Building Your Own Pedal is Easier Than You Think

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• SB

  @sburgos9621 · 2 weeks ago

  Man, I shouldn't have watched this. I already have too many hobbies and this is tempting.

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• SE

  @sek8903 · 10 days ago (edited)

  Computer engineer here (EE & CS). I don't roll my eyes when you use the water analogy. It's actually the easiest way, in my experience, to describe electrical flow. Once you start talking about magnetic fields and other complexities it starts to break down, but in layman's terms it's all you really need to know. I wish someone would have taught it to me that way in college

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• D3

  @d3w4yn3 · 10 days ago

  This is the most, actually useful info I've ever seen any pedal builder share with people for free!!!  GLORIOUS!!!

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• JO

  @joshtucci7522 · 2 months ago

  This is brilliant. My only want from what you have here would be for schematic changes as you introduce components so it's easy to trace where they go, something that's not as easy looking at a breadboard from any angle.

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• TH

  @TheFatheredGeneration · 1 day ago

  Fellow nerd here, I gotta tip my hat. I already knew a few things about building your own pedals, but man this is gold.

• FR

  @frostiebox6605 · 1 month ago

  I'm so happy to have found your channel.  I've been building simple synths and was looking into building pedals for my guitar player husband. Looking forward to it.

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• SI

  @sijosthomas6314 · 3 days ago

  Absolutely brilliant...such approach will bring much insight for student learning electronics and especially signal processing

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• ST

  @StevenJYoungJr · 2 months ago

  Very nice.  That filled in some learning gaps for me too.  I knew some of the concepts (biasing, filtering, hard clipping), but swapping out the parts and then playing through the changes made all of the difference.  I'd love to see one on OP Amps, maybe starting with the ol' LM386, but then a TL072 or JRC4558 or OP07, or, I've even seen a distortion with a NE555 (I think, or it might have been a 5532).  I agree with the other peorson in the comments that showing the changes to the schematic through the changes to the breadboard would be very helpful for following them.  Liked and Subscribed!

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• SK

  @skittle9488 · 2 months ago

  Thank you so much for this content. It has been a key part of my learning journey, and thanks to your tutorials I've been able to build my first guitar pedals. I really appreciate the time and effort you put into making these videos. Keep up the amazing work!

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• AT

  @atleta1994 · 13 days ago

  Mi padre una vez hizo un wah wah con este metodo y fue simplemente increible 😎🍷💯🤝🎸

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• PL

  @planker · 4 days ago

  I have a fist full of MP-38&apos;s and a fake Stratocaster. I&apos;m in!<br>Excellent presentation, I subscribe and liked because I will be taking notes to get my own variation.

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• BR

  @Broke_Mammoth · 2 months ago

  Thanks for this. I WILL be rewatching and taking notes. Cant wait for pt. 2!

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