Rochambeau Musical Apparatus Dirty Doper

[UglyCasanova]

I'm starting with a run of the wide-body (4X8") enclosure.



First phase of patina has commenced. Since we've seen rain the past couple days I was able to introduce fire into the equation, with satisfactory results:



HOWEVER, I am somewhat concerned that the carbon film deposited by smoke is fragile compared to the rust, and while it will be contained within a coat of clear polyurethane, I'm not in the position to confirm it will stand up to the sort of abuse that gear is subjected to. So I'm wary about treating the majority of this batch to the smoke out, unless it proves a popular risk. I'm planning on doing a rust/smoke hybrid with another three, and deeper rusting most of the other lot with the exception of one or two from the lower right corner here:



What would you all prefer in terms of continued direction for finish?

Also, next up is a run a the 6X6 enclosure... I would like to be able to sink a stomp switch to actuate the CV mode (this is a non-standard mod) and the PCB dimension and wide body dimension do not allow for a lot of room to work, as it is, the 4X8 will probably have an offset stomp switch due to internal clearances.

TL;DR = should I smoke some more?

As long as you smoke mine

[BLOOD EAGLE]

Yeah I'm partial to the burned ones too...

[D.o.S.]

Another vote for burnt.

[neonblack]

So is this run all spoken for?

[resincum]

yeah, that looks rad as all fuck

[crochambeau]

So is this run all spoken for?

Yes, apologies! Once I get these all fulfilled I hope to be *waiting* on another run of PCBs, so around about the point that everyone in the wild can report about how good it is/how much it sucks I'll be in the position to fill more orders moving forward. I'm wary about taking more money on these because I haven't proven a final price point yet.. I'm not a greedy guy, but the circuit is pretty demanding.

I'll be beating up a smoked shell tomorrow, I think it'll do okay. After which it looks like I'm smoking the rest, they are getting deeper rust right now, so hopefully they'll get wholly fucked and interesting.

[Dandolin]

I'll be beating up a smoked shell tomorrow, I think it'll do okay. After which it looks like I'm smoking the rest, they are getting deeper rust right now, so hopefully they'll get wholly fucked and interesting.

[adapt]

hah, funny to see this on here, i have a buddy who's had one of these crustaceans for a few months, he's always fucking with it every time i go visit. it sounds awesome.

[crochambeau]

hah, funny to see this on here, i have a buddy who's had one of these crustaceans for a few months, he's always fucking with it every time i go visit. it sounds awesome.

YAY! Hahaha, yeah, I feel like the crustacean is almost (but not quite) a cheat source for noise. I've yet to secure one of my own (inferior prototypes not withstanding), but I make up for it by simply burning in built units before shipping.

Speaking of burning stuff, here's the recent pull pile from this morning's smoke out. My stress test of a burnt one yesterday passed bludgeoning with a dead blow mallet, but failed an actual metal hammering, so I'm moving forward with the recommendation you don't hammer on these things, or at least hammer responsibly.



Tested shell at bottom, it got another ride on the burn pile, here's the post test damage:



I expect the scuffing to vanish under another coat of clear.

[UglyCasanova]

Loving these updates! As a viking I'll have trouble not mashing it with a hammer though.

[resincum]

fuck. I'm going to need a crustacean as well........

[neonblack]

God, I am so pissed I wasn't paying attention to this a month ago.

[D.o.S.]

Prime flipping opportunity lost, boss.

[neonblack]

Prime flipping opportunity lost, boss.

It's okay, someone will flip theirs and the cycle will continue.

[BLOOD EAGLE]

fuck. I'm going to need a crustacean as well........

It seriously can do so much more than static... BUT it does static TREMENDOUSLY..