First build component sourcing

[AceHyzer]

I had an electrolytic cap explode on me the very first time I ever used a breadboard. It was startling but educational for sure.

Funny to look back on now.

 

[JimmyS2]

Yeah the 400V ones look too big to fit very well (you might be able to lay it sideways just for a laugh though), but be careful with those 6.3V electrolytic caps, most pedals run at 9V or higher and 100uF sounds like it might be doing power filtering duty, so you should preferably have at least 15V rated caps there, maybe 25V or more just in case someone (or you) runs it at 18V at some point. I'm not confident enough to say that it will explode for sure, but I wouldn't use it to be safe.

That is exactly the kind of thing I needed to know, thank you! I imagine I'll have to learn this kind of thing at every turn at first, you guys are very helpful.

 

[Fama]

That is exactly the kind of thing I needed to know, thank you! I imagine I'll have to learn this kind of thing at every turn at first, you guys are very helpful.

Yep, it is annoying and tricky at first, but it does get much easier. The electrolytic caps are really the hardest ones, since you need to keep size and voltage in mind (and getting higher values in the required voltages means they can be too large, at times). It's not really an issue with most other parts though. Of course IC's can come in SMD configurations, but that's not as easy to mistakenly buy the wrong one.

Transistors are also annoying since you can't always get the exact correct one (or they would be very expensive) and it's not always clear what equivalents would work and what would not.

But apart from those it's pretty simple, film box caps and ceramic caps are simple, and resistors of course (especially from Tayda, just hit the "easy order" page or whatever it's called - although I never find it first try).

 

[mybud]

Or feel free to ask. And welcome, @JimmyS2.

 

[Feral Feline]

Good catch @Fama!

Would be a hard-won lesson for JimmyS2 if those 6v3 caps were used.