<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div></div><div>Guitar pedals were definitely my gateway drug into SDIY in addition to circuit bending. Sometime in the 90's my dad gave me a copy of Craig Andertons Electronic Projects for Musicians and that was the beginning of the end :)</div><div><br></div><div>The market is huge and I work with a lot of students who also seem to take to building a guitar pedal kit from Build Your Own Clone or similar rather than trying to dive into euro rack stuff etc (which many eventually get to) as a first project.</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br>On Sep 2, 2016, at 19:45, Barry Klein <<a href="mailto:barryklein@cox.net">barryklein@cox.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div>
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some internet browsing on synthDIY interests I got off on a guitar electronics
tangent and became amazed at the number of forums supporting guitarDIY and the
number of kits/boards available.</div></div>
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sure some of you participate in both. Please comment on how they compare
in customer knowledge, market size, maturity, and anything else you could
add.</div></div>
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