Parenting Advice? (No, this is not for the Sound Room.)

[blakejcan]

Re: Parenting Advice? (No, this is not for the Sound Room.)

Sounds like you can do it no problem. Do you trust a 7 year old to do super precise soldering on a tiny board?

I'd go to Madbean or BYOC and look at the actual boards themselves to see what interests you in terms of the effects offered and what would be do-able for both of you. There is a whole boatload of room on an overdrive board. But any memory or flanger type effect gets real crowded real fast and I'm having a hard time imagining a 7 year old being able to tackle it. I dont know, maybe she's better at soldering than I am which isn't saying much.

 

[misterwhizzy]

Re: Parenting Advice? (No, this is not for the Sound Room.)

This is basically her Christmas gift to me, and we will build it together. I'll let her try to solder if she wants, but I'm pretty sure she'll be way too scared of it to try. It'll take a while, for sure, but it'll be awesome to have something functional that we did together.

 

[DrNewcenstein]

Re: Parenting Advice? (No, this is not for the Sound Room.)

Get a giant breadboard and the fattest iron you can find - just like when you gave your kids a #3 pencil and a huge sheet of paper so they could learn the basics of control and technique. Then as she improves, she can graduate to smaller boards and irons, tweezers, a magnifying glass, and do a portable pedal.

And get her some respiratory protection that will filter out the fumes.