Boom! (Goes the Gainclone)

Building the Kookaburra was a lot of fun. I managed to not screw up the soldering job, and initial tests indicate that it's doing the right thing.

However, when trying to integrate it into my amp's case and pipe its output to my amplifier, sparks flew. I managed to melt a trace off of one of my power regulator boards, and I'm not sure if the individual amplifier boards survived. For now, the amp is completely dead until futher notice.

I think that during my wiring, I might have inadvertantly caused a short somewhere which caused this miniature light show.

I just can't seem to catch a break with electronics/computers this past month. First the botched MacBook Pro repair, then a faulty firewire enclosure, and now a blown amp! I think I'm cursed...