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11-25-2008, 07:54 AM
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So for some reason i was in rasdioshack the other day, and i thought, wow, it would be kinda cool if i could learn to build my own effects pedals...
so basically what im asking is, what are some sites out there with info on building effects, like for complete beginners, i have hardly no experience with any kind of electronics, this just seems like something fun and intersesting to do.
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11-25-2008, 08:39 AM
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11-25-2008, 08:41 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Brooklyn | | | Buy a 15 watt soldering pencil
a spool of desoldering braid
and a mutlimeter.
buy a really simple kit from generalguitargadgets.com (I reccomend the green ringer kit)
And NEVER look back!
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11-25-2008, 09:23 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Madison, WI | | | OP -- were you talking about building pedals or making pedals?
+1 for GGG/BYOC. Those kits are a lot of fun.
If you don't like the idea of kits, then check out Craig Anderton's "Electronic Projects for Musicians." It does a nice job of explaining how the circuits work and it gives component lists, wiring diagrams, etc for specific projects.
However, if you want to design your own pedals from scratch you'll need to take a university level circuits class (or at the very least get a text book). You need a good math background for this -- the course I'm taking right now (in my university's physics department) uses calculus up through differential equations/linear algebra. I assume any sort of EE or ECE circuits class would have similar requirements. |
11-25-2008, 09:30 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: near Pittsburgh, PA | | | I'm wanting to get into pedal making too. My guitarist finished up his first build and I'm starting on my first one. Luckily I work at an engineering firm and my boss is an electrical engineer GENIUS. He gave me something called a Breadboard to test my circuits on before soldering. I will definately check out those sites listed above because I'm a total beginner as well. Thanks ! |
11-25-2008, 09:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada | | the first thing i built was a cigar box amp here...
then i built the orange squeezer compressor clone from general guitar gadgets. it worked well enough, and was not too difficult a build, either.
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11-25-2008, 09:43 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Corsicana, Texas | | | +1 for BYOC. I have not found anything that compares to their quality. And they have a very active forum to help you if you need it.
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11-25-2008, 09:52 AM
|  | prefers electric miles davis | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | interesting stuff. anyone made the big muff clone before? how long (guesstimate) does it take to do one of these builds?
i'm really thinking i wanna do some DIY. |
11-25-2008, 10:13 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada | | depends what you're working with. if you get a kit with a printed circuit board (pcb), and you're experienced with soldering, you could finish something as complex as the cigar box amp i built in about 10 minutes.
i built the orange squeezer compressor on perfboard and it took me a few days to get through. it's a relatively simple circuit, but perfboard leads to its own difficulties with having to figure out how to run the leads on the backside.
start as simple as you possibly can.
also, when you buy a byoc kit, they include a second kit for a simple booster to practice with: Click Here
that's the best bet, i'd think.
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11-25-2008, 12:17 PM
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Originally Posted by markjazzbassist  interesting stuff. anyone made the big muff clone before? how long (guesstimate) does it take to do one of these builds?
i'm really thinking i wanna do some DIY. | The first time I built one, it took about 6 hours since I was literally learning how to solder w/ my dad.
Now, if I sit down and do it all in one shot, it takes about an hour.
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11-25-2008, 01:04 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: austin, tx | | Do any of yall have any advice for stripping the small wires? I'm building a BYOC Opti Comp right now and I have the board populated and the box assembled, I just need to wire it all together. I spent 2 hours last night trying to strip 6 pieces of wire  And the wire ended up being different lengths, so I'm going to have to do them again I'm gonna post this on the BYOC board too. But I have a small pair of Radio Shack wire cutters if it helps. Thanks! |
11-25-2008, 01:23 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Nashville | | | I'd like to put in a simple true bypass for my Russian Big Muff.
It's a black one.
Can anyone here tell me how or will I find the info from the 4 websites
mentioned above.
Thanks,
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11-25-2008, 01:25 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Corsicana, Texas | | I use and love these. They are cheaper in store though  http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/...ctId=100647861
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11-25-2008, 01:34 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Nov 2001 Location: Toronto, Canada | | at geofex, click on FX Projects on the left side.
the top of the right column will provide some true bypass options. his version is called the millennium bypass. Quote:
Originally Posted by ricknote I'd like to put in a simple true bypass for my Russian Big Muff.
It's a black one.
Can anyone here tell me how or will I find the info from the 4 websites
mentioned above.
Thanks,
Rick |
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11-25-2008, 02:21 PM
| | prefers electric miles davis | | Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Los Angeles, CA | | | are all the BYOC pedals True Bypass? is that what a 3DPT switch is? |
11-25-2008, 02:23 PM
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11-25-2008, 02:35 PM
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11-25-2008, 02:42 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Birmingham, England | | | that beavis board looks great, i want one!!
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