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A pedal won't make you play better. Playing makes you play better. I think a pedal should merely inspire you to play. For the record I'm not anti-pedals (built dozens of them). Frankly, I love fooling around with circuits and soldering. Right now in my life I have limited time for myself so I'd...

There are exceptions to the rule, of course. Page, Clapton, Hendrix, Yngwie, Satriani, Dimebag. I could go on. Most of them had minimal gear or a small pedalboard.

Here’s a hot take: Pedals and tone chasing take away your guitar chops. Most of the best players out there have very little gear. All you really need is a good amp and a guitar with a decent setup. And a tuner.

Those electros look drunk

Yes, they all link together. Some designers throw their signals to ground and others to Vref (or V Bias in this case). There is a voltage divider cutting the voltage in half along with a filtering cap before going into opamp buffer configuration.

Your first step is visual inspection. Do any resistors/caps look fried? Electros don't last forever. Heck, maybe the button to engage the effect is fried. Are there secure connections going to/from the effect? Next step IMO would be to confirm all IC are getting proper power just in the chorus...

Maybe "grow into it" is not the right term. If you've only got a handful of pedals, then I see the argument until you acquire more. My big board can hold 8-12 pedals depending on the size and I wanted all the options when I first made it. Fx loop aside, it's now down to 6 including a tuner. The...

How important is size to you guys? Do you prefer a board for your current needs or one you can "grow" into and add extra pedals later on?

Wait. At least an hour. Also, it should be warm out.

I've also used the Rustoleum gold. The key for me was to do very light, quick coats. Time consuming, but worth it!

Circuit boards for circuit building blocks? A great idea for the budding breadboarder!

How worn out is that step bit?

I've built a few pedalboards for my needs at the time and I'm thinking it may be time for a revision. I'll most likely be making it myself out of some scrap wood (plywood, pine, or maybe something fancier). My first "board" was literally just a plank board, but that was just a placeholder and...

Don't question the Wizard!!!!

You're clearly running out of knobs to complete a whole set.

I can understand multiple guitars, but of different varieties (strat, LP, tele, super strat, etc.). They all play differently and feel different. IMO, I can only justify having multiples of the same guitar only if they're in different tunings. Or I'm just an ass....

What's a couch strap?

Patch cables

Give me time to go play my guitar more than once a week. But for real. I just wish I had more time to work on hobbies.

Yo' knobs!