Cheers for all the links that everyone has posted in this thread... almost too much information goodness, but it's all bookmarked
I thought it'd be interesting to start a blog tracking my progress as someone who has never built a circuit in their life, hopefully into someone who can create effects pedals worthy as gifts for friends, live use, recording etc. For everything I build, I'm going to post detailed logs with photos and videos - including the (inevitable) mistakes and troubleshooting. Also, I'll be posting pretentious little concepts for pedals I hope to be able to build in the future, this way they'll pile up and I'll never be short of ideas when I've learnt how to create and tame the beastly creature known as fuzz.
Looking at these posts, I know it's not gonna be a walk in the park but it's something I've always really wanted to have a go at. You can check the blog [url="http://rexasul.shadowlabs.net/"]here[/url], if you want. Cheers