Components for DIY PEDAL. where?

[sleepykitty]

i'm making a diy pedal. but there's certain components (IC chips espicially) that i just cnt find at my school's electronics lab. any idea where to find these components? i was told that there's an electonicsshop in sim lim tower/square tt has stocks for this, but i dont know the name or the location of the shop.
tks for helping =)

 

[hub37]

sim lim tower 3rd floor. There's quite a few shops there, guess u got to search around there. But not all chips can be found there, I was looking for one for my overdrive but to no avail

 

[le_Doucereux]

+1 for Sim Lim Tower (SLT). Like hub37 mentioned, you've gotta search around and ask. I usually get my caps, resistors, LEDs and sockets there, along with some other miscellaneous bits and pieces. The rest, like the IC chips and diodes I can't get at SLT, I get from http://banzaieffects.com/. They're a bit slow but their range is very good.

 

[audioslave]

go to this shop located at the top floor in People's Park centre...( it opposite Chinatown point),
they got most of the chips with replacement helps too..
try and look for the young chap... he makes DIY pedal too...
sought his valuable advise on replacement..

if you are looking for 3PDT: there's a shop in simlim tower operated by 2 Lao Chiou ladies.. they sold 1 piece at 7- 9 dollars

as for metal casing: the electrical shop next to the speaker repair shop has it...

 

[gsonique]

...and its expensive !! :evil:

 

[imcorn]

if you need a large number of components, then i'd suggest gettting from www.smallbearelec.com or www.mouser.com

both of them have a good range of stuff for diy pedals but mouser's a bit hard to search cos it has almost everyting and much more 8)

 

[sleepykitty]

thanks for sharing your knowledge
i guess slt is the main hub for all of this huh. thanks audioslave i'll check out that shop in people's park centre. i tot of getting the 3pdt and metal casing frm mrmisse, but since the place there is cheaper, i'll go for it. i hope the quality is as good as the ehx ones sold by mrmisse, coz i've browsed thru the forums and read abt switches not working after a few stomps.
now to find the components and more importantly... the time :?

 

[hub37]

3pdt switches got different manufacturers, got to compare apple to apple

 

[audioslave]

all right.... enjoy DIYing ....

as for the metal case.... it's just too bad , so far i only able to source it in Sim Lim tower...

however i am sure there are cheaper alternatives out there...