Twiz Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 A friend of mine is a bit of a mad scientist. He got fed up trying to find vintage gear, so he taught himself how to make some of the things he's looking for -amps, pedals, pre-amps. I was intrigued by his ability to make stuff, so I asked him to teach me a thing or two about building gear. We went with a RAT clone project. Here are some crappy iPhone images of my pedal from start to finish. I learned how to read a schematic (I still suck at that though, it's confusing), etch a circuit board, drill it out, attach the various components to the board & solder them, drill out the chassis, attach the pots, switch, & jacks, wire it, and put it all together. There's a bad solder joint or two in there that I still have to fix. -It's affecting the volume pot, but my dirt box makes some pretty good distortion. Once I get that taken care of, I'll post a sound vid. Honestly, I don't ever see myself as a professional pedal builder (it took me 2 Sundays to make 1 pedal), but this was a really cool learning experience. It was surprising to learn how simple the technology is that goes into some of those classic pedals that we all love. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silenced Fred Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 I love the enclosure, just like a Russian Muff. Cool stuff man, always wanted to do one of those Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chase1410 Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 looks great man! Hope it sounds like a dirty rat! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Californiaman Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 Good for you. Hope you get lots of enjoyment out of it. Keep it up. Who knows you might be the next Jeorge Tripps or Mike Fuller. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbreslauer Posted February 19, 2011 Share Posted February 19, 2011 nice! love that enclosure! gotta get some of those. Don Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Great work!! I wish my first build looked like that... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
surfpup Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Great work! How's she sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIANTRobOT42O Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 Nice dude. Channel your inner Bob Villa Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neilpanda Posted February 20, 2011 Share Posted February 20, 2011 I made one too. wah pedal. works great! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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