On an even less related, but personally exciting, note is I'm signing up to do a 6-7 week course to build a fuzz pedal from scratch. Haven't wielded a soldering iron for years (and was never particularly good) but this should be FUN.
Update incase anyone's interested:
Finished soldering the PCB on my pedal yesterday, tested it and it works! Just need to wire up the enclosure and it's done.
This is the (very simple) pedal we're building, but there are loads of interesting kits on the site and the instructions are great even for idiots like me. Pretty sure I'm going to buy myself a soldering iron and build some more.
Update incase anyone's interested:
Finished soldering the PCB on my pedal yesterday, tested it and it works! Just need to wire up the enclosure and it's done.
This is the (very simple) pedal we're building, but there are loads of interesting kits on the site and the instructions are great even for idiots like me. Pretty sure I'm going to buy myself a soldering iron and build some more.
http://shop.pedalparts.co.uk/Thug_Fuzz/p847124_7840055.aspx