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Am I stupid or is this a great starter kit?

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 6:28 pm
by Bellyheart

Re: Am I stupid or is this a great starter kit?

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 6:32 pm
by skullservant
Seems like a good price and comperable to some of the kits they have at the 'Shack for a decent amount less

Re: Am I stupid or is this a great starter kit?

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 6:55 pm
by Bellyheart
Ye, that's what I thought...so I'm waiting for the joke...or hook

Re: Am I stupid or is this a great starter kit?

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 6:56 pm
by skullservant
probably cheap cheap cheap quality for sure, but its a start at least

Re: Am I stupid or is this a great starter kit?

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 7:15 pm
by Bellyheart
I always wondered what "high quality" components were vs not...high...quality...I'm still confused about where components come from, but I figured they sprout outta dung like mushrooms...and some are good and some are bad.

Re: Am I stupid or is this a great starter kit?

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:10 pm
by skullservant
Yeah, and even some 'good' or 'boutique' components can be shit. In the end the difference between a fuzz face that costs $15 to build and one that costs $100 to build using the same values is probably so minute that it doesn't even matter

Re: Am I stupid or is this a great starter kit?

Posted: Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:58 pm
by fuzzmax
with only five of each, you'll be short quickly of popular values like 1k, 10k, 100k, etc......

Re: Am I stupid or is this a great starter kit?

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:09 am
by stripes
i think a better approach would be getting the basic tools... like that "beginners tool kit" on byoc. then either get a couple cheap byoc kits to practice and get a feel for what you'll be doing. or order a pcb from a place like madbean and get the parts list, order the parts (ordering double of everything is wise), and then you know you have everything that you need for what you're currently doing, and it will be easy to sort through. i bought a lot of assorted component packs and it didn't really do me any good...

Re: Am I stupid or is this a great starter kit?

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 12:16 am
by nbabmf
TWSS.

No, really.

Try what she said.

Re: Am I stupid or is this a great starter kit?

Posted: Fri Nov 02, 2012 7:15 am
by McSpunckle
For the same price, you could probably buy more specific parts that make more sense for pedals. More .1uF, 1uF, 10uF caps, some pots, less resistor values because it rarely matters that you're -that- specific.

It's a solid kit, but kits always have that problem. Not enough of the parts you need lots of, and a bunch of stuff you really don't need.