Smallest Enclosure To Fit A Danelectro Mini Rehouse

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I am about to rehouse my Dano Pepperoni phaser and was wondering what would be the best size enclosure to use.

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I've been able to fit them into 1590B sized enclosures. That seems to be the size people usually go for.
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soulsonic wrote:I've been able to fit them into 1590B sized enclosures. That seems to be the size people usually go for.
Oh, 'cmon...! I think you'll be going for the Bare Box :mrgreen: The man is in the states :horsey:

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he said he wanted "the smallest" , Bear Box is kinda big :lol:
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jpistolas wrote:I am about to rehouse my Dano Pepperoni phaser and was wondering what would be the best size enclosure to use.
soulsonic wrote:he said he wanted "the smallest" , Bear Box is kinda big :lol:
Nop, he don't say that :lol: Just joking, don't hurt me :hug:

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[smilie=a_whyme.gif] Thanks for the advice. Been too busy to reply. Guess the cowboy smilie was due to us "yanks" all being cowboys. Too me a minute to catch that one. Not being from Texas whre "everything is bigger" and they all are gun toting folks that went over my head. I live in the land of bluegrass & farmers. You only see the wannabe cowboys in the country music clubs which I avoid like the plague.

Appreciate the laughs & advice, thanks! :applause:

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Nah, it was a reference to only people in the US being interested in buying the Bare Box because shipping to elsewhere is prohibitive. It's not really that big of a box though, about the size of a Boss pedal.
I'm still stickin' with my suggestion of a Hammond 1590B. Trying to remember, though... I think I reboxed a small Dano delay once, and I seem to remember the board not fitting very easily, like I had to shave it down a bit to fit. BUT, that was using one of the New Sensor 1290 boxes, which is slightly smaller than the 1590B on the inside. I don't recommend the 1290 boxes generally...I've used them alot but the quality is pretty poor. The Hammond is much nicer and worth the extra couple bucks.
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Honestly; it's nice to see some replies here. I posted a question here https://www.freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=9301 and I've yet to get a reply. You guys rock. Not only for the needed info but I'm always up for a laugh.

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sorry, I don't know anything about the Biyang pedals. never messed with 'em
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I finally rehoused my friends beloved Pepperoni phaser. I don't know why some people knock it. IT's a nice little phaser and super budget. Not as good as my mutron phase2 clone, but very useable.

I had to resolder it before where a part of the board broke. Caused by a heavy foot on the switch and the cheap plastic enclosure. Turns out there are two boards in the thing and I ended up putting it into a BB size box to make it easy. The one board looks mostly empty, but turn it over and see how there is very little room for trimming.

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This involved replacing the jacks, power jack, footswitch, 500k pot, and LED. Pretty straightforward, but I had to pay attention to how everything was wired. Even with the bigger box it was still a little tight for my tastes these days. I'm starting to go big instead of small. I don't use many pedals and it's a pain to cram things into a tiny box, especially if/when you have to repair it somewhere down the line.

It worked the first time I powered it up and seems to sound better for some reason. It's probably just me, but I'll see what my friend thinks when he tries it. I have one issue that I'm about to tackle and that's the footswitch takes two clicks to turn it on or off. I kinda guessed at the wiring because the switch that came out of it was weird to me. I'll figure it out.

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I went with the jacks on the back this time for something different. Orange LED. The pot sits kinda centered, but oh well.

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