====== Monastortion ======
Building Ibanez Mostortion clones based on the MT10 design of [[https://effectslayouts.blogspot.com/2019/12/ibanez-mt10-mostortion.html|Effects Layouts]].

===== Transfer =====
Cut the copper board to size. Printed the design on photo paper with a laserjet printer.

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Ironed the designs onto the copper boards for about 4 minutes, iron on the highest setting. Soaked the boards in luke warm water for about 10 minutes and peeled off the remaining photo paper.

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===== Etch =====

Prepared an oven dish with warm water, about 45-50 °C. Then I mixed 500 ml of water of the same temperature with 100 gr of sodium persulfate in a plastic container and placed the container in the oven dish.

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Placed a thermometer in the oven dish and by adding hot water from a water boiler I can keep the water at the right temperature during the etching process.

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Placed the copper boards in the plastic container.

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After 15 minutes the sides were starting to etch off.

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After 30 minutes the whole board had been etched off.

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Took out the boards, dried them and removed the laserjet ink with acetone.

===== Drill =====
Drilled the holes, used 0.8mm for the component holes and 1.2mm for the pot meter holes.
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===== Populate =====
Started with the resistors, MA165 diodes and jumper. Almost forgot the jumper.
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Finished it off with Wima film caps, Panasonic FC electrolytics, 2SC1815 transistors and Alpha pots. And the CA3260E of course.
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===== Result =====
After testing I pulled out the MA165 diodes. They're probably fakes as they sounded like those thin French pancakes. Replaced them with 1N914's which I also used for other Mostortion based builds. Sent one to Michiel from [[https://www.muziekweb.nl/en/Link/JK230208/Filling-up-the-room|Stillwell]]. I'll probably keep the other one myself, I might mod it the Danelectro Roebuck way with an extra switch for LED clipping.