam green and shoreline gold. I went with the gold

Funny you mention a Jazzmaster, it's exactly how I first heard about this colour. While my JM doesn't seem to be an original sea foam green (it has a regular non-coloured headstock) it is that colour (if they did it right).

There's prolly some old cars that had sea foam green paint jobs, didnt fender just use what ever car paint was available back in the 1950's.

That's what I read yes, just being very pragmatic & keep the business going.
Keep us posted if you have pics of your DIY-JM. There's electronics in it, so will qualify as valid DIY here :wink:

Bye,

Peter