How Hard is it to Build a Tube Overdrive Pedal from a DIY Pedal Kit?

in this video, I build a Hagerman TubeKlon pedal from a kit. This DIY overdrive pedal kit is fun and easy and the entire thing was done completed in 10-15 minutes. This is a great starting point if you're new to making pedals from a DIY pedal kit.

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00:00 - Hagerman TubeKlon Pedal Kit Assembly (& Disclaimer)
00:34 - Official Blurb (From the Manual)
01:24 - Not just a KLONE
01:40 - Assembly
02:51 - Seating the Tube
03:46 - The Hardest Part of the Build
04:55 - Make Sure the LED is in first (as per instructions)
05:15 - Assembling the Enclosure
06:31 - What the Green Thing ACTUALLY is
07:08 - Assembling the Enclosure
07:42 - Pedal Test
10:24 - Tone First Impressions
10:48 - How Hard Was the Build?

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[intheblues]

Have you built a pedal from a kit before? This was pretty simple and a lot of fun! Thanks to Jim Hagerman for sending this out for me to check out. Stay tuned for a Klon-style shootout video in the near future, which will include this one!

[alanthew]

I used to work for Mullard in the UK and my mother worked on the tube production line back in the 60’s

[jamalabdul]

I was a little skeptical about how this little diy pedal would sound but I really dig the tones!!! It’s a great standalone overdrive pedal! I might have to try it out! Thanks Shane!!!🎸🎸🎸🎸😎😎😎😎

[Sean_Plays_Guitar]

This is super cool. I have a Notaklon on order but maybe I will get one of these and do a shootout video or something! Good stuff, Shane!

[JustinZak]

Sounds great! But the lock washer was supposed to go on the foot switch before inserting it into the enclosure. Only three plastic washer and nut should be on the outside.

[pablodana]

Shane, you need to sand for the case to make clear contact with that springy piece near the footswitch. Not a killer difference, but that's the way to ground it correctly.

[johnwebb]

Hi Shane. The toothed washer should be on the underside of the housing on the footswitch shaft so it can dig into the metal and create a good ground😅 . Best regards. John.

[mrkuizl]

Pedal building from kits is a lot of fun. It's addictive really. Just be sure to have a fan running to blow the solder smoke away from you. Don't inhale the smoke.

[shaunw]

Sounds really great and looked like good fun to put together 👍

[jjulch]

I may be wrong, but I think that metal washer goes on the inside and the plastic washer and nut on the outside, just like a control pot for a guitar.

[Phatzo]

I remember way back in year 11 electrical studies. I had to scratch build an intercom system. I messed up etching the circuit board twice, 50% of my solders were dodgy and it only ever worked once, briefly after six months of fumbling through it.

[joybuzzer]

6:16 Wrong. That star washer in your left hand needed to go on the footswitch before putting the board in the enclosre.

[WowIndescribable]

I would have loved to hear how the pedal itself sounds without amp overdrive. Like play it through a totally clean amp with *lots* of clean headroom, then turn that puppy on and let's hear what it sounds like. As it is, the pedal sound is mixed with the overdriven amp sound so we don't really know what the pedal itself sounds like.

[auntjenifer]

It's not worth $400, especially with those cheap parts. They want you to build the pieces together it should be like $250 max and they still make tons of money per unit.

[Mexxx]

Bob the builder Shane!!!!

Happy Easter Shane 😀

[marklisa]

Side subject Shane, the Peavey Classic 30 amp....any comments from you mate? Love the sound track to this video. 👽.
Thx for all your labour of love over the years. ❤

[davidkastin]

The knobs are very small for this size pedal. Even though it has a real tube inside it's reminiscent of the Notaklon JHS pedal kit

[TheGorillafoot]

The fact that it uses a tube or "valve" interests me. Will it make a solid state amp sound like a tube amp?

[mattdevol]

For those concerned about the size of the knobs, I wonder if a guitar volume knob would fit onto the black control knobs? Or, you definitely could use a Barefoot Button, which come in different sizes, but you’d want to be very careful to not over-tighten the set screws when installing them. Personally, I like the small knobs, as I don’t perform on stage, and am less likely to knock them out of tune this way.

[bluesrocker]

Not sure I see the point in getting it in kit form if the electronics are already done for you... Surely the whole point of a pedal kit is to learn the ins and outs of them so you can do your own mods and repairs, or eventually even design and build your own pedals?