HGE Contraptions (DIY hobby/NON-Business) -> Pedale Chitara Handmade / Modari Pedale / Wiring si Setup Chitare / Reparatii Ampuri

[Razvan S.]

Lamultean!

* Telecaster overhaul - setup/rewiring

 

[Razvan S.]

* Vemuram Jan Ray Clone

* Fender Classical guitar tuner swap

* Kramer 300HST Korea (87-90)

* Blade California Custom Made in UK

[Razvan S.]

* LTD by ESP M-50FR Neon Orange made in Indonesia (sold now) - Setup

* Music Man HD212-130 1978 Combo Repaired

* Fixed a Laney LC30 Mark I

* Marantz Model 1090 (1978-1980) cleaning and some mechanical fault fixing

* AKG K500 came in with a strange sounding right driver

[Razvan S.]

* Fender American Special Stratocaster general work

[Razvan S.]

* Squier Stratocaster Made in Japan 1993-1994 work

* Fender American Vintage '65 Jaguar work

[Razvan S.]

* JHS Morning Glory Clone done (138th pedal built), the 4th one built so far

* Kent 60's Bass Overhaul

[Razvan S.]

I want to officially announce that I will no longer be handling HGE Contraptions, due to personal reasons and time. Consequently, I will NOT be taking any more work of any kind whatsoever.

 

Of course I will finish the pending work I have, but that's about it. Thank you so much for your 12+ years of cooperation and the appreciation for what I did here. I will possibly fall back to playing with musical instruments again/make my own music, as I have done until some years ago, but didn't have time.

 

All the best!

 

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Vreau sa anunt in mod oficial ca nu ma voi mai ocupa de HGE Contraptions, din motive total personale si ce tin de timp. In consecinta, nu mai preiau nici o lucrare de nici un fel.

 

Desigur ca voi finaliza lucrarile ce le mai am , dar cam atat. Va multumesc mult pt cooperarea de 12+ ani si aprecierile pt ceea ce am facut. Posibil sa ma rezum doar la a ma distra cu instrumente muzicale/face muzica proprie, cum am facut pana acum ceva ani, dar nu am avut timp.

 

Numai bine!

[Razvan S.]

HGE Contraptions (DIY hobby) -> Pedale Chitara Handmade / Modari Pedale / Wiring si Setup Chitare / Reparatii Ampuri

https://www.facebook.com/hgecontraptions 

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HGE Contraptions a devenit in timp un un mini business, dar a revenit la ceea ce a fost initial: doar hobby-ul meu personal.

Puteti urmari aceasta pagina daca sunteti curiosi, pentru a vedea diverse operatiuni/reparatii/proiecte ce tin de chitare si amplificatoare (si nu numai).

(Nu voi posta des, decat daca am proiecte proprii din cand in cand, si asta va fi destul de rar)

[Razvan S.]

* HGE Contraptions - Ceriatone Chupacabra 50 Hot Rodded Plexi Build

* Fender USA Stratocaster Project (custom HGE Contraptions assembled)

* Fender American Vintage Reissue 70s Project Scalloped (custom HGE Contraptions assembled)

* Westone Villain Graphite Pro with a Modulus Graphite Neck (refretted and neck back sanded)

* Epiphone Thunderbird Pro V Bass - broken internal EQ

* Crate Blue Voodoo 120 Full Tube Head - general cap changes and modding

* DOD 250 Modding Fun (HGE Contraptions 139th pedal built)

* Fixing an MP3 Player with a busted on/off switch

 

[Razvan S.]

Charvel Model 4 Japan 1986 - Stainless Steel Fretwire + Fretboard Edge Rolling

One sexy beast

[Koroviev]

Ce corzi ai pus pe Charvel?

[Razvan S.]

3 minutes ago, Koroviev said:

Ce corzi ai pus pe Charvel?

Elixir 9-46, doar ca am solderuit putin spirele din capat la corzi. La Kahleru 2300 e un pull imens exercitat, si tind sa se desire.

E un trick, daca nu folosesti corzi cu matisare extra pentru a preveni desfasurarea. Tine tuningul chiar foarte bine.

[Razvan S.]

Did some corrections on a 96-97 Fender US neck that I bought some time ago for a possible future personal project:

- levelled and crowned the fretwire;
- corrected the already previously done scalloped fretboard (it was scratched and it didn't look really good);
- the neck back was horribly sanded with nothing added after... it got really dirty and sticky, yuck! -> I sanded it again to remove the grime, and applied tru oil to get the finish back and normal again;

 

[Razvan S.]

Haven’t posted in a while, more pics in the links:

* Samick KRT-664 Refret/Rewiring/Trem work/Scratch removal

 

* Soldano SLO100 Kit Build (pending)

 

* Fun 12U Rack for General Tone Shaping

 

* Boss OD-1 70s Clone -14PIN Raytheon RC3403ADB IC (143rd pedal built)

 

* Built a Split/Reamp/Buffer/Phase + Ground lift pedal (144th pedal built)

 

* ISP Decimator Clone (145th pedal built)

[Razvan S.]

* SoloDallas Storm Booster V1 Clone (146th pedal built)

This particular pedal is a nice circuit variant present in the original Schaffer-Vega Diversity System Wireless ''tower'' used by EVH, Angus Young, Pink Floyd, Kiss, The Rolling Stones.

Massive boost, although a bit noisy (LM386, tried a few variants with some being much better on the noise part), but great sound overall, it literally pushes everything and gives a great chug sound and enough gain on tap. The limiter is very subtle but has its purpose if wanted, this is achieved by an NSL-32 Optocoupler.

 

[Razvan S.]

*NuTube boost/drive Pedal PCB project (147th pedal built)

*Ibanez TSA30H Head tinkering

[Razvan S.]

*Ibanez RG570 MIJ Tinkering

-refretted it nicely and slimmed the fretboard sides a bit + rounded the wood
-did a custom wood trussrod cover and also did the control cavity and jack in plates as well (added copper foil to the undersides)
-added a Schaller floyd and so I dremelled the cavity a bit but found a similar paint and it’s like it was never touched heh
-swapped the magnets between the Japanese Ibanez V7 and V8 pickups (the alnico from the bridge one is now on the neck, and the ceramic from the neck is now on the bridge) -> much better sound, BUT I swapped in the end to DiMarzio Gravity Storm, totally different ballgame
-in the end I added a Titanium Alloy Nut made in Japan, which has a much better and tighter spacing from E to E for this redone neck and refret(also did a steel shim neck from scratch for the new nut)

 

[Razvan S.]

* Fortin 33 Fredrik Thordendal Boost Clone (148th pedal built)

[Razvan S.]

* Friedman Buxom Boost clone (149th pedal built)

 

* Mesa Boogie 5 Band EQ for FX Loops (150th pedal built)

[Razvan S.]

HGE Contraptions Colorsound Overdriver 70’s Clone (151st pedal built)

 

[Razvan S.]

HGE Contraptions Ceriatone Mini Kleinulator FX Loop Buffer Clone (Dumbleator clone with Fets, 152nd pedal built)

[Razvan S.]

* Pickup magnet swaps (Carvin C22T & C22N)

* Original Floyd Rose - New Brass L Block (with customizations)

* HGE Contraptions Cornish TB-83 Brian May Treble Booster Clone (153rd pedal built)

* HGE Contraptions Greer Amps Lightspeed Organic Overdrive clone (154th pedal built)

 

 

[vicsnd]

- Multam pt "like" - un Demo ceva mai elevat : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Je9sf9bZ0ho 

De studiat daca nu ai diagrama :

[Razvan S.]

On 03/12/2024 at 11:14, vicsnd said:

 

 

Thanks, vazusem si eu pe Elektrotanya. 

Spor la vanzare!

kittyhawk_quatro_preamp_sch.pdf

 

[Razvan S.]

*Additional 2x Colorsound Overdrivers handmade clones (155th & 156th pedals built)

*Fortin Zuul Gate/Suppressor Clone (157th pedal built)

*TC Electronic Integrated Preamp variant clone (158th pedal built)

*Jackson DK 1997 Japan tinkering

[Razvan S.]

*HGE Contraptions Resistive Attenuator Build (159th "pedal" built)

[Razvan S.]

*HGE Contraptions Vemuram TSV808 Clone (160th pedal built)

I actually traded this with someone in the end, not long after I completed it. I received an original Keeley Compressor Plus for it. Glad to see some still appreciate handmade pedals.

Will probably do another one because I liked it, and also people were interested online. Maybe a 2 in 1 with a Vemuram Butter Machine (SD9 modified OD/ Michael Landau OD, etc)

 

Excellent sounding pedal, here is a video take with this pedal on/off randomly, on a Crate Blue Voodoo 120 modded head, but in a lower gain setting of the amp, using my two Fender Stratocaster Custom HGE Build Projects, first one from the start, and second one (at 9 min mark): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cl7hbT9fF1U

Specs:

--Original OPA2134 IC;

--Gorva Mechano soft actuating 3PDT True Bypass;

--Lumberg Japan Jacks and DC plug;

--Metal film quality resistors, caps are Nichicon lytics and various other good caps;

--Silver plated single core red telfon coated copper wiring;

--Quality Kester Eutectic 63/37 solder with good and aesthetically pleasing soldering;

--The two switches give a variety of diode combinations, subtle in part but can be combined in 4 ways;