Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
This layout was based on the original schematic, but here’s the manufacturers info about the reissue: There are few Fender products with as much “indie cred” as the Fender Blender. Once thought of as an overly harsh fuzz pedal, the Blender, thanks to players like Billy Corgan of Smashing Pumpkins and Kevin Shields of My … Read more
So I may as well include this one too. Manufacturers info: Manufactured for only a few short years in the early ’70s, the fOXX Tone Machine was stomped mightily by artists ranging from ZZ Top to Adrian Belew, Parliament-Funkadelic to Peter Frampton. Its legacy has lived on as a new generation of artists (Nine Inch … Read more
I think a few people will like this one: Guitar Player Magazine (Sept. ’96): “The Moose does an impressive imitation of the Foxx Tone Machine, a perennial favorite…The octave effect is extraordinary, one of the clearest and most consistent we’ve heard…The non-octave fuzz tone is huge and grunting with a lively resonant hum…” We use … Read more
In the words of Prescription Electronics, the COB: “allows its user to blend a clean guitar signal with a pure upper octave at the preferred balance including output and overdrive levels. Noise free and compatible with your favorite stompboxes!“
Here’s a more unusual effect. Playing chords it has a ring mod-ish quality to it, but played higher up the fretboard and using the neck pick up with tone control down gives a very prominent octave effect which sounds great. You’ll notice I shared holes for the diodes and a couple of the resistors, this … Read more