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Once again thanks for your valuable input! Yes, I'm in France so I guess my options are a bit different than most people here, but your experience is really helpful.

I have just seen that shipping from mouser is free for ~80€+ orders, and they take care of custom fees. So I will rework my to-buy-from lists to take advantage of this, and take in account your tips.

I intended to order a few things for smallbear, mainly a few transistors for the fuzzboxes (and other things I couldn't find at mouser or tayda). I like the fact that he (apparently) checks/sorts them, do you think it will be safe to order germs/BC109Cs/other from, say, banzai or any other supplier, or am I better of going with him for this type of parts? It will likely be a sub-30$ order, so I don't think the VAT will be excessive (especially if he mails it with usps).

Since Tayda is out of 1590Bs/125Bs, I think I'll just get hammond boxes from mouser. I don't mind getting bare boxes, painting them will be part of the fun!

Thanks alot everyone for your feedback. I'll try to answer your remarks in order:

- compressors: yeah, I love them, and I cannot believe I did not see the pcb for the BearHug on 1776! Another one on the list. I might not like them all, but I'm building pedals for the fun, and some of my guitar-playing relatives may like those I don't, so...

And I'll check those 3PDT wiring boards, thank for pointing them out!

- (not) overordering everything: your remarks sound sensible. I'll probably overorder most from places where shipping costs are high and be more reasonable for the rest. It's no big deal if I have to buy again from Tayda or smallbear after a few builds, but I'd rather avoid another 20€ in shipping fees alone from Mouser. I'll keep an eye on the "for sale" section as well, thanks for the tip!

- boxing every build : you are right, I intended to build and audition one effect at a time, but the generic/test enclosure advice is great.

As for 1590A builds, well, this is actually one of the reason why I want to build pedals — to have a very compact pedalboard. But it's true that it would be good to have alternatives if it turns out to be a hassle — I planned to order several 1590Bs as well.

Regarding the external battery, this is exactly how I power my current "pedalboard" (I'll switch to a standard power supply when I have more pedals) !

Hi everyone,

After many hours of reading here and at diystompboxes, I am ready to dive into the depths of DIY pedals. I have checked everything twice, but I would like to be sure I did not overlook anything crucial. I will begin with the following projects :

• Cupcake (madbean pcb)
• Afterlife (madbean pcb)
• Bosstone (vero)
• Transistor tester (perf)

And once I am sure I know what I'm doing:
• Engineer's thumb (jmk pcb)
• Moon Lander (jmk pcb)

Basically, I'll order 40-80 resistors and 20-30 caps of each necessary value, 3 to 5 times the ICs, transistors and diodes needed (to have parts on hand when I decide to make variations, or to have spares in case some parts are faulty). And 3x the pots I need and a number of knobs.

Plus, for each pedal:
- enclosure
- 3PDT switch
- 2.1mm power jack
- LED bezel
- lots of LEDs (cheap and always useful)
- 2x mono jacks

Plus a bunch of sockets, vero board, perf board, and 24 awg stranded wire in different colors. Am I overlooking anything?