Vol. 1 & Vol. 2: Tracking Down Your Dream Tone - Build Your Own Guitar Effects Pedals: A Beginner's Guide & The Operational Amplifier Paperback – November 8, 2024

This book contains the two volumes of the series: Build Your Own Guitar Effects PedalsVol. 1 - A Beginner's Guide:This book is primarily aimed at do-it-yourself beginners as well as those who not only want to deal with kits available on the market, but also have the goal of creating their own simple effects or modifying existing ones.Step by step, the theoretical and practical knowledge needed to build an effects pedal is taught. The content of the book is divided into three main chapters for this purpose: chapter of theory, chapter of experimenting, chapter of practiceDon't worry, a degree in electrical engineering is not a prerequisite to get through this book. Easy-to-understand explanations of the electronic circuits or their components make prior knowledge of these areas unnecessary.This book should enable you to understand the basics of applied electronic circuits and build simple guitar effects pedals yourself.The following effects pedal types are presented in this book: Booster, Overdrive, Distortion/FuzzVol. 2 - The Operational Amplifier:Volume 2 deals specifically with the so-called operational amplifier - in particular with the classic among them, the TL072. Such operational amplifiers are the electronic core components of numerous effects pedals on the market.As there are so many ways in which these operational amplifiers can be used to achieve the desired sound effects, the focus of this book is more on theory, looking in depth at the way some of the most important basic circuits work. There is a little more math than in the first volume, but it should not be off-putting. Rather, the formulas and calculations included are intended to make the functions and characteristics of operational amplifiers easier to understand and thus help you design your own pedal circuits. And so that it doesn't become too dry, the theory is accompanied by numerous interesting, exciting tips and hints on practical applications.At the end of the book, the newly acquired knowledge is put into practice and an overdrive, a tremolo and a reverb pedal are built.Contents of this book:Detailed presentation of the most important operational amplifier basic circuits required for pedal construction.Answers to basic questions such as:What are inverting and non-inverting amplifiers?What is wet/dry control and how is it implemented?How is a buffer or impedance converter constructed and how is it used?What is a low-frequency oscillator circuit (LFO) used for and what does it have to do with a car windshield wiper?What is phase cancellation and how can it be avoided?...and much more...How to simulate the operational amplifier using LTspice.Determining the in- and output impedances of the effects circuits using simulations.Tips and hints for the practical implementation of the pedals presented in the bookA collection of formulas for calculating the most important parametersWho is this book for?Perfect for anyone who wants to understand the electronics and functionality of effects pedals and develop their own circuits.Note:According to one of the reviews, a reader received a copy with missing pages due to a rare printing error. If this happens to you, please contact Amazon for a free replacement. I'm sorry for the trouble and truly appreciate your understanding!The software presented in this book for the simulation chapter is LTspice version XVII. Software is subject to frequent updates, which means that it may change over time and may therefore not always match the screenshots described in the book. Tip: The toolbar can be customized to match the screenshots in the book. To do this, select Settings -> On the Operation tab in the window and select “legacy” for Toolbar style. Read more