Since I’ve been fortunate enough get a free tube amp, I got a part of my sound needs satisfied. The next items on the list were pedals. Since getting a free amp didn’t satisfy my do-it-yourself (DIY) thirst, I thought I’d investigate building my own pedal(s).
The Orange Squeezer listed at tonepad seems like a good fit for me. I like compressors, the Orange Squeezer is a nice classic pedal and it fell under a beginner’s level build at tonepad.
Jeremy, a friend of mine was putting in an order to Digikey, so I’ve since piggy-backed on his order and am now waiting for parts. I wasn’t able to find everything I needed there but have since found other suppliers. I found germanium diodes at The Source (aka Radioshack) and the 3PDT switch I was hoping to get at the DIY Stompboxes store.
If you’re into DIY stuff, you should really check out their post where people have posted pictures of their DIY pedals. It’s really quite impressive to see all of the hard work and creativity that people have put into these things.
As the parts start to arrive I’ll be sure to take pictures of my experiences. The first round of parts are expected late week or early next week. I’m eager to get started but time’s at a premium as the wedding approaches, so i have no idea when I’ll be able to get started, but I suspect sooner rather than later 
Last Blogger » Blog Archive » Some Orange Squeezer Parts Arrive // Apr 18, 2006 at 9:05 pm
[...] As you may or may not know I’m building my own Orange Squeezer guitar pedal. I’ve never built my own pedal so this is all new to me. The first thing I had to do was to draw a layout since I’m going to be using regular pad-per-hole breadboard instead of a custom etched board. The plans I found only had the original schematic and the etched board on it. Working from the original schematic, I managed to come up with the following. [...]
Last Blogger » Blog Archive » On Board Components of the Orange Squeezer Done! // Apr 21, 2006 at 10:20 pm
[...] Doubly good news for me tonight. When I got home I got my second order of parts in the mail and I just finished soldering the last connections on the PCB for my Orange Squeezer. It’s still got some way to go before I know if it works or not. I’ve got six wires sticking out of the board going nowhere at the moment. They’ll all need to be connected as well as properly wiring the 3PDT switch which has nine posts on it. But it feels absolutely awesome to have finished the onboard stuff. [...]
Last Blogger » Blog Archive » Orange Squeezer Doesn’t Work // Apr 27, 2006 at 9:44 pm
[...] While I deffinitely had my switch improperly wired, fixing that problem has not yet yielded a working Orange Squeezer. I’m working from the Orange Squeezer schematic at tonepad with my own layout on perfboard. Thanks to the great debugging guide at DIY stomboxes and the voltage reporting at General Guitar Gadgets, I’ve been able to find out that I’ve deffinitely got some problems. [...]
James // Oct 9, 2006 at 1:25 am
Make your own circuit boards… it’s easy and rewarding (plus you can add your own graphics on it). If I can do it, then anyone can…
http://www.fullnet.com/u/tomg/gooteepc.htm
Cheers,
James