<HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><HTML><FONT SIZE=2 PTSIZE=10 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 10/19/2004 5:27:18 PM Eastern Standard Time, timexheater@comcast.net writes:<BR>
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<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">Just curious if anyone had any good referances for a circuit bending DIY<BR>
type website, preferably for FX pedals, maybe some vintage keyboards etc.<BR>
Thank you very much for your time!</BLOCKQUOTE><BR>
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Can't recall the URLs right now, but search for J. Reed Ghazela. He is commonly hailed as the grandfather of circuitbending (though many others have/would have figured it out on their own). There's also a LiveJournal community called 'circuitbending' that both Nate and I are on (if you join, I'm autophage and nate's xmanhattanx).<BR>
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But in all seriousness... most of what you'll find is 'figure stuff out on your own'. The only advice other than that is to be careful you don't bend the power supply - not only will that probably fry the circuit, it could cause burns/pain/death (if it uses a wall supply). Generally people say not to bend anything over 6 volts, but I just do anything battery-powered (well, excluding lantern batteries etc) - most things aren't above 9volts, and it's pretty difficult to kill yourself with those.<BR>
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Remember, above all, that the fun doesn't begin until you've started a few electrical fires.<BR>
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-eric</FONT></HTML>