It’s been a while since I’ve posted here but I’ve got some news… Been working on some new FX. The first is a combined distortion/booster it’s based around a Marshall R
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After building Warren’s HBD, I got bitten by the DIY pedal bug and have been busy again! This time I’ve built a Rat distortion pedal clone. See here for more details
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Well it’s Warren’s birthday and many (many) years ago I promised him an overdrive/distortion pedal. I thought it would make a nice 40th Birthday present so I made this: - I’m really pleased wi
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Finally sold the AC30 I couldn’t really justify keeping it any longer as I hardly ever use it these days. It’s also too loud and very heavy. But I loved it!!! Anyhow it’s gone to a really good h
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It’s been a while since I’ve posted here but I’ve got some news… Been working on some new FX.
The first is a combined distortion/booster it’s based around a Marshall ‘Guvnor and an AMZ Mini Booster. More on that in a later article.
The legendary Marshall Guv’nor
The second is a surprise so I can’t say much at the moment. Stay tuned for more details
After building Warren’s HBD, I got bitten by the DIY pedal bug and have been busy again! This time I’ve built a Rat distortion pedal clone.
See here for more details
Well it’s Warren’s birthday and many (many) years ago I promised him an overdrive/distortion pedal. I thought it would make a nice 40th Birthday present so I made this: -
I’m really pleased with the result and it sounds fantastic (in my opinion!!!). It’s based on the classic TS808 Tube Screamer circuit. For full details see the owners manual.
Finally sold the AC30 
I couldn’t really justify keeping it any longer as I hardly ever use it these days. It’s also too loud and very heavy. But I loved it!!! 
Anyhow it’s gone to a really good home. A nice guy by the name of Joe has bought it off me. You may hear it at his musical projects The Slow Revolt or The Sound of Brenda
I’ve just delivered it to him at Banbury station. Also gave him my homemade treble booster. They kind of belonged together!
One last look…
As I’ve decided to sell the AC30, I’ve bought 2 x Harley Benton GA-15s from Thomann. The look quite retro and are a steal for an (almost) all valve 15W amplifier:-
I’ve always loved the way Brian May and the Edge have used more than one amp to create their sound so hope to be able to emulate this now I have two amps.
They are inherently noisy and need some mods to make them usable. I will document the mods as and when I do them here…
Received both the Chicken Salad pedal and Callaham bridge today!
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| Just waiting for the new Strat body now from Kavanagh and I’ll be able to start building my David Gilmour Black Strat clone. | The Chicken Salad is a cheapo vibrato pedal from Danelectro. It works on a similar principle as the Univibe and as such is a cheap alternative to it. See my Univibe Clone page for further details |
Just installed Windows 7 Beta. First impressions are excellent. Installation was trouble free. So far I’ve installed Firefox, AVG Free and some Windows Live Essentials (Live Writer & Messenger). Office can wait till tomorrow!
On another front, had the invoice today for the guitar body. Sold the old body on eBay so will be sending off payment for the new one in the next few days.
Still wrestling with whether to buy a Callaham bridge or not. Not sure whether to get that or the Seymour Duncan SSL-5 for the bridge position.
Decisions, decisions…
Tube Screamer came today and it sounds great. Plugged it into my small practice amp inline with the MXR DynaComp and the Boss CE-2. Had some fun playing with that for a while.
Also kicked off ordering the body for the Black Strat. Looks like it’ll be 6-8 weeks before I get it Still undecided what to do about the Callaham bridge and Seymour Duncan SSL-5. Will have to flog some more stuff on EBay!!!!
Oooooo, shiny stuff!!!!!!
Also spoke to Bev Baker on Facebook tonight for the first time in ages!!. Must be over 5 years since I last saw her! Great to get in touch again!!!
Went around to Paul’s last night to look at the latest progress. Latest pictures can be found on the construction page.
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