Hi all...gear for sale...
Way Huge Red Llama - $120
Replica built to exact specifications of the original. Super cool tube-sounding overdrive, with a *bit* of kick in the fuzz category. Capable of taking your clean amp, and making it sound like a cranked Marshall. Also capable of giving your cranked Marshall some extra gain and sustain for days. The originals of these are scarce and when they DO pop up on eBay the demand pushes em up into the $400 range. Gutargeek's review: "The Red Llama was one of the flagships of the Way Huge line with its' mean and nasty overdrive. It has that a ever so slight hint of fuzz when really pushed which makes it right at home in the rock world rather than in the mild overdrive world of the blues. For all around rock riffing and aggressive licks the Red Llama is hard to top. Individual notes hold their definition all around the fret board with most of the jaw-dropping action happening in the lower register where most boxes crap out. If you've got a few bucks to shell out, these are worth every penny. " Two Knobs: Volume and Gain.
At current, I have one of these left for sale in shiny brushed aluminum.
Germanium Rangemaster - $120
Replica of the absolutely legendary treble-booster circuit used by nearly every iconic rock guitar player in history. Tony Iommi? Yup. Billy Gibbons? Yup. Clapton? Uh huh. Brian May has a custom one built and attached onto the strap of every guitar he plays live, he loves them so much. Its a clean gain boost that offers up increased boost to higher frequencies. What does that mean? Your lows can stay at a relatively low level of gain, while your high leads soar with sparkle and sustain. Its the O.G. box that was used for pushing tube amps into sweet crunchy distortion. The original had just one knob for adjusting boost, but on my replica Ive added a second for tone control, which gets you from a lower mellow tone all the way to ultra-brite. Single germanium transistor, with hand-matched bias resistors for optimum performance. No AC adapter jack on this one, as the circuit isnt compatible with standard Boss-type polarity.
I have one of these left for sale. White on white.
Blue Box - $100
Replica built to exact specifications of the original MXR script logo unit. Whack-a-doo sounding sub-octave fuzz. With the octave blend control rolled all the way off, you get just a nice chunky vintage fuzz sound. As you start to roll in the sub octave, though, things get cool and synthy sounding. Like you've got a bass playing robot playing every note at the exact time as you. On the far end of the blend spectrum, shit gets weird, almost like an Atari 2600 is pissed off at you. This pedal is a totally unique and classic circuit, notably used by Jimmy Page on the Fool In The Rain solo. Gutargeek's review: "The Blue Box is a vicious fuzz combined with an octave tone two notes below your original note. The tracking on this unit is very random so don't ever plan on predictable results. Expecting sheer madness when stomping on this is a whole lot of fun and the experience is refreshing compared to the safe sonic trips we all end up taking with most of our effects. The Blue Box will twist and pulverize your riffs and notes into something very sick and, at times, very synthy . Need a little sanity? Try backing off the blend knob and things get a little more manageable. Everyone needs a secret weapon in their rig and this one is the perfect candidate. " Two Knobs: Volume and Blend.
At current, I have two of these for sale. Orange with blue knobs and LED.
Small Clone-type Chorus- $100
This guy is built to close spec of the original Electro Harmonix unit, however with an added a modification allowing for a depth knob (the original had a switch, for just two depth settings). These chorus pedals shot up in popularity after Kurt Cobain used one on Nevermind. They're known for their unique sounding thick, lush, and beautiful sounds and here i've added a modification allowing for a depth knob. The original EHX pedals command fairly high resale prices, and the reissues are known to be inferior in construction. Here's the guitargeek review of the classic circuit: "The chorus sound is well voiced and already dialed in to that sweet spot. All you have to decided is how much of that sweet spot you want and how fast. The Small Clone has a special way of fusing with your guitar in an inseparable way that lets your sound actually breathe. If the sterile swirl of Boss and DOD boxes leave you feeling cold, give the Small Clone a test spin." Two Knobs: Depth and Rate.
At current, I have one of these left for sale. Dark purple sparkle with white knobs and LED. I have been told it "looks like a speedboat fucked a gretsch". Make of that what you will.
Standard Features On All Of My Pedals:
High Quality Input/Output jacks
9V battery power, switchable when connection is made at input jack
Power jack for Boss-style AC adapter power
True bypass on/off switching
Rugged die-cast aluminum housing
All short-lead, solid-core wiring for noise minimization
Ultra-brite LED
I can also do custom builds and mods or repairs of circuits, be they vintage, hard-to-find, whatever. If you're looking for something special, shoot me an email and I'll see what can be done. As an example, here are some circuits I have experience building/modding and am readily familiar with: Electro Harmonix Big Muff, Foxx Tone Machine, Colorsound One-Knob Fuzz, Colorsound Power Booster/Overdriver, Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face, Univox Squarewave, Vox Clyde McCoy (orig. Crybaby circuit) wah, Boss DS-1 mods, ZVEX stuff, MXR stuff, etc.