currently going to Oregon State University for electrical engineering specifically so i can build synthesizers and guitar effects. Maybe someday our pedals will cross paths!
Fuzzlord Effects this is actually crazy because I didn’t even get to the part in the video where you said you went to OSU when I commented. Small world. This is actually really encouraging now lol
If it makes you feel any better or gets a laugh I used to always call Matt Schumann or whatever his name was “Schumann” but like Newman from Seinfeld. It always pissed him off and I don’t think he understood why..... Frickin Schumann 😂
Fuzzlord Effects I always try to avoid Schuman’s classes when possible. He is by far my least favorite instructor I’ve had since high school. I dropped a digital logic class he was teaching because he’s just such a hard guy to like lol
Hello! I'm a highschooler in Virginia and I really appreciate this video. I usually have to find information like this through multiple videos and/or websites so thank you so much. I've always been really into electronics but I've gotten really into guitars this year. I think I'm going to order a diy boost pedal for my first project. Thank you!
I seen 6 moogerfooger pedals going for $25,000, and with a background in electronics, decided enough is enough. You were the first video I seen, and I'm ready to build for my own needs... Because the day I spend that much for a pedal is the day I really am a moogerfooger! Thanks for the start... I'll keep you updated with my path.
@@us3r11 I have built 3 since then... 2 eh, and another that I like. Thank goodness for the internet or I wouldn't have been able to do it. With the time I have put into it, I could have bought a pedal for cheaper, but the experience was worth it.
It's like going to school and relearning how to use the various modules in step to learn a great approach and not pick up bad habits. Thanks for the primary lesson with a great calm teacher approach. Outstanding 👍
Really appreciated this, especially the respect paid to those who beat a path before us. I've been hungry to start building pedals... been 20ish years since I used a soldering iron, never did much more than rewiring speaker cabs or swapping out guitar pickups, but always wanted to do more. Found this very inspiring--checking out the LPB 1 next!
Your intro was very wise. My education was a LOT like yours, but earlier, EE class of ‘77, minor in Software. You points about tools are well made, especially screwdrivers!
Whoa, I’m 5 years late to this video 😂… I’m in Tumwater, WA just a bit north from you. I’m a science teacher (middle/high school); I got into pedal building from watching Brian Wampler talk about how pedals work and how to mod them. Then I put together a StewMac king of tone clone and got hooked! On my way to work and back in Hoquiam I’d listen to electrical engineering lectures. Then I discovered Copper Sound DIY and then JHS started talking about it. THEN UA-cam suggested your channel … this is getting too long … now I’m doing Brian Wampler’s pedal building course because I have a ton of time in the summer. highfive ✋🏼😎
Currently failing my qualifying year for engineering at uni and this video is inspiring me to turn myself around to become an electrical engineer so I can do the same thing as you. I’m super excited to try to build a fuzz pedal this summer too!
Rods from London here. I really wanna get into basic old school stuff like treble boosters, fuzzboxes and classic overdrives. Thanks for the nice video.
I love pedals. I want to make pedals so i can have more pedals. I love these lil boxes of majic. I enjoy your encouragement and honesty. I will be gettin set up soon. Thanks you Fuzzlord.
Just kinda starting to stick my toe in the water of effects building and modding and this was the first video I watched. Great info and a great sort of “where your mindset should be”. Thanks for not being overly technical and making it so someone like me can understand it and keep the enthusiasm up. We’ve all seen those “intro” videos that are too technical and turn you off immediately. Thanks man!
I’m compelled to build. I can’t help it. My first baz I built from salvaged parts. I had just got into it and I was so hungry and I couldn’t really work a job at the time so I was broke. It was a good long while before I was able to find a good transistor type that I didn’t half roast in the removal process from the iron. There is something magical about making them come to life. I just recently discovered biasing and it’s mind blowing awesome to have access to that control parameter- it’s like secrets hidden in limitations by the manufacturers. Because playing with biasing is straight up bad ass and I love access to that control 🤗
Hey man, heartfelt appreciation from India for this constant delivery of amazing content. In here, we have no pedal builders, and no one to look over the shoulders and learn from. Thanks for what you are doing.
Thanks Steve! Hopefully someone will get into building their own pedal for the first time (: Looking forward to this weeks guitar lesson on your channel! ~Jason
I like you’re passion, honesty and dedication for making this video. I am getting into Doom Metal and interested in buying a pedal. I play guitar for a long time and was into deth and tech death metal. Now in my 40’s my passion is synthwave i have a Boss sy200 and it’s a fantastic pedal. Recently i’ve been getting into the Band Sleep which i never heard of and gave me the gateway for doom.
thanks for the inspiration - I think I'm going to build a Fuzz box from an old electronics magazine - my old soldering iron is no longer sufficient so I picked up an adjustable one with a station and built-in solder dispenser
watching from indiana. really liked this video! spent a year soldering boards for radon detectors at work & really enjoyed it. mentioned to a friend that i miss soldering & he recommended building pedals. i’ve grown up in a musical family but i didnt get the special touch lol at least i could potentially make them some things
This video is so inspirational thank you! I think people who build pedals are the coolest and really want to get into it. I'm going to buy my first kit soon and hopfully this can be something I can get into.
Greetings from Austin TX ! I think it’s really cool that you talk about this for ppl like myself that are starting to tinker with pedals. The tools and advice was cool too. Advice about respecting those who came before you is great in any part of life. I enjoy your videos and only found your channel last week. I like what you do sir, and your products. I just ordered a bazz fuss kit and a few others. Plus some tone stacks and a couple electric engineering books. Jumping in head first haha. I’ve been teaching myself guitar repair and wiring them for yrs. might as well learn to make the pedals that make my guitars scream. I just want to make cool pedals with my daughter and be able to fix the box of old pedals I already have. Keep doing what you do sir.
This is exactly the video I have been hoping to find for the past 3-4 years. Most tech-related videos seem to have either a sterile matter-of-factness or a smug intellectual elitist feeling that this video absolutely does not! I very much appreciate your grounded genuine description and encouragement. To answer your questions... I am watching from Charleston, SC. My main goal is not at all commercial. I just want to learn more about what happens when I step on my Rat pedal. An idea for a future video... Hmm... I would LOVE to have someone take a schematic of a common pedal, and go through the entire process of going to Digi-Key, Amazon... whatever... and actually filling their "shopping cart" with all the parts... all the while giving commentary on... Why I chose THIS package vs. that package. Metal Film vs.... This capacitor type vs. that... and why... as well as... Why I use Digi Key, or Distributor X, Y, Z instead of whatever.. Then going through checkout.. Then when the parts arrive... you un box them, and breadboard the simple circuit(s). See... the problem that I find with all pedal channels on UA-cam is... they either assume that you know all about where to get stuff.. or, they treat you like a child and talk about lighting up an LED light bulb. I want to see the real life of where, which, and why of actual real-world components. No one shares that. But... really man... thanks for the killer video! I'm buying a damn hoodie!!!!
I bought a dB boost pedal kit after watching this video because it seemed fun to try putting something together myself. And now I'm watching electrical engineering 101 videos on youtube so I can figure out WHY the directions work and how to modify them if I want haha Thanks Jason. I love this channel. Your passion for what you do is infectious. Your pedals are sick and I plan on trying to get one on preorder before they sell out again.
This was very inspiring. I have most of the equipment besides the adjustable soldering iron. I really enjoyed switching pickups and fixing input jacks and I am really interested in learning how to read diagrams for pedals and fully under stand them. This definetly pushed me to try it!
Watching from Texas, USA. I appreciate that you didn't put up some Amazon link to a $150 soldering iron. I was watching a guitar-related channel recently and the guy was talking about tools that guitarists should have. He brought on his friend from a small pedal company to talk about soldering and that guy recommended people buy really expensive irons. It was absurd. How often does a guitar player need to solder something? How long will they be using the iron for at a time? Not often, and not long. I have nothing against affiliate links, but man.
this was very inspiring for the fact im a hobbyist computer programmer/automation programmer/most lately electrical engineering for arduino/rpi/etc.. stuff, (mostly focused on automation and software) however many of my friends are very heavy musicians from the new england/western massachusetts areas, they would tell me that my equip and tools are exactly what is needed and asking me for clones (and "klones" of the klon centuar), so very recently i started to go deeper finding your content because i was tasked with making some just replication guitar pedals, but just wanted to make sure im getting a nice ground up expereince, only to find out alot of this falls exactly in line with many of the "gists" ive figured out naturally over time, but allows me the testbed to further excercise learning, while still helping some great friends out (im self taught entirely, internet is powerful as you said, amount of information, and what the past people have left behind is huge, you literaly are matching this quote i say about how "were not reinvinting the wheel" thing) anyways, thank you for the content, this really makes me know im found myself to the right path
Just bought my first pedal and then I bought a second before I even received the first. It is what it is. I’ve poorly build a compressor about 7 years back. I’ve learned a lot about how to do things in general since then so I’ve feeling good if not apprehensive. Longe story longer than it should. I’m glad I’ve found your channel. So wish me luck on my guitar PCb kits of a bass drive and model t amp in a box builds. Ps. Judging from the kits purchased what should my next build be. And thank you.
Thanks for the information. Just ordered my first kit! If the the solder job I did on my guitar is anything to go by I'd better order extra solder and one of those suckers too. If I'm honest I'm mainly looking forward to painting the enclosure
Thanks so much Jason this is EXACTLY the video I needed to see. I’ve never made a pedal or played with electronics but I’m super keen. Your advice is invaluable
@@FuzzlordEffects pleasure is all mine. Loved your short vid on the budget broom board. That behringer super fuzz is amazing. First saw it on Josh Scott’s episode about behringer. Definitely picking one up. And I need to explore you’re range. They look super cool
I was in GW magazine in 2004 when I was in Iraq. You look like a dude that I jammed with in Camp Victory Iraq. I had a white strat if you remember this. M.O.S.T. 256INF/Mech🎸🤘🏻 I was building guitar kits but now I think I’m gonna try a pedal.
Hey man, this is a great starter video. Currently studying mechanical engineering in Louisiana, and I've always wanted to understand the ins and outs of pedals to eventually make my own clones. Thanks man!
I have an EE degree and I know very little about music but friends of mine run a band and I figured I could help them with designing a pedal. I searched for "how to build your own guitar pedal" and found this video.
Great video dude. I think another good way to ease into pedal building is by using good old fashioned breadboard circuits. My background is in robotics so I have tons of components lying around from school back in the day. I figured "why the hell not?" and I found a cool but really simple op-amp fuzz pedal circuit on the web. I didn't have the exact part numbers that the diagram called for so I started swapping out components just to see how they sound. The biggest surprise I found was how cool it sounded by putting in LEDs for the clipping diodes.
Start making circuit designs and PCBs now, make lots of projects, makybe start blog or youtube channel to document your work. If you ever want to apply as design engineer to a larger company all of that work makes a great resume and shows your dedication also. Hope that is hekpful! (:
Great stuff man. Watching from Terrace, BC Canada! Appreciate your thoroughness. I am working out my first pedal build and I came across your vid, thank you!
I know this is an old video but I appreciate the basic introduction. As a grad student, I work part time calibrating and repairing radiation detection meters for our university. Lots of overlap or similar concepts directed towards modifying signal output. I am just starting to get my toes wet creating pedals in my free time, but I have a lot of unique/old components at my disposal I have been playing with. lots to learn... If you are into history, I think the history of Jordan electronics speaks to the similarities between the two fields. Regardless, appreciate the content!
Real good intro. I've been doing it off and on for a long time. I mostly built patch cords. Now, I'm getting into pedals. I want to build a sythesizer. I have a lot of Moog circuits. That's much further down the line, if I live that long and we still live in a world where hobbies are tolerated.
Great video! Built a mod thunder drive a while back and looking to do go feeling into knowing what I’m doing. Super helpful video. Coming outta Stafford CT.
Been soldering at work and want to start doing it creatively. I am good at the soldering part but the schematics and design have been hard. Thank you for the suggestions. I won't burn out on this I honestly want to see how far this can take me and am very much in for the long haul.
this video is great man, I've been getting into pedal building and I'm in the same boat of having some experience from soldering and fixing guitar wiring. I might have to check out if my local university has an electrical engineering degree, or even just some classes on analog circuitry. Kits are sweet, but I want to learn how and why each component does what it does and this is super helpful
@@FuzzlordEffects it was what I originally wanted to major in before I settled on computer informational sciences. But the local university has added a BUNCH of classes recently
Omg this video was SO educational! I’m excited to start work again and try some DIY circuits and pedals building. Maybe next time you can make a part two of this! one where you show The different kinds of simple kits and circuits. or do a Build you have done before that was simple. and guide us through a step by step? Just an idea?
Thanks a lot! That's really helpful! I just built my first two kits (Fuzz Face, actually built it twice cause I got it wrong the first time and a Tube Screamer) and am currently in school for soldering technician. Trying to learn about design a bit now. I'd love to see a video about breadboarding and trying different components (if you do that). Thanks again!
I’d just like to say thank you so much for your effort. This is truly an amazing and heart warming welcome into the world of electronics. I can see the passion that you hold for these things and I truly admire that. Thanks for paying it forward and making it easier for others to get involved.
thanks for the advice. Great videos and like the hand talking. lol I've been repairing broken pedals of my own for a while now. just replacing switches and capacitors. I'm no electrical engineer though, I'm a stoner guitar player. rock on! keep it up making cool gear !
The first pedal I made was a tube screamer from BYOC. It was fun but honestly I didn't like the sound very much. The problem with kits are you're limited to only popular pedals for the most part. You have a much better selection when just buying a clone PCB, but to a beginner sourcing parts could be harder then it seems. Converting a 4n7 capacitor into something searchable may require a little research. Drilling holes in the enclosures can be a pain if your drill won't accept the larger bits. All in all it's a fun process, and the amount of money you save makes it even better.
I've built a few pedals in the past but in the end I had a pedal that was just okay but more importantly, poorly suited to my needs. What I've always wanted is a resource that went through circuits and integrated the electronics with the sound. So many seem to focus on voltage and current which is obviously important but as a musician all I care about is the tone. As a doom metal guy I've found that most vintage fuzz circuits just don't handle B and A tunings all that well so I've wanted to know how can I get more depth. How can I dial in the midsized to fit my guitar within the circuit. I think an awesome series would be if you were to take a common pedal kit or even off the shelf pedal and show us what to change and how to have an idea what changes can impact the sound. All I've ever wanted was to get the sound in my head to come through those speakers and so many pieces of gear just get me partially there but also add things I don't want. So if you ever wanted to make a series about modifying kits or pedals, I think that would really go over well. I've seen a few from Brian Wampler where he'll break down a circuit and talk about the impact of changes in the circuit.
Fuzzlord Effects “To bake an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe” -Carl Sagan I just don’t see that at this point. I get the reasoning but I’m just not going to invest that much time into the process. If someone put together a series of videos explaining mods to classic pedals and a little explanation behind what was behind the changes then I’d be in for that level. My interest in electronics at this point is hyper limited to pedals.
My first guitar gear was a clone of Rangemaster Treble Booster. After that, I've made my own variation of that effect. Now, I'm trying to make Fuzz Face :-D
Been thinking about getting into pedals for a few years now. This was inspiring video thank you, im gonna build my first pedal soon. Also you forgot to mention the little beepermeter between your drawers! 😁👍 Watching from Finland.
Matt from San Diego. Good video. Liked how you talked about how you got into pedal building. I liked your hand jive you got goin on even better. Hah! Trying to break into pedal building. Ordered a few kits. An Acapulco gold clone from fuzzdog, and a GCI Brutalist jr. from musikding. Covids making shipping overseas take forever so i ordered another GCI overdrive from small bear. Lol. Hopefully something lands soon. Suggestion on a video idea? A video where you go through the various components for lets say boost or an overdrive, then a step by step build would cool. Id watch it. Sure others would too.
I'm in it for the hand signals.
Added extra to new video just for you 😂
👋💪🙌👍👊 hes right.
Before he built his first kit, he was a first base coach 🤷♂️🙅♂️💁♂️
Why did you have to mention that.
😂
currently going to Oregon State University for electrical engineering specifically so i can build synthesizers and guitar effects. Maybe someday our pedals will cross paths!
That’s badass! I graduated from there 🤘 Tell Don I said hi.
Fuzzlord Effects this is actually crazy because I didn’t even get to the part in the video where you said you went to OSU when I commented. Small world. This is actually really encouraging now lol
If it makes you feel any better or gets a laugh I used to always call Matt Schumann or whatever his name was “Schumann” but like Newman from Seinfeld. It always pissed him off and I don’t think he understood why.....
Frickin Schumann 😂
But fair warning, you literally have to pull near perfect test while in that course with that level of sass Hahahaha 😂
Fuzzlord Effects I always try to avoid Schuman’s classes when possible. He is by far my least favorite instructor I’ve had since high school. I dropped a digital logic class he was teaching because he’s just such a hard guy to like lol
Hello! I'm a highschooler in Virginia and I really appreciate this video. I usually have to find information like this through multiple videos and/or websites so thank you so much. I've always been really into electronics but I've gotten really into guitars this year. I think I'm going to order a diy boost pedal for my first project. Thank you!
That’s so great to hear Natalie and I am sure you are going to have so much fun with that! Thanks for watching
yeah i can’t wait to hear an update! i bet you’re doing amazing :D
I seen 6 moogerfooger pedals going for $25,000, and with a background in electronics, decided enough is enough. You were the first video I seen, and I'm ready to build for my own needs... Because the day I spend that much for a pedal is the day I really am a moogerfooger! Thanks for the start... I'll keep you updated with my path.
Hey. How's it going with the pedal build?
@J A in also wondering. Its been a year
@@us3r11 I have built 3 since then... 2 eh, and another that I like. Thank goodness for the internet or I wouldn't have been able to do it. With the time I have put into it, I could have bought a pedal for cheaper, but the experience was worth it.
"Enjoy the journey...Don't fascinate yourself with the end goal.'" Words to live by.
i'm doing electrical engineering here in UTFPR - Brazil right now, this is exactly the video i needed, thanks man!!
That is so awesome you are in engineering school! A lot of hard work but it will be so worth it man I promise!!! Changed my whole life
Fuzzlord is absolutely the coolest name for a pedal company ever.
I've been building, repairing or modding fx pedals off and over for over 25 years. Did a lot of Big Muff repairs. Really enjoy your channel.
Nice! Thank you and glad you are liking the channel!
It's like going to school and relearning how to use the various modules in step to learn a great approach and not pick up bad habits. Thanks for the primary lesson with a great calm teacher approach. Outstanding 👍
Thank you for watching Robert and glad you like the video style!
Really appreciated this, especially the respect paid to those who beat a path before us. I've been hungry to start building pedals... been 20ish years since I used a soldering iron, never did much more than rewiring speaker cabs or swapping out guitar pickups, but always wanted to do more. Found this very inspiring--checking out the LPB 1 next!
Your intro was very wise. My education was a LOT like yours, but earlier, EE class of ‘77, minor in Software. You points about tools are well made, especially screwdrivers!
Thank you Ike! I am curious to know what you focused in for your career after graduating!
@@FuzzlordEffects Master in Aerospace Eng. Focused on Spacecraft Dynamics and Control. Shades of BB!
Whoa, I’m 5 years late to this video 😂… I’m in Tumwater, WA just a bit north from you. I’m a science teacher (middle/high school); I got into pedal building from watching Brian Wampler talk about how pedals work and how to mod them. Then I put together a StewMac king of tone clone and got hooked! On my way to work and back in Hoquiam I’d listen to electrical engineering lectures. Then I discovered Copper Sound DIY and then JHS started talking about it. THEN UA-cam suggested your channel … this is getting too long … now I’m doing Brian Wampler’s pedal building course because I have a ton of time in the summer. highfive ✋🏼😎
Currently failing my qualifying year for engineering at uni and this video is inspiring me to turn myself around to become an electrical engineer so I can do the same thing as you. I’m super excited to try to build a fuzz pedal this summer too!
Rods from London here. I really wanna get into basic old school stuff like treble boosters, fuzzboxes and classic overdrives. Thanks for the nice video.
Great advice on not getting hung up on an end result and valuing each kernel of insight along the journey.
That is one thing I try to keep in mind on a daily (: I forget it also!
Cheers,
Jason
Oh thanks so much!! It helps me very well to understand your Fuzzworld! and how elaborate can be made guitar pedals!
thanks for watching!
I love pedals. I want to make pedals so i can have more pedals. I love these lil boxes of majic. I enjoy your encouragement and honesty. I will be gettin set up soon. Thanks you Fuzzlord.
Now that is the right attitude to start building!
I have loved electronics and I’m learning to play guitar and I would love to make pedals but I couldn’t find any information but you saved me thanks !
Glad this was helpful Eli cheers!
Just kinda starting to stick my toe in the water of effects building and modding and this was the first video I watched. Great info and a great sort of “where your mindset should be”. Thanks for not being overly technical and making it so someone like me can understand it and keep the enthusiasm up. We’ve all seen those “intro” videos that are too technical and turn you off immediately. Thanks man!
I’m compelled to build. I can’t help it. My first baz I built from salvaged parts. I had just got into it and I was so hungry and I couldn’t really work a job at the time so I was broke. It was a good long while before I was able to find a good transistor type that I didn’t half roast in the removal process from the iron. There is something magical about making them come to life. I just recently discovered biasing and it’s mind blowing awesome to have access to that control parameter- it’s like secrets hidden in limitations by the manufacturers. Because playing with biasing is straight up bad ass and I love access to that control 🤗
You're like the Mr. Rogers of effect pedals! I mean that in a good way!
Hahahhaha thanks!
jsun blue "oh won't you hear my phaser?"
jared greer 😂
Great vid, I have a degree in electronics and really never applied it so this seems like a good use for it.
Keep up the cool content
Cheers!
Hey man, heartfelt appreciation from India for this constant delivery of amazing content. In here, we have no pedal builders, and no one to look over the shoulders and learn from. Thanks for what you are doing.
just now seeing this comment, thank you so much (:
@@FuzzlordEffects Big ups!
Another awesome video. Thanks for the insight, Jason!
Thanks Steve! Hopefully someone will get into building their own pedal for the first time (: Looking forward to this weeks guitar lesson on your channel!
~Jason
Thanks for the wisdom dropped at the beginning of the video. I really appreciate everything you said. ❤
I like you’re passion, honesty and dedication for making this video. I am getting into Doom Metal and interested in buying a pedal. I play guitar for a long time and was into deth and tech death metal. Now in my 40’s my passion is synthwave i have a Boss sy200 and it’s a fantastic pedal. Recently i’ve been getting into the Band Sleep which i never heard of and gave me the gateway for doom.
I really appreciate that!!
Awesome stuff. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for watching!
I love your channel dude !!!!
Bro if I didn’t see you post anywhere for a long time in stoner metal theme vids, I’d think you’ve died or something
Thanks I’m moving from Oregon to Hawaii and want to start building pedals on the Big Island. Your channel is a great find :)
thanks for the inspiration - I think I'm going to build a Fuzz box from an old electronics magazine - my old soldering iron is no longer sufficient so I picked up an adjustable one with a station and built-in solder dispenser
Thanks for the video. I am excited to make something.
Nice to see someone who went to school in OR.
Super inspiring.
watching from indiana. really liked this video! spent a year soldering boards for radon detectors at work & really enjoyed it. mentioned to a friend that i miss soldering & he recommended building pedals. i’ve grown up in a musical family but i didnt get the special touch lol at least i could potentially make them some things
This video is so inspirational thank you! I think people who build pedals are the coolest and really want to get into it. I'm going to buy my first kit soon and hopfully this can be something I can get into.
Greetings from Austin TX ! I think it’s really cool that you talk about this for ppl like myself that are starting to tinker with pedals. The tools and advice was cool too. Advice about respecting those who came before you is great in any part of life. I enjoy your videos and only found your channel last week. I like what you do sir, and your products. I just ordered a bazz fuss kit and a few others. Plus some tone stacks and a couple electric engineering books. Jumping in head first haha. I’ve been teaching myself guitar repair and wiring them for yrs. might as well learn to make the pedals that make my guitars scream. I just want to make cool pedals with my daughter and be able to fix the box of old pedals I already have. Keep doing what you do sir.
That is so awesome you are going to build a bass fuzz kit Ron!!! That was my first pedal also!
Cheers
Jason
This is so informative and chill at the same time
This is exactly the video I have been hoping to find for the past 3-4 years. Most tech-related videos seem to have either a sterile matter-of-factness or a smug intellectual elitist feeling that this video absolutely does not! I very much appreciate your grounded genuine description and encouragement. To answer your questions... I am watching from Charleston, SC. My main goal is not at all commercial. I just want to learn more about what happens when I step on my Rat pedal. An idea for a future video... Hmm... I would LOVE to have someone take a schematic of a common pedal, and go through the entire process of going to Digi-Key, Amazon... whatever... and actually filling their "shopping cart" with all the parts... all the while giving commentary on... Why I chose THIS package vs. that package. Metal Film vs.... This capacitor type vs. that... and why... as well as... Why I use Digi Key, or Distributor X, Y, Z instead of whatever.. Then going through checkout.. Then when the parts arrive... you un box them, and breadboard the simple circuit(s). See... the problem that I find with all pedal channels on UA-cam is... they either assume that you know all about where to get stuff.. or, they treat you like a child and talk about lighting up an LED light bulb. I want to see the real life of where, which, and why of actual real-world components. No one shares that.
But... really man... thanks for the killer video! I'm buying a damn hoodie!!!!
Hi Michael, I'll be making more circuits videos! There are a few more available on the Patreon page also. Cheers man!
Great video Jason, thanks for taking the time to share. I'm excited, I'm getting ready to make my first pedal. Take care.
Cheers FoxDrvr hope it goes well!
Thank you, you made this seem like a realistic hobby to get into.
Have always wanted to learn how to build/repair pedals and amps. Thanks for a great video and a great channel.
Hi Adam, I think you should check out Uncle Doug's playlist called "Tube Amp Bootcamp," lots of good info there aimed at people new to electronics.
Hey man, I watched you from Greece and I really enjoyed your video! Thanks!
Thanks for watching!
I bought a dB boost pedal kit after watching this video because it seemed fun to try putting something together myself. And now I'm watching electrical engineering 101 videos on youtube so I can figure out WHY the directions work and how to modify them if I want haha Thanks Jason. I love this channel. Your passion for what you do is infectious. Your pedals are sick and I plan on trying to get one on preorder before they sell out again.
So happy to hear your messing with a pedal and watching engineering videos!!!! Whose channel are you watching?
Fuzzlord Effects The Engineering Mindset has some good basics videos. And the DIY Pedal Guy (I think that was his channel) cool stuff.
“DIY Guitar Pedals” is the channel.
Great advice about enjoying the process and not focusing on the end goal. I wish I would have understood this when I was younger.
Rapidly becoming one of my favorite channels! Never realized i love Doom Metal!
So happy to hear that!
This is actually relaxing to watch
Happy to hear that!
Exactly what I was looking for thanks mate! Cheers from Aus
Bazzfuss was the first pedal for me too, a good one to start soldering, and also a very cool fuzz pedal to play with when it's done !
such a fun one!
This was very inspiring. I have most of the equipment besides the adjustable soldering iron. I really enjoyed switching pickups and fixing input jacks and I am really interested in learning how to read diagrams for pedals and fully under stand them. This definetly pushed me to try it!
Ah maybe a good video topic!
Watching from Texas, USA. I appreciate that you didn't put up some Amazon link to a $150 soldering iron. I was watching a guitar-related channel recently and the guy was talking about tools that guitarists should have. He brought on his friend from a small pedal company to talk about soldering and that guy recommended people buy really expensive irons. It was absurd. How often does a guitar player need to solder something? How long will they be using the iron for at a time? Not often, and not long. I have nothing against affiliate links, but man.
Thanks bro from UK. Great advice for this newbie.
Thanks a lot for sharing. I see there's a lot of stuff to learn before I can build my own pedals. Greetings from México!
Don’t get discouraged, kits and simple one knob pedals are great to start with.
Going to school for EE, my father and I want to make pedals. Thank you! SUBBED!!!
That is so cool!!!! Which school are you going to? Hope you two have fun making pedals
this was very inspiring for the fact im a hobbyist computer programmer/automation programmer/most lately electrical engineering for arduino/rpi/etc.. stuff, (mostly focused on automation and software) however many of my friends are very heavy musicians from the new england/western massachusetts areas, they would tell me that my equip and tools are exactly what is needed and asking me for clones (and "klones" of the klon centuar), so very recently i started to go deeper finding your content because i was tasked with making some just replication guitar pedals, but just wanted to make sure im getting a nice ground up expereince, only to find out alot of this falls exactly in line with many of the "gists" ive figured out naturally over time, but allows me the testbed to further excercise learning, while still helping some great friends out (im self taught entirely, internet is powerful as you said, amount of information, and what the past people have left behind is huge, you literaly are matching this quote i say about how "were not reinvinting the wheel" thing) anyways, thank you for the content, this really makes me know im found myself to the right path
Dude, thanks for taking the time to share your expertise!
Thanks for watching!!
Just bought my first pedal and then I bought a second before I even received the first. It is what it is. I’ve poorly build a compressor about 7 years back. I’ve learned a lot about how to do things in general since then so I’ve feeling good if not apprehensive. Longe story longer than it should. I’m glad I’ve found your channel. So wish me luck on my guitar PCb kits of a bass drive and model t amp in a box builds.
Ps. Judging from the kits purchased what should my next build be. And thank you.
This is so so good! Almost felt like therapy! I've bought 2 kits broke it, not giving up... just got to improve at soldering.
Soldering is tricky, but don’t give up! I messed up so many pedals when I was trying to learn. Glad you enjoyed video 😊
Thanks for the information. Just ordered my first kit! If the the solder job I did on my guitar is anything to go by I'd better order extra solder and one of those suckers too.
If I'm honest I'm mainly looking forward to painting the enclosure
I have the same Weller soldering iron. Great advice; it works very well.
Thanks Buck! It’s such a good one for the price 👍
Thanks so much Jason this is EXACTLY the video I needed to see. I’ve never made a pedal or played with electronics but I’m super keen.
Your advice is invaluable
I really appreciate you watching!
@@FuzzlordEffects pleasure is all mine. Loved your short vid on the budget broom board. That behringer super fuzz is amazing. First saw it on Josh Scott’s episode about behringer. Definitely picking one up. And I need to explore you’re range. They look super cool
Been looking for a straight forward intro vid like this for a while now. Thanks brother and keep it heavy👍
This was awesome. This is something I've wanted to get into for a long time, and I think I'm finally going to. Thank you!
This is a really cool channel.
Thank you!!
~Jason
As somebody who is in electrical engineering right now this video had some solid advice
Cheers Jordan thanks for watching and best of luck in your studies!
I was in GW magazine in 2004 when I was in Iraq. You look like a dude that I jammed with in Camp Victory Iraq. I had a white strat if you remember this. M.O.S.T. 256INF/Mech🎸🤘🏻 I was building guitar kits but now I think I’m gonna try a pedal.
Hey man, this is a great starter video. Currently studying mechanical engineering in Louisiana, and I've always wanted to understand the ins and outs of pedals to eventually make my own clones. Thanks man!
That’s badass you are in engineering school! Your basic electronics classes that I think all mechanicals take now will help you a lot!
@@FuzzlordEffects I'll be sure to let you know how my first pedal turns out! Thanks for all your help!
I have an EE degree and I know very little about music but friends of mine run a band and I figured I could help them with designing a pedal. I searched for "how to build your own guitar pedal" and found this video.
Great video dude. I think another good way to ease into pedal building is by using good old fashioned breadboard circuits. My background is in robotics so I have tons of components lying around from school back in the day. I figured "why the hell not?" and I found a cool but really simple op-amp fuzz pedal circuit on the web. I didn't have the exact part numbers that the diagram called for so I started swapping out components just to see how they sound. The biggest surprise I found was how cool it sounded by putting in LEDs for the clipping diodes.
Totally agree and very cool!
I enjoy your channel dood and your passion for making pedals is always evident in your videos but it's on fire in this one. Well done Fuzzlord!
Thanks so much for watching! Cheers!
I have been looking into this for a while so thank you for making this video. You have confirmed a lot of my assumptions, which is great!
Thanks for watching!
I'm an electrical engineering and music major and my plan is to go into audio electronics!! Any advice you may recommend?
Start making circuit designs and PCBs now, make lots of projects, makybe start blog or youtube channel to document your work. If you ever want to apply as design engineer to a larger company all of that work makes a great resume and shows your dedication also. Hope that is hekpful! (:
So humble. So righteous. Thank you.
Thank you so much!
Great stuff man.
Watching from Terrace, BC Canada!
Appreciate your thoroughness. I am working out my first pedal build and I came across your vid, thank you!
good luck building!
Cheers from Tampa. Seems like a good hobby to pick up during quarantine. Going to try my hand at a treble booster.
Everyone needs a treble booster or three!
just discovered you channel! i recently got interested in building my own electronics/pedals. I'm watching from düsseldorf, germany
cheers and thanks for watching!
I know this is an old video but I appreciate the basic introduction. As a grad student, I work part time calibrating and repairing radiation detection meters for our university. Lots of overlap or similar concepts directed towards modifying signal output. I am just starting to get my toes wet creating pedals in my free time, but I have a lot of unique/old components at my disposal I have been playing with. lots to learn...
If you are into history, I think the history of Jordan electronics speaks to the similarities between the two fields.
Regardless, appreciate the content!
I'm a musician and a gear head, and I am really interested in building my own pedals. Thanks for the great video, even if I'm a bit late to the party!
Thanks for watching Tim!
Real good intro. I've been doing it off and on for a long time. I mostly built patch cords. Now, I'm getting into pedals. I want to build a sythesizer. I have a lot of Moog circuits. That's much further down the line, if I live that long and we still live in a world where hobbies are tolerated.
Hello Mr. Fuzz. Thanks for your sharing. Best regards from Indonesia 🇮🇩
Great video! Built a mod thunder drive a while back and looking to do go feeling into knowing what I’m doing. Super helpful video. Coming outta Stafford CT.
Been soldering at work and want to start doing it creatively. I am good at the soldering part but the schematics and design have been hard. Thank you for the suggestions. I won't burn out on this I honestly want to see how far this can take me and am very much in for the long haul.
thanks for sharing the pros and cons , I'm hoping to see many tutorial related to guitar effect pedals on your channel
Great channel, just got my wife a HM-6 after watching videos on all your products. Very cool stuff and great educational content.🤘
Watching from San Antonio, Texas!
cheers Josh!
I m happy to see your desk and my desk look pretty much the same XD
You've got a thumb's up when I heard: a deep respect for everyone that came before you ...
Many thanks for sharing!
this video is great man, I've been getting into pedal building and I'm in the same boat of having some experience from soldering and fixing guitar wiring. I might have to check out if my local university has an electrical engineering degree, or even just some classes on analog circuitry. Kits are sweet, but I want to learn how and why each component does what it does and this is super helpful
Most people never regret going into engineering, it’s a hard subject but I enjoyed it!
@@FuzzlordEffects it was what I originally wanted to major in before I settled on computer informational sciences. But the local university has added a BUNCH of classes recently
Thanks for this. I don't like asking this of people who are great at making pedals. So I appreciate this a lot. Cheers!
Will keep these coming! Plan on doing a group build/kit pretty soon (:
Cheers,
Jason
Thank you Buddy loved this!!!! Enjoy the Journey!!!
Thanks for watching!
Was just up in Corvallis for the holidays...small world 🌎
Omg this video was SO educational! I’m excited to start work again and try some DIY circuits and pedals building.
Maybe next time you can make a part two of this! one where you show The different kinds of simple kits and circuits. or do a Build you have done before that was simple. and guide us through a step by step? Just an idea?
thanks for watching and that is some great ideas for future videos cheers!
Thanks a lot! That's really helpful! I just built my first two kits (Fuzz Face, actually built it twice cause I got it wrong the first time and a Tube Screamer) and am currently in school for soldering technician. Trying to learn about design a bit now.
I'd love to see a video about breadboarding and trying different components (if you do that). Thanks again!
I’d just like to say thank you so much for your effort. This is truly an amazing and heart warming welcome into the world of electronics. I can see the passion that you hold for these things and I truly admire that. Thanks for paying it forward and making it easier for others to get involved.
thanks for the advice. Great videos and like the hand talking. lol I've been repairing broken pedals of my own for a while now. just replacing switches and capacitors. I'm no electrical engineer though, I'm a stoner guitar player. rock on! keep it up making cool gear !
The first pedal I made was a tube screamer from BYOC. It was fun but honestly I didn't like the sound very much. The problem with kits are you're limited to only popular pedals for the most part. You have a much better selection when just buying a clone PCB, but to a beginner sourcing parts could be harder then it seems. Converting a 4n7 capacitor into something searchable may require a little research. Drilling holes in the enclosures can be a pain if your drill won't accept the larger bits. All in all it's a fun process, and the amount of money you save makes it even better.
GGG has some good ones last I checked
I love the way you describe things
Super helpful stuff, thanks! And hi from McMinnville!
I've built a few pedals in the past but in the end I had a pedal that was just okay but more importantly, poorly suited to my needs. What I've always wanted is a resource that went through circuits and integrated the electronics with the sound. So many seem to focus on voltage and current which is obviously important but as a musician all I care about is the tone. As a doom metal guy I've found that most vintage fuzz circuits just don't handle B and A tunings all that well so I've wanted to know how can I get more depth. How can I dial in the midsized to fit my guitar within the circuit.
I think an awesome series would be if you were to take a common pedal kit or even off the shelf pedal and show us what to change and how to have an idea what changes can impact the sound. All I've ever wanted was to get the sound in my head to come through those speakers and so many pieces of gear just get me partially there but also add things I don't want. So if you ever wanted to make a series about modifying kits or pedals, I think that would really go over well. I've seen a few from Brian Wampler where he'll break down a circuit and talk about the impact of changes in the circuit.
The best way to translate from sound in head, to real life, is through studying electrical engineering (: That is how I got into this.
Cheers,
Jason
Fuzzlord Effects
“To bake an apple pie from scratch, you must first create the universe” -Carl Sagan
I just don’t see that at this point. I get the reasoning but I’m just not going to invest that much time into the process. If someone put together a series of videos explaining mods to classic pedals and a little explanation behind what was behind the changes then I’d be in for that level. My interest in electronics at this point is hyper limited to pedals.
My first guitar gear was a clone of Rangemaster Treble Booster. After that, I've made my own variation of that effect. Now, I'm trying to make Fuzz Face :-D
Just got some reading glasses and a soldering iron. I'm off to a good start! Lol 😂
Sure are!
Thanks for making this video! I'm gonna build something!
Been thinking about getting into pedals for a few years now.
This was inspiring video thank you, im gonna build my first pedal soon.
Also you forgot to mention the little beepermeter between your drawers! 😁👍
Watching from Finland.
Matt from San Diego. Good video. Liked how you talked about how you got into pedal building. I liked your hand jive you got goin on even better. Hah! Trying to break into pedal building. Ordered a few kits. An Acapulco gold clone from fuzzdog, and a GCI Brutalist jr. from musikding. Covids making shipping overseas take forever so i ordered another GCI overdrive from small bear. Lol. Hopefully something lands soon. Suggestion on a video idea? A video where you go through the various components for lets say boost or an overdrive, then a step by step build would cool. Id watch it. Sure others would too.
Thanks for checking out the video and the suggestion! Cheers!