decided to go with the "eighteen" pedal from run off groove. as a first project i think the thor was a bit ambitious especially for a first time build. it is hard to differentiate between the good and useless transistors, which is why the 18 is a good build. it's surprisingly noob friendly, and contains easy to find parts that will suit a standard enclosure, although in time i would like to move beyond this.

thanks for reading.

well, krayzie as i am also a bit of a noob, i feel i can help. let's assume you will be working on a breadboard. there are 2 strips that run the length of the breadboard, the + and - busses. every line of the schematic that is connected to the +9v or similar power supply is connected to the + strip on the outside of the breadboard. anything that looks like this " ii> " goes to ground or the negative strip, which is the strip marked '-'.

first wire up everything that goes to the + and - busses, for example your battery and your op-amps. next you just connect everything else up with jumper wire as per your schematic. a good book to read would be 'electronic projects for dummies'. the 'for dummies books' are generally very good, and although some of the projects in the book are pretty unappealing, you will get a good sense of what goes where in a circuit.

hope this helps.

hey all, me again. i'm currently buying the components for the "Thor" pedal from run-off groove. i haven't had any problems with most of the semi-conductors but i have come across a particular op-amp that is giving me some trouble...the tl071. there are literally a dozen variations on this op amp...the 071acp, the 071acn. i am at a complete loss as to which one to choose, and the guy at store was quite knowledgable about the 071 but not about it's use in an effects pedal.

any help would be greatly appreciated, and i thank you for reading.

just had an eureka moment. so it doesn't matter if the schematic says it's beside another component and i, for the sake of tidiness, put it above as long as i have them connected in series as per the drawing?

thank you for your helpful replies!

*edit* i am now studying a VERY simple circuit. i did not think this would be important but u learn something new every day like

joe

hey, im completely new to electronics and would like to begin building some stomp boxes and amps.

i had just finished learning to apply ohms law to resistors etc and was feeling pretty pleased with myself, so i picked up my Electronics Projects for Musicians book and had a look at some of the schematics. that was fine, i could see 'yup, that's an integrated circuit, thats a 2 nano-farad capacitor' but when i compared the schematic to the author's pcb layout they looked NOTHING alike.

i'm wondering is layout all a matter of preference, and if one blindly followed a schematic
in a linear fashion, eg: lining all the parts up and connecting them with wire as it would appear on the schematic, would i get good results? is layout really a matter of preference?

also, i notice a little plus within a circle on the schematics, i'm assuming this is the symbol for the power supply input?

thank you for reading