Making yr. own guitareffects!??

[lofi73]

Hey

Anyone here having experience with making yr. own stompboxes/effects??.

I´m no technical dude at all,but the idea of making yr. own effects inspired me….Especially when I think about how pricey some of that nice vintage stuff is….And how crappy some of the re-issues sound.

Is it possible to make a device that sounds almost as good as a vintage uni-vox fuzz,without having to buy one for 100´s of $ f.x.??.(Not that I would expect to hit it off in one try).And where do you start when you have no experience with electronics?.

Any comments much appriciated!!

Cheers

Martin

[lookitssam]

I don’t know much about making stompboxes, but I do know that parts are cheaper then the cost of the box, so it if can figure out how to make them it’ll be worth your while.

[RSTguitars]

I’ve built some effects in the past, and you can get some really good results.

Here’s a few pages to check out…
http://www.generalguitargadgets.com
http://www.muzique.com/
http://www.geofex.com/
http://audible.transient.net/archive/

Enjoy!

[lofi73]

Thx for the links!

Any suggestions on what I should read as a total newbie to this stuff??

Cheers

Martin

[RSTguitars]

If you want to check out a book, try "Electronic Projects for Musicians" by Craig Anderton. It’s an old book, but still very relevant, especially if you’re into analog effects.

[lofi73]

Hep

Yep….That book you mention:Does it explain it so even a 5 y.o. would understand?.I have no knowledge on the subject whatsoever,and I did´nt listen in physics-class way back…And english is´nt my first language,so I might have a slight problem there.God…I would like to have a friend who knew a little about it,so I could watch and learn.Anyway…Do you know if I can order this book over the internet or something?.Oh yeah…And we use 220v here…How do I go about that compared to 110v?

[RSTguitars]

You should be able to find it on Amazon.com, or just about any online bookstore.

If I remember correctly (I haven’t seen this book in years) it was written so that a beginner could follow it pretty easily.

As for the voltage difference…. I would assume that most of the circuits in the book are going to run from 9VDC, so you would either run them from a battery, or from a "wall wart" transformer. As long as the transformer is a 220VAC to 9VDC you should be all set.

[lofi73]

Yep.Thanks

I bought the book via ebay.

9v?.Yes off course….sorry.Some guy said there would be a problem with voltage if I got a pedal from a US or another country using 110?.Don´t know what he meant?

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