This is what kind of started me down the path of building, actually. See, I got tired of trying to use the hacky little Radio Shack pencil soldering irons for guitar work, so I did a little searching, and found Circuit Specialists. For the price of a couple of Radio Shack cheapies, I can get a temp controlled station, stand, extra tips, and a bunch of other goodies. After using this setup on a couple of quick projects around the house, I realized that 'Hey! Soldering DOESN'T suck as much as I thought it did!' Which, started the creaky old gears in my brain going, and since I'm already an effects addict, well...here we are.
After a few failed attempts at starting (including soldering the components to the wrong side of the stripboard - D'Oh!), I got into the rhythm of things.
Not half bad for being out of practice for ((CENSORED)) years....
Once I ran out of parts for the fuzz, I decided to start working on the miniboards for the bypass/stomp switch. I guess it's now 'Millenium Bypass' - at least that's what the cool kids call it.
I got two bypass boards started and ran out of components...then the camera batteries died, I ran out of Diet Dew (OH NOES), and it was time for the kids to get to bed.
My component order is scheduled to arrive on Monday, so not much more to be done on this one until then.
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