by JD Sleep | Aug 14, 2015 | Website Updates
We have a couple of new compressor kits. They are based on the Ibanez BP10 Bass Compressor and CP10 Compressor. These are really great compressors that were somewhat over-shadowed by the bad reputation and unpopularity that the short lived “10 Series”...
by JD Sleep | Jun 21, 2015 | Blog, Build Tips, Tools
In this installment of tool discussion, we will talk about desoldering. In my opinion, it’s one of the most difficult aspects of building guitar effects. If you are perfect, you may never need to desolder any parts and that’s great, but…...
by JD Sleep | Jun 12, 2015 | Blog
We are starting a series of blogs that will give some insight and opinions on the tools we use to create DIY guitar effects here at General Guitar Gadgets. This will take several installments, but it will be informative and interesting. Hopefully other builders will...
by JD Sleep | May 27, 2015 | Blog
When I think of the “stars” of DIY guitar effects I usually think of Craig Anderton, Robert Penfold, Nicolas Boscorelli or John Simonton. Or, I think about my internet heroes, such as R.G. Keen, Jack Orman and Aron Nelson. The other day I was thinking...
by JD Sleep | May 22, 2015 | Blog, Building Guitar Effects, Website Updates
For the first time in General Guitar Gadgets’ history we are discontinuing one of our kits. When attempting to resupply our stocks of VTL5C2/2 optical modules, we found them to be nearly double the price of our previous purchase. With our cost of the optical...
