Good books for starting out in electronics.

[abarnett]

I don't know if most people are a little intimidated by electronics, but this book helped me make sense out of things at the beginning.
Electronic projects for the Musician

http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Pro.../dp/0825695023

[abarnett]

Another useful tool for starting out if you would like to understand more of the math is PSpice. There is a free student version.

http://www.cadence.com/products/orcad/index.aspx

[Jared Kubokawa]

Originally Posted by abarnett

I don't know if most people are a little intimidated by electronics, but this book helped me make sense out of things at the beginning.
Electronic projects for the Musician

http://www.amazon.com/Electronic-Pro.../dp/0825695023

Great idea with the thread AB. Here's a website that really helped me when I was starting out and I still use it sometimes for quick references:

http://www.tweakheadz.com/

[smopo24]

There are some great websites that have schematics and supply lists for building your own pedals; they range in difficulty, but it's something to help you get started:

http://smallbox.zeonhost.com/

http://www.smallbearelec.com/Projects/ProjandProd.html

http://www.muzique.com/lab/main.htm

[neal79]

I remember building a distortion pedal in HS as a project for my electric shop class. It wasn't too hard to make a basic one and I got an A on it. If a remember right there were even a few kits for this but don't ask me where to find them, this was years ago.

[smopo24]

Originally Posted by neal79

I remember building a distortion pedal in HS as a project for my electric shop class. It wasn't too hard to make a basic one and I got an A on it. If a remember right there were even a few kits for this but don't ask me where to find them, this was years ago.

Plenty of DIY distortion pedal schematics are available on the net! Any search engine can give you dozens of results:

http://privatewww.essex.ac.uk/~mpthak/Distortion/

However, I want to find some DIY mods; not mod kits, or mod services. Anyone know of a good one?

[SorenP]

A British guy named Robert Keeley used to mod pedals for Steve Vai back in the day, and he still does all the same stuff as well as sells kits for DIY guys. There's a really good sounding DS-1 Mod that he got famous for... and if you can make that thing sound good.. I'll at least check out your others. I think he's making his own pedals now too.

www.robertkeeley.com

[smopo24]

Originally Posted by SorenP

A British guy named Robert Keeley used to mod pedals for Steve Vai back in the day, and he still does all the same stuff as well as sells kits for DIY guys. There's a really good sounding DS-1 Mod that he got famous for... and if you can make that thing sound good.. I'll at least check out your others. I think he's making his own pedals now too.

www.robertkeeley.com

Oh yea! I've researched some of his a while back; I've been curious about them myself. The reviews are nothing short of glowing, but I hear he can be a handful to deal with. Supposedly that Keeley compressor pedal is amazing; nothing but raves about it from everyone that's used it.