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Wednesday, July 1, 2026

How to build your first DIY guitar pedal (step by step tutorial)

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You have never made a guitar pedal before? You are a bit lost and do not know where to start? Here is the perfect place! I decided to writ...
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Monday, May 4, 2026

Strymon Favorite Switch DIY

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I love my El Capistan from Strymon. It is a great tape delay, with a lot of features to adjust the sound exactly how you want it. Great amb...
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Friday, January 3, 2020

All you need to know about capacitors in guitar pedals

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Lets continue the series about electronics components you will find in guitar pedals and how they work. Last time we spoke about resistors ...
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Tuesday, June 11, 2019

What tools do you need to make DIY guitar pedals?

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When I decided to make my own DIY guitar effects, I was totally lost about the tools that I needed : what do I need to build guitar effects?...
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Friday, May 31, 2019

Tutorial: how to prototype with a breadboard

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Prototyping is not always an easy task with guitar pedals. One solution is to heavily mod an existing pedal. But what if you want to start f...
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Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Make your own DIY power supply: yay or nay?

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Let's be honest: buying a power supply is not the funniest thing ever. It is quite expensive (and I have to admit that I would have pr...
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Monday, February 4, 2019

JHS Superbolt clone PCB and the missing JFETs

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Hello solderers and pedal maniacs! Here is my last build: a JHS SuperBolt clone! As you may know, I have already did a clone of this pedal...
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Thursday, September 20, 2018

Why I publish my circuits schematics (and why you should do the same!)

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When I made my first commercially available pedals, I chose to publish the circuit schematic online. Transparency always has been a missing ...
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Tuesday, August 14, 2018

The different types of diodes

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There is a very common marketing point that we see all the time with "boutique" guitar pedals: the famous vintage ultra-rare licor...
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Wednesday, July 18, 2018

Univox Superfuzz (from the 70s): history

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People say that I worship the Univox Superfuzz a bit too much, but they are wrong. If I could, I would already have started a sect about thi...
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Sunday, June 24, 2018

Best capacitors for guitar pedals: which one to choose?

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I like to say that electronics are like Legos. If you step on it, it hurts! Just kidding, it seriously works like Legos as well! 😃 You ...
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Sunday, April 8, 2018

Debugging DIY guitar effects

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Rule #1 in guitar pedal building is: "It NEVER works at the first attempt" So you will have to learn quite quickly what to do wh...
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