Beginner Tools

[Jdansti]

^ Sure! DIY stompbox and DIY surgery: same tools.  You could also use the soldering iron to cauterize.   

[bluebunny]

John, you are indeed a man of many talents. 

[LightSoundGeometry]

post your tools, these are the essential ones I use when I build

[tubegeek]

+1 on the 6-in-1 screwdriver. 1 & 2 are large and small straight blade screwdrivers. 3 & 4 are large and small Phillips head screwdrivers.

Don't sleep on 5 & 6: they are the two sizes of nut drivers that the removable screwdriver blades slip into.

[CodeMonk]

Get one of these :


The kind that mounts to a desk like that one.
And preferably the kind that can use a regular bulb, (Cheaper, easier to find and easier to replace) but I dunno how different or efficient one type would have over the other though.
Mine has a regular bulb and it seems to work fine for me.

[Cozybuilder]

post your tools, these are the essential ones I use when I build

A hammer??

[bloxstompboxes]

post your tools, these are the essential ones I use when I build

A hammer??

He's hoping he can hammer whatever board he is working on into a 1590a so he can be like you cozy, lol.

[highwater]

I assumed the hammer was for RG's technique to get real tube sound into a stompbox.

[Perrow]

Cheap tools are the best way to know if you want the expensive one.

[LightSoundGeometry]

the hammer is my solder gun rest

I have XXL size caps for sale to ! 10,000 v