Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
Over at freestompboxes Greg took apart his Lovepedal Dragon Fuzz (Also known as the BBB 07, Balance, Black Beauty and so on.) Here’s the description from the Lovepedal site: “The first control, a (blend pot) control that will take you from vintage Dallas Rangemaster to 67 Ge fuzz face heaven and everything in between, even … Read more
The Lovepedal Provalve. It’s been about for a while and indeed preceded the Provalve 2. Here’s a description: And a demo video of the Lovepedal Provalve in action: Soulsonic reverse engineered one and had this to say: “Just a single 386. Initial inspection reveals it to be pretty much identical to the Purple Plexi. Switching between A … Read more
Here’s the Crowther Audio Hot Cake overdrive. Here’s the description: “The Hotcake was first produced in 1976, while Paul Crowther was in the UK with the band, Split Enz. The Hotcake is designed to leave the undistorted component of the guitar sound unchanged, while providing a nice fat distortion sound without resorting to a treble … Read more
The Durham Crazy Horse – an overdrive/boost/fuzz unit. It’s pretty expensive too at $250 for a new one. Here’s the description from the Durham website: “This is, I believe, the most adaptable distortion/fuzz pedal on the market. Definitely not a one trick pony! Though the inspiration for this pedal came from a legendary tone, it’s … Read more
I like CAtalinbread pedals, Nick does a really good job designing and building some great sounding boxes. Here’s the Catalinbread Formula No 5 – a supposed 5E3 emulator from them. It sounds great and, justifiably, there’s been a lot of interest in the pedal. Here’s the description from the Catalinbread website: “The Formula № 5 … Read more
Here’s the Xotic BB Preamp pedal, a popular boost/overdrive pedal. There’s a description on the Xotic website: “The BB Preamp offers awide variety of sounds. It’s capable of a 30dB+ clean boost with an adjustable ±15dB two band active EQ which adds a wide range of harmonic content to your ideal sound.The BB also utilizes … Read more
These things are RARE. It’s a Lovepedal Delux 60 Mosfet – they were also sold in a dual format known as the “Twin 60”. Greg from the Freestompboxes.org forum bought one and opened it up – here’s what he found: He drew up a quick schematic too and kindly gave me permission to use it … 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
The Xotic EP Booster has been causing a fuss for a while now. Supposedly based around the legendary Echoplex EP-3 preamp it’s been recognised as one of the best boosters currently available. Here’s the description from the Xotic website: “What do the tones of renowned guitarist such as Page, EVH and Johnson have in common? … Read more
Yep, here is another one – the Himmelstrutz Fetto. Well know for it’s amplike response and great tones, it’s been a while coming. Thanks *again* to fsb.org (lawnchair and soulsonic in particular) it’s insides are available to view. Firstly a description from the Himmelstrutz guys: “Jump on FETTO Standard when your guitar and amp can’t … Read more