hownotomakeapedal

Those few that have read this blog have probably picked up a couple times that I have a fondness for Lovetone effects pedals. These tasty beasts (and beasts they are) were made in England on and off for about 10 years or so in the mid 90s to early 00’s. The range of effects was … Read more

Today I received my very swanky and cool FAME DCT-200 power supply. Had this on backorder for ages now. You may recall my earlier post on the subject… Its basically a mishmash of the best PSUs out there, but a Chinese knockoff (gotta love ’em!) It has 8 x 9vDC outlets: 1 – 4: 9v, 100mA … Read more

Ive built two Crunchbox variants this weekend. The first is a for a mate, based on the layout by Mark. Substitutions are 3mm LEDs for clipping, and a 10k normal log pot. In hindsight, I can see why a log pot is called for. Its very muffly in the bass side, and the reverse log … Read more

Got this board for a fiver (what the heck, might as well). Built it up, sounds awesome! Bit of a mess with the onboard pots as I couldnt find 90 degree ones like your meant to use, but it works and fits in the case. Brilliant high gain pedal! JFETS biased to 4.5v and sounding … Read more

These things are great. So great in fact the guys from Dutch Uncles were quite taken with mine when I met them a few weeks back. After the successful first collaboration on the Mr Wooding, guitarist Sped asked me to make him a Vibe pedal, with the graphics an (ahem) loving homage to the lovely … Read more

Another commission! Hot on the heels of Dutch Uncles, another friendly local band asked me to make a tremolo as a suprise birthday present for their guitarist.The band is question is Everything Everyhing who really are out there making some highly interesting and eclectic music and Im proud to say they are from Manchester. There … Read more

Hi folks, been away on vacation to Romania and while there I selfishly bought a new guitar (via the wonders of Wifi, who’d have thought it in Rural Transilvania? – on eBay). Its a stunning (IMHO) Mexican made 72 Telecaster Thinline in natural ash. My best mate had one of these as a kid when … Read more

Some friends of mine from when I was still gigging (always intend to get back to it of course) have started making a name for themselves. With a self titled debut album released thru a German Label, now a second album “Cadenza” just out on Memphis Industries DUTCH UNCLES look set for a bright future. … Read more

I made a Woolly Mammoth a while back, and its a serious chunk of bass fuzz. Works astoundingly well on guitar too – fat doesnt even start to describe it (!) Ive still got the original I made, it looks a bit like this: Its Mammoth in size too! One thing that bugged me was … Read more

In my previous post I stated my intentions to make my version of a Lovetone Big Cheese. Lets get things out in the open – Ive always had a big ole soft spot for Lovetone. I am fortunate to still own an DoppelGanger v4 certainly one of the coolest phasers ever made, and I did … Read more