This is all I ever wanted. I wanted to see somebody take a schematic and build it with real parts-- constantly referring back to the schematic. This was a huge help! Now I know the basics of how to read one!
Zero-experience electrical engineer here looking to get into this kind of thing and am amazed at the quality of this lesson!! Learnt so much about breadboards and reading schematics, thank you so much!
currently a junior in college studying electrical engineering. i wanted to make my own pedals after we learned transistor circuit designs and this a great stepping stone thank you
Awesome video! I'm considering trying to mess around with pedal circuits mostly as a curiosity at this point. This gave me a basic understanding of how to get things hooked up.
Hey Paul, thanks for making such an easy to understand tutorial on breadboarding and basic circuitry. This is the video I've been looking for for about a year, I haven't found anything else that breaks down the way the blasted things are wired up internally in such an easy-to-understand manner. I'm going to have a play with the components I have for now but I've bookmarked your site for when I get to the point of wanting specialised components for projects I'm working on. Great to find a small-scale Australian supplier for all of those more arcane transistors etc. used in audio circuitry as well. Take care!
I was always looking for somewhere I could redirect beginners when I am writing instructables, so they have immediate help when struggling with the basics. And I have to say: you did a marvellous job guiding people through the process and showing how to approach things and what to look for! Thank you a lot!
I've just found your video on how to build fx pedals brilliant I love the way you take the time to show exactly what goes where really looking forward to having a go .
Thank you for this video, just really getting into breadboarding. Now I know I understand it. I appreciate your attention to detail. Thanks again, Steve
This was really great! As someone who's always had trouble with electronics, this was nice and easy to follow. Definitely learned something here. Thanks a lot, mate!
Thanks so much! I remember watching some of your vids a few years ago. As a musician I was fascinated, but didn't understand any of the electronics. I finally chose the path beyond ignorance and went back to school to study EE. This video helped me understand the relationship between power and signal in a schematic. Now I can finish my semester final! Yaayyy!
Best tutorial I have seen detailing how a schematic is wired up on a breadboard. I was having trouble visualizing it and this clarified the whole process. Thank you!!
You my friend deserve much more credit. You explained the circuit board perfectly. Even better than my teacher. Thanks a lot. Now you have earned yourself 1 more Subscriber.
Fantastically helpful vid as a newbie to pedal building myself, I have this circuit 90% complete on a small breadboard just waiting on parts from Amazon and Ebay. I have ordered big stocks so loads of prototypes. Next is a Dallas treble booster again waiting for my geranium transistors to arrive.
Hey, I'm a guitar player and I've been trying to learn about pedals and circuits. This video puts a lot of light and bridges the gap between theory diagram charts with the real board, so thanks! 😬🤟
It worked! It worked! After several failures and wanting to give up on this passion of mine this video lifted me up! But you were wrong it's been 4 hours and I still can't wipe the grin off my face 😀
I have a nephew who wants to start building pedals. Because of the physical distance between our respective cities, it’s difficult to try to get him started with the ins and outs of breadboarding. You did a swimmingly splendid job here sir. I’ve watched maybe a dozen videos, curating as I go and yours is the best. I’ll send him the link and answer any questions he might still have. I’ve been building my own circuits since the 90’s and designing my own circuits for the last five years. I was about ready to do my own video for my nephew to explain all this. Now I just have to send him a link. Again, much thanks to you for this superb tutorial.
Great and very instructive intro to bread boarding, answered a lot of questions I'd got. Have been thinking of reusing a large metal biscuit tin as an enclosure, with the common parts i.e power input / output jacks and maybe a few switches installed in the sides of the tin. I think Brian Wampler used an amp chasis for the same kind of thing. After watching your video feel a bit more like trying to make it work. I'm fairly new to this stuff, having modded a few pedals from kits and getting bitten by the bug! Thanks once again - great video.
Hi ! Thanks for all that helpful tips ! I made it this week-end with components that i found in electronics garbages in the street. They have not really same values than the ones you use, but the pedal works pretty well for now, and it sound more like a fuzz :P
First, I must say that the best dad hands down that you have on the wall is the cutest thing 😍 Second, is that I really enjoyed the video and I look forward to giving one of the kits a go at some point as this video was really easy to understand. Thank you very much :-)
This was the best video i came across youtube...very informative etc i am completely new to this and starting to build my first pedal. Really learned a lot from this. Thank you!
watched about six other videos on this subject, none of them nearly as helpful! just built your bazz fuss successfully, now I'm working on a simple tremolo from a schematic I found. Cheers
Cool video...as a complete noob, I'm gonna look foreward to watching several times to wrap my mind around it, and try it myself along with the video. Thanks!
I built this along with you last night and I can't say thank you enough! I'll be ordering a PCB kit soon just as a way of thanking you. This is just what I needed to better understand guitar circuits and I plan to swap out components of different values to see what they do!
Nice one, this is 90% of what I have been looking for. The only bit I see missing is a brief description of what each component does, what bigger and smaller values do.
Nice tutorial. Do you have a video explaining component choice & purpose? I have decent electronics knowledge, but I'm still struggling to visualize the electron flow. It would also be nice if you marked the expected voltages or even the expected waveform & frequency (depending on application of course).
I don't know how any assholes can give you a thumbs down on anything. You're providing such an amazing, informative service that is clear and friendly and you give this away for free. I'm so thankful for your videos, I'd have no leg into this world without your videos dumbing things down for dumbies like me.
Thank you sir! Thumbs down mean nothing when you receive emails from fans telling you how they started learning from your videos and have moved onto their dream jobs in the pedal and electronic engineering fields. Stay focused on the goal and the purpose my friend. PS, your not dumb, your a beginner. Stick with it and you will learn alot.
This is all I ever wanted. I wanted to see somebody take a schematic and build it with real parts-- constantly referring back to the schematic. This was a huge help! Now I know the basics of how to read one!
Dude all your videos are great, it's like 6 years later and your still teaching noobs how to build pedals man thank you
💯. Hope he comes back.
Zero-experience electrical engineer here looking to get into this kind of thing and am amazed at the quality of this lesson!! Learnt so much about breadboards and reading schematics, thank you so much!
currently a junior in college studying electrical engineering. i wanted to make my own pedals after we learned transistor circuit designs and this a great stepping stone thank you
I think this was the most helpful tutorial for these guitar pedals that I've seen so far! Awesome!
This was really a nice beginner video. You really did a nice job explaining how the breadboard contacts work. Lots of great beginner info here.
Thanks for making this! I’m looking forward to doing projects on a breadboard, after years of kits and vero.
Awesome video! I'm considering trying to mess around with pedal circuits mostly as a curiosity at this point. This gave me a basic understanding of how to get things hooked up.
Build this today as my first tryout pedal circuit. Works like a charm. Could indeed not take the smile of my face for half an hour. Thanks!
Hey Paul, thanks for making such an easy to understand tutorial on breadboarding and basic circuitry. This is the video I've been looking for for about a year, I haven't found anything else that breaks down the way the blasted things are wired up internally in such an easy-to-understand manner. I'm going to have a play with the components I have for now but I've bookmarked your site for when I get to the point of wanting specialised components for projects I'm working on. Great to find a small-scale Australian supplier for all of those more arcane transistors etc. used in audio circuitry as well. Take care!
You are an absolute legend for sharing your knowledge so freely. Thank you 🙏
You have an incredibly natural ability to teach! Very glad I found this channel!
This has really helped me understand how breadboards and circuits work. I'm looking forward to trying this out. Ordering a breadboard now!
Mate, that is the best beginner electronics video I've ever seen you absolute legend. Thanks!
I loved this video, particularly the advice at the end. Can’t wait to get a breadboard and start changing circuits 🔥
The best clear explanation by far. And I like the way you show a clear view of the connections. Thanks
I just completed this and you are right, huge smile on my face!
Fantastic tutorial, I love how in depth you went!
I was always looking for somewhere I could redirect beginners when I am writing instructables, so they have immediate help when struggling with the basics. And I have to say: you did a marvellous job guiding people through the process and showing how to approach things and what to look for! Thank you a lot!
I've just found your video on how to build fx pedals brilliant I love the way you take the time to show exactly what goes where really looking forward to having a go .
Thank you for this video, just really getting into breadboarding. Now I know I understand it. I appreciate your attention to detail.
Thanks again,
Steve
This was really great!
As someone who's always had trouble with electronics, this was nice and easy to follow. Definitely learned something here. Thanks a lot, mate!
Thanks so much! I remember watching some of your vids a few years ago. As a musician I was fascinated, but didn't understand any of the electronics. I finally chose the path beyond ignorance and went back to school to study EE. This video helped me understand the relationship between power and signal in a schematic. Now I can finish my semester final! Yaayyy!
Best tutorial I have seen detailing how a schematic is wired up on a breadboard. I was having trouble visualizing it and this clarified the whole process. Thank you!!
Just ordered a bunch of parts and bread board and stumbled on your video. Thank you for all the great info!!!
This channel is liquid gold. Gold, Jerry!
Deffinaty the most amazing tutorial I have ever seen. Well done man
You my friend deserve much more credit. You explained the circuit board perfectly. Even better than my teacher.
Thanks a lot. Now you have earned yourself 1 more Subscriber.
You make the best guitar pedals content/tutorials for any beginner and for free! You sir are a legend.
Fantastically helpful vid as a newbie to pedal building myself, I have this circuit 90% complete on a small breadboard just waiting on parts from Amazon and Ebay. I have ordered big stocks so loads of prototypes.
Next is a Dallas treble booster again waiting for my geranium transistors to arrive.
I'm from the states and I appreciate you saying "and this be." and thanks for the info. free education is all the internet should be
Very good tutorial, been following your channel for a while and love how much info you share. Also it's good to hear another Aussie voice.
Exactly what I needed, thank you! Your videos are a treasure trove!
Perfect. Just what I was looking for to get started. Thank you!
Excellent explanation of how a breadboard works , and really interesting circuit well worth the watch , think I will be having a go at this ... thx
Hey, I'm a guitar player and I've been trying to learn about pedals and circuits. This video puts a lot of light and bridges the gap between theory diagram charts with the real board, so thanks! 😬🤟
Your channel is a gold mine. Thank you.
Thanks mate, appreciate your support and comment! Cheers
It worked! It worked! After several failures and wanting to give up on this passion of mine this video lifted me up! But you were wrong it's been 4 hours and I still can't wipe the grin off my face 😀
You are amazingly thorough. Thank you for this awesome video.
I have a nephew who wants to start building pedals. Because of the physical distance between our respective cities, it’s difficult to try to get him started with the ins and outs of breadboarding.
You did a swimmingly splendid job here sir. I’ve watched maybe a dozen videos, curating as I go and yours is the best. I’ll send him the link and answer any questions he might still have.
I’ve been building my own circuits since the 90’s and designing my own circuits for the last five years. I was about ready to do my own video for my nephew to explain all this. Now I just have to send him a link. Again, much thanks to you for this superb tutorial.
Thanks man, what a great way to spend an afternoon!
Great and very instructive intro to bread boarding, answered a lot of questions I'd got.
Have been thinking of reusing a large metal biscuit tin as an enclosure, with the common parts i.e power input / output jacks and maybe a few switches installed in the sides of the tin. I think Brian Wampler used an amp chasis for the same kind of thing.
After watching your video feel a bit more like trying to make it work. I'm fairly new to this stuff, having modded a few pedals from kits and getting bitten by the bug!
Thanks once again - great video.
Hi ! Thanks for all that helpful tips !
I made it this week-end with components that i found in electronics garbages in the street. They have not really same values than the ones you use, but the pedal works pretty well for now, and it sound more like a fuzz :P
Mister, you just earned yourself a new subscriber. Thank you for all the information you share.
First, I must say that the best dad hands down that you have on the wall is the cutest thing 😍
Second, is that I really enjoyed the video and I look forward to giving one of the kits a go at some point as this video was really easy to understand. Thank you very much :-)
This was the best video i came across youtube...very informative etc i am completely new to this and starting to build my first pedal. Really learned a lot from this. Thank you!
watched about six other videos on this subject, none of them nearly as helpful! just built your bazz fuss successfully, now I'm working on a simple tremolo from a schematic I found. Cheers
Incredibly useful tutorial--big thanks.
Been struggling with learning how to put a schematic into a breadboard and this was perfect. I have zero background in electronics.
Fantastic video and description of making a circuit. Great work mate!
You've got someone interested in electronics and pedals now, thank you for this lesson!
A simple, and sincere thank you!
Thanks dude. Helped a lot to finaly start building a pedal!
Cool video...as a complete noob, I'm gonna look foreward to watching several times to wrap my mind around it, and try it myself along with the video. Thanks!
A GREAT lesson for beginners. Thanks for this video!
Excellent; gr8 delivery for this newbie . Much thanks.
You've really inspired me, love the site and schematics, you deserve a sub for all your effort and awesome-ness!
Thank you star :) Enjoy building!
Excellently explained and showed, thanks!
This video has helped me immensely. Thank you!
Thank you so much for going into detail here!
awesome video! very informative on how to use a breadboard and read a schematic. Thanks!
This is incredible. Thank you so much!!!
Thanks for your videos man, been looking for something like this for a while.
Great explanations & overview of the breadboard. Thanks for putting these together! Merry Christmas :-)
I built this along with you last night and I can't say thank you enough! I'll be ordering a PCB kit soon just as a way of thanking you. This is just what I needed to better understand guitar circuits and I plan to swap out components of different values to see what they do!
Thanks Michael, I appreciate your suppport. Good luck with diy pedal building!
Superb detail appropriate for a beginner or refresher. A must watch.
The devils into details. Excellent tutorial.
Extremely helpful. Thank you very much
This is gold! thanks paul!
Very nice introduction video. Thanks for sharing!
Loved the video, many thanks!
Nice one, this is 90% of what I have been looking for. The only bit I see missing is a brief description of what each component does, what bigger and smaller values do.
Yes, you definitely did inspire me to get a breadboard for sure! :)
Thanks a million. You just got me started in a new hobby. Peace
Thanks a lot! 6 years after this video was posted it's still helping noobies like me!
Awesome! Super helpful. Thanks!
Great tutorial - thanks!
This put me right. Thank you!
Love your videos man very informative!
This is a great video. Thanks for making it.
Nice tutorial. Do you have a video explaining component choice & purpose? I have decent electronics knowledge, but I'm still struggling to visualize the electron flow. It would also be nice if you marked the expected voltages or even the expected waveform & frequency (depending on application of course).
Thank you. It was very educational.
wow, cool~ thanks your tutorial video ,that's inspired me~
I don't know how any assholes can give you a thumbs down on anything. You're providing such an amazing, informative service that is clear and friendly and you give this away for free. I'm so thankful for your videos, I'd have no leg into this world without your videos dumbing things down for dumbies like me.
Thank you sir! Thumbs down mean nothing when you receive emails from fans telling you how they started learning from your videos and have moved onto their dream jobs in the pedal and electronic engineering fields. Stay focused on the goal and the purpose my friend. PS, your not dumb, your a beginner. Stick with it and you will learn alot.
this is so helpful, thank you
Thank you for the explanation!! :) Really enjoyed the vid!
Thank you sir I always wanted to start doing something like this. I know where to start now.
Making mistakes in your video is very helpful. It helps to understand how it works.
Great video! Very helpful!!
Good man. Thanks. Very generous and helpful. 🤙
Thank you very much!! Very helpful!!
Woo Hoo! Scuba gear ON! I'm diving DEEP down this rabbit hole.
Thank you! Great video!
This was amazing!
Thank you for this video!
Great tutorial!
How in the hell is this page not have at least 500k subs?? This is amazing. Thank you very much.
I think the subject matter is very specific, you have to have an interest in electronics and guitar pedals. Thanks for the comment, i appreciate it :D
Great tutorial, thanks
Brilliant. Page 1 for me - new to this - off to experiement!
Simply Amazing