Anyone else build their own guitar effects??

SG_Player1974

SG_Player1974

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Just wondering if anyone local is building their own guitar/bass effects pedals. I do it as a hobby and I love it.

Seeing if there are any others interested in it. :howdy:
 
Hank

Hank

my war
I don't, but would love to learn how... any good books or websites you can recommend to introduce me to this hobby?
 
wharf rat

wharf rat

Smilin on a cloudy day
SG_Player1974 said:
Just wondering if anyone local is building their own guitar/bass effects pedals. I do it as a hobby and I love it.

Seeing if there are any others interested in it. :howdy:
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Never thought of building my own pedals. Don't use them much anymore with the onboard stuff so prevelent.

With that said...

Can you build a compressor sutainer and or tremolo?
Can you fix an old Digitech chorus-delay-flanger?
 
FireBrand

FireBrand

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How 'bout lots of sustain with no distortion or fuzz or compression
and
how can I get everything louder than everything else.
:cheers:
 
SG_Player1974

SG_Player1974

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Sorry.. Not an everyday kinda member.

I basically learned from just playing around with broken circuits and experimenting with different effects. There is a lot on the internet as well.

I have built just about any kind of analog effect you can think of. More Tubescreamers than I can shake a stick at. Modding them is fairly easy for me. I have done OD, distortion, compressors, tremolos, flangers, vibes, chorus, on and on..... I have also built pedals from scratch with just a schematic and the required parts.

Pedal repairs are fairly simple. It is often the parts needed and the time invested that cost. Some of the older pedal parts can be quite high.

If anyone is interested, PM me and we can discuss this. Be it as a hobby or if you need help fixing something.
 
Hank

Hank

my war
SG_Player1974 said:
Sorry.. Not an everyday kinda member.

I basically learned from just playing around with broken circuits and experimenting with different effects. There is a lot on the internet as well.

I have built just about any kind of analog effect you can think of. More Tubescreamers than I can shake a stick at. Modding them is fairly easy for me. I have done OD, distortion, compressors, tremolos, flangers, vibes, chorus, on and on..... I have also built pedals from scratch with just a schematic and the required parts.

Pedal repairs are fairly simple. It is often the parts needed and the time invested that cost. Some of the older pedal parts can be quite high.

If anyone is interested, PM me and we can discuss this. Be it as a hobby or if you need help fixing something.
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Do you work on amplifiers by any chance? I do have a Boss Digital Delay that crapped out.
 
SG_Player1974

SG_Player1974

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I have also modified several Digitech XP pedals. I can make any XP pedal into any of the others or ALL of them in one box. I can turn an XP100 into an XP300 Space station (these usually go on eBay for like $300-400!!!)

Or, I can make any of them into an XP all pedal which has the 100, 200, 300, and 400 in one box. It is actually pretty cool to have all those effects in one box under foot.

Right now, I am experimenting with an EHX Deluxe Electric Mistress flanger and trying to squeeze it into a smaller box than the original! :evil:
 
SG_Player1974

SG_Player1974

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There was a lot of initial interest.....

So... anyone else out there build their own pedals? Really looking to colaborate on some projects :yahoo:
 
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