http://www1.jaycar.com.au/images_uploaded/rescode.pdf
Here is a cute little link for you. Helpful and pretty pictures. Not a lot a endless droning black print on white background.
Your goal should be to become as autonomous and independent as possible when building effects.
take care newbies :D
Thats a great PDF- they cram a lot of good info on to 2 pages.
Thanks!!
I still can't read resistor codes, but can recognise a lot of values on sight. :) It's a bummer you need a colour printer to make the most of that page, but anyway there's more stuff here:
http://www1.electusdistribution.com.au/notes.asp
Mike
Here's Jaycar's companion pdf on pot's:
http://www1.jaycar.com.au/images_uploaded/potprimr.pdf