I built this Griffin Effects Hand of Doom pedal I got from Musikding. It's based on the Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra, so a Laney Supergroup preamp with a treble booster in front of it. I love how it turned out.

It was quite a hassle to build, since I was missing one of the pots, and there were some errors in the instructions. It also delayed due to the hot weather. I refuse to solder when it's 40 degrees outside.

The artwork was a bit of experimentation. I 3D printed a template, which I could lock into the holes. The burst on the edges was also a first for me. I'm very happy with how it turned out, and I'll definitely do something similar for any future builds.

Below some more pictures.

Obligatory gut shot. Q1 is in a socket. I have no intention of swapping it out, but who knows.

Freshly painted case.

The 3d printed template

Headstock decal

Wiring

I was very happy with the guitar, but I still wanted to give it some upgrades, next to the visual upgrades, it now also has the Gilmour mod (neck pickup always on) and the fastlane mod (bridge pickup directly to output, overriding the switch and knobs). Both are wired via push-push knobs for easy (dis)engaging. It took a couple of tries before everything worked as expected, but it was definitely worth it. Below the schematics, in case anyone wants to do the same.

I got a Harley Benton kit for Christmas, which was a perfect excuse to up my skills and build a guitar I'd buy myself.

I wanted to go for a seafoam green stained guitar, but the coat that was on the body already penetrated so deep that I couldn't sand it off without messing up the body. I probably should have started with a layer of white stain as well, since the wood turned out pretty dark. I decided to go with a more worn look (not relic though), and I like how it turned out. I finished it with penetrating finishing oil and Renaissance wax.

With regards to hardware, I put in a brass trem block, vintage saddles, Wilkinson vintage split shaft tuners, roller string trees and The Heritage RPS6 Jimi Hendrix style pickups. I also redid most of the wiring.

When I put the guitar together, the pickup selector had died, so I replaced that with a proper one as well.

The setup took me a while, but is as good as it's gonna get with an action of 1.25 - 1.5 mm and an almost straight neck.

I probably put in two to three times the money that the kit costs, and a lot of hours, but it was was worth it.

Cross posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/38481318

My Mooer Preamp Live kicked the bucket, so it was a good excuse to work on an experiment I had been thinking about for a while now. I made a doom metal approved studio setup using only Sonicake pedals. The Rude Mouse is a Rat clone with a clean boost and the Shark emulates a bunch of Marshall preamps.

I still want to put the Hot Tube side of my Hot Wax before the IR loader to get some tube saturation, even though it already sounds heavy.

I've also bought a Joyo Oxford Sound to set up an Orange rig, but I'm still looking for that sweet spot, also with a Big Muff.