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Re: The Guitar Topic - B
Akima:
--- Quote from: Kwaping on 22 Jan 2013, 09:09 ---Radical AC: I taught myself how to solder so I could do DIY pedal builds, but I haven't done one yet. I'm nervous about building something then not liking it. There is basically zero resale value on a DIY pedal, because nobody trusts some random guy with an iron. Take that into account when deciding to build or buy.
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Learning to build electronics is just like learning to play an instrument. If you never start because you're afraid you'll suck at the beginning (and you will) you will never make any progress. I'm just saying...
Kwaping:
It's not about being afraid that I suck. I know how that goes. It's that I don't want to purchase a kit, build it, realize I don't even like the sound the pedal makes and then not being able to sell it. I'd rather buy a used pedal that I can flip for nearly the same price I paid if I don't like it.
boneykingofnowhere:
https://www.facebook.com/notes/drive-by-truckers/stolen-baxendale-acoustic-the-blue-note-in-columbia-mo/10151334599677347
Longshot that this will help at all, but I'm a giant DBT fan and used to live here. Keep a lookout, yall
Lummer:
--- Quote from: Akima on 23 Jan 2013, 13:59 ---
--- Quote from: Kwaping on 22 Jan 2013, 09:09 ---Radical AC: I taught myself how to solder so I could do DIY pedal builds, but I haven't done one yet. I'm nervous about building something then not liking it. There is basically zero resale value on a DIY pedal, because nobody trusts some random guy with an iron. Take that into account when deciding to build or buy.
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Learning to build electronics is just like learning to play an instrument. If you never start because you're afraid you'll suck at the beginning (and you will) you will never make any progress. I'm just saying...
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The company Build Your Own Clone make some pretty cheap kits, who most people should find fairly easy. They have a simple boost pedal called the "Confidence Boost" (natch), which they recommend people start out on.
That said, I've built two of them and both sounded a bit odd.
Radical AC:
My father has a soldering kit and a huge workspace, so I am going to order parts now and wait for spring when it isnt 0F to do some work. I was actually going to start soldering some of those radioshack starter kits because my girlfriend is assistant manager and can get stuff for really cheap. Then I was going to move on to making my own patch cables for the board I am assembling. Do a beginners pedal (BYOC sounds like a good place to start), the GGG tuned muff (which is the same thing as the bluebeard that a guy sells for three times the price assembled and in a cool enclosure), and finally the madbean cavedweller. I figure if I dont like it at that point I dont like it, but I have always had an interest in learning ham radio stuff as well and this would help me understand that more too.
Speaking of wait lists I am on the SUF list for either a 2247 or VRH, and will probably get the latter. I am also on the list for an echoczar with the angelbaby and looking at a four year wait time, so I MAY get it when I am thirty. Still havent pulled the trigger on the KoT. Money isnt good enough to pick that up right now.
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