Category Archives: Effect Pedal Circuits

Veroboard - stripboard for building effect pedals example
How to read a Veroboard?

When you first look at a veroboard layout, it might feel like you’re decoding some[...]

Gain in effect pedal stages
Gain effect pedals: distortion, overdrive and fuzz

Gain effect pedals include multiple families of circuits; the most important ones are boosters, overdrives,[...]

Operational Amplifier tutorial (II): non-inverting operational amplifier
Electronics tutorials: the Operational Amplifier (II) – Circuit Analysis

In our first post about OpAmps we stated the basic principles of operation of this[...]

Diodes and LED Electronic Tutorial
Electronics Tutorials: Diodes and LEDs (II)

In the introduction post about LEDs and diodes we covered what is a semiconductor material[...]

Electronic Tutorials: Capacitors made simple
Electronics Tutorials: the Capacitor (II)

In the previous post we presented one of the most used electronic components: the capacitor.[...]

BJT transistor as two diodes
Electronics Tutorials: The BJT Transistor (II)

In the last post we introduced a widely used device in effect pedals: the BJT[...]

JFET Transistors Electronic Tutorial
Electronics Tutorials: the JFET (II) – Circuit analysis

In the first JFET post we presented this semiconductor device along with its basics, like[...]

Opamp buffer circuit schematic
Effect pedal circuits: the Buffer

Audio buffers provide a high input impedance for the audio signal and a low output[...]