A blog about vintage amps, pedals and their working. For over 20 years I’ve been dissecting amps, pedals and guitars to see what makes them tick! And I love a good mystery! So dive together with me in the information I can dig up from various places (both digital and analog) to tell you more on the units I work on. My main addictions are Fuzz pedals, Chorus pedals and 50’s amps. And the rarer, the better
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Articles of interest
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Orange – Fur Coat fuzz
I recently got this pedal in as I wanted to know if this pedal shines on a bass. I was really surprised!! Orange is known for their line of amps with quite an iconic…
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Hughes and Kettner – Bass Master / BATT
So you want a small practise amp, tube overdrive unit or a small tube preamp? This Bass Master ‘pedal’ claims it can do all. Hughes and Kettner (H&K) delivers well build and good quality…
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Maxx / Dixon -Super Over Drive – SD-10
I recently got these two pedals in. They look like plain Boss clones; are they? These pedals were made in Taiwan as part of a shared OEM effect design distributed under multiple brand names…
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PSK – Octaver OTV-2
I recently got my hands on this pedal. It had some issues that were quickly resolved by soldering the input back. Is this a Boss clone? PSK is an effect pedal brand produced by…
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Danelectro – Cool Cat Vibe speed fix
Recently I got this pedal in for an issue: the speed control worked but only could change the speed between fast and really fast. This was not before! Let’s fix it! The Danelectro Cool…
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Darkglass – Vintage Deluxe and Microtubes B7K HISS fix
Recently I had two Darkglass pedals in with the same problem: HISS! One of the owners of this pedal contacted Darkglass; they told him to find a local tech to fix the issue. No…
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Ampeg V4-BH
I love Ampeg amps! Their vintage models that were so different compared to the most standard brands but also their modern amps that tend to bring the vintage aesthetics with more output power. The…
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Echolette – Hercules 520
Recently I got this 2x 15 cab when I bought a new amp. Searching the internet didn’t result in any information on this cab or speakers, so this post is pure informative! I’ve already…
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Ampeg – Gemini II (G15)
Last week I got this beauty in! A vintage Ampeg Gemini II amp, a workhorse in a local studio (Woodstock Recording Studio, Enschede / IG). It is now blowing fuses. Let’s open it up!…
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