Building pedals, what's your weakness?

[deadastronaut]

oh yeah, and  D:  sausages...like this one..



cheers bluebunny..

[Paul Marossy]

I'm impatient, I want to hurry up and get it done. 

[davent]

Sitting here in front of the computer screen reading about making pedals instead of actually working on all the stuff i have on the go.

dave

[Paul Marossy]

Sitting here in front of the computer screen reading about making pedals instead of actually working on all the stuff i have on the go.

dave

Or building pedals all the time instead of maintaining and/or working on being a better guitar player.

[defaced]

Over engineering everything coupled with a lack of time.  It takes me months to do a build because I more/less refuse to do a "stock" build.

[Jdansti]

Sitting here in front of the computer screen reading about making pedals instead of actually working on all the stuff i have on the go.

dave

Or building pedals all the time instead of maintaining and/or working on being a better guitar player.

+1

Not only does it take me away from my guitars, but it takes me away from my wife.  She said no more pedals after the Pictures contest . I'll have to make it up to her before I start another build.

[digi2t]

The fact that I came to this game WAY too late, and I should have studied harder in school. I need to study a lot to understand some of the stuff here, and even then, it doesn`t help, because of my lack of the rudimentaries insofar as electronics are concerned.

But... it doesn`t mean I can`t put up ONE HELL OF A GOOD FIGHT!!!!!

Insert Banshee war cry here.

Cheers,
Dino

[GGBB]

Over engineering everything coupled with a lack of time.  It takes me months to do a build because I more/less refuse to do a "stock" build.

+1

[Paul Marossy]

Sitting here in front of the computer screen reading about making pedals instead of actually working on all the stuff i have on the go.

Or building pedals all the time instead of maintaining and/or working on being a better guitar player.

+1

Not only does it take me away from my guitars, but it takes me away from my wife.  She said no more pedals after the Pictures contest . I'll have to make it up to her before I start another build.

I was seriously hardly playing my guitar AT ALL at one point in time, I was too busy building every new circuit that someone designed. And it DID take me away from from spending time with my wife and young children too. Thank goodness I got myself straightened out.

[Bill Mountain]

Over engineering everything coupled with a lack of time.  It takes me months to do a build because I more/less refuse to do a "stock" build.

Ditto!

[Jdansti]

Sitting here in front of the computer screen reading about making pedals instead of actually working on all the stuff i have on the go.

Or building pedals all the time instead of maintaining and/or working on being a better guitar player.

+1

Not only does it take me away from my guitars, but it takes me away from my wife.  She said no more pedals after the Pictures contest . I'll have to make it up to her before I start another build.

I was seriously hardly playing my guitar AT ALL at one point in time, I was too busy building every new circuit that someone designed. And it DID take me away from from spending time with my wife and young children too. Thank goodness I got myself straightened out.

I guess that balance is the key. I don't watch sports or any other TV, go out with the guys, golf or really do any other recreational stuff (although I should get my fat @ss  back to the gym instead of sitting on it building pedals).  I just need to set limits on how much time I spend building. I tried moving my stuff downstairs so that I could at least be in the same room at talk, but tying up part of the kitchen table didn't work out.  If I could limit myself to one to one and a half hours an evening, it would probably work out much better.

[.Mike]

I've spent the last 12 hours trying to come up with the best way to say that "analysis paralysis" is my problem.

But then I thought that indecision may or may not be my problem.

I'll have to think about it and get back to you.

Mike

[nascarbean_97]

Neatness


The urge to shove chopped up bits of cat in my fuzzes.

[Paul Marossy]

I guess that balance is the key. I don't watch sports or any other TV, go out with the guys, golf or really do any other recreational stuff (although I should get my fat @ss  back to the gym instead of sitting on it building pedals).  I just need to set limits on how much time I spend building. I tried moving my stuff downstairs so that I could at least be in the same room at talk, but tying up part of the kitchen table didn't work out.  If I could limit myself to one to one and a half hours an evening, it would probably work out much better.

Balance is key, I agree. I don't watch much TV, go out with the guys or do sports either. I try to spend as much time with my kids as a I can because they are growing up very fast and don't want to be like the aloof father I had. I want to actually be part of their lives. It's hard to find the time to do all the things I want to do, so that's why I stay on a strict schedule. My day starts at 4:10AM, I practice guitar for an hour before going to work, my work day is from 6:30AM to 4:00PM. Then I spend as much quality time with the family as possible.

I do have to say that in some ways, this DIY stuff was/is an outlet for me. Being stuck in a very boring yet at times stressful job that makes you constantly irritated needs some kind of outlet. The best way to describe the fullfillment I get from my job? It's like digging a ditch, then filling it back in at the end of the day. Then doing the same thing the next day. And the day after that. And the day after that. Well, I'm sure you get the point.  I do like the feeling of satisfaction I get from successfully building something I want to build though. 

[Paul Marossy]

Here's another one of mine: I hate perfboard. Give me a PCB!

[LucifersTrip]

Over engineering everything coupled with a lack of time.  It takes me months to do a build because I more/less refuse to do a "stock" build.

+1

that was actually a weakness in the beginning since i came from a circuit bending background. so, I modded each pedal to give me as many sounds as possible within the space I had. now, I focus on getting the main sound as good as possible and don't worry about variety. I get all the variety I want from just building another pedal...or by stringing multiple ones together in various orders. It's usually better that a box have one f*cking killer sound instead of five very good or excellent ones.

[rutabaga bob]

1) No substantial electronics knowledge/understanding.
2) Getting a really nice finish on enclosures.

[Gurner]

Seeing a circuit with 12 components  & trying to work out how to get it to do the same with just 10 components.

Seeing a circuit with 10 components & trying to work out how to get it to do the same with just 8 components.

Rinse repeat.

(I'm struggling here with a 1 component circuit I've just seen   )

[midwayfair]

Over engineering everything coupled with a lack of time.  It takes me months to do a build because I more/less refuse to do a "stock" build.

+1

that was actually a weakness in the beginning since i came from a circuit bending background. so, I modded each pedal to give me as many sounds as possible within the space I had. now, I focus on getting the main sound as good as possible and don't worry about variety. I get all the variety I want from just building another pedal...or by stringing multiple ones together in various orders. It's usually better that a box have one f*cking killer sound instead of five very good or excellent ones.

I think this is something we all have to go through. It can come from being stingy about pedalboard space and not being able to buy pedals, too. I certainly wanted more controls on my dirt pedals if I thought I could only buy and use one at a time. Once you realize that you can build the circuit to sound perfect with your gear, you stop wanting to put a tone knob on everything that doesn't have it, or too many options on a delay or trem, etc.

[DougH]

Starting- that's my weakness.