Hey, need some serious help.

[bassy]

Hey, I dont know if this has been done before, but I'm a Bassist looking to design a Bass pedal for a technology project. Could you guys help me out? Tell me what stuff I need, how to do it and stuff like that?

[bassy]

Also, I read some of the stuff in this forum and I have no idea about any of it. My school has PVC boards and soldering irons and the components(resistors, capasitors) all that jazz. I just need a basic run down of how to actually do it, and I could use this help soon, cause if I cant figure out how to make a bass pedal then I'm gonna have to change my project

[Somicide]

Read all the FAQs you can find, the one on the front of Aron's page is real nice.  Then, when you find a circuit you like, (go for something simple, a booster or a Fuzz face, they'll work on a bass, i'm pretty sure) make it on PERF BOARD.  Perf is very easy to use for first builds, trust me.  Just make sure you have ALL the components.  Including a Stompswitch, which should be a DPDT at least.  Lemme know how this turns out, hope this was helpful.

-jeff

[bassy]

Thanks for all that info, I'll check it out. I'm rubbish with terminology though, first off, I dunno if my school has perf board, but I'll check. Second, I'm assuming a stompswitch is just a switch you press with your foot to get it to work?

[Ge_Whiz]

Yep, but it needs to be a 'latching' type, i.e. 'push-release' - on, 'push-release' - off.