RA Penfold's "Electronics projects for guitar" :D

[MartyMart]

Just arrived, found it on Ebay for under £5  !!
It's from 1992, has several nice looking projects all laid up for stripboard, though some seem
a " little large" ( will have to squeeze them down some )
Projects include :

Dynamic Tremolo
Phaser
Distortion
Soft Distortion
Treble booster
Dynamic treble booster
Compressor
Expander
Headphone amp
Auto Wah
Waa Waa ..


MM.

[RedHouse]

Gonna post 'em?

[syndromet]

Lucky bastard!!!

[trevize]

pdf it? 

[smnm]

hmmm - I thought I'd be clever (doh!) and find it on abebooks, but the dealers on there want like £20 for it   

Is anyone familiar with Mr Penfold's Practical Electronic Music Projects book?
You can get that for about £4, but I can't find any detail on what's in it. It was published in 1980 originally...

[gez]

These books aren't hard to find folks.  Go along to amazon and use the search function.  They can usually be bought second hand for a few quid.  I've even linked to one place that sells them new (use the search function here).

Can't remember if this book is one of the Babani range, but they're pretty heavy on copyright...as one of our forum members can testify!

Anyway, nice score Marty.  Penfold is a great educator: even if you don't build many of the circuits you'll come away a lot wiser after reading the book.

PS  There are such things as libraries too...though that doesn't give instant gratification does it!   

[stm]

A quick search at Amazon indicated the title is UNAVAIBLE.
They have a link there in case you own the rights of the title and want to make it available through them.

[soggybag]

I got a copy of this book last year from Amazon. I came from the Kings County Library. Some the projects look very interesting. Some of the things look like they could be imporved upon.

[gez]

A quick search at Amazon indicated the title is UNAVAIBLE

My apologies, I was thinking of another Penfold book with a similar name.  Having said that:

a)  It's always worth checking Amazon periodically for second hand copies of out of print books as they do crop up (I've bought a few).

b)  A lot of Penfold books rehash circuits from his previous books.  Sometimes there are slight variations, but rarely are they totally different.  I've collected a number of schematics/books by him over the years and the usual suspects crop up time and time again; the only thing that seems to change is the publisher!  OK, slight exaggeration, but Practical Electronic Musical Effects Units is still available (if you know where to look) and has enough to keep most here happy.

[Floyd Pepper]

I've got a copy of Penfold's Electronic Music Projects and More Advanced Electronic Music Projects but have never built anything from them.  They cost be a few £'s off eBay there's, just descriptions and schematics (no layouts).  They contain the following.

Electronic Music Projects 1980
Guitar Effects
Simple Treble Booster
Modified Tone Booster
Fuzz Box
Waa-Waa Unit
Automatic Waa-Waa Unit
Sustain Unit
Opto-Isolator
General Effects Units
Tremolo Generator
Reverberation Unit
Automatic Phaser
Audio Modulator
Envelope Shaper
Sound Generator Projects
White Noise Generator
Pink Noise Generator
Tone Generator
Vibro Oscillator
Stylus Organ
Accessories
Guitar Tuning Fork
Guitar Practice Amplifier
Metronome
Automatic Fader
Voice Operated Fader
Simple Mixer
Sound to Light Unit

More Advanced Electronic Music Projects
Effects Units
Phaser
Phase Shifters
Parametric EQ
Shaped Fuzz
Envelope Modifier
Split Phase Tremolo
Ring Modulator
Noise Gate
Mini Chorus
...Flanger Modification
Percussion Synthesisers
Envelope Shaper
VCO
VCF
Chime Synthesiser

The Forrest Mims books are still published.  "Timer , Op Amp & Optoelectronics Circuits & Projects" has the following:
Sound Effects Generators
Tone ursters
Chirp Generators
Gated Oscillators
Pulse Generators
Percussion Synth
etc