It's been a long time (about 4 years) since I was regularly building pedals. I wasn't ever super active here, but I was at BYOC. I feel super out of the loop now getting back into it.
I ordered a ton of boards and parts back when I was building, but nothing since. So I'm wondering where are people ordering from now? I used to live in Vancouver which also had a great electronics shop that I could go pick up just about anything from so I wasn't ordering a ton to begin with. But now, in a new city with no good shop i need to get some stock.
I used to order from Mammoth... is anyone still using them? and a couple times from BLMS (which I see has dropped the B)
What are my options? or better, what's my best option? I've got about 12 boards, and 4-5 that I really want to build of those. And I picked up a ton of jacks and stomp switches with a couple group buy's a while ago too, so it's mostly components and enclosures. I'd prefer to buy from one source as shipping to canada from multiple places isn't ideal. Thanks!
Smallbear or Mouser
Tayda, Mouser, RS-Online, and (more rarely) Smallbear.
Arrow.com is a relatively new player. Selection is spotty, and the search function sucks, but free overnight shipping on ANY order, like down to a single resistor.
Fantastic for those "oh hell I forgot something" moments.
I generally buy enclosures, knobs, jacks and 3pdt at BLMS because the quality is good and the shipping is very reason. I buy most other stuff from tayda because it's super inexpensive and I've never had any issues with quality.
Whenever there's something I can't get elsewhere I use smallbear. Arrow is fantastic in a pinch.
Mammoth is okay but I feel like there selection is no where near what it used to be.