Pedal Division Courses
A video series designed to guide hobbyists through their first steps in PCB design, with 9 hours of structured content.
Custom PCBs are a durable, affordable upgrade that free you from the limits of veroboard and off-the-shelf boards. This course gives you the foundation to design reliable, professional PCBs that fit your needs, carry your own brand, and set you on the path to a confident, streamlined workflow.
"I’m not one to leave comments, but this really is one of the best tutorials ever if you’re new to pedal design. I recently just bought this course and went through all the steps and now I can work on my pedals till my head spins. The hump of learning ki cad is now over I highly recommend!"
– _JadenMoore2201_
Design PCBs that actually fit your pedal
Most PCB courses teach general concepts, often starting with simple examples like lighting an LED. This course is different. It teaches you how to design guitar pedal ready PCBs with enclosure fit, control placement, and real world buildability considered from the very start.
See the entire pedal before you order anything
Routing a board is only part of the job. Knowing exactly how that board will sit inside an enclosure, with jacks, pots, switches, and clearances accounted for, is what separates a painful build process from one that just works.
You will use a purpose built toolset that lets you visualise the entire pedal before ordering a PCB, removing guesswork and preventing common enclosure mistakes.
A toolset built specifically for guitar pedals
The workflow taught in this course is designed specifically around guitar pedals. There is nothing else available that makes it this easy to design PCBs with enclosure layout and control placement in mind from the beginning.
This same toolset is used to design everything from simple fuzzes to complex multi board pedals.
Professional level results without unnecessary complexity
You will learn the best practices that actually matter at a guitar pedal level, allowing you to design reliable, professional boards comparable to off-the-shelf pedal PCB vendors.
The course stays focused on pedal circuits and manufacturing, without diving into the extreme constraints faced by computer or smartphone designers.
Practical layouts and the freedom to build any pedal
Your layouts will be clean, readable, and easy to build, with an emphasis on function and reliability rather than obsessing over visual perfection.
The course starts with a Fuzz Face to ease you into the workflow, providing a skillset that can scale to anything from op-amp Big Muffs, to advanced effects like delays and reverbs.
Faster builds with drill templates and surface mount options
You will learn how to generate accurate drill templates automatically, without manually measuring or calculating anything, dramatically speeding up enclosure prep and alignment.
The course also shows you how to order surface mount builds, so you are not limited to through hole designs and can take advantage of modern manufacturing techniques.
The end result is a repeatable, reliable workflow for designing pedal PCBs that fit correctly the first time and are ready to build or manufacture with confidence.
Learn how to use PCBs as faceplates
We push the limits on what PCBs can do as faceplates. From simple ready-to-go designs, to pulling the layers apart to expose different textures and colors.
You'd be suprised how many big-dog pedal companies simply use PCBs as faceplates. These are cheap, easy to design, and feel professional.
You also get the The Ohmlette
Half way through the course, you'll get the files to order the Ohmlette breadboard.
The Ohmlette rivals others out there in terms of features. Because you're getting the actual files (to drag and drop into JLCPCB), building these are super affordable.
