Is there a rehab for addicted DIY stompbox builders?

[BDuguay]

I suspect if you try making a living from it, that 'll spoil the fun right quick.
B.

[Mark Hammer]

You want a cure real quick?  Etch yourself a board, based on a layout that nobody tested before posting, based on an erroneous reverse engineered schematic.  Then spend several months trying to debug it.

That'll take the wind out of your sails for a bit.

[runmikeyrun]

The first rule of pedal club is, build more, learn more.

I thught that the first rule of pedal club is there is no pedal club!!! (cit.) 

And the last rule about pedal club... if this is your first visit to diystompboxes.com, you HAVE to build a pedal!

If stompboxes are an addiction then Aron is the bartender, and the drinks are always on the house!

[davent]

thanx guys.

i guess i will substitute my addiction to tube amp building now.

also, I think I will be ok since I will make a trip back home to my home country, Japan for a while.

but there are so many cheap stores for parts there I will probablly end up buying all the parts.

also, my girlfriend plays in a band with me and asks me to make more pedals for her sound.
and my cat enjoys oscilation.

I will join UFO association and make UFO pedals.

no where to get out of this hahaha.

Pedal addiction is the gateway to tube amp addiction. You're too far gone now, there's no turning back and with an enabler of a girlfriend.... I'm sorry, it's a lost cause, there is no hope of ever leading a normal life... You are doomed to the life of a solder sniffing dude, dude! My thoughts are with you.

dave

[mitzrecords]

hahahha lol!

[CodeMonk]

Take your soldering iron, plug it in, turn it ALL THE WAY UP (if you have that option), then jam it through your palms and also all your fingers of both hands.
I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THAT METHOD!!!!

Or move to Pennsylvania and become Amish.

Either way, there is no known sure-fire cure for this affliction.

[blunder]

cause i'm so addicted.

all I think about is making pedals all day.

help me.

I'm right there with you too. Think about it all day,then I go to bed thinking about building and end up dreaming about it too. Just the other morning I woke up thinking about a few items I missed on my last parts order.

It's a healty obsession, I swear.