More Adventures in AP-1 Land!

Ryan
Nov 8, 2017
2 min read

My original idea was to retrofit a Way Huge Aqua-Puss Mk1 cloned circuit into a Mk2 enclosure. I designed the circuit in Eagle and started to design the PCB to match the original layout. Around that time, Madbean Pedals received a shipment of their AquaBoy PCBs so I changed gears a little. I ran into all sorts of problems with getting the AquaBoy PCB to fit in the Mk2 enclosure to my comfort level. I again, switched gears to follow the AquaBoy standard 125b enclosure which I still make today.

Ok, long background story to where I am today which is FINALLY retrofitting a Mk1 PCB into a Mk2 enclosure! Some of my John Mayer message board friends were asking for this specific combination so I was extra motivated to kick the tires again with this initiative. (Wow, lots of day job lingo there)

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I'm really happy how it turned out. I even painted the stomp switch black just like the original :-) Luckily SmallBear Electronics carries cloned Way Huge style knobs with white index to complete the look. I did sacrifice the use of the battery originally but I believe I can make that work again. Because the spacing of the pots is not original to the AquaBoy, I did run extension lines which I then hot-glued the PCB to the pot's dust cover. This pedal is completely gig worthy now which is my goal in any build.

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As I'm trying to save funds to build my own Dumble SSS #004 clone, I am putting this pedal up on Reverb Here. It kills me a little to let her go so soon but I got to keep my eyes on the prize. More on the Dumble journey soon!