DIY Guitar Pedal Guide - Introduction & Component Selection Tips - Part 1

This is the first part of my guide on how to build DIY guitar pedals. It covers various topics related to circuits and component selection in order to make it easier for beginners to understand the world of pedal building. In the second video I’ll actually be building a pedal and using it as an example so I can explain the process more in depth. That one will focus on how to build the circuit for a Fuzz Factory clone. In the third video I’ll be showing how I create the graphics and do the painting on the enclosure before finally boxing up the circuit.
Part 2 of this guide: • DIY Guitar Pedal Guide...
Part 3: • DIY Guitar Pedal Guide...
Previous video where I demo my custom built pedalboard: • My Custom Built Guitar...
Best places to find stripboard designs:
tagboardeffect...
vero-p2p.blogs...
www.sabrotone....
www.diystompbo... (forum for help and questions)
U.S. vendors other than Amazon and Ebay:
(avoid them when buying ICs and transistors because there are many fakes there)
www.taydaelectronics.com
www.guitarpedalparts.com
www.lovemyswitches.com
www.mouser.com (good place to buy transistors and ICs)
www.digikey.com (also a good place for transistors and ICs)
www.pedalpcb.com (also sells PCBs if you don’t want to build a stripboard design)
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Hakko Digital Soldering Station: amzn.to/45vswz1
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[@wangchyi-chyi3056]

Significantly helpful to introduce the components in such detail! Thanks so much!!!!

[@PhazerTech]

Glad it was helpful!

[@akio_2665]

I've been looking into DIY-ing guitar pedals and this helps sooo much. My friends that play guitar all use multi-fx pedals and they do not want to spend money on pedals because they're quite expensive here. Would like to build some for them. Thank you so much for this man!! You're amazing!!!

[@PhazerTech]

Thanks I hope the guide serves you well! BTW I'm currently building a buffered ABY pedal with transformer isolation and will be making a video on it soon. Extremely useful tool for any guitarist!

[@marrazolopez9119]

Greetings from Spain, thank you very much for your work. I have been wanting to start my first pedal project for a while and thanks to your tutorials I think I will be able to. I will watch the following videos and follow your advice. Thank you so much

[@PhazerTech]

That's great to hear, happy to help get you started!

[@64_Commuter]

Superb, comprehensive overview to help folks ramp up quickly and cost-effectively.

[@PhazerTech]

Awesome to hear that, thank you!

[@paulsmith200]

Great video man! You have convinced me to finally take the dive into DIY pedals. Looking forward to part two.

[@PhazerTech]

Thanks bud, glad to hear it! It's a very rewarding hobby. Let me know if you have any questions. I'm planning to release part two this weekend.

[@CScott-zu5mv]

Great job. Just getting into pedal building and this was most helpful with getting stocked up on supplies. Thanks

[@PhazerTech]

Thanks, glad you found it helpful. Be sure to check out parts 2 and 3 if you haven't already.

[@mattfischer3853]

Great video, just what I was looking for

[@godly74]

This was super helpful! I wish I had watched this before my first build 😅

[@PhazerTech]

I'm glad to hear it was helpful! Definitely watch parts 2 and 3 if you haven't already.

[@DerekRonin]

excellent segment! Very indepth and perfect for my newly built Beavis board. Can't wait to see the full segment of this, I may just stock up some stripboards and tinker with during the holiday break!

[@PhazerTech]

Thanks! Nice, the Beavis board should make it a lot easier to compare different circuits or to make mods. For example if you want to build an overdrive but can't decide which one you want to box up, then I suggest building the stripboard for a few of them so you can compare them with a flip of a switch on your Beavis board.

[@DerekRonin]

@@PhazerTech great suggestions, I might just do that!

[@pizzatime4000]

Thank you

[@louderlouder]

a most excellent video series. detailed and super-informative. Thank you!

[@PhazerTech]

I'm glad you found it useful, thanks for the comment! Also is that Wardenclyffe Tower in your pic? I find Tesla's work to be very interesting and I plan to study it more at some point in the future.

[@luginonluginon2602]

cool video, this is the way t save guitar music and to return pedal building to enthusiasts. Keep it up and good luck.

[@PhazerTech]

Thanks I really appreciate that! I do hope guitar music makes a resurgence sooner or later.

[@AutisticCuriosity]

Fabulous content thank you so much

[@PhazerTech]

Happy to hear that, thanks!

[@SamsonBrock42]

Thanks, this was a helpful introductory overview of pedal building as I try to figure out what parts to buy. One thing I didn't quite understand at 15:14: for the 1/4" input jacks, why are TRS sockets required instead of TS if you use battery power?

[@PhazerTech]

The ring and sleeve connections of a TRS jack are wired in such a way that they act as an on/off switch. When a cable is plugged in, it completes the circuit for ground and turns the pedal on. When the cable is unplugged it turns off the pedal. This is done to save battery power when you're not using the pedal. You can Google image search "TRS battery guitar pedal" to find diagrams of how to wire it.