Sunday, January 24, 2010

Ghost Effects Tonebender MK1 video

Here is a little video I made of one of my Tonebender mk1s.  I used my sons Vtech camera so the quality isn't great and synced the recorded audio with the video.  It goes out of sync for some reason, need to do some better ones, but you get the picture!  There's a couple more on my Youtube page just with the audio recorded through the camera.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

EP200 Booster for Bass

EP200 Booster using an ECC82 Tube for Jorn in Norway. Controls are Level and Gain, and the circuit is voiced for Bass Guitar with bigger in/out capacitors than I usually use. The circuit is based loosely on the input section of a Selmer EP200 Echo unit.













Wednesday, January 13, 2010

Tonebender mk1 #12

Tonebender mk1 for Ken in the UK, stock circuit, OC71, OC45, OC84 transistors, Turret board construction, White Hammertone powder coat finish.















Sunday, January 3, 2010

Shin-Ei FY-2 Companion Fuzz

A FY-2 for John in the USA, stock circuit apart from the added scoop control.
















Sunday, December 20, 2009

Fuzz Face

Fuzz Face for Dave from Belfast band Slomatics.  Started out as a Dunlop Re-issue, I took out all the guts (pcb circuit) and added my own.  Circuit modified for more bass, and 9v DC input added.















Sunday, December 13, 2009

Tonebender mk1 #11

Stock Tonebender mk1, handmade turret board construction, bronze hammertone powdercoated case, OC71, OC45, and OC84 transistors.  Looks and sounds great!















Saturday, December 12, 2009

Shin-Ei FY-2 Companion Bass Fuzz

FY-2 modded for extra bass and with a silver Hammerite finish.
















Friday, November 27, 2009

Bass Tonebender mk1

Tonebender mk1 for Francesco in Italy.  This one has slightly larger input and output capacitors than stock and more volume, same as the Doombender mk1.















Wednesday, November 25, 2009

'Deluxe' Shin Ei FY-2

Shin Ei Companion Fuzz FY-2 for Dave Hammer in Australia with switchable input and fuzz control capacitors going from 'stock' to more bass.  Additional scoop control as well.  Capable of loads more tonal variety than the original FY-2 circuit.














Thursday, November 19, 2009

Selmer ep200 Echo Boost

Selmer echo boost, blue smooth hammerite finish, handmade turret board, circuit half on board and half on the tube socket, tropical fish input capacitor, 12v dc power only.















Saturday, November 7, 2009

Doombender mk1

This is basically a Tonebender mk1 with larger input and output capacitors for more bass, fixed bias, and a 1m2 output resistor for more volume.  Uses OC71, OC73, and OC45 germanium transistors and tagboard circuit construction.  Soundclip soon.














Maestro FZ-1

Maestro FZ-1 for Henry Kaiser.  Veroboard construction, AC128 transistors.  Soundclip soon.
















Friday, November 6, 2009

'Moomin' Buzzaround

Moomin Buzzaround for Dave in Ireland.  Dave chose the image for the labelling, silver Hammerite finish, NKT214 transistors.

















Wednesday, October 21, 2009

Rex's Buzzaround

Rex sent me this photo of his Buzzaround on his pedal board!

Saturday, October 17, 2009

Laney Klipp combo

Laney Klipp combo I picked up last week, it's solid state and has spring reverb, tremolo, and 'klipp' (fuzz) effects built in, plus 2 x 12" celestion speakers.  Can't find any info on the internet about this version.

Saturday, October 10, 2009

Fuzz Face

Germanium Fuzz Face, stock circuit, carbon comp resistors, BC and Mullard capacitors, OC71 for q1 and CV7355 for q2, slim case, silver Hammerite finish with clearcoat, Bias control, red l.e.d. indicator, Ghost decal on bottom plate.  Soundclip here.































Wednesday, October 7, 2009

2 Burns Buzzarounds

2 Buzzaround clones for Rex in the USA.  He asked for a very specific spec for these pedals, ac-128 transistors, Wima input/output caps, BC Electrolytics, chrome LED Bezel, and shockproof input/output sockets.  These have the new "beehive" design too.  Also, some of you may have noticed the 'Ghost' labelling on these and a few other recent pedals, this is the new company name for my Guitar pedals!













Tuesday, October 6, 2009

Seeland live at Moseley Folk Festival

That IS my son dancing to them!

Saturday, October 3, 2009

Univox Superfuzz

Univox Superfuzz for Scott in the USA.  2SC828 transistors, 1N34A germanium diodes, PCB by Mr John Lyons, hand painted gold Hammerite finish.















Sunday, September 27, 2009

Bass Shin Ei FY-2

Shin Ei FY-2 for Pierluigi in Italy, modded for extra Bass, and with custom labelling.
















Saturday, September 26, 2009

JHS Treblebooster for sale

JHS Treble Booster clone for sale on Ebay.

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Maestro FZ-1

Maestro FZ-1 for Neil from Seeland/Windscale.  Its for Bass so has a slightly larger value input capacitor, and a switch to choose between the stock value and a much larger value output capacitor.  2 x 1.5v batteries required!














Sunday, September 13, 2009

JHS Treblebooster with Blend section

JHS Treblebooster for Joseph in the USA.  Has a switch to choose between the original 0.01uf input capacitor and a blend section where you can use a knob to blend between 4700pf and o.o47uf input capacitors.














Tuesday, September 8, 2009

Tonebender MKIII

Tonebender mkIII for Jon.  Stock circuit apart from slightly bigger input/output capacitors and no volume limiting resistor.  NKT214 transistors for q1 and q2, a CV7042 for q3. Soundclip here.














Monday, September 7, 2009

Kay Tremolo Boost in a Wah Wah shell

Kay Tremolo in a Cry Baby Wah Wah shell for Ben.  The treadle controls the rate of the Tremolo.  Other controls are Level and Depth.  Nice build and a true 'one off'.