Rangemaster photos

[JohnnyCrash]

OK,

Here is a thread on my Rangemaster Treble Booster with step-by-step photos.

I've got the enclosure, pot, resistors and caps... waiting on the Germanium transistor and AC power plug.

I also got a 2x6 turretboard since CEDist likes bulk orders. I had to drill out two turrets on either row to get the board to fit in the enclsure. I could have gone with a simple terminal strip (like the originals), but I wanted room to solder :)

Here go the photos (most are blurry)...



Drilled holes and mounted the pot and footswitch:






The top side:

[JohnnyCrash]

The turretboard (the amp builder in me - hey, effects are new for me HAHA):






The back side... I'll need four rubber feet to elevate the unit:

[aznrambo481]

this is cool! I think the originals were done on terminal strips... I have a half-done one lying around.

What??? A Vox AC30 and a Rangemaster? I wonder whose tone you are trying to match (especially after that thread about Brian May...) :-P

[JohnnyCrash]

Doh! I realize now I will have to drill out two more turrets and shave off some of the board for the jacks to clear inside.

More photos tomorrow...

[Paul in Colorado]

Johnny, you're an inspiration to us all.

I think that's a good thing...

[aberrant]

Sweet!

[fabiomayo]

Hi, JCrash.

Don't know if you would be interested, but if you look around the web you
can find a schem to the Keeley Java Boost. I own a HBE Germania 44 which
is a standard Rangemaster with a switchable input cap. The Java Boost offers
a three-way input cap switch, an additional tone control taken right off the
output, two bias trimpots and a protective diode at the power supply. I love
the more mild setting on my HBE (it's called "lo", I think) and will try building
this full featured rangemaster soon.

Send me a PM if interested.

[JohnnyCrash]

Originally Posted by fabiomayo

Hi, JCrash.

Don't know if you would be interested, but if you look around the web you
can find a schem to the Keeley Java Boost. I own a HBE Germania 44 which
is a standard Rangemaster with a switchable input cap. The Java Boost offers
a three-way input cap switch, an additional tone control taken right off the
output, two bias trimpots and a protective diode at the power supply. I love
the more mild setting on my HBE (it's called "lo", I think) and will try building
this full featured rangemaster soon.

Send me a PM if interested.

Well, so far I've got a full sized 10k pot in there, a ridiculously massive turretboard, and little else room.

I've already drilled the footswitch and pot's holes, so I'm kind of commited to using this enclosure.

If I can even fit a stock Rangemaster circuit into this enclosure, I'll have no room for switches and bias pots... if I cannot fit a normal Rangemaster in here, I'll use this enclosure for something else and I might PM you for your deluxe, tricked out version :)

[fabiomayo]

I figured this much

Just wanted to let you know it's out there...

The switch to the input cap is not very useful to me as I mostly use
the stock rangemaster setting. Bias trimpots are nice but certainly
not a must. I am curious though if the tone pot is useful.

Just checked the HBE website and they now include another switch on
the Germania. Talk about options

Anyway, the rangemaster is a beautiful pedal.

Wish you success on your build.

[fabiomayo]

Oh, and BTW I'm an amp builder mostly too. Those small pedals drive me
crazy. You can use a perfurated board and/or stripboard/protoboard. It will
make things smaller yet still practical. You can even solder the components
from above instead of from below though it's not common or recommended
practice - but it'll work similar to the turret/eyelet board .

[JohnnyCrash]

Originally Posted by fabiomayo

...Anyway, the rangemaster is a beautiful pedal.

Wish you success on your build.

I'm gonna need all the good luck I can get. HAHA

Originally Posted by fabiomayo

Oh, and BTW I'm an amp builder mostly too. Those small pedals drive me
crazy. You can use a perfurated board and/or stripboard/protoboard. It will
make things smaller yet still practical. You can even solder the components
from above instead of from below though it's not common or recommended
practice - but it'll work similar to the turret/eyelet board .

Yeah, I got two small perf-boards a few days ago just in case. Still waiting on the Germanium transistor... until then I have plenty of amp projects to finish (clear coating a stained cab, covering a 5E3 cab, installing a bias test point and pot on another build)... I'm still all excited to get that little transistor - it feels like a lifetime waiting for it :)