Oh No!!! Not another pedal book!

col · July 24, 2007, 03:30:38 PM

Yes, I've discovered yet another book about building effects pedals that I've not seen on here before but I stand to be corrected.

"Electronic Projects for Guitar" by the dude R A Penfold, just for a change, and it's not published by Babani. It's by PC publishing, ISBN 1 870775 31 7. 16 projects with explanations of how the circuits work, HUGE stripboard layouts and in some instances photos of how it will look when built. the introductory chapter gives details on components etc. and is very informative. The projects go right from a treble booster to a double tracker and a phaser.

GREEN FUZ · July 24, 2007, 03:50:44 PM

There`s a coincidence. Just this very day I picked up the same book from the Library. There`s an interesting looking "Dynamic tremolo" project in it.

gez · July 24, 2007, 07:06:20 PM

I think my library used to have that one. Luckily, I photocopied what I wanted before they sold off virtually their entire electronics section...I've never recovered (some other nerd beat me to the sale and got the best books).

CGDARK · July 24, 2007, 07:21:45 PM

I got a copy a few years later that I got the Electronic Projects for Musicians by Craig Anderton. It helped me a lot to complement the things I learned in EPFM, because it has projects not covered in EPFM and eleven years ago when I was a newbie they were very useful, believe me.

CG

GREEN FUZ · July 25, 2007, 09:46:26 AM

Quote from: gez on July 24, 2007, 07:06:20 PM
I think my library used to have that one. Luckily, I photocopied what I wanted before they sold off virtually their entire electronics section...I've never recovered (some other nerd beat me to the sale and got the best books).

I`ve had a similar experience. My library regularly has sales. There was a particular Babani book about making your own PCBs that I wanted. Oh well, the early nerd gets the....can`t think of anything clever to put in here.

magikker · July 25, 2007, 11:37:45 AM

the early nerd gets the book

soggybag · July 25, 2007, 12:38:56 PM

I got a copy of this book used from Amazon, and it was an old library book. There are a couple of interesting projects in there. If I recall there is also a dynamic treble booster.

col · July 25, 2007, 05:00:40 PM

Has anyone built the expander based on the NE570N/NE571N? Does anyone know where to get one of these chips in the UK? I have seen another project that required one of these chips that looked interesting but couln't find anyone that still stocked them.

CGDARK · July 25, 2007, 05:34:31 PM

Quote from: col on July 25, 2007, 05:00:40 PM
Has anyone built the expander based on the NE570N/NE571N? Does anyone know where to get one of these chips in the UK? I have seen another project that required one of these chips that looked interesting but couldn't find anyone that still stocked them.

Yes, I built an expander, a compressor and a remote volume control with this chip more then ten years ago when I was a newbie. It is a classic so try to built something with it. You still can find it at Banzai Effects in Germany.

http://www.banzaieffects.com/search.php?mode=search

CG

gez · July 25, 2007, 05:36:13 PM

Quote from: col on July 25, 2007, 05:00:40 PM
Has anyone built the expander based on the NE570N/NE571N? Does anyone know where to get one of these chips in the UK? I have seen another project that required one of these chips that looked interesting but couln't find anyone that still stocked them.

http://www.cricklewoodelectronics.com/Cricklewood/search.php?mode=search&page=1

http://www.cricklewoodelectronics.com/Cricklewood/search.php?mode=search&page=1

As far as I know, that's the only place you're going to get them (I should think it's obsolete technology).

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