Obviously there are plenty of people such as BYOC and Tonepad who will supply your needs, but I must admit, being in the UK this can be a bit time-consuming and expensive and when kits start to get more expensive than buying a pedal that they are cloning, it can be a bit of a leap of faith and also not a little off putting, especially if it is a first attempt at building an effect for yourself.
Anyway, a while back I bought a fuzz kit from a fella on the Music Radar forums, and it was excellent. I was getting into my DIY trip and it taught me a lot, and I have to say the bloke in question was cool in not sniggering when I asked some quite stupid questions. The pedal sounded brilliant as well, and I've since noticed that everybody else on said forum who had gone for a kit was raving about them too (though like me, most were relieved that he was willing to put himself out on the Q&A front.) As it happens I've written something about the whole pedal build thing for the GuitarTools site, which will hopefully be up early in the new year.
But to the point - the fella has obviously gone on to bigger things and I've just found out that he has launched a company called (and it is all in the branding) DIY Pedal Kits.Com and as he is based in the UK, I think that if you fancy having a go, and are similarly geographically challenged, he is the one I would recommend as a great starting point.
Actually, I'd recommend him wherever you are.
He has a few different kits now too, and the prices look good so what have you got to lose?
(And no, I don't know him, we aren't related and I paid for my kit. It is just credit where it is due.)
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