Making your own pedal....

[Larsson]

Hey guys!

 

i have been looking into making my own pedal and was wondering where i can get hold of a PCB. was looking to make a fairly simple one to start off with..

i have experience in working with PCBs but not where to find one, already made, to buy.

 

was looking at maybe doing a phase 90 or maybe a simple microamp kinda boost thing.

 

if anyone has made their own pedals please post your feedback, where did you find all the things you need (i know i can find all of the things i need, except the PCB at my local store), and how did you find making the pedal itself, what ones have you made?

 

any comments are appreciated, as well as a point in the correct direction!

 

Cheers,

 

Larsson

[GIANTRobOT42O]

BYOC

[Fixr1984]

Both my pedal boards are DIY. Here are a few places I know of:

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/

http://tonepad.com/projects.asp?projectType=fx

 

Both of these sites sell boards. I know you can get the entire kit from General Guitar Gadgets

if you wanted to go that route. I only did one kit and it was cause I was too lazy to etch the board and I have

to say that the quality of the parts and the shipping time was excelent.

 

If interested I also can give you links to DIY forums as well as online stores that specialize in components for building stompboxes.

[Dub-T-123]

BYOC

 

A big plus one to that!

 

I want to get one but the only problem is I can't choose which one to get. They have so many sweet pedals. The 2 knob bender is lookin mighty fine to me... That or the fuzz face clone.

 

Other than fuzz their digital delay and reverb have me GASing.

[GIANTRobOT42O]

Im eyeballin the octave fuzz

[Jon S.]

Both my pedal boards are DIY. Here are a few places I know of:

http://www.generalguitargadgets.com/

http://tonepad.com/projects.asp?projectType=fx

 

Both of these sites sell boards. I know you can get the entire kit from General Guitar Gadgets

if you wanted to go that route. I only did one kit and it was cause I was too lazy to etch the board and I have

to say that the quality of the parts and the shipping time was excelent.

 

If interested I also can give you links to DIY forums as well as online stores that specialize in components for building stompboxes.

 

+1. These sites are great and have a ton of PCB's available. I've made about 20 or so pedals, and have used boards from both with great results. Another is www.guitarpcb.com . I haven't bought from them, but they have many available that other sites don't have. Etching boards is pretty easy too, but can be a pain to drill. There's a tutorial at www.smallbearelec.com .