Posts tagged "Mod Kits DIY"
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Few will argue that the best way to learn anything is to get your hands dirty and just try it, and that rock musicians have small budgets and an inclination to "do thing themselves" in order to save up.... Click on the title for more
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Those of you who like to challenge themselves with DIY projects in the realm of electric engineering applied to music, should take a look at MODKits DIY's authentic spring tube reverb design called The Wave. For the the young and unaware, spring reverbs are an electromechanical reverb device that produces a reverb effect by inducing sound vibrations at one end of a long wire shaped like a spring. They were among the first reverbs on the market, and you can find them in many now vintage guitar amps from the 50s and 60s.... Click on the title for more
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Many guitarists are familiar with MOD Kits DIY for their pedal kits, which allow stompbox geeks to build their first effects following the provided instructions, and at once learn about simple electrical engineering concepts applied to pedals. What they may not know, though, is that the manufacturer also offers a DIY kit to build your own tube amp, called the MOD 102 - recently updated to the MOD 102+. The new kit features an improved design based on its predecessor's British-style Class A output section, with some great added features.... Click on the title for more
Those who combine a passion for stompboxes with some kind of electrical engineering expertise will - at some point - want to try to build their own pedals. MOD Kits DIY facilitates this process for the uninitiated, by selling pedals the way Ikea would, instructions included.... Click on the title for more
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New from MOD Kits DIY, The Verb Deluxe kit is built around the Belton Digi-Log Mini Module. I love DIY projects and intend on possibly building a few myself this year. It would be cool to build one and document the entire process for the blog. This may not be a bad one to start with, but the website and associated forum are very helpful and provide endless support and advice. It seems like there has been quite an influx of DIY pedal options sprouting up in the last couple years. Another good one is Build Your Own Clone. It is typically a good idea to gain a basic level of electronics knowledge and soldering experience before embarking on a project such as this, but the reward is typically saving some money and learning how to build your own gear in the process, which is pretty exciting if you ask me! - Gus Green... Click on the title for more
The Persuader from MOD Kits DIY (available at modkitsdiy.com for about $65) is a U-build-it, starved plate, 12ax7 distortion box kit. It arrives as a collection of parts to be assembled into a powder-coated purple, pre-drilled Hammond-style cast-aluminum box. A 16 page assembly manual identifies all the included components, and has a solid, but brief tutorial on soldering. At the end of the manual are various tear-out drawings to use as guides in the build process. The step-by-step build instructions were clear, and if you've built a few kits of reasonable complexity, it's fairly straight-forward to build The Persuader. There were one or two steps in the build I thought were not in ideal order; I'll address those later in this review.... Click on the title for more
