Re: My other hobby - Effects pedals
 

yeah i knew what you meant i was new to it at one time myself :-D, Si fuzz pedals are just as fiddly as Ge boxes, the designs of fuzz pedals in general is the reason, in a fuzz you really aren't boosting the signal to clipping like in a amp or a diode clipper, a fuzz pedal you are saturating one of the transistors in the circuit that is kind of what gives fuzzes their unique sound.

long story short a fuzz pedal is picky regardless of whether it's Si or Ge, which is fine as long as you aren't picky about how it sounds :-D

Re: My other hobby - Effects pedals
 

i need a heavy distortion pedal, how much you charge, iam being serious btw :rock:

Re: My other hobby - Effects pedals
 

Just wondering where do you buy your parts? I was about to use pedalpartsplus.com because they have good looking prices, especially on true bypass switches, but they didn't have all of the transistor and capacitor values I needed. What about going to Radio Shack for some components? Does anyone know how their selection and prices are? I'm just thinking it might be helpful to have someone who knows what they're talking about there when I get parts in case I have questions.

Re: My other hobby - Effects pedals
 

radio shack is a hole in the earth...... their prices are out-rageous on parts.....

http://www.smallbearelec.com/StoreFront.bok
Http://www.mouser.com

Re: My other hobby - Effects pedals
 

quoted for truth

Re: My other hobby - Effects pedals
 

Thanks for those links, I totally forgot about the SmallBear site because pedalpartsplus had $4.50 3pdt switches, where the smallbear ones are $10. Their other prices look reasonable though, so thanks :2thumbups:.

I sort of figured Radioshack would suck, but the optimist in me wanted to believe otherwise... oh well. Getting stuff in the mail is always exciting to me anyways.

Re: My other hobby - Effects pedals
 

radio shack is local, and they seriously do take advantage of that fact....

yeah the TPDT switches at small bear a bit steep, but an LED is a convenience, not required and IMO better left off unless youa re powering via AC since a distortion box alone draws minimal current and a battery will last forever in one, add an LED and it lasts all of about 72 hours :-P unleeess you really know how to tune an LED driver they EAT batteries quickly

Re: My other hobby - Effects pedals
 

Ehh, I've got a 1Spot adapter with a daisy chain, so I don't need to worry about battery time too much. I mean if I was using batteries because of a gig, I'm sure I could get by with a mere 72 hours :winkx:. But yeah, I think I'll buy most of my stuff from smallbear now.

Re: My other hobby - Effects pedals
 

problem with all the parts places, some things are cheaper at one than the other, you'd think with all the same suppliers the prices would be similar /shrug

Re: My other hobby - Effects pedals
 

Just bought parts for my first pedal! I found someone who substituted some parts from the original schematic and still got good results, so I was able to just use pedalpartsplus for everything. Now I just have to wait for them in the mail!