Brian Wampler's videos on distortion circuits and clipping types was what gave me confidence to try modding some pedals that I was already thinking of just throwing away. Then followed by a lot of googling on gain, low- and high-pass filters, graphic EQ... And many months of trial and error swapping components on my pedals. Also Electrosmash has some good analyses of popular pedals that can help figure out how things work.
Hands down one of the most informative and useful videos I've seen all round on YT. Nice one man, thanks for sharing all this. Gonna write down your notes and work through them.
Also I'd like to add that having a simple electronics understanding can help you in any stage of life at any age … in my case I'm a maintenance man and I run across PCBs and electronic components all the time especially in the HVAC aspect of my job… thanks again… this is great!
In addition to circuits, people also really need to understand the signals side of things. Learning about sinusoids, phasors and frequency response is essential. Understanding how to split your signal into DC and AC components is the most important tool that I use to analyze transistor sub-circuits.
You really under estimate your self you have a lot of knowledge in this stuff I have been watching your videos for years and I enjoy them thank you for all your help and information
Thanks a million, great video! I'm still at the level of figuring out Ohm's law, however you're a good teacher and your videos make me want to learn a lot more.
Thanks for your video! I watched 3, including yours, today and learned something different from each. The question with regards to all electronics is how one goes from an idea/concept to final outcome. While watching you video you described “band pass” or frequency like filtering and a bulb went off in my head on how to achieve an idea that simultaneously also popped into my brain. I find that texts on any given subject are short on experiential knowledge and listening to pedals for which the circuits are given, schematic or layout, can eat a lot of time and internet bandwidth. However, this is looking a lot more like a viable way to supplement a retirement income!
I made a few modifications to a small 9 volt amp years ago that produced the best distortion I ever heard, everything you played made you sound like a super star and it gave endless sustain. But the thing blew up after a couple hours and I threw it away. I wish I'd kept it because I've never been able to reproduce the unbelievable gain and tone it had.
I wasn't a genius in school either, but i wouldn't say that it made me regret it when i started making pedals. And personally i haven't learned much through just reading theoretical stuff, i started with a basic idea of building a pedal i wanted to have on my board, i found the simpliest schematic of this pedal, made it work, still didn't know a thing of what i did exactly, then i thought "hmm i also want a tremolo", found the simpliest schematic that could be built around components i had on hands, done, but now i started getting a sense of what i've done and i moved to the next project, and just like that, by building more and more stuff it got me from being completely blind, to being able to see schematic with my mind, and within this builds i had questions, and by answering them i learned a ton of stuff. So it is not necessary to know something before you start, just try to make it work in any way you can, and the more you do the better you get, or at least i works for me, and i keep learning.
Thank u sooo so so much i started into the pedalsmith making my own fuzz face but i wanted to learn how it worked and didn't know where to start, keep doing vids mate
Just to say I've enjoyed watching your videos so far, very informative! Keep up the good work! I started building guitar pedals as a hobby in the early 2000's, wish I had this resource available to me then.
I watched this channel recently and it has a different sounding voice on the video , have you expanded still very interested channel thanks again for showing us how to do electronics
I tried educating myself with an "Electronics Demystified" for dummies type book but couldn't even get through chapter 1. I found it pretty discouraging so I went back to breadboarding from Beavis Audio layouts and basic fuzz schematics.
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Brian Wampler's videos on distortion circuits and clipping types was what gave me confidence to try modding some pedals that I was already thinking of just throwing away. Then followed by a lot of googling on gain, low- and high-pass filters, graphic EQ... And many months of trial and error swapping components on my pedals. Also Electrosmash has some good analyses of popular pedals that can help figure out how things work.
Hands down one of the most informative and useful videos I've seen all round on YT. Nice one man, thanks for sharing all this. Gonna write down your notes and work through them.
You're very kind to share like this. Thanks for posting!
Also I'd like to add that having a simple electronics understanding can help you in any stage of life at any age … in my case I'm a maintenance man and I run across PCBs and electronic components all the time especially in the HVAC aspect of my job… thanks again… this is great!
In addition to circuits, people also really need to understand the signals side of things. Learning about sinusoids, phasors and frequency response is essential. Understanding how to split your signal into DC and AC components is the most important tool that I use to analyze transistor sub-circuits.
Very nice directions.. congratulations for your honesty and objectivity!
You really under estimate your self you have a lot of knowledge in this stuff I have been watching your videos for years and I enjoy them thank you for all your help and information
Thank you for all this useful information. Your videos are so helpful.
Thanks a million, great video! I'm still at the level of figuring out Ohm's law, however you're a good teacher and your videos make me want to learn a lot more.
Thanks for your video! I watched 3, including yours, today and learned something different from each. The question with regards to all electronics is how one goes from an idea/concept to final outcome. While watching you video you described “band pass” or frequency like filtering and a bulb went off in my head on how to achieve an idea that simultaneously also popped into my brain. I find that texts on any given subject are short on experiential knowledge and listening to pedals for which the circuits are given, schematic or layout, can eat a lot of time and internet bandwidth. However, this is looking a lot more like a viable way to supplement a retirement income!
I made a few modifications to a small 9 volt amp years ago that produced the best distortion I ever heard, everything you played made you sound like a super star and it gave endless sustain. But the thing blew up after a couple hours and I threw it away. I wish I'd kept it because I've never been able to reproduce the unbelievable gain and tone it had.
I wasn't a genius in school either, but i wouldn't say that it made me regret it when i started making pedals. And personally i haven't learned much through just reading theoretical stuff, i started with a basic idea of building a pedal i wanted to have on my board, i found the simpliest schematic of this pedal, made it work, still didn't know a thing of what i did exactly, then i thought "hmm i also want a tremolo", found the simpliest schematic that could be built around components i had on hands, done, but now i started getting a sense of what i've done and i moved to the next project, and just like that, by building more and more stuff it got me from being completely blind, to being able to see schematic with my mind, and within this builds i had questions, and by answering them i learned a ton of stuff. So it is not necessary to know something before you start, just try to make it work in any way you can, and the more you do the better you get, or at least i works for me, and i keep learning.
Thank u sooo so so much i started into the pedalsmith making my own fuzz face but i wanted to learn how it worked and didn't know where to start, keep doing vids mate
Just to say I've enjoyed watching your videos so far, very informative! Keep up the good work! I started building guitar pedals as a hobby in the early 2000's, wish I had this resource available to me then.
Really great channel. Thanks.
Thank you for this … I'm going to read and look up everything you've mentioned...
I watched this channel recently and it has a different sounding voice on the video , have you expanded still very interested channel thanks again for showing us how to do electronics
Thanks so much for this! I have a background in electronics, but designing circuits like these was not something I learned in my formal education.
Great vid thanks. And cheers for the resource links.
I tried educating myself with an "Electronics Demystified" for dummies type book but couldn't even get through chapter 1. I found it pretty discouraging so I went back to breadboarding from Beavis Audio layouts and basic fuzz schematics.