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Thanks! That's great advice! I appreciate it.

I ordered a kit from Nightfire Electronics, seems like exactly what I want to build. It's a 14 watt amp with a marshall tonestack. Very clean sounding, perfect for using with my pedalboard and maybe competing with my EHX Howitzer, which doesn't have a great EQ. It's not exactly a pedal. I hope...

Thanks, I am really enjoying learning what I have been so far.

It's Sascha Suhr's beginner book. My problem was that in the first page or so I was informed that electricity travels opposite to how we diagram it. That just messed me up so bad for a while I couldn't read on until I dismissed it. It really is a fine book, I highly recommend it.

Oh and I wish you could erase stuff on forums. I figured out the Donner Ultimate Comp did not have a pcb mounted power jack as I thought before even bothering to open it. The only thing I found was a small piece of solder wire stuck on a smd. I flicked it off anyway and put it back together.

I completed the Boost pedal kit. It was a lot of fun. It was a bit pricey to get to Canada but it sounds good. Next is a Jfet preamp from Tayda so I can learn to drill enclosures. Also ordered a kit from Aion FX. Thanks to everyone for the very helpful advice. The book I purchased is making a...

Not sure if I should start a new thread for this. I have a Donner Comp/limiter that I love the sound of for some reason. It has a loose power jack after seven years, so I thought I'd order the newer Ultimate Comp but it doesn't sound the same, not nearly as good to me. Is repairing the old model...

I ordered the booster kit and a Hakko FX-600. I am finding all kinds of projects I want to build in the future. Been reading up on the basics. The book I purchased isn't that bad, it just threw a lot of information at me at once.

Thanks! I'd say more if it is digital or a temperature written on the dial and has tips or can get them off the same website, that would be a bonus. I'd to not mess up with a poor one but not sure if I am able to get into the hobby yet. Reading the Which Iron Do You Like thread now.

Thanks! Can you recommend one I might find in Canada? That one is very inexpensive but the shipping is twice as much.

Thanks, for the tips! I'll try the booster first. I have a cheap Amazon iron that is variable. I suppose that's not going to cut it, is it?

Thanks everyone for the very helpful replies. I am overwhelmed with good info! I think I will build a kit first. Is the GuitarPCB Cranky Charles kit from PedalPartsandKits an okay place to start? I'm not sure if I should buy a tubescreamer kit if I am going to build the Dwarven Hammer and the...

Thanks for the advice! I'll build some little Amazon projects and read the forum. Not sure why but I'm getting all kinds of search results now, I wasn't before.

Hello! I would really like to get into pedal building. I wanted to build the Dwarven Hammer first. Is this too difficult for a first build? I don't know how to find the proper parts or how to read schematics yet. I was going to start with some practice boards I have and a kit, but I couldn't...