Your opinions please!!!

[magikker]

Reading posts by other people that share my first name is a bit odd.

Though, I guess I would suggest that if you are looking for something to build that's easy on the pocket but you don't really care what it does you might look into a fuzz face.

[grrrrrant]

Thank you all for your replies.  I'm sorry for the "little question in a BIG world".  I like to play metal, classick rock, jazz, blues.  I love to play a little of everything.  As for the tremelo deal, I love the Fender Blackface.  I would like to build an eq pedal, but which ones are easier?  Graphic or parametric?  Anyways, thanks again for everyone's input. 

Grant

[runmikeyrun]

You will never ever go wrong with a loop selector. 

absolutely correct.  Indispensable tool and simple to build.

[grrrrrant]

I have built an A/B box, but you know I never thought about building a bigger one!  Good idea!

[Dragonfly]

Thank you all for your replies.  I'm sorry for the "little question in a BIG world".  I like to play metal, classick rock, jazz, blues.  I love to play a little of everything.  As for the tremelo deal, I love the Fender Blackface.  I would like to build an eq pedal, but which ones are easier?  Graphic or parametric?  Anyways, thanks again for everyone's input. 

Grant

Tremolo ---the EA tremolo is a darn good one, and a easy build. You can find the project at www.runoffgroove.com

Fuzz.---fuzz faces are good, but if you're gonna go for germanium, i would buy the "pre selected" ones at www.smallbearelec.com for your first build. Also, read "The Technology Of The Fuzz Face" at www.geofex.com

EQ---probably the easiest way to build an effective graphic EQ is the kit at www.buildyourownclone.com

[Pushtone]

Watch out for that EA Tremolo build.

It uses a lot of large value caps.
I heard the "greenie" caps were good to use so I ordered those without checking their physical size.
Almost didn't get it in the box because of those huge caps.
Now I use the metalized box caps. That would have been a better choice for the EAT.

[Dragonfly]

Watch out for that EA Tremolo build.

It uses a lot of large value caps.
I heard the "greenie" caps were good to use so I ordered those without checking their physical size.
Almost didn't get it in the box because of those huge caps.
Now I use the metalized box caps. That would have been a better choice for the EAT.

i assume youre referring to the 1uf caps ?

try tants or electro's...much easier fit

[markm]

The .68 caps are huge like that too!

[Dragonfly]

The .68 caps are huge like that too!

I personally like .82uf caps there.

[markm]

The .68 caps are huge like that too!

I personally like .82uf caps there.

Well, that's some good middle ground.

[mac]

EA trem: I prefer 1uf greencaps instead of electros. I did not try tantalums, but I guess they may work good in there since they are isloated from the signal path. Actually I'm working on a better oscillator. Stay tuned.

The EA trem seems simple but pick a wrong fet... I do not recommend it for a beginner.

I'd start with a Bass Fuzz. Maybe a Dist+ or Rat later.

mac

[205]

"best" is a very personal thing but:

+1 on the EH LPB-1 nice clean boost, one of the handiest pedals I've built.
EA tremelo another one I use all the time.
Red LLama, easy and sounds great.

[soulsonic]

The only fuzz you will ever need. It can get everything from crunch to square-wave synth fatness, and anything you can think of in-between:
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