Has anyone read this.

fruitysquirts · #1 10-22-2009, 10:57 PM

How to Modify Guitar Pedals: A complete how-to for the electronics newbie on how to modify guitar and bass effects pedals

http://aim.search.aol.com/search/red...s_cp=1&s_cpr=1

fruitysquirts · #2 10-26-2009, 01:22 PM

well if no one has read this, does anyone know of any good books about pedals?

Squeed · #3 10-26-2009, 01:25 PM

Link has expired.

fruitysquirts · #4 10-26-2009, 01:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Squeed

Link has expired.

maybe that's why I never got any responses!

http://www.amazon.com/How-Modify-Gui.../dp/1434801063

niftydog · #5 10-26-2009, 09:34 PM

Sounds like a waste of money to me. Most, if not all of that information is freely available on forums such as this, or elsewhere on the net. There's nothing mystical about how to wire up a true bypass box or how to replace resistors with potentiometers!!!

It also seems limited in it's scope and quite specific - ie; if you don't have the pedals they use as examples (or copies or descendants thereof) then the info will be next to useless.

warwick.hoy · #6 10-26-2009, 10:16 PM

Looks like someone trying to capitalize on the DIY FX scene. You're better off spending $35 bucks on some tools,...or a kit from BYOC or GGG and gleaning information from forums (as niftydog pointed out).

fruitysquirts · #7 10-27-2009, 01:15 PM

what's a good thread. I want to learn everything. Why this does this and because it does this you can modify it by doing/getting this. I am more than interested in building pedals. I'm a big DIY guy and I've got a huge background and degree in art. So, painting and designing the look would be a plus. In fact, im actually wanting to do wooden pedals. Still keeping the pcb board in a smaller metal enclosure.

Yodhan · #8 10-27-2009, 08:58 PM

I have it and enjoy using it. Yes, it is only for the pedals that are in the book, but it got me started on modding pedals and now I do my own thing.

warwick.hoy · #9 10-27-2009, 09:36 PM

BYOC and GGG both have DIY forums,...although I've never been on them.

EDIT: Also poke around http://www.beavisaudio.com/

niftydog · #10 10-27-2009, 09:56 PM

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Originally Posted by fruitysquirts

what's a good thread. I want to learn everything. Why this does this and because it does this you can modify it by doing/getting this.

It is a nearly bottomless topic - I've been studying/working in electronics for ten years now and there's no end in sight!

If you're serious about learning electronics then it's worth getting some text books and working through them. Learning off the internet is fine but it really is no substitute for structured learning of some sort.

fruitysquirts · #11 10-28-2009, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Yodhan

I have it and enjoy using it. Yes, it is only for the pedals that are in the book, but it got me started on modding pedals and now I do my own thing.

Thanks for the info.

What pedals have you done?

Yodhan · #12 10-28-2009, 06:02 PM

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Originally Posted by fruitysquirts

Thanks for the info.

What pedals have you done?

A DS-1, SD-1, Rat, Big Muff, and Blues Driver. I am going to do the bass mod for the SD-1 soon, and possibly the mod for the ODB-3.

fruitysquirts · #13 10-30-2009, 11:21 AM

All of this was from the help of the book? Did you built it to the t or change something here and there? I want to start of by doing a DIY of a stomp box already in production and just change a thing here and there. Make sure i can get the first things right then I can start doing my own thing.

K2000 · #14 10-30-2009, 03:47 PM

Maybe start with a kit from Build Your Own Clone, to dip your toe in the water.

kugelspot · #15 10-30-2009, 11:59 PM

I've seen those before. He does also have a guide for designing your own pedals, which seems like it would be more useful. But thats probably online too. BTW, If you sign up for his mailing list and buy the books direct from his site you get them at a huge discount (50% IIRC)

fruitysquirts · #16 11-01-2009, 12:12 PM

You're right!

Just joined the newsletter and they give you a link for member discounts. I can get the down loadable version of this book for 14.95. he also has another book for advanced learning that's also 14.95

My name is Mudd · #17 11-01-2009, 01:07 PM

I somehow got on that guy's mailing list and while I guess he knows what he's doing, his own clones seem rather expensive for what they are. I'd half-considered getting his book (since he claims to be able to mod a Boss ODB-3) but $35 - edit, or even $14.95 - is bit more than I wanted to spend on a one-shot instruction sheet for a pedal I'd just as soon sell.