DUMBLELATOR - who has build one?

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DUMBLELATOR - who has build one?

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Hallo,


does anyone have experiences by building one?

Are there any complete schematics, I only found the one on schematic heaven but there is no power supply...so what about voltages.

Do you have any pictures from DIY D-LATORS?

Hope my english is not too bad ;-)

Greetz from Berlin
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Bob I has helped me out with this. Look at my recent post about sourcing parts. Bob explained how he powered his Dumbleator and I am going to follow his lead.

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tonejunkie wrote:Bob I has helped me out with this. Look at my recent post about sourcing parts. Bob explained how he powered his Dumbleator and I am going to follow his lead.

TJ
thanx, found the post...

Greetz M
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Heya Mötörböt!

Before spending time building a Dumbleator clone, check out the Flexloop by fellow german builder Ulrich Rodenberg:

http://www.flexamp.com/

Cheers,

Dominik
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ElectronAvalanche wrote:Heya Mötörböt!

Before spending time building a Dumbleator clone, check out the Flexloop by fellow german builder Ulrich Rodenberg:

http://www.flexamp.com/

Cheers,

Dominik
Aloah Dominik,

japp I've seen this site and the stuff but I want to build one of my one. It is for a friend and I want to be flexable by building it. Just looking for some advice how to realize it and you guy's have done it.

But thank u anyway for your post.

Greetz M
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ElectronAvalanche wrote:Heya Mötörböt!

Before spending time building a Dumbleator clone, check out the Flexloop by fellow german builder Ulrich Rodenberg:

http://www.flexamp.com/

Cheers,

Dominik
Holy shit! Got enough channels?
I think at that point the guy should make it programable, that is just toooo much!
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did you see this:
http://www.flexamp.com/images/custom1_580.jpg

Sort of like an amp where you can change all parts (caps, resistors), circuit on the fly.

I need to visit Ulrich to check that monster out. This can really help you find and tailor your sound.

@Mötörböt:

I will take some pics of my homebrew Dumbleator tomorrow.


Cheers,
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[quote="ElectronAvalanche"]

@Mötörböt:

I will take some pics of my homebrew Dumbleator tomorrow.


Thanks, I'll look forward to your pictures.

Greetz M
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Hi again,

...are there any inside pix of a original Dumblelator available?

Greetz M
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Hi Mötööörbööööt,

here are some pics of my homebrew.

The goal was to build one with parts I already had (enclosure) and as cheap as possible. That is why I used the two flatpack transformers.

The heaters are DC and regulated for 6V DC. No hum whatsoever.

Filtering for the B+ is rather large with three filter caps in series. You can probably get away with less filtering, but I had a Fender Brownface tremolo (phase shifting style) in there before, thus the three nodes.

[img:600:279]http://www.dominik-termeer.de/Dumbleator2.jpg[/img]

[img:600:959]http://www.dominik-termeer.de/DumbleatorPS.jpg[/img]


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Holla Dominik,

thööööönk u for the pix.

I'll take some parts from a dead HK cream machine for the PSU.

Do you have some idea to give the dumblelator a parallel loop where I can fade between the wet and the dry signal?

Best Greetz M
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there's a thread i started, search for tut best fx loop, and parallel fxs, by swt. dogears and other nice guys helped me and there's a useful mix of a dumbleator and the tut series/parallel fxs loop. if you don't find it, i can send you the schem.
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swt wrote:there's a thread i started, search for tut best fx loop, and parallel fxs, by swt. dogears and other nice guys helped me and there's a useful mix of a dumbleator and the tut series/parallel fxs loop. if you don't find it, i can send you the schem.
Hi swt,

thanks for your info and I found the thread. But it is hard for me to follow the discussion, my english isn't good enough.

There is a file on Blue Guitar called "tut_loop.gif [25k] Tube buffered FX loop from King TUT" but is is removed.

If you have a schem of your final and working version and want to send it to me... M = :D

Greetz from Berlin M
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Hi,

so far I have all the parts and information to start building the thing.

Thanks to ElectronAvalanche, swt, and tonejunkie for support and information.

Greetz M
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Hi,

this will be the psu for the Dumblelator, the part for high voltage is not jet done, voltage for heaters works fine.
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