Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Jimi Hendrix’s Clyde McCoy Wah which sold for over $11,000 at a recent auction. Who is Clyde McCoy and why is this Wah pedal so sought after? Good old wikipedia provides this info; “Clyde McCoy was a jazz Trumpet player … who developed a signature “wah-wah” sound in the late 1920s by fluttering a Harmon … Read more
The Marshall 100W Super Lead amplifier is a legendary source of endless guitar tone, it’s sweet break up and aggressive edge made this amp the choice for many rock and electric blues guitar legends – Eddie Van Halen had a few, as did Hendrix. So, if you’re still wondering why you should be interested in … Read more
Guillaume Fairfield of Fairfield Circuitry makes some cool pedals, and his circuit designs are refreshingly interesting. The Barbershop Overdrive is one of the most interesting, a nice transparent overdrive/boost pedal (I would say it’s an overdrive/boost pedal as the gain in this thing isn’t super high) with a cool “Sag” control that controls the voltage … Read more
An original Tycobrahe Octavia Pedal There aren’t many Tycobrahe pedals around, the company was only in the pedal business for a few years before it ceased manufacturing. One of it’s most infamous (and yes, I do mean infamous – have you heard this thing?!) offerings is the Tycobrahe Octavia fuzz pedal. As rumour has it … Read more
Legendary guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) and Robin Trower have made the Uni-Vibe one of the most sought after vintage effects units with originals now so rare that they command huge prices, well into the thousands, even for units which aren’t in great working condition. Of the many classic tracks that … Read more
Another great sounding pedal from Dave Barber, very well made and reasonably priced if you want the original. I have put all internal controls external with this for more flexible tweaking, and remember if you want to run this at 18V you need to select your caps appropriately. I’ve also seen a schematic for this … Read more
Short and sweet: The Pastrami Overdrive is well seasoned overdrive with great sustain. Delicious tone! FYA Electronics Moldy Meat Drive by mirosol Thanks mirosol for the first cheapy pedal mod, it sounds like this offers real improvements.
This one isn’t actually strictly an “effects” pedal but it is a *really* useful piece of kit for reducing the latent noise in your rig. So all those noisy but great sounding vintage FX pedals no longer have to add all that hiss. It’ll also cut out all the 50Hz hum from your single coil … Read more
One for Miro: Crunchy distortion. The sound of the Slam Punk is what you would get from a contemporary British hi-gain stack.