stompbox components: what are they? what do you need? some essential guides.

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stompbox components: what are they? what do you need? some essential guides.

tabbycat
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a selection of tried-and-trusted basic guides to stompbox components.


what are the parts (in general)?

from ‘beavis audio’:

a guide to resistors and potentiometers

https://web.archive.org/web/20150315021313/http://www.beavisaudio.com/techpages/Pots/

a guide to capacitors

https://web.archive.org/web/20150315020249/http://www.beavisaudio.com/techpages/Caps/

a guide to parts from the excellent gaussmarkov site:

http://gaussmarkov.net/wordpress/category/parts/

a guide to parts from guitarpcb (comprehensive print-out-and-keep pdf guide):

http://www.guitarpcb.com/PDF%20Files/A%20Beginners%20Guide%20to%20Effects%20Pedal%20Components.pdf


which parts do you need for stompbox building?

miro’s guide (here at gfx) to how to choose parts for stompbox building in particular:

http://tagboardeffects.blogspot.co.uk/p/components.html


general rules for choosing parts (and what can you substitute for parts you haven’t got).

‘keens laws’ from r.g. keen’s excellent geofex website (spend time there, it’s an education).

http://www.geofex.com/effxfaq/keenslaws.htm


something to get you started anyway...

things like transistors and integrated circuits can get far more complicated, so more in-depth details about those components will be found in other dedicated and specific guides here.