umcoo Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 Hi Dave, Due to being really bored, I've thought about starting to build my own effects. Probably quite simple things first, but I was just wondering if you had any tips or advice. Sure, there's plenty on the web, but I thought basschats own pedal guru may offer some more?! Any thoughts on tools and things to get started? I'll probably pick up a breadboard firstly and work around with that...good idea?? Many thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DHA Posted May 10, 2008 Share Posted May 10, 2008 [quote name='umcoo' post='196066' date='May 10 2008, 04:41 PM']Hi Dave, Due to being really bored, I've thought about starting to build my own effects. Probably quite simple things first, but I was just wondering if you had any tips or advice. Sure, there's plenty on the web, but I thought basschats own pedal guru may offer some more?! Any thoughts on tools and things to get started? I'll probably pick up a breadboard firstly and work around with that...good idea?? Many thanks[/quote] Start with something simple like a fuzz or overdrive and that way you can improve your soldering and debug skills. A lot of the circuits on the web are wrong so you will have to workout how things are meant to be. Kits are a good place to start. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nick Posted May 12, 2008 Share Posted May 12, 2008 (edited) [quote name='umcoo' post='196066' date='May 10 2008, 04:41 PM']Hi Dave, Due to being really bored, I've thought about starting to build my own effects. Probably quite simple things first, but I was just wondering if you had any tips or advice. Sure, there's plenty on the web, but I thought basschats own pedal guru may offer some more?! Any thoughts on tools and things to get started? I'll probably pick up a breadboard firstly and work around with that...good idea?? Many thanks[/quote] Some good ones here in veroboard layout Fuzzes [url="http://aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php/v/DRAGONFLY-LAYOUTS_0/album18/album144/"]http://aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php/v/D...bum18/album144/[/url] Distortions [url="http://aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php/v/DRAGONFLY-LAYOUTS_0/album17/album06/"]http://aronnelson.com/gallery/main.php/v/D...lbum17/album06/[/url] Edited May 12, 2008 by nick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirky Posted May 15, 2008 Share Posted May 15, 2008 I've just built my first effect - a byoc (build your own clone) confidence booster - it only costs £7.50 from their UK supplier (http://vibe-o-tronic.co.uk/), was a piece of cake to make and it has really given me the bug. I'm going to build a fuzz or nicer boost next. There's loads of help on the byoc forum and the UK suppliers have been great with my orders. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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