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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Acetone – FM-2 Fuzz Master
Did I mention I LOVE fuzz pedals? This unit came upon my path a while ago. It is an Acetone fuzz pedal with octave effect. What is not to love? Acetone (or Ace Electronic…
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Aural Dream – Purely Fuzz; Chinese and a known DIY design
So I saw this pedal for cheap. And as it stated fuzz, I needed to know what it was.So bring in the clones! Aural Dream is a Chinese brand that sells pedals through websites…
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Soundlab MFZ-7 / Aria AFZ-1 fuzz
I got this pedal in from a friend as he knows I LOVE fuzz pedals. It is an old Soundlab MFZ-7 fuzz pedal. As I couldn’t find that much about it so I thought…
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Yamaha – OD-10MII Overdrive; a hidden gem
Yamaha, the great company that builds motorcycles, pianos, amplifiers and yes, also pedals. This pedal was yet unknown to me…. and when I saw it somewhere for cheap (and yes, reading raving reviews) I…
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Gerd Schulte – Compact Phasing A; KRAUTROCK!
And then this pedal came to my door! The Gerd Schulte phaser was always a known pedal for me but I hadn’t worked on any. A schematic can be found when searching online. This…
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Maestro – Comet Chorus
Maestro came back and made some interesting pedals. I’ve already checked the Fuzz and the Overdrive pedals (maybe a later post will be made for these units) but now I got this chorus pedal…
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Colorsound – Fuzzphaze
I get such nice things in! I know Colorsound now for a long, long time. My very first pedal was a Colorsound Overdriver (maybe a nice thing to add on this page!! and I…
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Ibanez – No. 84 / Double Sound
I got this pedal in for some TLC. The battery connector was ripped off and the owner wanted a DC jack to feed it with an adapter. The Ibanez No. 84 / Double Sound…
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fOXX – Guitar Synthesizer I ; Mu-Tron madness
I love weird and vintage pedals. And the fOXX company is one of my favourites. Just look at them: pedals covered in fur in different colors. And a sound to worship! What not to…
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