How to Build a RAT Distortion Pedal For Under $27
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2024
- I go through the entire process of building a RAT Distortion Guitar Pedal Clone.
00:00 Intro
1:10 Components Overview
4:30 Soldering resistors
6:13 Soldering Diodes
9:30 Transistor and OpAmp Seats
11:48 Soldering Capacitors
18:30 Checking for Soldering Bridges
19:40 Soldering Potentiometers
23:28 Drilling Enclosure Holes
30:36 Soldering 3DPT Footswitch+PCB
31:46 DC Jack Installation
33:10 Final Connections
39:02 Sound Test
41:25 Final Thoughts
LIST OF COMPONENTS:
PCB, Instructions, Parts List w/ store links: www.taydakits.com/instruction...
Other Components:
3PDT PCB: bit.ly/38UD7qK
1590B Black Enclosure: bit.ly/38ZdhSo
270Ω resistor for LED: bit.ly/30c5NI0
3mm red LEDs: bit.ly/2ZuYxYx
LED holders (not used): bit.ly/3fznnMs
Knobs: bit.ly/38X1Bja
DC Power Jack: bit.ly/3gXckwS
1/4" Jack: bit.ly/3h43a1t
COST ESTIMATE OF $26.12: imgur.com/a/WmddgH3 - แนวปฏิบัติและการใช้ชีวิต
I agree, there aren't enough DIY pedal videos on TH-cam yet.
I'm just getting started doing this on my channel.
Hey there, nice video! One thing though : you don't have to remember where the dot is under the DIP8 socket, it has a curve that needs to match at one side, that you clearly missed, cause you soldered the socket upside down :) Yet again, thanx for great content!
Thank you for making such a great informative video. I’m looking forward to building.
Nice man , very helpful. I like that you gave a list materials at the beginning also !! I'm thinking of doing a DIY guitar just haven't decided which model yet. Strat , Les Paul , Flying V. I may do all three !!
Thank you so much for this!
I saw the “Mammut” sign behind you and was reminded of Airwaves shows. Hopefully going this year. Cheers!
I watched your whole video and read the 49 comments before mine. I think it took guts to record everything and leave in your mistakes, it will probably save some noobs from making some of the same ones. As far as it is a bit sloppy, that's more of a personality thing, as long as you're happy with it, that's cool. I love that you just attacked that bish and made it your own. And like you said, it's a homemade one and it's going to look the part :D The only thing I could add that hasn't been mentioned yet is that you didn't have to struggle so much with that LED, and even change the height of the foot switch. Just attach some wires and put it where ever you want.
since this the first video of yours i watch it was very informative and very educational for me since i have never done anything like this before it’s not easy but not that hard either thank you very much for posting these kinds of DYI videos especially for a beginner like me now fortunately for me i have a good friend i’ve known for about 35 yrs that is a wiz at stuff like this that can help me he mods stuff all of the time even amps and i must say that rat pedal clone sounds pretty decent i’m looking forward to watching your other videos on the tube screamer and the over drive and i hope that was red paint on your left palm and not blood lol at the end of your video
Thanks! Yeah just paint hehe.
Unfortunately I lost my workshop space so I'm currently looking for somewhere new to work out of. Any more pedal builds are going to have to wait until that unforunately :/
I know this is ancient history in computing terms, but I looked at the schematic shown on the linked website for the kit. It shows pin 1 and pin 8 being connected on the opamp. The opamp is a TL071CP, and on that opamp, pin 8 is not used. However, on the original RAT schematic (using the LM308) pin 1 and 8 ARE connected. On the LM308 pin 8 is the "COMP2" connection and pin5 is not connected. On the TL071CP pin 5 is the "offset null 2" and pin 8 is the n/c. So I think the schematic is using the wrong pin number, but hopefully the PCB is actually connecting pins 1 and 5 via C3 because I can't see the PCB that well. (I only worked this out so I could breadboard the circuit and it was bugging me that an unused pin was being used)
I've been doing some minor soldering and building, but nothing like this- thanks for filming the whole thing and being honest with the issues. I think I might be able to handle it.
Definitely! These ready made PCBs make everything easier when starting out - You can always move on to vero builds later on. The Tayda RAT is a great place to start, but if you want something easier to begin the Tayda Guitar Power Boost is also great (gives you the option of building several different boost pedals by varying your components) and only runs about $6 USD.
Baldur's Workbench - Home DIY Engineering Very cool! Thanks for the tip! I have bought a few things from Tayda already but had not poked around the PCBs at all!
that's cool man. sounds really good. what amp were you using? I skip thru it.
Thanks for the video! One small comment, the reason for the sockets is not only for changing the IC, some ICs are sensitive and they can be damaged by the soldering process
Great video..i hope you do more pedal making videos..what would be the easiest guitar pedal to make? Simple easy? For my first time.
This pedal has outlived the Ibanez TS and OD line hands down..
It truly is the desert island pedal of all time..
It is so versatile and Amp friendly it's ridicules..
Didn’t find a new workspace? Im developing a new addiction and this is awesome material 🤩
Unfortunately I've been too busy with work for the last few months to build and film anything of interest. Really wish I had more free time but I guess paying the bills comes first
I like the price of your kit and how you assemble it I've also looked online at a lot of kits and a lot of them will cost as much as a pedal cost so there's got to be a more cost-effective way to build them.
you are forgetting the value of learning. the price in dollars may be the same, but the VALUE is way higher. learning new skills is always a good idea.
Are you running a compressor or is that distortions natural compression? Ive been looking to build a Rat pedal but havnt found the parts till now so Thank You
planning on making a fuzz face with a rat tone stack and a bias trim.
I have built Tayda pedals before with success. I’m on my second Tayda Rat and although I get a straight signal through it when I turn on effect I get nothing but a lit LED.
Any suggestions for troubleshooting?
we want more!
Tayda has a drill template for the pedal housing, comes in their build list
Late to the party but the original op amp was the lm308 (I think) which is obsolete. The direct replacement is the OP07 which is also obsolete. This seems to be one of the few pedals where the op amp does seem to affect the sound/tonal character of the pedal. It's hypothesized that the poor slew rate of those op amps may be what gives it it's character. The TL071 will probably sound noticeably different.
Distortion pedals usually use little current and a 9 volt battery will last a long time if you prefer going that way.
Parabéns pelo projeto, o amplificador que foi utilizado foi você que montou, tem vídeo sobre ele. Obrigado sou do Brasil
I built one in my "Sensors and Signals" class in college. Now that I think about it, it might still be in my old desk drawer because I forgot to take my breadboard home the last day of class. 🙄
Hey where can i find those style of knobs?
On the legs I think 2mm is industry standard. I like to clean the board with a soft toothbrush and isopropil alcohol. Easy to see cold joints or bad joins. Bet good work.
I bought mine from Wuhan several mos. back for 28.00 fully built included shipping and it was sent me as gift
What would happen if I swapped out the film capacitors for tropical fish?
Do you have to have the stereo output jacks, or would mono jacks suffice? Only asking because the mono jacks are a fraction of the price and the stereo jacks are out of stock at Tayda :(
Mono is fine!
One stereo input jack is only needed if you want to use a 9V battery. Plugging a cable into it is what arms the battery. If you're going to run your pedal off of power, then mono is fine!!
Do you have the schematic?
very nice Iceladic accent, and a great video :D
takk🥸
You've just inspired me to build a rat pedal for bass. What diodes,transistors and pots do I need for bass guitar?
Why did you install the op-amp socket upside down ? IT also has the cut out as marked on the silkscreen on the board to indicate pin 1...
Yeah, the guy was like "you need to make sure you write down where the dot is". Like the socket wasn't built in a way that avoid this problem. And the guy simply did this writing WHILE being worried about that.
If anyone wants to change the op-amp in the future there is a GIGANTIC chance they'll put it wrong
Would you recommend this for an absolute beginner?
@Everett Angelo And still having a girlfriend?I think you will see it with binoculars.
For an absolute beginner maybe the 1 knob fuzz: www.taydaelectronics.com/pcb/one-knob-fuzz-diy-pcb-guitar-effect.html
How much for you to build me a Gonk? 🤔
Do you sell a DIY Rat?
I watch this as ASMR
I know Capacitors have a positive and negative side, is this so with the Resistors? I see the coloured bands around them, they mean something? Does it make a difference which way they are inserted into the board? Thanks by the way, i don't understand why this has only had 9448 views? I will be sharing the link, thanks again Baldur. I'm subscribing bro, when i get my channel up and running hope you'll pay me a visit. God bless.
Resistors are not directional. The stripes on resistors indicate their resistance, it's too much to explain in a comment but google can teach you to read them.
Hi, why did you use a TL071? better use a OP07 like rat II, this one doesn´t use the compensation capacitor neither. Original is LM308 which uses comp cap.
OPO7 all the way
th-cam.com/video/QfwpClT_26E/w-d-xo.html
What about doing the artwork?
That is the hardest parts.
Sounds like Rat!! Great video!
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Have you tried other chips in it yet? I had a 308 originally and was loving the sound, but I accidentally bricked it when I put it in the enclosure (long story). I put in the same chip you have and I did not enjoy it as much. I'm going to try a 741 chip and see if its closer to what I want based on what I saw on the diy pedals channel vid showing how close it came: th-cam.com/video/l0qVnxUJwsw/w-d-xo.html
I'm hoping it isn't just my imagination that it sounded better hahaha. I do know though that a CA3130 sounded better to my ears as well (its what is in my pedal currently, from before my research I did today)
Not yet, just been sitting on my pedalboard recently - but I'd be very curious how it sounds with a 741.
Hi to you.
You had a printed pcb and just put the components in the places and soldered.
But many like me don't have access to this pcb.
Please draw a circuit diagram and show exactly how the components should be connected.
Thanks Buddy 🙏
I do not know if this is offtopic, but you could have it all in tonepad web. Circuit diagram, components, pcb to transfer, how to put them... it is an old web but it still works.
Rock it before you box it. 223 means 22 x 10^3 pF = 22nF.
If i buy two jacks, Footswitch and box I'm already over 30 euros.
How on earth can you get them so cheap.
(Note tayda ain't an option where I live but still if not buying in bulk I can't get those prices anywhere)
(Let alone with custom pcbs)
I haven't looked in a few years but Tayda was exceptionally cheap for me when I made this video. Digikey and Mouser sometimes had decent price options but Tayda was by far the most affordable
Blue oyster cult meets Hendrix
0:00 me: “yay, building ‘my own pedal’ from scratch”
1:14 i need to buy a PCB and assemble the circuit…? not really building anything from scratch, is it? the anticlimactic opposite of creative.
its for learning how to make one. i know its kind of clickbaity but if you really want to make your own pedal, this is a great way to start
Sounded very basic... Real tat ic is different
Why do these videos say build your own and then it's just putting together a kit ?
No wonder there are no new circuits and everyone is just putting together clone kits
You want somebody to breadboard a brand new never heard before circuit, design a pcb, have it made, test it, correct it then show them ordering components then put it together? Haha. What he’s doing is definitely “building his own” Rat my dude ;)
Mf thinks we're all jimmy neutron to come up with a brand new design from scratch 😐
Feel free to show us your pedal designs ?
Or get a Rat for $80
I’ll take the DIY version, cheaper and much more rewarding
ça sert à rien votre truc ,juste à consommer du data
Obviously you are lacking any sense of precision in your building effort..... well, if you are happy, that it works at all, that should be fine however. For me looking at your drilling of the holes, in the roughly approximate position they should be in, was painful.
I'm a hobbyist building a pedal for $27 so yeah I didn't stress too much that my holes were misaligned.
I am from the future. 27 dollars don't buy shit!
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