Building Your Own Pedals

[Scorsa]

I was just wondering if anyone here had any advice on making effects pedals or could share any links where i could learn how to make them?

[LuvMusic]

Here is a link to BYOC Pedals. They sell clone kits if you want to try building first versus designing then building.

Good Luck!

http://www.buildyourownclone.com/index1.html

[OptimusPrime]

http://www.diystompboxes.com/wiki/in...?title=DIY_FAQ
http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/
http://pedalpartsplus.com/
http://www.smallbearelec.com/StoreFront.bok

[Scorsa]

Thanks Luvmusic! The kits are a little pricey though. I'm looking for something a little on the cheaper side. I could buy the actual real pedals for that price.

[vortico]

You could check out http://www.diyguitarist.com/ or the http://www.diystompboxes.com/ forum.

[Scorsa]

Sweet links Optimus!

[Scorsa]

The diystompboxes forum is very helpful.

[chicago_mike]

moosopotomus or something like that..

geofex

amzmusiq

pisotones.com


theres a wealth of info and at the 2 most common places, freestompboxes and diystompboxes, youll find two heavy threads about one particular bass pedal.

Cool stuff.

[rcubed]

I'll add some links when I get home from work.

[Bofee]

Here' a sampling of sites I have bookmarked. Many of the effect DIY sites have links to one another so once you've located a few you're set.

http://www.smallbearelec.com/home.html

http://tonepad.com/projects.asp?projectType=fx

https://www.generalguitargadgets.com...tpage&Itemid=1

http://www.pedalpartsplus.com/index.html

http://www.muzique.com/

http://experimentalistsanonymous.com/diy/Schematics/

http://www.lynx.bc.ca/~jc/pedals.html

And don't forget:

http://www.mouser.com/

Not as good in general, but often carry parts Mouser doesn't:

http://www.newark.com/

http://www.digikey.com/?WT.term=digi...5125&WT.srch=1

[Monotremata]

Id check out either the diystompboxes forum first or just buy one from General Guitar Gadgets.

Their kits are a bit cheaper then BYOC. Took me about an hour to put together the Fuzz Face kit while I was engineering a bands demo in my studio one weekend hehe.

The diystompboxes forum is the place to hang out and learn.

[Silver Hammer]

I'm interested in building pedals too and have been to many of these links but I have no idea how to read schematics. I have nothing against learning so it's not like I want a kit that makes it any easier I just want to know how you guys got started- I mean not all pedal builders have taken electronics classes right?

[seamonkey]

Out of stock at the moment but check the line6 tone core dsp dev kits out:
Line 6 Tonecore dev kit

[rcubed]

Originally Posted by Bofee

Here' a sampling of sites I have bookmarked. Many of the effect DIY sites have links to one another so once you've located a few you're set.

http://www.smallbearelec.com/home.html

http://tonepad.com/projects.asp?projectType=fx

https://www.generalguitargadgets.com...tpage&Itemid=1

http://www.pedalpartsplus.com/index.html

http://www.muzique.com/

http://experimentalistsanonymous.com/diy/Schematics/

http://www.lynx.bc.ca/~jc/pedals.html

And don't forget:

http://www.mouser.com/

Not as good in general, but often carry parts Mouser doesn't:

http://www.newark.com/

http://www.digikey.com/?WT.term=digi...5125&WT.srch=1

I'll add the following:
http://www.duncanamps.com/tsc/ (The Tone Stack Calculator can come in handy - it has the Big Muff Pi tone stack)

http://www.geofex.com/ (They fixed the Brassmaster schematic)

http://fuzzcentral.ssguitar.com/ (Sadly you have to pay for some of their schematics now)

http://s197.photobucket.com/albums/aa131/veroboard/ (Look under the albums for tons of schematics)

http://www.home-wrecker.com/bazz.html (A good first circuit to build)

http://www.buildyourownclone.com/index1.html (Check out their forums for all the info)

http://www.student.ru.nl/r.kerkhof/T...Big%20Muff.htm (Tons of mods for the Big Muff Pi)

http://www.beavisaudio.com/ (Read through the tech pages for lots of good info for beginners)

[UnDoNe]

Building pedals is greta fun! I made a muff from general guitar gadgets, a byoc filter and a red llama clone. All worked great and I had a blast making them! Go for it

[katri]

the thing i dont get about making pedals is all the off board wiring, i could make a PCB from a circuit diagram but the rest of the wiring i would be lost.

[CRBMoA]

If you can read simple instructions, BYOC makes it possible to understand nothing about what your building, and still have a working pedal when you are done. All you need so be able to do is solder, and they have a forum that is very noob friendly.

The build instructions have pictures, so even a bass player can do it!!

[katri]

what do you mean even a bass player??!?

[chicago_mike]

Offboard wiring is explained very well at geofex.org =)

[katri]

Thanks