Velleman wants you to build pedals

[Mark Hammer]

I noticed a Velleman kit for a tremolo pedal when I was in Future/Active Electronics the other week: http://www.velleman.co.uk/contents/en-uk/p862_K8110.html
I see that Velleman also has two distortion pedals in the same kit series.

Looks interesting, and it's nice that it comes with a machined 1590B, a face plate and all the other necessaries, but it's bloody expensive for a kit.  It sells for $117.00 here (+tax) which would by a few Danelectro and/or Behringer pedals. 

[bloxstompboxes]

It is very pretty though.

[Electron Tornado]

Looks interesting, and it's nice that it comes with a machined 1590B, a face plate and all the other necessaries, but it's bloody expensive for a kit.  It sells for $117.00 here (+tax) which would by a few Danelectro and/or Behringer pedals.

Their pedal kits are way too expensive. However, these two kits looked interesting:

http://www.velleman.co.uk/contents/en-uk/p109.html

http://www.velleman.co.uk/contents/en-uk/p507_k8094.html      <----- make your own looper pedal?

[smallbearelec]

Mark--

I will order a few, and I will price them a lot lower than the retails quoted. IMO, that is the only way they will sell. I have already told their sales manager that their wholesales are too high. I expect to make only a bare minimum profit, but I can live with that given Velleman's typical very good quality and understandable instructions.

[merlinb]

but it's bloody expensive for a kit.  It sells for $117.00 here (+tax) which would by a few Danelectro and/or Behringer pedals.

That'd be the pesky Atlantic Ocean! It's only £54 here in the UK which is very good value.

[Electron Tornado]

I expect to make only a bare minimum profit...

No pun intended? 

[anotherjim]

Never knew Velleman had their own web store -  odd thing to do with all the retailers stocking the stuff.
Anyhow, never spotted their pink noise generator before -  it uses 2x 4006 chips  - I though they were obsolete?

[slashandburn]

Wow, those are very good value, in the UK at least. Looks great too.

[PRR]

> 4006 chips  - I though they were obsolete?

I don't think any of the 40xx series will ever go away.

There may be "better choices". Well, better for new designs or new performance. But low frequency stuff (even a bit above audio as in a hiss register) designed with un-buffered chips, the good old chips are still good even when old.

-- I see 4006 has gone scarce, pinball fixers need them, asking $3 each. Used to be $0.09 each. Times do change. Velleman probably has old stock. I started that pinker like 20 years ago, never finished.

[merlinb]

If anyone wants a pink/white noise generator I have a couple of PCBs left over (it too uses a couple of 4006s). Cost of postage.
http://valvewizard.co.uk/NoiseGen.pdf

[anotherjim]

It's a funny thing, but if you search for alternatives to the 4006, you find a lot of forum posts from all over that don't ever answer the question apart from suggestions of where you might sill buy 4006 - such as...
http://www.donberg.co.uk/descript/4/4006.htm
Obviously, get an 8pin MCU to do it, but many don't like the idea. And a zener'd BJT still works given enough volts.

Back on topic, the whole range...
http://www.velleman.co.uk/contents/en-uk/d21_Amplifiers_02.html

So, are those enclosure really ready machined? Do it look like hex key screws in the lid?

Note the fuzz is a bit more expensive although apparently simpler. Germanium fuzz face?