Pedalboard rewire

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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

Crunchboxes

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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

Dr Boogie

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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

NGD (New Guitar Day)

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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