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Custom Guitar Pedal

Built an analog guitar effects pedal by assembling a pre-manufactured PCB and installing all electronic components, wiring, and hardware into a ready-made enclosure. The project strengthened practical electronics skills, including soldering, component identification, circuit debugging, and integrating audio hardware into a functional signal-processing device.
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Kent Pham

Project Timeline

Jul 2025 - Aug-2025

HighlightS

Successfully assembled a full analog effects circuit using through-hole soldering on a pre-made PCB.

Achieved clean and reliable audio output by optimizing solder joints, wiring paths, and grounding.

Integrated all components including jacks, footswitch, LEDs, and potentiometers, into a commercial enclosure.

Improved soldering precision and confidence by working with resistors, capacitors, transistors, and potentiometers.

SKILLS

Soldering
PCB Assembly
Wiring & Layout
Basic Circuit Debugging
Component Identification
Audio Electronics
Hardware Integration

DETAILS

  • Populated the PCB with all electronic components and soldered each connection while ensuring correct polarity and orientation.

  • Wired the bypass footswitch, audio jacks, power jack, status LED, and potentiometers according to the pedal’s schematic.

  • Tested and debugged the pedal using a guitar and amplifier signal chain until the output matched expected behavior.

  • Used continuity testing to confirm correct wiring and eliminate unwanted noise or grounding issues.

  • Gained hands-on experience reading wiring diagrams and identifying component values for proper circuit function.

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