Though the man himself was born in America , he moved to London before releasing his effects , and this is likely the reason it found its way into Knopfler ’ s rig — effects usage among musicians of that time was largely regional ; see also : Bender , Tone . Today , regional effectology goes out the window , and you ’ re going to build one of these . But first , get hip to this disclaimer :
Neither I , nor Tone Report Weekly bears any responsibility for any kind of personal or property damage that may occur as a result of the instructions provided herein . Legal mumbo-jumbo aside , we ask that readers be familiar with a soldering iron and its accompanying safety procedures before trying anything listed here . Furthermore , if you fire the pedal up and it does not work , it will need troubleshooting . Assuming the components are not damaged ,
the pedal will work . I built this very unit according to these instructions and it fired up , first shot , so I know the instructions are correct .
Build notes : The original Squeezer featured two internal trimmers — one for output volume , which was meant to be monkeyed with , and one for sustain , which was not . I ’ ve thrown caution to the wind and mounted the Sustain control externally , which has a strange effect , in that the first half of the knob ’ s travel yields no effect , and the second half increases the sustain . Such is the nature of taking internal trimpots externally ; they ’ re often hidden for a reason . I ’ ve also modified the layout slightly to make the pedal sound more “ always-on ” rather than a full-on pump machine . I ’ ll explain which parts to change back if you want a classic Squeezer . Ok , let ’ s build this thing !
RESISTORS :
• 1x 1.5k
• 1x 2.4k
• 1x 10k
• 1x 82k
• 1x 150k *
• 1x 220k
• 1x 390k
• 3x 470k
• 1x 2.2m **
Though the man himself was born in America , he moved to London before releasing his effects , and this is likely the reason it found its way into Knopfler ’ s rig — effects usage among musicians of that time was largely regional ; see also : Bender , Tone . Today , regional effectology goes out the window , and you ’ re going to build one of these . But first , get hip to this disclaimer :
Neither I , nor Tone Report Weekly bears any responsibility for any kind of personal or property damage that may occur as a result of the instructions provided herein . Legal mumbo-jumbo aside , we ask that readers be familiar with a soldering iron and its accompanying safety procedures before trying anything listed here . Furthermore , if you fire the pedal up and it does not work , it will need troubleshooting . Assuming the components are not damaged ,
the pedal will work . I built this very unit according to these instructions and it fired up , first shot , so I know the instructions are correct .
Build notes : The original Squeezer featured two internal trimmers — one for output volume , which was meant to be monkeyed with , and one for sustain , which was not . I ’ ve thrown caution to the wind and mounted the Sustain control externally , which has a strange effect , in that the first half of the knob ’ s travel yields no effect , and the second half increases the sustain . Such is the nature of taking internal trimpots externally ; they ’ re often hidden for a reason . I ’ ve also modified the layout slightly to make the pedal sound more “ always-on ” rather than a full-on pump machine . I ’ ll explain which parts to change back if you want a classic Squeezer . Ok , let ’ s build this thing !
PARTS NEEDED :
RESISTORS :
• 1x 1.5k
• 1x 2.4k
• 1x 10k
• 1x 82k
• 1x 150k *
• 1x 220k
• 1x 390k
• 3x 470k
• 1x 2.2m **
24 D . I . Y . // Shiver In The Dark : Build Your Own Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer