Wirehead Instruments Basilisk DIY Build

[@wireheadinstruments]

Robin thanks so much for putting so much time, effort and fun into this build! Your comments about build order and inconsistent instructions are well taken and will result in a rework of the manual very soon! Also as you picked up there is an error in the resistor array silkscreen in the first production run (and the BOM) - they should be A104J and A471J. Glad it all worked & was fun in the end!

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Cool, and yeah, thanks for sending it in

[@FrankPSF]

My only wish is that it would have fit together without having to nip off the pins. LOL You have remarkable skill and patience ... and a great sense of humor! Thanks.

[@lummsmusik3219]

I really enjoyed building the basilisk. Everything works instantly. And of course you have then a beautiful unique power synth 👍🙂

[@tonalaxis_AXiS_MODULAR]

Really like the design on this, sounds and looks like fun too! :)

[@wireheadinstruments]

55:52 “Slightly Terrible” sounds like the hitchhiker’s guide entry describing the manual 😅 (adding another point to now-copious notes for improvement)

[@SinSlave99]

Just found my next toy. Thank you!

[@emdotambient]

I've always read that IC sockets should be soldered in before everything else [original comment posted before I heard you say you'd usually do sockets first, too], presumably because they have a lot of soldering points and so heat will build-up on the board around them. If heat-sensitive components are nearby, they might be more susceptible to failure as you solder dozens of socket pins. Probably not a very likely problem, but I've always gone with sockets, then resistors, capacitors, LEDs/diodes, transistors. I love soldering, so IC sockets are my fav! Watching you put modules together is not only relaxing, but it makes me want to get back into the 867 unfinished projects I started years ago!

[@MoltenMusicTech]

I think, for me, it's purely down to the height of the component because i turn it over to solder and it hleps hold things in place.

[@emdotambient]

@@MoltenMusicTech Yeah, that actually makes more sense. It definitely makes things easier.

[@simonhusseyofficialmusic]

Well done! Very enjoyable

[@Auribus_]

"Solder me a pin, Vasili. One pin only." 🙂

[@colourspot1486]

You should sample that cockerel

[@valleywoodstudio7345]

Bad hair day is a regular feature here once I passed 50...!

[@emdotambient]

You've got hair after 50? Jealous.

[@valleywoodstudio7345]

@ maybe not luxurious forests, but overgrown meadows and copses…

[@draconianrhythms]

Resistor arrays are a new one to me. Nice build Robin

[@Tony-wm7oj]

great build and a proper kit with resistors etc. basic question do you use tin/lead solder and what temp do you set iron at?

[@MoltenMusicTech]

Yes and 370

[@devtank]

I'm checking resistors for Oneiroi, while listening..

[@MoltenMusicTech]

I have one of those to build when I can find the time

[@chuckanderson8144]

I'm sorry dear, but I have spent all of our money on a new synth and now we can't afford to heat the house.