Mechanical Optical Tremolo

another construction with an engine :wink:

motor + LDR + disc to obstruct the light (I made several discs with different cuts for different effect)

I added a capo to contain more black otherwise in broad daylight it necessarily works less well

and add a true bypass

a little test with a drone

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It’s more the design in the first photo than the specific effect, but this reminded me of Graham Dunning’s Mechanical Techno:

(he does use an optical sensor in a later video, but uses IR sensors, e.g. something like a TCRT5000)

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yes i know it ( i have post it in "Inspiration / what u listening " )

but it’s another crazy thing, there is a lot of work !

(besides I will correct my fault in my title “mecHanical”)

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Not sure how I missed this. Great stuff. Are the heat sinks on top for led?

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no, it’s for nothing except the look :slight_smile:

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Superb. I had motorbike engine parts on my first guitar amp to make it look brutal. Many thanks.

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