My first pedal building class

Modulus_Amps

I ran my first pedal building class today, was quite nervous that it would be a disaster, that transistors would be fried, that board traces would be removed, that people would hold the hot end of the iron, that coffee would run out....

Except non of that happened, all 5 pedals built worked great (after a little bit of tweaking) and everyone had a great time and learned something along the way.

I am sure there are other offering build classes. Rift / Vyse etc. look them up, it is a really good way to work through the basics of soldering and assembly... enough to make you dangerous anyway!

Fuengi

Oh! That looks great. 

I presume all the pupils will now be bringing out their own pedal range? (joke). 

Where are you, I wouldn't mind having a go? 

Modulus_Amps

Fuengi said:

Oh! That looks great. 

I presume all the pupils will now be bringing out their own pedal range? (joke). 

Where are you, I wouldn't mind having a go? 

yip, 5 new brands will be launched next week!

not quite, based on soldering skill might just aim for two.. ha ha

I am in NE Scotland, Kirriemuir.

Modulus_Amps

This is the first sample I built

stickyfiddle

Looks good! Some sort of Fuzz face, based on that circuit diagram?

sev112

Was the baby’s soldering technique good too? 

StanleyAccrington

Great stuff.....I'd enrol on one of these courses/classes like a shot.

Modulus_Amps

stickyfiddle said:

Looks good! Some sort of Fuzz face, based on that circuit diagram?

Yes, a silicon Fuzz Face

Modulus_Amps

@sev112 said:

Was the baby’s soldering technique good too? 

We start training them young, he was a star and both his parents walked away with a pedal, one with a brushed gold finish, and one with a blackface finish (but not that blackface)

Wazmeister

Looks great - Id love to attend one of those.

Adam_MD

I wish there had been something like this when I started I ended up building quite a few pedals before I wasn't having silly mistakes or doing things in weird ways.  Probably would have saved me some headaches and I'd have learned quicker.  

Fuengi

Modulus_Amps said:

Fuengi said:

Oh! That looks great. 

I presume all the pupils will now be bringing out their own pedal range? (joke). 

Where are you, I wouldn't mind having a go? 

yip, 5 new brands will be launched next week!

not quite, based on soldering skill might just aim for two.. ha ha

I am in NE Scotland, Kirriemuir.

You'd literally be closer to me if you were in Zurich. 

Modulus_Amps

Fuengi said:

Modulus_Amps said:

Fuengi said:

Oh! That looks great. 

I presume all the pupils will now be bringing out their own pedal range? (joke). 

Where are you, I wouldn't mind having a go? 

yip, 5 new brands will be launched next week!

not quite, based on soldering skill might just aim for two.. ha ha

I am in NE Scotland, Kirriemuir.

You'd literally be closer to me if you were in Zurich. 

Yip, this is a constant Dilemma for me, but I do like living in the country

DartmoorHedgehog

sev112 said:

Was the baby’s soldering technique good too? 

Probably built a wah-wah pedal...