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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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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Van Amps – Solemate reverb unit
I tried contacting VanAmps before sharing this information but all the emails I send out weren’t answered. I don’t know if the company still exist; their website has been offline since 2025 and the…
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CPM – The Fabulous Megalonoise Machine
Sometimes you get some weird stuff in. From the title I couldn’t even fathom what this pedal should be doing. Also internet isn’t finding any. Lets dig in! The circuitThis pedal came in a…
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Moen – MO-PD Pretty Dolly
This pedal came in as it didn’t produce any sounds. Even the bypass signal wasn’t working. So no delay, let’s check! Moen is a Chinese company that produces pedals now for 15 years. Their…
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Un Kraut – Oct fuzz
Another unknown pedal from an unknown builder. I found this video‘s on Youtube from (I think) the original builder. No other findings on the internetIf you are the original builder and want to add…
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Anders Westenberg – Phaser / Wah / Volume
This pedal got to me in pieces; unknown if it would work properly. It was also delivered with a lot of papers from the designer / builder making sure you’d have all the files…
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Harley Benton – OD-5 Overdrive
I was triggered when this cheap pedal came along. A clean control? Could this be a Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive clone? Harley Benton is since 1998 the house brand from Thomann, a German store…
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Royal – RFC-1 Double Effect Machine
This unit came to my door for some TLC! Royal was a Japanese effects builder that kept production up next to effects giant Shin-Ei that released effects pedals under multiple names (made for multiple…
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Jennen – Amp 72C; a Teisco 72C in disguise
I love rare vintage amps. And when this beauty came along on a second market site I was in love….. what is it? I got this Jennen amp from the second owner of the…
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