<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=windows-1252"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">I deal with both groups and I agree with Paul's points.<div><br></div><div>Pedals have a much lower bar to entry than synths. Building a simple fuzz can need as few as five or six components. Classic pedals like the Dallas Rangemaster are equally simple. A "simple" synth would be something like the Wasp or the Minimoog!</div><div><br></div><div>Both this and the fact that there are more guitarists to begin with means there are a lot more people giving pedal DIY a go. I would say that it also means the level of knowledge for pedal builders is often lower. No-one would try and build a synth unless they could read a schematic, but I often hear people say "I can't really read schematics" on <a href="http://DIYStompboxes.com">DIYStompboxes.com</a>, for example. With the many kits available, the truth is you *can* build yourself some pedals without ever having to read a schematic or order specific parts. Just take the bits out of the package and solder it together like it says in the instructions.</div><div><br></div><div>Tom</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div><div>On 3 Sep 2016, at 05:08, Paul Perry <<a href="mailto:pfperry@melbpc.org.au">pfperry@melbpc.org.au</a>> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div lang="EN-US" dir="ltr" vlink="purple" link="blue" bgcolor="#ffffff" style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><div><font face="Arial" size="2">The differences flow from this:</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">1. there are 100 DIY stompbox guys for every synth DIY guy - probably more.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">2. Stompboxes are (usually) far cheaper.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">3 And far simpler too (usually.)</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Both groups cover include the extremes of wealth, knowledge, social skills, and sanity.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">In both groups, those extremes can be VERY extreme.</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><div><font face="Arial" size="2">Paul Perry, Melbourne Australia</font></div><div><font face="Arial" size="2"></font> </div><blockquote style="padding-right: 0px; padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px; border-left-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left-width: 2px; border-left-style: solid; margin-right: 0px; "><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial; ">----- Original Message -----</div><div style="background-color: rgb(228, 228, 228); font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; "><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="barryklein@cox.net" href="mailto:barryklein@cox.net" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">Barry Klein</a></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial; "><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a title="synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl" href="mailto:synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">'synth-diy'</a></div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial; "><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Saturday, September 03, 2016 9:45 AM</div><div style="font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial; "><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>[sdiy] SynthDIY vs guitarDIY?</div><div><br></div><div dir="ltr"><div style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: Calibri; "><div><div style="display: inline; font-weight: normal; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-family: Calibri; text-decoration: none; ">During 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><div><div style="display: inline; font-weight: normal; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-family: Calibri; text-decoration: none; ">I’m 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><div><div style="display: inline; font-weight: normal; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-family: Calibri; text-decoration: none; "> </div></div><div><div style="display: inline; font-weight: normal; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-family: Calibri; text-decoration: none; ">Barry</div></div><div><div style="display: inline; font-weight: normal; font-size: small; font-style: normal; font-family: Calibri; text-decoration: none; "> </div></div></div></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><hr><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div>_______________________________________________<br>Synth-diy mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl</a><br><a href="http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a><br></blockquote>_______________________________________________<br>Synth-diy mailing list<br><a href="mailto:Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">Synth-diy@dropmix.xs4all.nl</a><br><a href="http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy" style="color: purple; text-decoration: underline; ">http://dropmix.xs4all.nl/mailman/listinfo/synth-diy</a><br></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>