rack mounted tube screamer
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AudioGeekZine
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Loren Littlejohn
Lover of all boobage.
So seeing that you can score a 1U empty shell for $50, I'm seriously considering rack mounting both a dd-6 and a boss reverb. However, I don't see it happening any time soon.
darthjujuu
Member
easy.
get a piece of wood, around 5mm thick, cut it so it fits exactly in your rack.
grab your tubescreamer, use 2 screws and something like this [ http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:.../images/4976fb552d1ea2.5/so621340_0441267.jpg don't know how it's called in english
] and just bolt the fucker down to the wood.
then get another 4 screws and screw the wood panel to the bottom of your rack [with the stuff being on the inside obviously haha]
done.
i did exactly this with my wireless (cheap half sized rack thingy), tubescreamer, and signal splitter, and it works great, and is basically free.
if you every want to un-rack your stuff, well just unscrew the wooden plate. you'll only have 4 small holes where the screws were in the rack, that's it. you can even fill them up with wood and glue if you're really picky about this kinda stuff.
get a piece of wood, around 5mm thick, cut it so it fits exactly in your rack.
grab your tubescreamer, use 2 screws and something like this [ http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:.../images/4976fb552d1ea2.5/so621340_0441267.jpg don't know how it's called in english
] and just bolt the fucker down to the wood.then get another 4 screws and screw the wood panel to the bottom of your rack [with the stuff being on the inside obviously haha]
done.
i did exactly this with my wireless (cheap half sized rack thingy), tubescreamer, and signal splitter, and it works great, and is basically free.
if you every want to un-rack your stuff, well just unscrew the wooden plate. you'll only have 4 small holes where the screws were in the rack, that's it. you can even fill them up with wood and glue if you're really picky about this kinda stuff.
Cut holes in a box.
Put your junk in the box.
Put the box in the rack.
Make your girlfriend carry the rack, open the box, and manage your pedals because that shit is no fun.
Jeff
Put your junk in the box.
Put the box in the rack.
Make your girlfriend carry the rack, open the box, and manage your pedals because that shit is no fun.
Jeff
Hmmm... never thought of building one into a chassis, definatly intreged to have a go now... would be awsome to have it
cheers guys
cheers guys
Just had a look for a chassis and i might just be blind but i cant find any... anyone got any links?
Loren Littlejohn
Lover of all boobage.
God damn dude don't be so lazy look through the thread again.
Anyhow, that metal striping with the holes in it is used for hanging pipe in houses. I actually had the same idea when trying to come up with a way to rack mount a mbox 2 (although what I really wanted to do is tear the fucker apart and rack mount the guts, fucking impossible I found).
Anyhow, that metal striping with the holes in it is used for hanging pipe in houses. I actually had the same idea when trying to come up with a way to rack mount a mbox 2 (although what I really wanted to do is tear the fucker apart and rack mount the guts, fucking impossible I found).
John_C
formerly Skeksis268
Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
http://www.musikding.de/product_info.php/info/p1618_The-Screamer---Overdrive-kit.html
Cheap as fuck, works like a charm, and easy to assemble straight into a rack chassis. I made myself one and love it.
Cheap as fuck, works like a charm, and easy to assemble straight into a rack chassis. I made myself one and love it.
John_C
formerly Skeksis268
Now this is really growing on me. And is also way more of a possibility than converting an amp into a rack preamp. *twists evil mustache*
Wow i never thought of building my own, relativly simple schematics as well 
Does anyone know if you can get a custom urm... whats it called... the plastic front strip if you know what i meen so that i could get a proper print for the front plate?
Does anyone know if you can get a custom urm... whats it called... the plastic front strip if you know what i meen so that i could get a proper print for the front plate?
Jarkko Mattheiszen
The FU guy.
Wow i never thought of building my own, relativly simple schematics as well
Does anyone know if you can get a custom urm... whats it called... the plastic front strip if you know what i meen so that i could get a proper print for the front plate?
Check the related products on the kit's page
You can get rack chassis face plates silk screened by mannnny people on the net. There are other options as well, like printing on a transparency (if you have a laser printer available) and basically making a waterslide decal out of it, etc.
I think I really will do this, make it green as fuck.
I think I really will do this, make it green as fuck.
