How To Wire A Guitar Pedal DC Power Jack
June 26, 2024Although it’s important to correctly place and solder in every guitar pedal component, at the end of any pedal build, perhaps the most important thing to get right is wiring the power supply. Sure, there are passive pedals out there that don’t require a power supply, but most of what you’re building is going to […]
How To Find The Audio Signal Path For A Guitar Pedal
June 21, 2024Part of building DIY guitar pedals is creating something that doesn’t work then figuring out how to fix it. This is all part of the process of debugging guitar pedal builds. These things are hand built, after all, and even experts make mistakes from time to time. One of the common problems with a home […]
Should I Make Guitar Pedals On Stripboard Or PCBs?
June 18, 2024Whether you’re new to making guitar pedals, or if you have a few builds already under your belt, you’re probably wondering about the best way to pursue the hobby. One easy way to start building guitar pedals is building then on PCBs (printed circuit boards). You can often get a guitar pedal PCB kit for […]
What Is Stripboard And How Do You Read Layouts?
June 13, 2024Also called Veroboard, stripboard was originally made for prototyping electronic circuits. It’s still called Veroboard a lot because it was originally made by a company called Vero Technologies, but a lot of people (like me) use the generic name stripboard. Stripboard is made of a non-conductive top layer where you place your components and a […]
What Is A PCB?
PCB stands for “printed circuit board,” and that’s pretty much what it is. Using special printers, all connections needed between components are created and the holes needed or each component are also put in place. In this way, all that’s needed to build a guitar pedal (or whatever you’re making) is to populate the PCB […]
Why You Should Build Your Own Guitar Pedals
June 11, 2024If you’re here, you’re probably thinking about taking up making guitar pedals as a hobby. Welcome! The world of guitar pedals is wide. Whether you’re looking for big distorted or fuzzy sounds, some modulation effects, or just a boost to your sound, there are a lot of pedals out there. Of course you can go […]
Big Guide To Debugging DIY Guitar Pedals
June 6, 2024So, you’ve finished building a new guitar pedal, you want to try it out so you plug it in and… it doesn’t work. If you’re built even only a single guitar pedal, you know that it’s pretty much the rule that something will be wrong the first time you plug it in. You won’t get […]
Gear You Need To Make Guitar Pedals
May 21, 2024So you want to start making DIY guitar pedals? It may seem daunting, especially if you’re unsure of what you’ll need to get started. Well, have no fear, this article seeks to help you find out. Fortunately, you can actually get started for relatively cheaply. This is a new hobby after all. While I think […]
How To Make A Guitar Pedal Tester And Audio Probe
May 9, 2024The most frustrating, but also one of the most rewarding things, about making your own guitar pedals is that they rarely work the first time. You spend hours soldering everything, plug it in, and it doesn’t work. Then comes the troubleshooting, finding where your error is, and finally success! During this troubleshooting and fixing period, […]
How To Wire A Guitar Pedal Foot Switch (3PDT)
April 24, 2024The typical foot switch for a guitar pedal, the 3PDT, is a component that goes into pretty much every single guitar pedal. It’s needed to turn the guitar pedal off an on. Well, in actual fact, it’s needed to swap the signal from bypassing the pedal’s circuit to going through the guitar pedal’s circuit. It […]