I disagree that you need a fancy enclosure to make a good pedal

Saw a post last week saying you have to use a powder coated Hammond box or your build is junk. I've been building pedals for about 2 years now and I just use old tin boxes from cigar shops. They cost like $2 and I drill them with a hand drill. My fuzz face clone sounds exactly the same as one in a $15 enclosure. I get it if you want looks, but calling it trash because of the box seems snobby to me. Has anyone else just used random household metal boxes and had it work fine?

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fionaa358d ago

Soldered in a tobacco tin once and it hummed like crazy until I grounded it properly.

beth_ward808d agoMost Upvoted

Grounding fixes everything. Aluminum tins are terrible for shielding too. They just amplify noise instead of blocking it. Sounds like you learned that lesson the hard way.