Ok, you got your soldering iron and nothing is going to hold you back, but you have no clue where to start or what to build. There were others before you with the same questions... read them first.
Reference
AllDataSheets.com : guess what... all the datasheets you'll ever need
Transistor substitution database: maybe you do have transistor you can use! Easy check.
IC Manufacturer Logo Database: identify the manufacturer of an IC by using this extensive, alphabetical database
Analog Alchemy: tips, tricks and caculators to help you tweak your circuit right
Boss Serial Decoder get exact dating on your Boss pedal
Pedalheaven.com: another reference site about stompbox effects
Do I have the input and output hooked up right? I drew a rough schematic since I lack the ability to read them at this time.I am trying to learn if someone could help me with this I would greatly appreciate it.The pedal is a DOD fx-90 if anyone can post up an example that would be great.. And how could I tell if it is just fried?
Hey guys, this is my last resort! I have built a confidence boost and have tried to put it in a simple tin box. There is no sound coming from it when it is in the enclosure but when it is out, it works fine. Its not a modded version (led, foot switch etc) just the PCB and is just to tidy it up. Thanks again my favourite people!
Sorry, somehow the forum won't let me post it in the right section.
Anyways, I was designing my own pcb layout for the MXR Dist+ when I had this doubt (so I made 2 of them)...
Which one is better/correct or whatever? :hmmm:
Hi guys. As mentioned in the title I have built both of these (in kit form.) I can safely say that I have the bug! I really enjoyed the process and had a lot of fun. The million dollar question is - what next?! I was thinking of maybes doing something on a pcb or breadboard and sourcing the parts myself. What do you think? Before the 'Confidence Boost,' I had next to zero experience in electronics and I must admit I am proud of myself. I know that breadboarding and ordering the parts myself is...
Hi I'm new and a total beginner. On the Beavis Audio site From Schematic to Reality guide. They have a symbol chart. One of the symbols is a rectangular thing with a point on one end. And the description of it is a pickup head . What the hell is a pickup head. I've searched and searched and can't figure it out for the life of me. I hope someone here can tell me. And there's a schematic I'm interested in that has this symbol.
Hey everyone! I have finally completed my 6 part tutorial on building effects pedals from start to finish. The parts cover all the important phases of the building process.
:?: Please let me know what you think :?: Improvement suggestions are gladfully accepted :D
So I've built a few pedals and understand how to read most schematics but I've got a couple questions for some that I have seen. Here's a schematic of a byoc British blues overdrive that has an example of both my questions
First off is what do the ground symbols mean that have the +1/2v next to them? And also how do you wire the part of the schematic that is separate from the rest of the circuit?
firstly sorry for wasting your time with this dumb question but I'm building my first pedal and have no knowledge of building pedals
but i been researching nonstop for past couple days and have most of the parts ordered from the partlist
a custom tonebender mk2 and i'm not sure how to read the layout to apply to a stripboard
would the holes shown be the oned used on the strip board and the holes not shown just not be used?
and I can use any germanium transistors as long as there npn >?...
I wonder if there is anyone that has ever used an oscilloscope to measure the exact output of sinlge coil pickups in a stratocaster. I am planning on doing this when I grab one, but so far I had no chance.
I am interested in the peak value of the waveform. And I mean peak - coming out of a heavily abused string, low or high, to be really sure about the real margins of the voltages we get.
Hi all I'm a 43 yr old newbie trying to get my head around basing lol. Please help lol I have blah blah transistor and want to bias it using a standard 9v battery what do I need off the data sheet I know I need hfe but don't know the where to go to start calculations lol I've read I need half the voltage please say in lay mans terms. I know I have a bc108c I could use. Thx in advance
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Hello everyone,
I wanted to do my first DIY pedal, but I had two questions about the Shoot the Moon layout ( ).
I have some really basics knowledges on electronic and I see that there is no stompswitch on this layout.
How to add one?
Is it as simple as linking the stompswitch to the input and to the output?
On the layout there is no informations about D1 and D2, are there just LED lights?
Thanks
and sorry for my bad english, I hope my questions are clear.
So on a vero layout.. What do I use for a jumper.. I know I could use the slack off a resistor or what have you, but could I just use colored wire? Or whatever you call it.. Regular wire..
I wanted a little box to handle all the in and out connections from my pedalboard, so rather than having to connect 4 cables in 4 places to set up I'd just have to plug them all into a single box. So I ordered a 4-way patch box from Loopmaster, but when it arrived and I set it up it seemed the box would add a hum into my guitar signal. After a lot of experimentation we discovered the metal box seemed to be responsible for the problem, and so we moved all...
I'm an absolute beginner but have enlisted the help of an experienced electrician to help me with the process of building a Magnavibe vibrato pedal from one of the schematics found online.
Where's the best place to get the parts?
Can anyone give me a shopping list and installation instructions?
I'm shopping for a soldering iron. I already have two crappy Radio Shack ones, want to get one for pedal mods and builds that will hold up over time.
Wampler's book recommends the Weller WP35
Guitarpcb.com recommends the CSI-STATION1A
Price aside, which should I get? I would have just bought the Weller, but the top Amazon review says not the best choice for PCB electronics work , which confused me. Also another review said it gave off too much heat for very small components. But good enough...
i am sure there is a very simple answer to this, but i want to build the millenium 2 bypass plus circuit so i can send the fx input to ground when bypassed and have an led, but i am not sure where to connect the signal shunt line. this is the shcematic from rg keen that i am using can anyone tell me where exactly the signal shunt connects to. does it connect to the same lug on the switch that goes to the fx input? if so, does that not load down the guitar signal?
I'm onto my 2nd and 3rd DIY projects after completing my PNP Germanium Fuzz Face - an NPN Silicon FF and an MXR Distortion +. I've already bought most of the parts for the D+ from this Tonepad schematic ( ). I am having a hard time finding out whether the 1N914 Diodes I bought ( ) are silicon or germanium. Google searches bring up results that list them as one or the other :scratch: . Which one is it?
On another note, is there as big a difference between germanium and silicon diodes as there...
Ok, I've been lurking and reading for a while now and am rearing to take up serious stompbox building hobby in the new year. But first a few questions that I hope will help some other newbies as well.
I've settled on this soldering station -- consensus seems to be it's a good entry-level iron, though I'm open to other recommendations:
But other than the basic soldering equipment and tools (wire cutters, pliers etc.) and the stompbox parts supplies relevant to a particular build, what...
I want to get into making pedals using point-to-point wiring on vero/perfboard. Like these beauties
My main issue is I have no experience with electronics, but I'm not looking to become a master...just have the ability to read some basic schematics and assemble some cool pedals.
Are there any recommendations for resources to learn how to read schematics and layouts well? Where do I even begin? As for the soldering, I have a couple of cheap, basic kits to learn with.
I tried to build a tube screamer (using a kit from pedalparts.co.uk) and it does not work.
When the pedal is off the bypass is working fine. When I switch it on there's no signal whatsoever, but the LED lights up. I've checked and double checked all the wiring and although it is messy (I am a poor solderer) it still makes all the circuits it should.
I'm finishing up my Fuzz Face project, and want to make sure I've got the ground working correctly. If I test for continuity from the sleeve of one of the jacks and the inside of the metal enclosure I get a beep. Is this normal? Am I understanding correctly that a metal enclosure by nature will be connected to ground if the jacks aren't plastic?
I am building a DA Fuzz Face clone with 2 1t308b transistors (PNP Germanium). I'm having trouble finding accurate information about determining the collector and emitter. There is a red dot on the top, and I had read that that would be the collector, but then I read somewhere else that that is reversed on PNP's and it would actually be the emitter? Does anyone know which is correct? And could I have fried the transistors if I wired them in backwards and hooked up the battery?
This is my first time here. I am building my first pedal - a Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face reissue. I bought a mostly-complete PCB from a guy on eBay that just needed the transistors. He included 2 pairs of germanium transistors; 2 NPN MP38's and 2 PNP IT308b(5?)'s. I decided to go with the PNP's, because as far as I could tell the board was oriented for positive ground.
Last night I finished wiring it into the enclosure and fired it up only to get nothing - not even in bypass.
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