Recent content by Dan Otheram

I'm building a guitar pedal from a schematic online, but the schematic doesn't include an led on it. To add one on, would I just have to get a 3pdt switch instead of a 2pdt and hook it up on the third portion of the switch? If so how do I hook up to the battery then? Or am I completely wrong...

It's not really an effects pedal, but I'm still calling it one. What I'm trying to do is make a pedal that has two inputs, one output, and two potentiometers. Each potentiometer will control the volume of one of the guitar inputs so that you can balance the volume of each guitar. I can't seem to...

I'm building an effects pedal for my guitar and one of the parts needed is a ".oo33uf" ceramic capacitor. The site I buy parts from does not supply them. What would happen if I used a different value? If I can just do that, should I use the closest one above or below the real value, or does it...

I'm looking for a site with a fairly large collection of good quality diagrams/schematics for various pedal projects. I wanted to try making a pedal with a pcb layout i find online. I can't find many sites that offer good quality layouts. Do you have any recommendations?