Where Has DIY Let You Down?

[Feral Feline]

There's a new reverb out that emulates the Gated '80s sound: Catalinbread's CBX.

I wonder how it compares to Mr Black's Heaven's Gate. I don't know of any other gated 'verb pedals though there may well be.

 

[Guardians of the analog]

I built all the stuff I couldn't find or afford that I thought I would love and I hated most of it. Then the stuff I thought I wouldn't like I loved.

 

[vigilante398]

Me. I am the only part of DIY that has let me down so far. Everything else has been pretty rad, especially you bums.

Same here. My biggest DIY disappointment has been and consistently is myself.

 

[ICTRock]

I built all the stuff I couldn't find or afford that I thought I would love and I hated most of it. Then the stuff I thought I wouldn't like I loved.

Same. All those boutique overdrives I don't even have anymore. It's kind of funny how much Boss is on my board.

 

[blackhatboojum]

I built all the stuff I couldn't find or afford that I thought I would love and I hated most of it. Then the stuff I thought I wouldn't like I loved.

This is my entire effects building journey in a nutshell. All the fancy, crazy expensive and vintage shit, I thought would be the most amazing thing ever left me feeling… Meh . My favorite diy pedals are just true bypass versions of boss shit I had in the late 90’s.

 

[cdwillis]

I almost pulled the trigger on one of these outboard reverb unit kits last year:

Blackface 6G15 Reverb Unit Guitar Tube Amp Kit

This Mojotone amp kit reproduces the surfy splash and incredible decay of the 6G15 model external reverb unit. Originally produced from 1961-1966. Circuit: 6G15 Build Time: 4 hours If this kit shows as out of stock please check here for more information. Please read our article 'Mojotone Amp Kit...

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Maybe this coming year will be the year I finally build one.

 

[Synchrony Pedalworks]

I almost pulled the trigger on one of these outboard reverb unit kits last year:

Blackface 6G15 Reverb Unit Guitar Tube Amp Kit

This Mojotone amp kit reproduces the surfy splash and incredible decay of the 6G15 model external reverb unit. Originally produced from 1961-1966. Circuit: 6G15 Build Time: 4 hours If this kit shows as out of stock please check here for more information. Please read our article 'Mojotone Amp Kit...

www.mojotone.com

Maybe this coming year will be the year I finally build one.

I would totally recommend building it. I made a Weber one and it may be my favorite effect.

 

[fig]

It really hasn't, but my expectations of the hobby aren't mainstream (based on what I've read). I wasn't looking to mimic a certain sound or save money. I just wanted to learn a bit of electronics...still learning...but really I just enjoy y'all's company.

 

[keyth72]

That’s going to be in my next batch of builds…. @keyth72 is pretty brilliant when it comes to this stuff

Thanks man! Yeah the Terrarium / Daisy Seed really bridged the gap from software plugins to digital pedals for me, I don't think I would have attempted a digital pedal otherwise. I'm fairly close to finishing an original reverb/delay pedal using the Daisy Seed and a custom board I designed based on the Terrarium's layout. It swaps the left 2 on/off switches for an 8-way rotary knob, and the right two on/off switches are now 3-way switches.

As far as the original question, the only thing that's let me down in DIY is my own soldering skills tracking down a bad solder joint is the worst.

 

[HamishR]

DIY hasn't really let me down at all. I've found it frustrating at times but ultimately incredibly rewarding. It helps to have a forum like this to learn so much. I still don't really know what I'm doing but folks here help me out wonderfully so I've realised some seriously cool results. I have to agree with others that most of the boutique "classics" have been underwhelming but I still don't like Boss overdrives!

It's been the learning how to tweak to get the sounds I like which has been a revelation. Almost everything I build now has a tweak here and there. That's where it's fun for me. A lot of pedals are obviously designed to appeal to as wide an audience as possible, whereas I only have to please me.