Thursday, April 30, 2009

Real Tonebender MK1 versus replica

Some amazing pics of my replica alongside an original Tonebender mk1!  I won't go into detail on what the customer thinks, lets just say he is very happy with the replica.


Wednesday, April 29, 2009

Shin-Ei FY-2 Companion Fuzz with mods

FY-2 replica for Dave.  Has the scoop mod where you can control the amount of mid scoop on the sound, plus the fuzz control is wired differently to the original for more varied tones.  Update - Dave has received his fy-2, here is what he says - "pedal is amazing! absolutely amazing, better than the original fy-2 i have" ; )

Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Brumcast 121

The new podcast from Brumcast has a Windscale track featured.

Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Gold Hammerite Tonebender mk1

Gold Hammerite Tonebender mk1 for Graham.  The last of the Gold ACY22 transistors went into this one.  3 Mullard tropical fish capacitors, tagboard construction, 2 trimpots to bias the 1st and 3rd transistors.

Friday, April 17, 2009

Tube Booster

Tube Booster for Brent in the USA.  The input and grounding is all on the tagboard, the main circuit itself soldered directly on to the tube socket.

Ampeg Scrambler

Ampeg Scrambler for Thomas.  I did a new tagboard layout for this and just about fitted it in the case.

Monday, April 13, 2009

Wylie Fuzz Wah

Repair job for Dave, a very nice sounding Fuzz Wah.

Wednesday, April 1, 2009

Germanium Shatterbox

Germanium Shatterbox, essentially a Zonk Machine 2 and a treble booster in one box.  I wasn't sure how this was going to turn out but it sounds really good!  soundclip soon.

Kay Tremolo Boost

Kay Tremolo with Booster for Thomas in Belgium.  Features tagboard construction and switch to choose fast (stock), and slow (custom) modes.