I am a complete noob...recommended reading to start

HI Everyone

First of all you are all an inspiration to me as I long to make my own pre's,compressors, etc....that being said...

I am a complete noob. Could you guys recommend on where I should start ie reading, proper things to learn, maybe first projects??

Any help would be great, ive been a lurker on here for a year but have never been able to login, then all of a sudden it works!!

Many,many thanks in advance

thenoob

Hi and welcome!
Beware that once you start buildin' there ain't no turning back! the pile of 'to-build'-projects will gradually increase.
Good starting-points are the meta-meta's, and good starting projects are the G-SSL, Gyraf Calrec and the Green pre.

Salute!
Corneel

G'day!

Some tips:

1. Include your country in your profile

2. The meta-meta has a massive amount of info, for noobs through to pro's. You gotta start there and read everything you can.

http://www.groupdiy.com/index.php?topic=16013

You'll see the 4th thread listed there is called "General information for newbie DIYers". The info in there is a great place to start. CJ's threads called "electronics 101" directly above it are brilliant too - great basic reading or refresher course.

As a first project, kits are great (as you know everything is - or should be - there) and DI boxes are great too (as they are pretty simple, don't take long, don't cost too much and run off batteries so the risk of electrocution is low(er)). I started with a JLM SimpleDI - which is a DI Box built from a kit, as per Kev's website here:

http://www.diyfactory.com/projects/jlmsimpledi/jlmsimpledi.htm

Have fun!

http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/index.html
great site. cjs thread has the same info and is a great place to start.
i have some stuff that is not posted anywhere that i could send to you if you want. p.m. me your e-mail if your interested. im new to electronics also. about a year or so. lots to learn

i would say start a PSU and then the specific project, maybe a racking job.

pm1000 channels are a pretty easy first DIY. lots of info out there, not too expensive, useful, etc..

[quote author="Nele"]good starting projects are the G-SSL, Gyraf Calrec and the Green pre.[/quote]

I don't know the Green pre, but the GSSL and Calrec are hard to debug for beginners.

I would recommend an easy distortion guitar FX as a beginners project:
Only a few parts, runs with 9 V battery and is very usable.
Look at http://www.tonepad.com/. They have tons of guitar FX projects each with specified difficulty.

If you play guitar, then try making a battery powered Fuzz Face as these are almost too simple. You don't even need to put it in a box.

There should be some fundamental electronics tutorials on the net. Start by reading about resistors, voltage, current and Ohm's Law. He's the man.