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Aug 2 2009, 09:05 PM
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Just finished putting together my first pedal, and it actually works!
I'm fairly experienced with soldering but it's been a while since i last held the iron, so i thought i would start with something relatively easy. I went with the Dual foot switch Feedback Looper Kit from RoadRage There's no PCB so it was kinda hard to mess things up, but still.. quite pleased with myself  The loop-switcher does what it should do, and the feedback looper is just insanely nutty. I'll have some soundclips up soon Oh, and the topic should say "DIY". Seems like you cant edit topics
This post has been edited by Trond Vold: Aug 2 2009, 09:07 PM -------------------- Guitars: Schecter Stiletto Classic, Jackson SLSMG, Ibanez RG-380 Japan, Gibson Les Paul Studio
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Aug 2 2009, 09:48 PM
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Looks great Trond
. Was it easy to put together for a complete newbee? Any chance that you can post some audio clips of it mate? (sorry for asking lots of questions but it does look like a fun thing to do .)
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Aug 2 2009, 09:58 PM
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QUOTE (tonymiro @ Aug 2 2009, 10:48 PM)  Looks great Trond . Was it easy to put together for a complete newbee? Any chance that you can post some audio clips of it mate? (sorry for asking lots of questions but it does look like a fun thing to do .)If your going to attempt a kit, then i really recommend starting with one like this. A simple loopswitcher, a/b box or similar. They usually dont involve a PCB or a ton of small components. It was fairly easy actually, the trickiest part is working in a very confined enclosure. There's not a lot of room for the soldering iron in there, so it's easy to burn off another wire. I'll have a soundclip up with some crazy feedback sounds in a bit
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Aug 2 2009, 10:53 PM
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Ok, here's a little soundclip. Be warned, this isnt exactly anything resembling "music". (There's also some REALLY high frequencies).
The point is to have several fx-unit feedbacking into eachother creating uncontrollable sounds and noise. For this test i only used a Big Muff and a little delay unit (with flanger/chorus modulation). 
uhm.mp3 ( 3.87MB )
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Aug 3 2009, 07:49 AM
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lol! Eighties video game to the max!
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Aug 3 2009, 10:49 AM
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Lol what a crazy sounding pedal!
heheh Congrats on putting it all together!
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Aug 3 2009, 01:28 PM
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Awesome Trond!!!!
I think I might have a go at one of those myself now!!! 
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Aug 3 2009, 08:32 PM
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QUOTE (Trond Vold @ Aug 2 2009, 11:53 PM) Ok, here's a little soundclip. Be warned, this isnt exactly anything resembling "music". (There's also some REALLY high frequencies). The point is to have several fx-unit feedbacking into eachother creating uncontrollable sounds and noise. For this test i only used a Big Muff and a little delay unit (with flanger/chorus modulation).
uhm.mp3 ( 3.87MB )
Number of downloads: 172Cool job! I once tried to make one, a fuzz pedal. For that thing, you need to solder a PCB (I think), you have this piece of coper with strokes on it, and you have to insert all the parts (diodes and resistors... etc.) in the right hole, then solder it on it's place, but solder it very neat in order not to het another stroke.... It was to hard  I screwed up twice and then threw it away. Waste of money it looked like this: http://img223.imagevenue.com/img.php?image..._122_452lo.JPG# It's a picture of my mom holding it, just to show how small it was... and how I screwed up xD you can see it's very "not neat" QUOTE (Trond Vold @ Aug 2 2009, 10:58 PM) It was fairly easy actually, the trickiest part is working in a very confined enclosure. There's not a lot of room for the soldering iron in there, so it's easy to burn off another wire. Why didn't you solder first, then put into the enclosure? |
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Aug 3 2009, 08:45 PM
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QUOTE (kaznie_NL @ Aug 3 2009, 09:32 PM) Cool job! I once tried to make one, a fuzz pedal. For that thing, you need to solder a PCB (I think), you have this piece of coper with strokes on it, and you have to insert all the parts (diodes and resistors... etc.) in the right hole, then solder it on it's place, but solder it very neat in order not to het another stroke.... It was to hard I screwed up twice and then threw it away. Waste of money it looked like this: http://img223.imagevenue.com/img.php?image..._122_452lo.JPG# It's a picture of my mom holding it, just to show how small it was... and how I screwed up xD you can see it's very "not neat" Why didn't you solder first, then put into the enclosure? Thanks Soldering takes alot of practice.. i've seen far worse first-attempt PCB's than yours. Most components can offcourse be soldered outside the enclosure, but certain connections is hard to judge the length to outside of it. An important thing is not having too much and too long wires in the box. Correctly sized wires makes seeking for potential errors easier in my opinion. -------------------- Guitars: Schecter Stiletto Classic, Jackson SLSMG, Ibanez RG-380 Japan, Gibson Les Paul Studio
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Aug 8 2009, 05:36 PM
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Man, that's crazy stuff, I like it it's interesting!
Congrats Trond, I wish I could solder nice so I can build them, I'm going to try to practice with the iron a bit 
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