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    GuitarSite.com and IndyGuitarist.com are giving you the chance to win a copy of How to build your own effect pedals…a step by step guide!

    Over the past year or so, Brian Wampler of Indyguitarist.com and Guitartone.net has been compiling and writing the new guide. After being asked many times where to get a book like this he discovered that there isn’t one! Upon searching for one to recommend to his customers he decided that he would just write one.

    Not only does it include guides on starting from scratch, also included is how to do advanced modifications to existing pedals.

    This is a hard copy book, with huge detailed full-sized pictures and 92 pages long of easy to understand instructions. This book will hold you by the hand and show you ‘the ropes’.

    Some of the topics discussed are:
    *Introduction
    *Tools and Items needed
    *The Basics explained
    *Let’s get started
    *Basic Definitions and Concepts
    *Understanding Schematics
    *How To Solder/desolder
    *All about Components
    *Component chart
    *Breadboards
    *Catalog Part Numbers
    *Installing pots and switches

    Projects:
    *A/B/Y box
    *Feedback Looper
    *True Bypass Box
    *Using a breadboard to build circuits quickly
    *How to build:
    *Basic 386 clean boost
    *Advanced clean boost
    *Smooth overdrive
    *Aggressive Distortion
    *Sputtery, nasty fuzz

    Advanced Modifications:
    *Turn a tubescreamer into a distortion
    *Tubescreamer modification – new tone circuit
    *Add a tone/eq circuit to MXR Distortion Plus / DOD OD250 Overdrive

    Seymour Duncan Tweak Fuzz Advanced modifications including:
    *Adding a tone/eq control circuit
    *Adding a totally new circuit to create a milky smooth fuzz or jagged and rough fuzz/distortion
    *Troubleshooting
    and of course…”Applying these type of advanced modifications to other pedals”

    To view a few screenshots of the book click here:
    http://www.indyguitarist.com/images2/book1.png
    http://www.indyguitarist.com/images2/book2.png

    ENTER TO WIN BELOW, it’s simple…
    Just answer the following question and you will be entered into the draw for your chance to win How to build your own effect pedals…a step by step guide.

    Competition closed.

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