Links And References | |
Stompbox DIY - English/US |
GEOFEX - The Guitar Effects-Oriented Website. R. G. Keen's essential resource. | |
Analog Music Zone - Jack Orman. Original and vintage schems, original designs on CD. | |
Aron Nelson - His Forum is an incredible resource for beginners and experts alike. | |
Tonepad - Francisco Peñ Check out his projects and ready-to-solder PC boards! | |
GeneralGuitarGadgets - J. D. Sleep's projects, schematics, ready-to-solder boards and kits. | |
Runoffgroove - Technical articles, circuit ideas and snippets, board layouts. Some of the cabinet and amp simulations have become DIY standards. | |
BYOC - Kits for many classic pedals, with drilled enclosures and ready-to-solder boards. Also has a Forum. | |
GuitarPCB - Barry Steindel. Well-designed site! Ready-to-solder PC boards for both classic pedals and boutique designs. Also has forums and extensive technical information. | |
PedalPartsAndKits - Bruce Robertson. Complete kits based on the GuitarPCB line of boards. | |
Pedal Haven - I was surprised that nobody else had thought of this name! Blog, news, reviews and information on construction and mods. | |
Aion FX - Kevin VandeKrol. Kits and PCBs. | |
DiscoFreq - An enormous resource. When we have a question about what a pedal looks like or does, especially a vintage pedal, this is where we go. | |
SSGuitar - A Forum devoted to solid state guitar amplifiers. | |
StompThatBox - News, articles, reviews, links to DIY info and pedal makers. | |
Analog War Cry - News, articles, interviews, reviews. Focus on indy gear makers and their products. | |
DIY Guitar Site - Many links to guitar, equipment and music resources. | |
Distortion Ltd. - Weekly magazine with news, articles on gear and pedal makers, DIY projects. |
Stompbox DIY - International |
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Information, shopping, forums, many of them in local languages. | ||||||
Europe: | ||||||
(Germany) | (Netherlands) (Spain) | |||||
Das Musikding Banzai | Newtone Pedaldoc | |||||
Latin America: | Far East: | |||||
(Venezuela & Chile) | (Japan) | |||||
E3 Pedals | Takky Engineering | |||||
Pedal-related Gear Sites and Friends
Analog Man - "Analog Mike" Piera is well-known for new and vintage pedals and mods. Check out his forum for ideas on making best use of your gear. | |
For Musicians Only - Tom Hughes offers new and used gear, repairs and custom pedalboard consulting and construction. Author of the encyclopedic Analog Man's Guide To Vintage Effects | |
North Star Audio - Tom Lanik manufactures the Pro Pot wah-wah pedal upgrade pot. He is available by email at tclanik@gmail.com | |
Loop-Master - Passive signal routers, loopers, and switchers in many configurations, and true-bypass pedals. | |
This1smyne - Dan Burgess offers standard and custom switch boxes, tap-tempo switches, bypass boxes and mods. | |
Howard Davis - Designer of many classic E-H pedals, does repairs and consulting. | |
Stompin-Ground - Pedal boards, cases, racks and cable systems. | |
Tonefrenzy - Custom pedals, and a large library of sound clips of classic effects. | |
GuitarElectronics - Pickups, preamps, MIDI interfaces, specialty pots, switches and other guitar parts, and wiring diagrams. | |
McCon-O-Wah - Michael McConachie's custom Wah pedals and pickups. He's also the designer of the McCon-O-Pot. | |
Rigquest - Bryan Conley's specialty site for RJM MIDI control of multiple pedals. | |
Pedal Parts Plus - Family-owned company that does custom drilling, powder-coating and printing on enclosures. |