After my visit to Bigman80’s gaff the other day, the Audio DIY bug has bit! I’m a total newbie and the closest I’ve come to anything electronic is changing a light bulb. I’d like to start building things with the aim to building my own Bigbottle phono stage in the future.

So where do I start, what to read, what gear do I need and where to buy it?
If you could give me some pointers on what I need and which kits are (very) easy to start off with. Please bear in mind I know nothing. Ideally I’d like to start soldering and populating PCB’s.

Oliver (Bigman80) has offered to help me along the way but I don’t want to keep hassling too much straight away. I would like him to still be talking to me by the time I start building one of his Phono Stages. Laffin!

Cheers
Rob