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intel · Post by **intel** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 10:47 pm

I've been messing around with circuitbending off and on for years. even before I'd heard of the concept I had a habit of tinkering with electronics to see if I could make them do f**ked up things. but I never had the patience or attention span to finish anything I started. this morning I got a wild hair on my ass and pulled out an old Ibanez SoundTank Auto Wah that has been collecting dust for the past 9 years and decided to give it a go.

8 hours, a handful of wire, two pushbuttons, a toggle switch and a solder burn or two later and I have this:

DEMO

its just a drum beat run through the pedal, first with just the original Auto Wah, then with me throwing switches, pushing buttons and turning knobs. there are a few clicks and some ground hum at spots because the original housing is too small, so I was just holding the circuitboard in one hand and bumped some wires. next I need to engineer a new housing for it.

I'm excited to have finally finished a project.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:08 pm

Neat. Some way of getting a mix with the original signal would be handy, but nicely filthy in places.

saulc12 · Post by **saulc12** » Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:20 pm

well you definitely succeeded in getting some seriously f**ked up thigs out of that pedal - wierd but strangely pleasing...

intel · Post by **intel** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 12:06 am

thanks.

dystonia_ek · Post by **dystonia_ek** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 1:42 am

Sounds good...

The Chase · Post by **The Chase** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:22 am

I've always wanted to circuit bend something, but I know nothing about circuitry!

Where does one get the knowledge?

intel · Post by **intel** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:34 am

I dunno. I have no knowledge either.

intel · Post by **intel** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 2:35 am

but a Google™ search for "circuit bending tutorial" revealed some promising leads.

whyterabbyt · Post by **whyterabbyt** » Thu Feb 10, 2005 10:15 am

http://www.anti-theory.com/soundart/circuitbend/

http://www.circuitbenders.co.uk/tips.html

http://www.oscillateur.com/cb_faq.php

so I circuitbent something finally