Guitar Pedal

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Guitar Pedal

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This is for generic pedal builds

Collect Materials

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Tools:

soldering iron

wire cutters

seat sink

helping hands

Materials:

hammond 1590bb enclosure

PCB, pegboard, tagboard, or stripboard (whatever fits with your build)

components of your build

solid 26ga wire

mounting hardware for your circuit

solder flux

solder

Assemble Your Circuit

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Prime your connections with solder flux. Solder your components to their appropriate positions.

Prepare Your Enclosure

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Drill holes for your switch, input and output jacks, led, pots etc. Add the components to their respective pre-drilled holes. add wires to the lugs of those components. I recommend color coding your power and in/output connections.

Hooking Up Your Build

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hook up your wires to their respective circuit connections. Sign or tape a business card to the lid of your enclosure.

Finishing

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Screw the back onto your enclosure, hook it up to your rig, and play away!