[Lcjones]

Anyone onboard making or has made their own effect pedals, stompboxes or such?

I'm thinking of buying a kit for a compressor pedal. Looking for some serious sustain, ala Mcguinn, Harrison, etc. I really want a Jangle Box but those are big bucks. I've got a Milkbox that someone gave me but it's awfully noisey.

Just wondering about the difficulty of a DIY pedal; tips, tricks and general thoughts.

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Les

[chuckswood2001]

if u can solder u shouldnt have much trouble, most kits come with pretty good instructions, just make sure u have good solder joints

Chuck

[allthumbs]

A friend of mine just put together a Big Muff Clone from these guys. It sounds really good. Check em out.
http://www.buildyourownclone.com/

http://axeandyoushallreceive.com/store/page1.html

[fly135]

allthumbs, I followed your links and found this picture of the Atom Amp. The tube amp in it looks exactly like the reverb amp I'm fiddling with. Same tube configuration and chassis layout. I found the schematic for my amp on the web and it's not really suitable for a guitar amp as it is. I need to gut the circuit except probably the power section and use another amp design.

[xwarp]

i'm an electronics tech. in my spare time, i restore tube radios. i am also in the process of integrating a couple of pedals. i have quite a few tubes to play with as well as the appropriate transformers.

anyways......

looking forward to seeing what else is posted here.

[allthumbs]

[quote=fly135]allthumbs, I followed your links and found this picture of the Atom Amp. The tube amp in it looks exactly like the reverb amp I'm fiddling with. Same tube configuration and chassis layout. I found the schematic for my amp on the web and it's not really suitable for a guitar amp as it is. I need to gut the circuit except probably the power section and use another amp design.
That's too bad fly. At least you got to salvage something out of it.