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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Menatone – Red Snapper (mini)
When I started to engage in understanding effect pedals, one of the first pedals I ventured in was the Menatone Red Snapper. A friend of me had the original version that had a broken…
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Peavey – Stereo Chorus 400
Sometimes you get visited by a very nice amp! This Peavey is a very nice amp! In the 80’s solid state amps were ruling. And after the release of the Roland Jazz Chorus, chorus…
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Marshall 2195 – 100W Lead and Bass
Another beauty came in for some TLC. It doesn’t keep the volume up and lately it just cuts out. In the 70’s amp builder were taking the solid state route as that was hip…
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Ibanez – OD-850 / Maxon D&S vintage and reissue; an amazing (bass) fuzz!
Sometimes you discover something that was always there but you never mentioned to look or investigate. And this ‘Overdrive’ pedal is just that! In the 70’s the terms Overdrive, Distortion and Fuzz weren’t that…
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Peavey – Classic 30; BIAS issues
I’ve read a lot on the BIAS issues on the (most older) Classic 30 amps from Peavey. As I haven’t found a clean and clear way to BIAS this amp, I thought I shared…
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Unknown – Sloped fuzz pedal
I love unknown and rare pedals. And this is one rare pedal! I got this pedal from a friend; he got it not working and unknown of what kind of pedal this is or…
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Danelectro – The Breakdown. Unidrive Dlx
When this pedal was released, I wanted one! In the past I once had a Univox UD-50 Unidrive for some repairs and I was blown away. Blown away by the size but also by…
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Biyang – FZ-7 Fuzz & Biyang FZ-10 Fuzz Star; a different kind of Muff
I was eyeing this pedal now for a while. Once in a while I came across a post of someone that bought, modded or was happy with this little fuzz box. Yet, no-one posted…
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Koda – KD-28 Distortion plus; a clone that is ahead of it’s time
Sometimes I love to see rare and weird pedals. And when I saw an Instagram post of a friend on this pedal, I wanted to try it out, dig through the inside and just…
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