Video Roundup

Here are the four completed pedals. Sorry for the shit sound, playing, quality and voiceover. Its just for fun. Also, Im a mess as all my clothes are packed for vacation and I havent shaved for 3 days 😀 All videos were filmed with the low quality setting on my Panasonic digital handheld 14mp camera, … Read more

Fun with decals part deux

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I have completed the Fuzz Factory 🙂 Very happy with the end results, though its still a learning curve. A little misalignment adds to the “hand crafted” appeal, right?! Just a note/disclaimer – these are 1 offs, for my own personal use, not for sale. Therefore, using the Vex artwork should not be a big … Read more

“Fun” with decals

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I recently ordered some vinyl inkjet sticker decal paper stuff from ebay…a little over £1 a sheet. After epic failing the first two sheets (one in greyscale, one the wrong actual scale) I managed to get a sheet printed with a FF, WM, SHO and my latest build in progress, Wolf Computer. I modified the … Read more

Build Diary 3: Wully Mammuth

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This is gonna be my third blog about actually handcrafting a pedal from scratch. I tried to remember to take photos at the important steps, to help document the process. Hopefully some of the ideass/methods that I introduced in the Fuxz Faxtory build will be elaborated upon here, particularly the way I wire in the … Read more

Postman has been….

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Did my first order from Rapid UK. Items ordered Friday, received around 11am yesterday, good service, then again I expect that for £5 flat rate. At least I know now that it is a 24 hour service. Anyway, I stocked up on Eddystone (Hammond Manufacturing) cases. I got two of the larger size and three … Read more

Current Set Up

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For the music project I am working on right now (with the singer and drummer of my previous band) this the setup I am using. Might not look like too much but you can do a lot with it. This is the pedal board. Its a while since I wired it up, using George L’s. … Read more

A history of my guitar effects purchases: Part two “The Big and Expensive ones”.

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Now, I cant say that I make a habit of buying ridiculously expensive pedals, but in the past I’ve been known to splooge some cash on some big, knob-laden beauties. My first foray into a standalone pedal costing more than £100 was the Electo Harmonix PolyChorus. As a teen I got into Grunge, particularly Smashing … Read more