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Some simple but great sounding pedals/circuits are boosts (SHO, EP boost) or something like a Dist+/DOD 250 which are great sounding distortion pedals, or a Red Llama for a slightly more ragged option.
A lot of people lately have gone head over heels for the EQD speaker cranker, which is just another Electra variant - super simple but great sounding little circuit, in many ways similar to the 250/Dist+ but transistor based. If a lower gain OD sounds like something you might need/want, the Bluesbreaker/King of Tone circuit sounds great too and is quite simple as well.
Once you start looking at modulation, delays etc circuits get quite a bit more complicated. Ultimately if you're going with a kit on PCB more than EE skills per se what you really need is decent soldering technique... and a bit of patience when it comes to the wiring!
alex_s-
Sounds good, I think I could use an overdrive/gentle fuzz of some description? I have a wooly mammoth clone but even turned low it sounds like sunn o))) or monolord. Something a little brighter might be nice.
For reference I’m playing an orange micro dark with 1x8 cab. Only really play at neighbour friendly volumes most of the time.
If you could recommend a pedal that would give a little biy of zz top trebly sizzle that would be ace.
Sorry, I know nothing about pedals or amps…Seems jedspeds.co.uk has a huge range of kits and pretty popular :)
edmundro
All this soldering talk is making me want to have a go at a pedal kit, my colleague is a wizard-tier electrical engineer and has offered to oversee my ham fisted soldering. It’s been a long time since gcse electronics but I’m up for giving it a whirl.
Any recommendations for an easy kit? Maybe not a fuzz as don’t need one. Lots of vids on yt of folks building an Amazon Klon kit.
Preferably something cheap in case I get frustrated/cook something vital.