Category: Pedal & Effects
Computer-Augmented Guitar Effect Using Digital Signal Processing
Pierre Massat, guitarist with the French band Pierre et le loup (Peter and the Wolf) has been developing a computer-augmented guitar effect system using digital signal processing and the Pure Data (Pd) audio programming language. Pd is a real-time software system for live musical and multimedia performances. To create a program in Pd, you connect [...]
Pedal-Effect Kits Directory
This is Guitar Kit Builder’s directory of guitar pedal and stompbox kits. We try to maintain a comprehensive list of kit makers and sources so please let us know of any needed additions or changes by emailing us at editor at guitarkitbuilder dot com. This directory has two sections. The first is a list of [...]
Rangemaster Treble Booster Kit from Vintage Pedal Workshop
Here’s a nice video demonstrating the construction and use of a Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster Kit clone sold by the Vintage Pedal Workshop (VPW) in the UK. The treble booster was originally a 1960s effect that tightened up distortion sounds by emphasizing higher frequency sounds. The VPW Rangemaster Kit allows the builder to construct an [...]
Kit Review: The Trill Tremolo Pedal
I was in the market for a two knob Tremolo kit and was about to suggest to MOD kits that they offer one. It was only a few days later that Guitar Kit Builder was asked to try out the brand new “Trill Tremolo”, so this worked out perfectly for me. In my guitar playing [...]
New Kit: The Trill – Tremolo Pedal from MOD Kits DIY
The Trill Tremolo pedal. We don’t know anything about it other than the following from their press release: “The Trill tremolo pedal offers classic tremolo tones in an easy to build kit. The Trill’s speed knob provides a wide range from a very slow to rapid fire effect. The depth knob varies the ratio between [...]
Kit Review: The Persuader Tube Drive Pedal
The Persuader is a tube-drive distortion pedal kit sold by Amplified Parts of Tempe, AZ. Amplified Parts is a relatively new entity that is part of Antique Electronic Supply, which has been operating for more than 25 years. The focus of Amplified Parts is on the musician who is not an electronic technician and who [...]
Build a SansAmp GT2 Clone
The SansAmp is a solid-state device designed to emulate the tone of a vacuum tube guitar amplifier, and allow for patching directly into a studio mixer or stage PA. It was developed by B. Andrew Barta, the founder of the company Tech 21, to meet his need as a performing musician. Barta used his expertise [...]
Volume Pedal Modification with Redeemer Circuit Buffer
If you use a volume pedal and find that it effects the tone of your guitar, this modification may be just what you need. It uses a handy module made by the folks at Creation Audio Labs. This module, named the “Redeemer Circuit” is a buffer amplifier circuit that eliminates tone loss caused by the [...]
Boss SD-1 Super Over Drive Pedal Modification
The BOSS Super Over Drive SD-1 pedal was designed, according to BOSS, to “exactly replicate the sound of an overdriven tube amplifier when used in any amplification setup.” The design was intended as an advancement from prior overdrive devices to be highly touch-sensitive and to respond to delicate playing techniques. The overdrive can be varied [...]
Pedal Builder’s Vector Art Pack
Here’s a handy and free resource for the pedal builder – The Effects Pedal Builder’s Vector Art Pack. GuitarPCB.com forum member “powerpopguy” has created vector illustrations drawn to exact size, sometimes from several angles, as vector art. He’s illustrated all of the most common pedal parts – knobs, enclosures, switches, potentiometers, LEDs, etc. These illustrations [...]
