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- From: snoswell@sirius.ucs.adelaide.edu.au (Michael Snoswell)
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- Subject: Re: Building effects units for guitars
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- Date: 8 Sep 92 14:10:19 GMT
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- stites@matt.ksu.ksu.edu (Ross M Stites) writes:
-
- >Michael.Bremford@comp.vuw.ac.nz (Mike Bremford) writes:
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-
- >>Well, I'll give the advice I was given.
- >>Find a book called 'Electronic Projects for Musicians' by Craig Anderton
- >>(Probably in your local library) Has lots of little boxes, some of them useless
- >>but some are quite good, eg Compressor/Limiter, Some sort of box which can be
- >>configured as a Waa pedal, a 'Tube-type' fuzz box... can't remember the rest.
- >>Worth a look.
-
- >I would recommend this book too, especially if you have no or little
- >experience with electronics. Just beware that the book is over 10 years
- >out of date. A lot of those projects can be built better with simpler
- >designs now, then they were at that time. Also, a lot of the parts used
- >in the book are no longer produced.
-
- >Ross Stites
- >(stites@matt.ksu.ksu.edu)
-
- Craig wrote for Guitar Player (or was it just Guitar) magazine. The
- book is a compilation of his columns. I have a few I photocopied from
- the library before the pages were ripped out. He's got some good ideas
- on rewiring pickups to get a wider variety of sounds too.
-
- Cheers
- Michael Snoswell
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