Tech Pages

Here a bunch of articles, schematics and miscellaneous technical articles.

BMP Filter Ideas and schematics for the Big Muff Pi tone control circuit.
Box-In-A-Day A simple box finishing solution using common items found at your hardware store.
Booster: How it Works A look at what the components do in a typical booster
Buffers When to use/avoid them, and how to build your own.
Buying Parts Some useful links on good places to buy the parts you need for major hackage.
BYOC Fuzz Mods A bunch of fun mods for the Build Your Own Clone Fuzz kit.
Capacitors All about capacitor types, what they do, and how to use them
Dying Battery Simulator Great for fuzz effects: set a specific voltage. Super easy!
Effect Order Switcher How to build a box to switch pedal order
From Schematic to Reality How to read schematics and turn them into real things.
Getting Started An article about the first steps in building including lots of links and book ideas
How to Solder - An introductory tutorial, along with a bunch of tips and tricks.
Inside-Pedal-Pix - A big collection of pix of the insides of pedals
Knobapalooza Looking for a specific knob? Start here! Lots of knobs and lots of links.
Pedal Power How to wire up battery and AC adaptor in a pedal.
Potentiometers Learn how they work and how to use them in stompbox projects
Powering Pedals - The A-Z of battery power, AC adaptors, measuring current draw, and more!
True Bypass Loops & Feedbackers: Make your own looper and feedback loops
Stompbox Wiring How to wire true bypass, power and battery stuff inside a stompbox.
Switches All about switches!
Test Rig Build your own test rig, make hacking easier