i've been known to open up and tweak some effects boxes and i am getting into the world of pedal building... currently planning to build a switchable volume knob called the "Bloody Knife" (works like the guitar's volume knob only it's in a pedal and switchable...) it's the ultimate in simple for a switchable circuit



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I make wav samples and software synths.. does that count?

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not exactly... i'm talking about hardware... actually going in with a soldering iron and building something

and i did the figuring up on the bloody knife and it will come to $22.30 after shipping

most expensive parts are the switch ($8.50) and the case ($6.25)

it's not a bad price considering a pre-built pedal that does the same thing costs at least $40

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[This message has been edited by DrkJedi82 (edited April 07, 2004).]

Yep. First thing I do when I get a new piece of gear (usually a guitar) is take it apart and mess with its insides.

I've done some trimpot adjusting, that's about it. I too am looking into building my own pedal sometime soon. I've got a few schematics for some.

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I put in a pick-up into my acoustic...

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I just finished designing a 3-in-1 Stereo Direct Box, Pre-Amp, and mono-to-stereo converter. Can't wait to actually build it. I've been spending a lot of time studying transistors lately. *Huge* help. Math is my friend.

I'm also thinking about taking apart one of my guitars and changing the capacitor(s) on the tone knob(s) so it has more high-end response. It's *way* too bassy.

Later on, I'm going to build a portable 9V or 12V audio amplifier. Pretty simple project. I'm going to try to make it small in size, but have excellent output.

I was also working on building a cable tester, but I had some bad solder points, and never got around to fixing it.

I might also build some kind of DC-to-AC converter, just for fun. That would actually be pretty useful when/if I take trips to places w/o AC power.

I'm also thinking about building a power supply thing for my effect pedals. Unfortunately, most of my pedals don't give an amperage rating, so I don't know what it needs to be yet.

So do I have a future as an electrical engineer? Maybe. But I'd rather keep this as a hobby.

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i have plans to work on a DOD FX86 mod (once i can get my extra back from the guy who is borrowing it) and once i get an extra Boss SD-1 i am gonna do a cheap mod Thread at Harmony Central Forums with the instructions i am basically following i'm basically doing that mod plus one more component to improve the quality of the bypass and instead of removing the D6 diode i'll probably be replacing it with a germanium diode maybe even eventually make it so i can switch between diode and no diode

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Why germanium? (Lower voltage drop?)

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I built my own wah pedal with special different properties...

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different sound to the distortion is the big thing

i think i'll probably do the switched mod when i mod it just to get it out of the way all i would need is a DPDT toggle switch and those are fairly cheap



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Hmm... I never knew that. I'll have to play around with germanium stuff sometime. Are there germanium transistors?

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yes but they tend to be noticably more expensive than silicon and FET transistors

like $5 each where the others are under $1 each

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:-/

*grabs trenchcoat and heads toward Radio Shack*


Wait... isn't there a downside to germanium? I thought it had more surface leakage current than silicon.

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[This message has been edited by DogSRoOL (edited April 10, 2004).]

I double-coil tapped the humbuckers in my Ibanez RG-550 (H-S-H config) Gives me 13 different sounds instead of 5

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