[sdiy] Hi everybody / starting out

[Tom Arnold]

On Sat, Aug 20, 2005 at 04:22:24PM -0400, Jean-Pierre Martineau wrote:
> I'll probably start out by building a PAIA Fatman to get my hands  
> dirty. I've read on this mailing list's FAQ (http://www.oldcrows.net/ 
> ~patchell/sdiyfaq.html) that that's probably a good way to start out,  
> but since the FAQ is unofficial and 3 years old and the answer might  
> have changed since then, I'll still ask the question: What's the best  
> kit for my first project?

I've also built a Fatman.  It was a lot of fun however it does have loads of
flywires and is in general tedious to assemble.  PAIA instructions are
awesome tho.

I'm gonna offer another suggestion.  The EFM Tomcat.  Theres a PDF on this
page: http://www.ele4music.com/kits.html

The small kit includes everything but panel, jacks, and pots so you'll have
to source those.  Its fairly cheap, you should be able to built it for
around $100 total if you make your own front panel.  Its also Volt/Octave
unlike the fatman, so you could easily patch it out if you wanted. cut a
couple traces, have some fun buffering and you've got a few "modules" from
your first kit.

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