My tremolo pedal

My mom got me a great Christmas gift this year: a tremolo pedal kit from Build Your Own Clone, a company that supplies idiots like me with a bunch of electronic components that, when soldered together properly, make really nice guitar effects pedals.

I haven't gotten to the soldering part yet, but I've been having fun turning the enclosure from a boring bare metal box into something that I would be proud to have on my pedalboard. First, I primed it with some Rust-Oleum, then put three coats of yellow Rust-Oleum spray paint on it. Then it was on to the design phase.

I spent a little bit of time mocking up the pedal in Pages (which is solid as a basic design/layout application, if you're wondering). After I was satisfied with the design, I had some decals printed. Originally, I had planned on purchasing some waterslide decal paper suitable for use in my inkjet printer, but as luck would have it, I saw an ad on a nerdy guitar player forum for professional quality waterslide decal printing. This seemed like a much better option than the inkjet version. I submitted my design, and the decals arrived from the UK today.

After Abel went to bed, I put the decals on my yellow box. I didn't do a perfect job; it's a little tricky getting the decals off the backing and onto the surface, so the alignment is imperfect. But overall, I am quite happy with the results. I'll post again during the soldering phase, and again when it's all finished.