Do you ever rebuild your pedals?

[Nostradoomus]

My experience on this forum has been that zombie posting is normal. I regularly see updates to threads that have been cold for months or years.

 

[disssa]

Yes, I rebuilt my pedals. For example the Peavey F-800 B preamp clone. This was my first attempt:

Since the overdrive on this first pedal is always on, I wanted a version where you could switch on/off the overdrive and with separate Volume controls for clean and overdrive sounds:

But I wanted to go one step further to build the entire preamp:

...and with switchable overdrive and the separate Volume controls:

 

[jimilee]

Yes, I rebuilt my pedals. For example the Peavey F-800 B preamp clone. This was my first attempt:

Since the overdrive on this first pedal is always on, I wanted a version where you could switch on/off the overdrive and with separate Volume controls for clean and overdrive sounds:

But I wanted to go one step further to build the entire preamp:

...and with switchable overdrive and the separate Volume controls:

That’s what I’m talking about.

 

[Silver Blues]

Yeah, I have been on a (long-term) bender of rebuilding old pedals too; I did it for my Doom Bloom and my Germanium Giant. Couple of contenders next on the list, but I'm not sure which I want to tackle first. Eventually.

 

[jcpst]

Yes, I rebuilt my pedals. For example the Peavey F-800 B preamp clone. This was my first attempt:

Since the overdrive on this first pedal is always on, I wanted a version where you could switch on/off the overdrive and with separate Volume controls for clean and overdrive sounds:

But I wanted to go one step further to build the entire preamp:

...and with switchable overdrive and the separate Volume controls:

I wanna see what the next one looks like

 

[ICTRock]

I guess I should include all the Tayda DC power jacks I've had to replace over time. done two in the last week or so as I go back through my closet full of junk I rarely use

 

[YourGuitarist]

Yeah I like to redo them when they don't work

 

[jimilee]

Man, it sounds like you guys are actually playing these things. I thought we were supposed to just build them and move to the next one.

 

[darwin999]

Great question!
I haven't rebuilt any yet ... buuuut I have recently been looking at a few pedals with that thought in mind.
So ask me again in a year...

 

[Erik S]

I guess I should include all the Tayda DC power jacks I've had to replace over time. done two in the last week or so as I go back through my closet full of junk I rarely use

Which ones?

I had a few bad lumberg style from them, but haven’t seen a bad big one yet.

 

[ICTRock]

Which ones?

I had a few bad lumberg style from them, but haven’t seen a bad big one yet.

 

[Paradox916]

Do you ever not like the outcome of your pedals

Most of them, but primarily aesthetics. since the operation is unaffected I very rarely find the time and motivation to take them back apart…. I usually am off chasing something else “shiny”.

 

[Joben Magooch]

I have built probably close to 100 pedals now and every time it fires up first try I still find myself thinking like, “holy sh*t, it really worked!”

And as such I am also generally convinced that any further tinkering will invariably ruin the delicate balance that has it working properly… so no, I rarely ever do anything to a completed build lol

 

[jimilee]

I have built probably close to 100 pedals now and every time it fires up first try I still find myself thinking like, “holy sh*t, it really worked!”

And as such I am also generally convinced that any further tinkering will invariably ruin the delicate balance that has it working properly… so no, I rarely ever do anything to a completed build lol

Same here, I can’t believe it works. Followed by, whew, glad I don’t have to troubleshoot.

 

[pfmorton]

My SD-1 came out like that, there's not very much gain. I shelved it. I wish there was an OD-3 PCB here, I like discreet transistor circuits

I had a modded SD-1 and a Barber Small Fry at one point. They are very similar in sound. There's a Small Fry PCB...

 

[HamishR]

Same here, I can’t believe it works. Followed by, whew, glad I don’t have to troubleshoot.

I have a similar routine when trying out a new pedal for the first time.

1. Wow - it works!
2. Do I like it?
3. If no, sigh and go onto the next one.
4. If yes, play it some more and work out if I need to change something.
5. Go back to the one I didn't like and wonder if there's something I can do to make it better.
6. Think bugger this, I'm going back to my favourite.
7. Ponder what to build next.
8. Tell myself I should stop breathing solder fumes and go for a walk.
9. Build something I have built before in an enclosure I have used before but try one part different in a vain attempt to salvage something worthwhile from this debacle...

 

[zeropluszero]

I've just finished jamming soft switch relay boards into most of my keeper pedals, used the opportunity to do some little things to each pedals, predominately taking out 4.7K ohm CLR and replacing with 33K - much better.

10 pedals and I only fucked the board on one - cut a trace from the led to the clr on my chop shop apparently. Now it has a wire from the led to the switch instead lol