DIY guitar pedals

Over the last couple of years, I’ve spent a few evenings building DIY guitar effects. It's fun to build things that you can use. If you want to get started, one of the hardest things is buying components. Try to buy a 10Ω resistor from Farnell, and you’re faced with a choice of 345 items. So, starting out buying a kit is a good idea. At least you’ll know the parts are right, even if when your soldering isn’t.

However, not many people sell kits. Despite the potential markup on a handful of bulk components, the customer service is - presumably - a nightmare. Here are 23 companies who will sell you complete component kits for guitar effects - many more people produce PCBs, or sell finished pedals.

Six years old but still a useful resource!

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Database for MIDI controller

With so many controllers commercially available, it was only a matter of time until someone designed a nice database that allows us to search by the number of specific controls we desire. You can set it to dollars of pounds sterling (no Euro).

Another limitation is that this lists only MIDI controllers. Nothing to encourage OSC development!

Designed and developed by Mark Theis Madsen.

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How to solder

Because after reading all of these posts on amazing installations, custom instruments and so on, you are going to want to make your own custom thing...