The 1776 Unicorn Breath Buffer is based on the buffer circuit in the famous Klon Centaur but with a little something extra that makes it a really cool/handy little project. I'll be going over the bare bones of why you would want a buffer in your signal chain and then what makes the Unicorn Breath unique What a buffer does... Everyone's heard the...
Here you'll find my most up-to-date list of resources for parts. There's also a description of each of the vendors with stuff to look for and avoid from each. Lastly, there will be a breakdown of how I usually order parts for a build. Vendors Tayda Electronics This is a great resource for passive components (resistors, capacitors, potentiometers, etc.). They are based out...
The two most popular ways of building guitar effects on are PCBs (Printed Circuit Boards) and veroboard (a.k.a. Stripboard). I'll go through the pro's and con's of each so you can decide which is best for you. So let's start with... Veroboard (a.k.a. Stripboard) Veroboard is essentially a series of parallel copper strips with holes drilled through them. Any components soldered in the...