Next step wanted: understanding beyond color by number
Posted: 20 May 2014, 19:51
Hi All,
This is my first post. My name is Jason and I am just joining in the greatness of pedal building. Thanks to Paul from DIY Guitar Pedals(.au), im building my first Fuzz pedal with some rad upgrades of (russian) Ge transistors and diodes, and so on.
Though all of it is pretty straight forward, (looking forward to her first words), and I do understand the basic functions of a capacitor, or a resistor, or even a diode (though limited), I do NOT understand the compounding effects these components have in relation to producing audio. I have seen on this forum people talking about using lower value capacitors at the input to increase the bass, or (if i read correctly) using a low value capacitor in series with the diode will give a darker, full sound to your effect.
Since I cant find the sound I want in pedals sub $200 I wanted to start building my own, but where can I find more information like the aforementioned about what values to use and their effects or knowing how many/what value of resistor is needed and to what purpose....I know its asking a lot and probably just involves needing to learn circuitry in general but I really want to start experimenting to find the tones im imagining; I just dont know basics of what these parts do in series or where to find that info.
I apologize if this is a tediously ignorant question or isfrequently asked, but I havent stumble upon the page as of yet....
Thanks guys, pleased to be joining the club!
This is my first post. My name is Jason and I am just joining in the greatness of pedal building. Thanks to Paul from DIY Guitar Pedals(.au), im building my first Fuzz pedal with some rad upgrades of (russian) Ge transistors and diodes, and so on.
Though all of it is pretty straight forward, (looking forward to her first words), and I do understand the basic functions of a capacitor, or a resistor, or even a diode (though limited), I do NOT understand the compounding effects these components have in relation to producing audio. I have seen on this forum people talking about using lower value capacitors at the input to increase the bass, or (if i read correctly) using a low value capacitor in series with the diode will give a darker, full sound to your effect.
Since I cant find the sound I want in pedals sub $200 I wanted to start building my own, but where can I find more information like the aforementioned about what values to use and their effects or knowing how many/what value of resistor is needed and to what purpose....I know its asking a lot and probably just involves needing to learn circuitry in general but I really want to start experimenting to find the tones im imagining; I just dont know basics of what these parts do in series or where to find that info.
I apologize if this is a tediously ignorant question or isfrequently asked, but I havent stumble upon the page as of yet....
Thanks guys, pleased to be joining the club!