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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MXR – M118 Analog delay
This is a beauty! The MXR M-118 Analog Delay was, in 1975, one of the first delay pedals in pedal format. Housed in a big green enclosure it was a clear winner. Three versions…
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Höfner – Fuzz (also Axcess, Crossfire, Hot Boxx and Modtone)
I found this little gem around for a very good price. As it has the name ‘Fuzz’ on it, I was interested! I already found an online schematic at Freestompboxes.org Höfner is a very well…
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Voodoo Labs – Analog Chorus
This pedal came in for some TLC and to check upon the switches and extra controls that were added. So I’ll make this piece about the standard version of this pedal but I will…
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The Bleep fuzz; a yellow bass fuzz with a twist
It all started with a Colorsound Overdriver; I was 16, needed ‘something’ else and wandered in the world of pedals when I visisted Macaris in Denmark street, London. Since that pedal, my love for…
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T-rex Replica; a tale of broken caps
This pedal came in as it didn’t produce any echoes anymore. He got the pedal quite cheap as it had this problem. With all controls cranked you can determine a very low volume echo…
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EHX – Green Russian Big Muff Pi – Reissue
I love Muffs. I just have a very special place in my heart for the EHX Big Muff Pi. And although it isn’t fully functioning in a band situation, it sounds amazing! As a…
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Behringer Ultra-compact 2-channel Hum destroyer / HD400
This unit is a fave of mine! I’ve used this box before and in a recent build I’ve used it again. It is a very simple passive ground loop eliminator. And it is cheap! …
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Harley Benton – Silly Fuzz BC108 fuzz
In the past I’ve posted a blog about two identical germanium fuzz pedals (check my posts on the homepage or here) in the same very small enclosure as this pedal. The Harley Benton Silly fuzz…
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Fulltone Fulldrive 2 MOSFET versions; why are all those schematics wrong??
One of my favorite OD pedals (on bass) is the Fulltone Fulldrive 2 (not the Bassdrive??). I’ve encountered 3 different versions of this pedal. This Blogger post got a great sumup of the different versions…
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