Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Remember your old Nintendos and SEGAs? Well this is a rebirth of the old “cartridge” based systems but this time it won’t be Super Mario you’ll be booting up – it’ll be some killer fuzz tones. Devi’s been working on this one for some time so if you’re intrested get over to the kickstarter page … Read more
This is my original Danelectro Cool Cat Transparent Overdrive CTO-1 and it’s for sale – it’s basically brand new in box; never been gigged. Here it is on ebay, available worldwide: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=110845081997&clk_rvr_id=325179384338#ht_500wt_1287
Garfunk M. Rafferty over on the D*A*M Forums brought this to my attention. Iggy + Stooges = Awesome…
Here’s some yummy new Fuzz enclosures that are on my bench – folded/welded steel makes them as tough as nails. Now, what to put in them?
Ok, so I’ve got a few projects in the pipeline. First up is a continuation of my work with boosters – I’ve already published the “’64 Vintage” (a Vox voiced boost/overdrive), I’ve got the “E11even” (A Marshall voiced booster/overdrive) and the “‘Face” (A Fender voiced booster/Overdrive) to release soon. I really like these three designs … Read more
Here’s an interesting image that shows the Lovepedal product line and their deviations and similarities. Johann Burkard. It’s a couple of years old now and pretty out of date. But you can add items to it with the Freemind Mind Mapping software. Check out the original post and make additions to it here: http://johannburkard.de/blog/music/effects/lovepedal-pedal-list.html
There’s been an anonymous donation to the freestompboxes forum – the Lovepedal Englishman. There’s a preliminary schematic along with some pcb images up in the thread here: http://freestompboxes.org/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=15940 So far it’s a basic transistor buffer with a diode switch…. I’ll be putting up a full project when we’re verified 😉
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/1822991/The%2BCookbook.pdf http://fileshare.eshop.bg/equipment_mfg/books_41.html There are a couple of links to sites where you can download the pdf of Nicholas Boscorelli’s “The Stompbox Cookbook”. Just a year or so ago this book was selling for hundreds second hand and it’s out of print so no one could access all the info inside without shelling out the $$$. … Read more
So the new Klon Centaur is finally here, with a prototype at NAMM ’12 Bill Finnegan has introduced it to the pedal world! Here’s an image of the prototype: Here’s an image of a switch that we’re guessing is a buffer on/bypass switch: It’s taken years to get here, but there you go. What do … Read more
