Hi there, I'm an 18 year old American high school student studying abroad in Europe, and I've developed an interest in electrical engineering over the past two years or so. A friend and I build guitar effects pedals and amplifiers in our spare time, and I've been trying to broaden my knowledge on electronics design in general. I've been watching Dave's show a lot, and the stuff he talks about sounds so awesome, and I get some of it, but a lot of it flies over my head. I'm planning on majoring in electrical engineering when I go to college next year, but I worry that I don't know enough about electronics now to be able to catch up; Like I saw Dave's video about his childhood electronics experience, and I didn't get into that stuff until i was 16... So is it too late for me?
I've built few distortion pedals, a guitar amp, and I'm working on a delay pedal. I also have an arduino which i've been dabbling with, but it's hard to get specialized parts (like most IC's) from the local electronics shop here In Budapest Hungary. I'm willing to learn, and spend a majority of my spare time researching electronics design crap. But sometimes i get discouraged because I don't know how to make what I visualize in my head..