Building a Overdrive Pedal Kit
Building a Overdrive Pedal Kit Today I’m building a overdrive guitar pedal kit from a bare PCB, it came with no instructions, and I wanted to show how it can still be built. This one uses two 4558 op-amps, like the classic Boss and Tube Screamer circuits, so it should sound really good when it's finished. Let’s dive in.” Resistors First Always start with resistors because they sit low on the PCB and make soldering clean and easy. On this board, everything is clearly labelled. Diodes and Small Caps Next we add the two 1N4148 diodes for the clipping stage. Orientation matters, match the black band on the diode to the band on the PCB. Then I added the larger black Diode, being sure to orientate the band correctly. Small Caps Next we add all the smaller capacitors, I like to lay them out and label them so that they are easily identified. Then I solder them into position one by one. To help keep them in place whilst soldering, try using Blu-tack over the components s...