Am I stupid or is this a great starter kit?

[Bellyheart]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NEW-ELECTRONIC- ... 2320e1ad2f

[skullservant]

Seems like a good price and comperable to some of the kits they have at the 'Shack for a decent amount less

[Bellyheart]

Ye, that's what I thought...so I'm waiting for the joke...or hook

[skullservant]

probably cheap cheap cheap quality for sure, but its a start at least

[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.

[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

[fuzzmax]

with only five of each, you'll be short quickly of popular values like 1k, 10k, 100k, etc......

[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...

[nbabmf]

TWSS.

No, really.

Try what she said.

[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.