Comments on: Building The BYOC TriBooster: Part Two – Populating the Circuit Board http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/08/13/building-the-byoc-tribooster-part-two-populating-the-circuit-board/ News, Reviews, And Commentary On The Latest Guitars & Guitar Gear. Sun, 12 Feb 2012 18:44:38 +0000 hourly 1 By: Cary http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/08/13/building-the-byoc-tribooster-part-two-populating-the-circuit-board/comment-page-1/#comment-19175 Cary Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:19:08 +0000 http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/08/13/building-the-byoc-tribooster-part-two-populating-the-circuit-board/#comment-19175 Hey, I'm planning on building the screamer next, and I've been reading up on the mods too––looks like a fun project. I finished the TriBooster in one afternoon, and I absolutely love it––particularly the clean boost setting. It sounds phenomenal. But I figured I'd better stretch the posts out over a few days so as not to bore everybody ;) Hey, I’m planning on building the screamer next, and I’ve been reading up on the mods too––looks like a fun project.

I finished the TriBooster in one afternoon, and I absolutely love it––particularly the clean boost setting. It sounds phenomenal. But I figured I’d better stretch the posts out over a few days so as not to bore everybody ;)

]]> By: db72 http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/08/13/building-the-byoc-tribooster-part-two-populating-the-circuit-board/comment-page-1/#comment-19172 db72 Tue, 14 Aug 2007 17:11:42 +0000 http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/08/13/building-the-byoc-tribooster-part-two-populating-the-circuit-board/#comment-19172 I think the key to doing the BYOC projects (I'm doing a Screamer right now with lots of mods) is doing your prep-work. I read just about every post about the Screamer on the BYOC forums and studied the PDF instructions for a few days before I started. Sounds time consuming, but I think you'll get the best results that way. Plus you'll get all kinds of ideas for mods and ways to customize the pedal to your liking and get a better idea about the components and what they do etc... I think the key to doing the BYOC projects (I’m doing a Screamer right now with lots of mods) is doing your prep-work. I read just about every post about the Screamer on the BYOC forums and studied the PDF instructions for a few days before I started. Sounds time consuming, but I think you’ll get the best results that way. Plus you’ll get all kinds of ideas for mods and ways to customize the pedal to your liking and get a better idea about the components and what they do etc…

]]> By: Ignacio http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/08/13/building-the-byoc-tribooster-part-two-populating-the-circuit-board/comment-page-1/#comment-19166 Ignacio Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:24:33 +0000 http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/08/13/building-the-byoc-tribooster-part-two-populating-the-circuit-board/#comment-19166 Looks real clean Cary! Real nice. Soldering, especially tiny components to the board, takes practice. So, don't sweat it. What I did when I started building boxes was to get a pre-drilled board and a bunch of resistors, and practiced soldering some of them. Key is to get in and out quick. Put the solder end on both the board contact and the component lead for like a second (so that they can heat up), then quickly touch either with the solder and once the solder starts running melted on both ends, take the soldering iron and solder away. This is like a 2 to 3 second process. Sweet man. Take your time and have fun. Can't wait to see the finished product. IG Looks real clean Cary! Real nice. Soldering, especially tiny components to the board, takes practice. So, don’t sweat it. What I did when I started building boxes was to get a pre-drilled board and a bunch of resistors, and practiced soldering some of them. Key is to get in and out quick. Put the solder end on both the board contact and the component lead for like a second (so that they can heat up), then quickly touch either with the solder and once the solder starts running melted on both ends, take the soldering iron and solder away. This is like a 2 to 3 second process.

Sweet man. Take your time and have fun. Can’t wait to see the finished product.

IG

]]> By: Cary http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/08/13/building-the-byoc-tribooster-part-two-populating-the-circuit-board/comment-page-1/#comment-19163 Cary Tue, 14 Aug 2007 13:50:05 +0000 http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/08/13/building-the-byoc-tribooster-part-two-populating-the-circuit-board/#comment-19163 Gordon, I know how you feel. Before this project my soldering experience had been limited to installing a pickup or two, and maybe performing a minor modification on one of my guitars. This build was really quite easy... it's just a bit time consuming. But lots of fun, too :) Gordon, I know how you feel.

Before this project my soldering experience had been limited to installing a pickup or two, and maybe performing a minor modification on one of my guitars.

This build was really quite easy… it’s just a bit time consuming. But lots of fun, too :)

]]> By: Gordon http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/08/13/building-the-byoc-tribooster-part-two-populating-the-circuit-board/comment-page-1/#comment-19150 Gordon Tue, 14 Aug 2007 07:31:18 +0000 http://www.electric-guitar-review.com/2007/08/13/building-the-byoc-tribooster-part-two-populating-the-circuit-board/#comment-19150 I wanted to get a pedal from BYOC, but my soldering skills are limited to *normal* guitar electronic requirements. I'll wait for the end of your report to see if it can change my mind. :D I wanted to get a pedal from BYOC, but my soldering skills are limited to *normal* guitar electronic requirements. I’ll wait for the end of your report to see if it can change my mind. :D

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