making your own effects

[Lion-o Wilson]

Hey Everyone

What do you guys think about making your own effects? I found a few websites that say how to do it.So yeah I'm seriously thinking about doing it but i dont know.




Lion-o

[Caedmonite]

Dude go for it. And what is the web address that tells you how to do it cause ive been wanting to do it for like a while.

[Lion-o Wilson]

lets see theres a few....... ill just post the main one i found....

http://guitareffectprojects.tripod.com/

I like this one cause the guy who runs it is a Christian.Also you can go to the links page and find a bunch more sites on guitar effects so yeah.

Thanks for the input
Lion-o

[LWatford]

Get a copy of Electronic Projects for Musicians, then go to www.paia.com and find the project kits there. Not the cheapest way to do it, but easier than trying to find parts and etch your own circuit boards (trust me!).

Lee

[Fuzz]

COOL! I'm DEFFINATLY going to have to try that, cause my dad's an ET(not the alien :D) and he works with circut boards and all that good stuff.-Adam

[SenorPapaCabasa]

Ive seen that kinda stuff b4... i never reallt figured that i could figure it out:D

If you decide to do it..... tell us how it goes.

[Lion-o Wilson]

Hey Lee,

I checked out that site it seemed pretty cool.Really the only reason I want to build my own effect is because I thought it would be cheaper.But I'm a musician not an electrician so I have no idea what I'd be doing.I'll probably get that book and see if its something I feel like I could do.

Later
Lion-o

[Unregistered]

i'm going to do the fulltone 69, but like a jehyll and hyde, one side for warm tones and other for fat and wild tones, plus a micro amp by mxr. last year (maybe 2) i made the 69 but i made wrong the swicht to bypass, but know i'm going to made most perfect posible with the help of god

[LWatford]

The hardest thing about building your own effects is making the boards. They have to be etched by using acid to take away everything that isn't part of the circuit. I've done a few, and it is pretty tedious work getting things lined up right and making sure the acid dosn't eat through something you want to keep.

That book is very good, as it has lots of introduction material. It takes you step-by-step through the progects. I would recomend getting the parts and circiut boards from PAiA, just because they have everything. I did look at Radio Shack, and they had most of the stuff, but there are some parts I havn't seen elsewhere. The great thing about PAiA is they have a very good coustomer support system. If you build it and it dosn't work, they will help you.

[GodsStratMan]

I've been in the electronics biz for 22 years. Building your own FX can be fun, but mistakes can be costly. In the long haul, you do better to buy them used -