Diy FX

Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic

   Hi guys,
I'm a newbie & have been building FX for a while but a recent illness have slowed me down. 

I was particularly interested in Dean's "infinity sustainer" project but that thread seems to have dried up. How's that project going?

Are there many members that build FX?

Jim

Author	Message Topic Search Topic Options Post Reply Create New Topic Printable Version Translate Topic
thunderfingers Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Newbie Joined: June 28 2010 Location: NE England Status: Offline Points: 1	Topic: Diy FX Posted: June 28 2010 at 12:35
	Hi guys, I'm a newbie & have been building FX for a while but a recent illness have slowed me down. I was particularly interested in Dean's "infinity sustainer" project but that thread seems to have dried up. How's that project going? Are there many members that build FX? Jim

Dean Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Special Collaborator Retired Admin and Amateur Layabout Joined: May 13 2007 Location: Europe Status: Offline Points: 37575	Posted: June 28 2010 at 17:05
	Welcome to the PA Jim. I've already answered by PM, but the prototype sustainer is fitted in my Squire and it works - not great, but it works. I admit that I spent more time (and money) making the finished guitar look good than I did on the electronics of the sustainer circuit. I never did get the Class D amp I designed to drive the coil working properly, but as the LM386 amp worked okay I gave up trying. The real problem for scratch-built FX peddles is the cost - it's cheaper to buy a good one than it is to make a poor one. And factory made ones tend to look better and be far more reliable. The other "downer" is the boxes available to home-builders to put the FX into - they are usually pretty horrible and don't like being stomped on. Of course you can buy a broken used peddle and put your own electronics in it, but when faced with a busted unit my first instinct is to fix it.
	What?

Triceratopsoil Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: April 03 2010 Location: Canada Status: Offline Points: 18016	Posted: June 28 2010 at 17:13
	I made a killswitch pedal out of a can of car wax

warrplayer Members Profile Send Private Message Find Members Posts Add to Buddy List Reviewer page Forum Senior Member Joined: June 18 2010 Location: Charlotte, NC Status: Offline Points: 111	Posted: June 29 2010 at 20:54
	Or for those of us with no real electronics skills you can go with mod kits. I've got a couple of Boss CS-3 sustainers (the blue compression pedals) with simple mods in them that make them sound like a million bucks.