Breadboarding Basics - creating a basic guitar booster
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- čas přidán 15. 06. 2024
- Quite a few people have asked me how to breadboard circuits, and how to start designing guitar pedals. Here's a basic video showing you how a breadboard works, and how to breadboard a basic jfet booster circuit. If this video is helpful to you, please share! :)
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You have a company that makes great products and can stand on that alone. Yet you provide amazingly detailed videos on how the same customer base can learn to build their own pedals as well. I have to say the level of professional respect you earn is insurmountable. I mean, you don't need do any type of videos at all as you're a respected manufacturer of quality pedals already. Your personal principles and contributions to us musicians are very much acknowledged and enormously appreciated ! Thank you !
That’s very kind of you 😊
Brian, your videos, literature and podcasts have completely "re-inspired" me not only to pick up the guitar again (I had basically squirreled it away and focused on playing keys and writing electronic music for the past 7 years), but to get deeply involved in breadboarding, schematic breakdowns, DIY pedal building, and a MULTITUDE of other things in and around both my music and building circuits as a hobby. For this, I can't thank you, Blake, Jason, Alex, Travis, and Max enough. A year ago I had everything boxed up. Today I'm surrounded by 8 guitars hanging on the walls around me, three new amps, and a (far too) large pedal board. All good things!
So again, thank you. You're responsible not only for rekindling my passion for my guitars, but for my Small Bear, Mouser, and Pedal Parts Plus accounts as well. :-D
Quick and informative. 7 years on this video is still cool and helpful.
Thanks! Yeah I probably need to do an updated version
This. This is what I've been wanting from Brian. Thanks! Hope to see more DIY, circuit building, and breadboarding videos in the future.
+Eric Evans
I agree totally!!
This helped tremendously with my understanding of breadboarding. I bought materials to build a fuzz face, and once I got them all in front of me, I realized the chances of me soldering everything together and it actually working were slim considering I don’t have much knowledge of circuitry. So I decided to try with a breadboard first, before soldering everything together, and this video really helped me to understand the basics. Thanks!
I'm late to the party, but Brian thank you for this. I took my first electronics class in college 20 years ago and loved it. I have forgotten much of the details and this video has me excited to relearn it so I can start playing with pedals. Thanks!
Oops, I goofed up. I accidentially made a fuzz face instead.
Brian, you managed to make me understand how circuits and circuit diagrams work, and that's no small feat! Thanks very much for this and all your other videos!
This is easily the best introduction to breadboarding video that I've seen to date. I've been messing around trying to learn a little bit more about pedal circuits and this was super helpful. Thank you taking the time to put something like this together.
+kzoolou Thanks, glad you liked it :)
I just retired and thanks to this video it’s time to get my breadboard and accumulated parts out of storage and restart what I didn’t get very far with 7 years ago (extended convalescence). Thank you so much!
Gold Star! Put a smiley face on your paper. I enjoy your vids, they are quite helpful.
Great video Brian. Thanks for posting. It is really nice that you would post something understandable for a total novice like myself. I have used musical equipment for many years, but this is the first real understanding I have gained as to how a circuit on a board worked. Very cool!!!
I just successfully built this as my first breadboard circuit. Thanks for putting these videos out dude!
Thanks Brian. Just getting into pedals as a complete beginner and this was really helpful!
I appreciate you taking the time to go over that. I love my Tumnus. I learned today to place it B4 distortion to tighten it up from a different vid of yours! Big help!
Thanks for showing how useful these things are, great video.
Super job, thank you so much for your in depth explanations! Very informative!
Great video! How about a follow up explaining what role each of the components play in that circuit?
Getting into that is literal electrical engineering. A simple explanation cannot really be concocted because these networks are very dynamic, and the value of each one makes the circuit change drastically.
@@MoXyiD isn't it electrical engineering you need to learn to be able to do this though? i also would love a n explanation as to what each part in the circuit does, how it affects the gain and tone. I am trying to learn electrical engineering online right now and some of it si starting to make sense. Brian did do a video going through what happens when you change components, but i still would love someone to say this is why you have a capacitor here, this is what it is doing, this is how the rating affects the circuit etc... I feel with a lot of the how-to-build a circuit videos, there is some stuff that is assumed you know, and there is some stuff you think you should have explained that is left out.
Don't get me wrong what Brian, Josh, and some of the pedal builders do on youtube is great, but i wish i could learn more.
@@andyread5363 To design a circuit is engineering - but you dont NEED to be an engineer to tinker. What I mean is that you can buy a kit for a gain pedal online, and then buy an assortment of capacitors. If you change the component value and play the guitar through it and notice a difference, make a note of the changes and what not and go after the tone you want. But to design a circuit with a specific tone in mind takes much more knowledge and experience. I think you're on the right path for learning more about this subject. I wish you luck!
@@andyread5363 If you're interested in all of that, you should really start from the beginning to get the most out of learning. A good grasp of fundamentals is key to understanding in my opinion.
@@andyread5363 To answer your question: the capacitors are there to get rid of any DC input coming from the signal. This allows for the signal to be less "noisy" and give it that clear sound. So capacitors are mainly used to get rid of any DC offset, and producing only AC signal.
About to get started tinkering with this. Thanks, this cleared up any confusion I had about it!
Very well explained and useful for beginners!
Very generous of you to do this for us Brian. Much appreciation and respect. Hope the shaking isn't getting to you. As if tornado's weren't enough for Oklahoman's.
Interesting Video. 50 years ago I had a first class radio telephone license. All of this video brings back memories of studying for the license. I'm a learning guitar player and I just purchased a Moxie pedal off of eBay, you made it, I believe. I'll consider making a pedal, just for my pleasure. Thanks...
Great informative video on basic breadboarding. Thanks!
YES! Do more video like this, using this program. I like it.
I loved the lesson, you're the best, thank you from Brazil :D
This is a great vid for all of us out there who like to dive into "the guts"/the hardware.
So thank you very much for sharing this ... and for sharing the link to 123d.circuits!
I just enjoy these nerdy videos.
More coming up next 😉
You made this so easy to understand. Thanks man!
Super helpful, thanks Brian!
Great video . Thank you for taking the time to do this.
Great video! I'm definitely trying this later!
thanks again, another great video! I have difficulty reading and comprehension, but being shown I completely understand.
Awesome video. I'm trying to get back into electronics. This video just answered some questions I now don't need to ask lol thank you.
This is a great video, thanks for making it!
I need a mentor like you! Would love to be able to wrap my head around this stuff!! Great video
this is really helpful for a beginner. thanks.
this is awesome, thanks for some great clarity √
Thank you for the knowledge!
thank you for the quick lesson,,, i really liked this vid.. more please???
keep well.
Awesome Tutorial, thankyou very much
Very helpful video!
Fantastic vid
this is fantastic! thank you so much!
Thank you Brian! 👍
You have aroused the DIY beast within!
Dude thank you. This video rules.
wow takes me back to college awesome
Great vid! It's also worth noting that a lot of breadboards have power rails that are split in the middle (so you'd need another jumper to connect both halves)
Fantastic! Thanks!
Hi ! Real Nice vidéo ! For the First Time i’m gong to use my matérial what i have since two years in practice !!!!! Thanks very much
Awesome, can't wait to make a fuzz!
Good stuff!Thanks!
thanks for the vid. great tutorial.
Thanks! More, please...
Thanks for sharing the knowledge and experience you have gained. Looking forward to upcoming videos and designing some pedals.
It seems like you like j201's is there a specific dynamic you like about them more the any others? I am new to pedal building (started in May) and am not really sure about the differences in transistors, op amps, etc...and also if there are much differences between tayda parts and other "more quality" parts. Again; thanks for the video and education.
Very informational! I'm new to this and I was wondering if there is a good resource to learn what the different components do to sound and how to determine when to use them and what value to use.
Amazing video, very well explained. I actually start to understand what the heck is going on there!
Even tho i have built like 3 guitars and somehow wired that s up, lol
I want your job buddy. you rock keep it up man
Someone tell this man I love him.
Gracias, buen video....
More of this kind of stuff with the breadboards ans schematics please
I'd be really interested in a more in depth introduction to basic circuits.
excellent! Thank you!
Nifty vid! thanks Brian! (more more more! y'know, when you have time/inclination...)
+Jon Harmon - sure wish I'd had this vid about 2.5 years ago.
Thank you!
Yes this was amazing please make more videos on making pedals like on PCB I'm so lost and need help.
Excellent
Great video, very helpful!
What type of wires are they and where can I get them.
Wow... what a great rundown! I'm no expert now, but I definitely know a lot more than did 20 mins ago. Lol.
So, I have a bit of an inquiry,
I recently opened a pedal for the first time like 2 days ago (Boss DS-1) and discovered a cracked diode (D1). It was causing a crazy harsh buzzing sound when plugged in (what lead me to open it to check in the first place) and barely could get a signal through it. I did as much research as I could and could not find out what this diode actually does in there... so I said screw it and clipped it out completely and now have a crazy fuzz tone, that's almost gross but kinda neat, plus the harsh buzz is now gone!
I'm just curious if you or anyone else reading this could fill me in on why it turned out that way and what the D1 diode in this pedal does.
Really enjoying the adventure that is pedals so far!
Thanks and Cheers Brian!
WOW! Thankyou!
I have a question: Can I use this type circuit to bring up instrument-level (guitar or bass) up to line level? I am trying to build battery-powered bass amp based on an amp that is receiving the line level. Thank you for such informative videos.
Thanx that helped to clarify what I mean when I say gain without distortion.
I found some amps sustain longer than others without distortion.
I think I miss stated out of ignorance to the subject.
Some distortions I find if there is sound ringing out of the guitar and strike a single note that note comes out aerated or broken as opposed to a smooth one sound. Not sure if I'm explaining it right.
My goal I pedal and amp is to find combination that will giving me long sustaining notes without the dirt or actually berry little dirt
Thanks Brian ! ___ I enjoyed this ! ___Do some more ---- Please !
Great video, Brian. I was hoping that you would do this at some time or another. Would it be too much to ask for a tutorial on Waterboarding, next? I feel it would be a far superior method of controlling bandmates than a boost pedal. Thx. ;)
This is a fun vid,, thanks for sharing,, i cannot understand how a op-amp wires up and works. a tube i understand, maybe you could do one where you wire one up and use tube names to tell us what is going on.
I presume this the same/similar circuit for an on-board guitar boost but maybe omit the pot? Great info, cheers.
@wampler pedals I just found your videos and love the channel! Do you have a video on building an EQ? I need a specific EQ that cuts 10k, 5k, 250Hz, and 160Hz to clean up a violin pickup signal. Do you sell a kit?
Lovely
If I were to wire up an input pig for a wall wart, that would just be the top 2 rows of the BB , right ? Great videos !
Hey, thanks for this video, you really do an amazing job. I use this program too and I found that you can actually use a function generator to simulate the input and an oscilloscope to "see" the output. It's pretty useful to be able to analyze how it shapes the wave in terms of clipping.
One thing I miss in basically any video out there: some in depth explanation of each component. For instance, what is that input capacitor? And that 1M resistor to ground (and so many others that also go to ground), why are they there? And why those values? I know some of them you already covered, like the one in power source, acting as a voltage divider (?) but the thing is those components act kind of in a misterious way to me. If you could approach in a step by step form in a future video, that would be awesome.
Thanks for your work and videos!! Keep it up!!
Just a very fast answer: The capacitor is there to separate and filter out DC voltages out of your guitar signal. The capacitor works for AC as a shortcut, but for DC like a resistor with unlimited size. So only your pure guitar signal will pass the capacitor. Same goes for the output capacitor, it filters any DC leftovers of your 9V DC power source from your signal. Otherwise, your signal might have an offset according to the Voltage which is over the Volume Poti.
is ther a video like this on every guitar effect? Fuzz, drive, distortion, chorus, delay, etc?
So this means per every transistor you need a different resistor to be biased to the circuit ? Can I use a trim pot and bias by ear ?
Great, thank you! So the jacks don't have to be connected to ground?
Hi, There is usually always a notch by the Negative Lug on the jack, be it mono or other. C.
could you show how to add a true bypass on/off switch? I would like to make this and box it up into a usable pedal for rig... also, should boost go in front of all your other pedals? I assume that would be the best spot in the effects chain...
Going to go build a robot now. I love this stuff. Don't understand the whys but I want to in a masochistic sorta way, but without the whips and leather. Anywho, wish they had taught this in high school. Might've found a major I was really interested in. Thanks for a good vid.
Hi Brian, I bit the bullet today and bought a bread breadboard kit after watching your videos all day. I have a silly question. I'm watching a bag of ge transistors on ebay they're listed as out of spec. Some "low gain, high leakage etc".
As I'm a novice wanting to experiment a little if I buy them am I going to blow something up or will I just get weird results?
Awesome
Really nice video. I think you should mention that you would normally use a log pot for volume, for instance 500 KA, instead of the linear pot you are showing in
the the end of the video, 500 KB.
Brian, love the videos, have several of you pedals on the board. 👍When selecting the proper bias resistor to ground, would using a pot to dial in 4.5v and then metering that pot's value for ohms work to get a close resistor value? Or is there more to it than that, that I am missing?
Yes, that'll work just fine
Wampler Pedals Awesome. Thanks for the reply. Keep up the good work. 🤘
If I'm thinking correctly, when you go to build the actual circuit, everything that's in the same row gets soldered together? (Except for ground and positive rows)
Great great
You should check out multisim for the circuit design software.
Is that why trimpots are often used instead of trial and error to find the right resistor value to get 4.5-5V? In order to bias the J201 JFET?
hello great video, but I have a question. If I have a schematic of a particular pedal, how would I know where to wire it on my footswitch,ex: 3pdt, dpdt.?
Great video. Why do you bias to 4.5-5v? Is that related to the effect on the transistor? Does it effect clipping?
I have the same question
Hi there! I just removed the d4 & d5 on my ds1, what diode should i replace into it?
I’d like to know more about why a bjt vs a mosfet. Can we swap 1 for 1? Why choose one vs the other in guitar effects? Etc etc.
I am new to reading schematic. If I'm not mistaken the 1k resistor is supposed to me going to the base of the transistor not the emitter along with the 1m going to ground. Just want to make sure on this so I don't make any crucial mistakes!
Hi Brian. Thanks for the great intro to breadboarding. I'm a self-taught electronics tinkerer, but I've never manage to move very far beyond the basics. So, while I understand a lot about how the various electronic components work and are utilized in general, I've never have really been able to apply that knowledge in terms of building my own circuits. Do you have any recommendations or suggested resources for someone looking to get into designing/building audio circuits? Unfortunately, at this stage of my life, formal education is out of the question so it boils down to whatever I can get my hands on and teach myself. Thanks!
honestly, just reading as much as you can from forums and websites. Places like diystompboxes.com and freestompboxes.com are great resources
Thanks, I will definitely check those out.