Tools, Tones and Toys for Guitarists
The Mad Professor Snow White Auto Wah is a cool little envelope filter. Designed by Bjorn of BJF effects it always was going to be a decent design. Check out the demo video to see what this ice-cool pedal can achieve: Well, the tracers fund over at freestompboxes got a hold of one and thanks … Read more
Jimi Hendrix’s Clyde McCoy Wah which sold for over $11,000 at a recent auction. Who is Clyde McCoy and why is this Wah pedal so sought after? Good old wikipedia provides this info; “Clyde McCoy was a jazz Trumpet player … who developed a signature “wah-wah” sound in the late 1920s by fluttering a Harmon … Read more
The Marshall 100W Super Lead amplifier is a legendary source of endless guitar tone, it’s sweet break up and aggressive edge made this amp the choice for many rock and electric blues guitar legends – Eddie Van Halen had a few, as did Hendrix. So, if you’re still wondering why you should be interested in … Read more
Guillaume Fairfield of Fairfield Circuitry makes some cool pedals, and his circuit designs are refreshingly interesting. The Barbershop Overdrive is one of the most interesting, a nice transparent overdrive/boost pedal (I would say it’s an overdrive/boost pedal as the gain in this thing isn’t super high) with a cool “Sag” control that controls the voltage … Read more
An original Tycobrahe Octavia Pedal There aren’t many Tycobrahe pedals around, the company was only in the pedal business for a few years before it ceased manufacturing. One of it’s most infamous (and yes, I do mean infamous – have you heard this thing?!) offerings is the Tycobrahe Octavia fuzz pedal. As rumour has it … Read more
Legendary guitarists such as Jimi Hendrix, David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) and Robin Trower have made the Uni-Vibe one of the most sought after vintage effects units with originals now so rare that they command huge prices, well into the thousands, even for units which aren’t in great working condition. Of the many classic tracks that … Read more
This one isn’t actually strictly an “effects” pedal but it is a *really* useful piece of kit for reducing the latent noise in your rig. So all those noisy but great sounding vintage FX pedals no longer have to add all that hiss. It’ll also cut out all the 50Hz hum from your single coil … Read more
[This post contains information on the Diamond Compressor & Fred Briggs Diamante] Diamond make some real high-end stuff; the Memory Lane Delay, Halo Chorus and J-Drive are all top level (expensive!) pedals. My overall choice from the Diamond pedal range is the Diamond Compressor though. It gives a nice compression effect, not the super transparent … Read more
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
“Designed and Built in Britain”; the mark of quality and the Rothwell Love Squeeze doesn’t disappoint – it’s a great hand built compressor pedal with an interesting design. Here’s the description from the Rothwell website; “The Love Squeeze is a compressor designed simply to sound right with guitars, without any bizarre “pumping” effects and without any … Read more