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the_jessica•20h ago

PSA: A guy at Guitar Center said my patch cables were the problem, not my soldering

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riverowens•1d ago

Six years ago everyone built Big Muffs on perfboard, now it feels like every build I see starts with a $4 fabbed board

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claire_barnes74•1d ago

Just learned a 9 volt battery clips into a dead pedal's jack to test if the switch still works

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jenkins.wade•2d ago

Guy at the hardware store in Akron told me to stop guessing resistor values, and he was right

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spencerfisher•3d ago

Showerthought: the guy at the pawn shop in Tulsa said wire the fuzz backwards, and it actually worked

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quinns20•4d ago

Watched my Rat clone squeal for 20 minutes on the bench, then a guy at the Raleigh meetup said just twist the wires

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jordans18•4d ago

Warning: put a wrong cap in my DIY fuzz build and it actually sounds way better

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willow244•4d ago

That pop when I plugged in my first DIY fuzz at a show in Austin and the crowd just stared

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wright.finley•5d ago

Blew $60 on a pre-wired pedal kit when I could've just bought the parts myself

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oscarh16•6d ago

Burned through 3 transistors on my first fuzz build and I finally figured out why

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king.jordan•9d ago

Showerthought: I called cheap vero board a waste of money till I built a working fuzz on a $2 strip

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thompson.brian•11d ago

Spent 4 hours chasing a hum in my Klon clone and it was the dumbest fix ever

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beth_ward80•12d ago

Stop soldering your ground wires to the back of pot casings, use a star washer and a lug instead

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christopher_ross•13d ago

Used to buy pre-painted enclosures for $18, now I rattle can them in my garage for $4 and I'm never going back

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the_derek•13d ago

Built a fuzz pedal on stripboard to save $60. Now I know why people buy kits.

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A place to share tips, tricks, and builds for making your own guitar pedals, amps, synths, or other music gear at home.

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