Dec 20 2011

GOD BOX Tesla Fuzz Demo

GOD BOX Tesla Fuzz DemoA few weeks ago, Brandon from Elevation Boutiques contacted me letting me know of a new company called GOD BOX and wanted to get a pedal over here for a demo. Of course that’s always a great idea. Next thing you know the GOD BOX Tesla Fuzz arrived. First thing that struck me was the Wardenclyffe Tower (aka Tesla Tower) on the face. Very cool graphic and I have to admit, I’m a big Tesla fan.

Okay, back to the pedal. GOD BOX refers to this as the Tesla Edition God Complex Fuzz Series. I’m not sure if they’re planning to issue different versions of this pedal, I’ll let you know once I get more details. The GOD BOX Tesla Fuzz is a hybrid germanium and silicon circuit (inside there is a vintage NOS germanium transistor paired with a high quality silicon transistor).

There are 5 basic controls for the Tesla Fuzz:

INPUT – Input controls the input signal, but it also stabilizes the circuit. “Offering subtle shades of fuzz”
TONE – The tone knob is a 6 way rotary switch (I like this) which gives you set tonal options from a bump in the midrange and almost no lows to full range thunder. The #6 position is an “homage to the classic FF”
DRIVE – Controls the drive level
OUTPUT – Controls the output signal level
NPD – Toggle switch to control the NPD (Narcissistic Personality Disorder). This drops in distortion diodes which slightly compresses the signal.

For this demo, I again asked my good friend Jimmy Rolle to see what the GOD BOX Tesla Fuzz was all about. This time, he’s not using his Les Paul and went with the Standard American Fender Stratocaster. Guitar is still going into a Germino Lead 55 through a Marshall 4×12 cabinet. Everything was mic’d up with a Shure SM57 and a Fathead Ribbon Mic. Nothing between the guitar and amp besides the GOD BOX Tesla Fuzz.

This first video goes through the various tone settings with Tone, Drive, Input and Output

You can listen to the high quality MP3 clip via SoundCloud

We included a second video to focus on the NPD tonal changes.

You can listen to the high quality MP3 clip via SoundCloud

As you can see and hear, this is a great sounding fuzz with a lot of tonal variety. If you’re interested in picking up a GOD BOX Tesla Fuzz, you should contact Brandon at Elevation Boutiques (the exclusive dealer of GOD BOX) and he’ll hook you up (Looks like it’s available for $219). If you want to learn more about GOD BOX, please check out their Facebook page. Their website is currently being developed, but the GOD BOX Facebook page is a great way to see what they’re working on!

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Nov 28 2011

Great price on the Seymour Duncan SFX-02 Tweak Fuzz

Great price on the Seymour Duncan SFX-02 Tweak FuzzThis is an interesting deal. It’s for the Seymour Duncan SFX-02 Tweak Fuzz. This pedal lists for $149.00, and I’ve always seen it available for $99.95 everywhere, but recently the price has been slashed to $39.99 at Amazon. com. I’m not sure if the pedal has been discontinued or not, if you know, please let me know by commenting below. This is definitely a great fuzz for that price.

Here is the official description of the Seymour Duncan SFX-02 Tweak Fuzz:

The Seymour Duncan Tweak Fuzz? is a most unique fuzz pedal that incorporates a six position “Tweak” switch to voice your fuzz tone the way that you want it. The basic tone will be familiar to players who remember the rich, lush, vintage fuzz tones used at the big ’60s pop festivals. But with the addition of the Tweak switch, you can create a myriad of totally unique fuzz tones making this one of the most versatile pedals for electric guitar and bass.   Tweak Control Engages one of six pre-set EQ resonances that give an overall “flavor” to the Tweak Fuzz, rolling off the bottom end and influencing the behavior of the gain control. Each of the six frequencies was chosen and voiced to enhance rich harmonies and bring out the most flattering qualities of your guitar or bass.   Gain Control Controls the amount of square wave clipping distortion. It can go from mildly distorted to all-out fuzz fury.   Volume Control Sets the overall volume to the optimum level. Whether you want to set it to match the bypassed signal or whether you want a big boost when you engage your Tweak Fuzz?: it’s your decision.   True Bypass Removes the circuit from your guitar’s signal chain, allowing your guitar’s signal pass through the Tweak Fuzz? without affecting your tone or gain.   Versatile The Tweak feature allows you to voice the box to your tone preference. Works with guitar or bass.

I also found this video by willievega demonstrating the fuzz:

Again, you can pick up the Seymour Duncan SFX-02 Tweak Fuzz for only $39.99 at Amazon.com. That’s a great price!

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Nov 3 2011

Talking with Joshua of FXdoctor

FXdoctorI had a great opportunity to send some questions over to Joshua of FXdoctor. For those of you that aren’t familiar with FXdoctor, it’s a shop out of Boston, MA building, customizing and repairing pedals and amplifiers since 2001.  Taking a look at their website and blog I was immediately impressed with the look of the pedals. From super clean/pro to crazy and off the wall. Their range of effects is broad as well – from volume to fuzz to overdrive to oscillation noise makers.

When initially hitting their site, I noticed their kickstarter campaign. I’ve seen a few companies do this to start development on prototype units, etc., but this is a little different.. and it really caught my eye. Their kickstarter campaign is to do a US tour of major cities to demo their product line. I think this is a great way to get out there and get noticed by musicians as well as various dealers.

Here is a great video explaining the campaign as well as a demo of the Super 8 Bit Fuzz and Scalpel Volume.

So I emailed Joshua a few questions about FXdoctor, and this is what he had to say:

- What got you into working on pedals?
When I was about 12 years old my first guitar cable broke and my natural curiosity got the best of me. My father told me it was as simple as resoldering the connector and my obsession with modifying my gear spread from there.

- At what point did you decide to work on your own line of pedals?
Probably around 2000 or 2001 I decided to make a switchable treble/clean boost for my Sovtek MIG100H. It had this awful red, white, and blue paint scheme which was terrible but the pedal sounded awesome.

- What pedal is your hot seller?
The hot seller for pedals has always been the Scalpel and the Super 8-Bit Fuzz. For modifications the Phase 90 mods and Whammy true bypassing has been incredibly popular this year.

- I see that you do pedal re-housing. Do you find a lot of people requesting this?
Rehousings are a funny thing; the labor costs more than most of the pedals are worth but some people are so attached to the tone that they’ll pay to have it last forever. It’s been very popular over the years and has always been one of my favorite aspects of my job.

- What’s the story on your oscillation pedals?
While working on new pedals sometimes I like to entertain myself with designing circuits to make strange noises for use in mixing and post-production. Some of the more abitious musicians even work them into their live sets.

Short run of Tetris-shaped pedals including channel switchers, tap tempo switches, and basic effects.

- Loved the Tetris inspired enclosures. Are you going to continue to do those?
Man, what a pain!  My dream is to make my entire pedalboard and rehouse everything into tetris shaped pedals. Unfortunately the cost is high and the time to assemble is outrageous.  I originally made them as a challenge to myself but unless they are requested I won’t be stocking them in the future.

-How are the individual squares secured on each pedal?
I sanded down the sloped edges so they were flush, used epoxy to keep it level, and screwed everything together.

- How is the 8Bit Fuzz Kickstarter campaign going?
It’s going great! I’ve had so many people email me just to give input and help me find places to visit. We’ve hit the $1000 goal and more importantly made a lot of great contacts and friends.

- What inspired you to design the 8Bit Fuzz?
I’ve always been a fan of vintage gaming consoles and especially the soundtracks. Contra and Ducktales were probably my two favorites!

- Are you working on any new designs?
We always have new designs in the works. We just finished our latest revision of our Preamp pedal (3-band EQ with gain and volume controls) and a Super Bass Bit fuzz to compliment the Super 8-Bit Fuzz.

- How does the future for FXDoctor looking? Staying busy? Staying inspired?
Things have been going well. We’re working on making our pedals in larger quantities while looking better and costing less. So yes we’ve been very busy! Hopefully, our tour of the US will be a source of inspiration.

As you can see FXdoctor is doing some great things, be sure to check them out at their website and like them on Facebook when you get a chance!

 

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Oct 19 2011

Harmonic Percolator Fuzz/Distortion

Harmonic Percolator Fuzz/DistortionWhile I’m still on the Albini/Shellac kick and after receiving a few emails about his setup, I have to talk about the Interfax Harmonic Percolator. Albini uses this pedal for the crazy moments during the songs. As well as a moment where he was screaming into the guitar and generating microphonic output from the pickups.

The original Interfax Harmonic Percolators were created by Ed Giese of Interfax Electron in the 1970s, and I believe in Wisconsin somewhere. The original Harmonic Percolators are extremely hard to come by now-a-days, and there are a few reproductions, including the Pussy fuzz (by Mr. Bill from Guitar Works, Ltd), the Barge Concepts BP-1 (which I’m not a big fan of) and the Chuck Collins Harmonic Percolator Clone which is available now and is apparently the closest thing to the real deal out there.

The difficulty of reproducing the circuit of the original are… Ed Giese potted the original pedals. Basically gooped them so it’s hard to see the original values. I even heard that the the values were ‘sanded’ off the components when they were soldered. But tracing the paths can give you a glimpse of resistance and capacitance of some of the components. Additionally some of the transistors are some of the hard-to-find variety today. Regardless, you can find some schematics out there on the web, and definitely the components are can be found. The Chuck Collins version even matches the original enclosure and controls as the original.

Here is the official description by Chuck Collins:

The Harmonic Percolator is a distortion pedal that was made in Milwaukee Wisconsin in the 1970′s. It used a silicon NPN transistor and a germanium PNP transistor in a design that passes even order harmonics while suppressing odd order harmonics. These even order harmonics are more pleasing to the ear than odd order harmonics. This is the original circuit, not someone’s interpretation of it. The left slider is the input gain or distortion control and the right one is the Balance control. The input is on the left and the output is to the right when looking down on it. This is opposite pedals of today but in its time this made sense. Left to Right – the same way you read. This EXACT handmade duplicate of the original 1970′s pedal employs the same obsolete number Germanium transistor and same number Silicon transistor. (Op Amps were never used in Percolators) The silicon transistor was potted in the originals to discourage people from reading the number on it! Also used are the exact same number obsolete Germanium diodes. (They are NOT the common 1N34 or 1N60) Same type capacitors also are used. Mylar-Silver Mica, Tantalum, and Ceramic. The slider controls are the same as in the original. These New Old Stock parts have the original packing slip dated February 19, 1968! Three original pedals were dismantled to help create this duplicate. One Percolator was totally dismantled, all its parts removed and measured. (Thanks John D. Greg K. Rusty B. @ Rockhaus Guitars and Jay T. for trusting your pedals to me!). I am sure it was unsettling for the one original Percolator owner to have his pedal dismantled, the transistor removed AND heated up to about 150 degrees to loosen the wax holding the metal ring obscuring the part number. There are no hidden parts, no mis-labeled components, nothing unusual beyond the circuit itself!

Here are a couple of video clips worth watching on the subject. I know I’ve posted the full GearWire version in the past. Here is a clip where Albini goes into detail as to what the Harmonic Percolator is doing:

This clip is also originally from GearWire by compares the original Interfax Harmonic Percolator with the Barge Concepts BP-1 which sounds BAD, but you get to hear the original Interfax.

If you’re thinking about getting a Interfax Harmonic Percolator, your best bet might be with the Chuck Collins version, which is available at Amazon for $225

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Oct 13 2011

Flickinger Tone Boxes – Angry Sparrow – Give Away!

Flickinger Tone Boxes – Angry Sparrow - Give Away!CONTEST IS CLOSED

Some pedals I hate giving away. This pedal is one of those pedals. Today, I’m announcing the Flickinger Tone Boxes Angry Sparrow give away, and man, I wish didn’t have to go. It would fit nicely on my pedal board. This is a great sounding fuzz pedal falling in the vintage/classic fuzz tone, which is very versatile and very musical.

Richard of Flickinger Tone Boxes was extremely generous to offer this pedal as a give away after we reviewed it. You can listen/read/view the full demo of this pedal here – “Flickinger Tone Boxes – Angry Sparrow Demo“. This will definitely be a great pedal (valued at $200) for a lucky EffectsBay.com reader. When you get a chance, please check out their site for other pedals. They’re definitely making some great pedals!

I’m going to select one random entry on October 27th (Thursday) . I will email that random entry asking for the answer to the question listed below. They will have 24 hours to respond with the answer. If the 24 hours passes, I will select a new random entry and repeat the process until I receive confirmation from the winner.  This is open to everyone. Yes, that means international! Also, one entry per person.  Please read that last sentence again… “one” “entry” “per” “person”. And when I say ‘everyone’, I mean anyone older than 18 (sorry minors).

The submission form will be open until October 27th (Thursday) 12PM MST.

First, this is not a requirement, but you should ‘like’ EffectsBay on Facebook. It’s good way to keep in touch with new give aways and posts. Also, please consider joining the official EffectsBay.com mailing list.

So the question is…. “What is the furthest you had to travel to see a band? What what was the band and distance you traveled?

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Oct 13 2011

Marrs Pedals – Fuzz Light Year

Marrs Pedals - Fuzz Light YearA while back I got a email from Julian of Marrs Pedals (Vancouver, BC) talking about his fuzz pedal called the Fuzz Light Year. I thought it would be cool to send a few question his way to see what inspired the pedal, etc. But first let’s talk about the Fuzz Light Year real quick.

Here is the official description of the Marrs Pedals – Fuzz Light Year:

A germanium / silicon fuzz with some serious girth. If you’re looking to add some width to your sound, this is the pedal. It goes from velcro fuzz all the way up to distortion – And sounds fantastic on both guitar and bass. Includes the De-voltaire in the circuit. $200. Comes with 9V power supply. Customizable depending on how much bass you want.Marrs Pedals - Fuzz Light Year

In the original email to me he gave me a link to a demo of the pedal.

Here is our question/answer session:

- What did you want to achieve with the Fuzz Light Year?
I wanted to create an effect that is worthy of being someones main tone pedal – the one that you leave on all the time.  I also wanted it to be functional in a live setting. I value a pedal that you can use your feet to change the settings with, and small knobs in small boxes don’t cut it in that department. I essentially tried to juggle all the complaints that my musician friends and I had about most pedals and put the solutions into a box. It was a lot of fun.

- Why should musicians be interested in the Fuzz Light Year?
I believe overdrive/fuzz pedals are the cornerstone of any players tone when it comes to stompboxes. The Fuzz Light Year has a distinct sound that stands out from other fuzz type pedals. I built it to sound HUGE by adding generous amounts of low end. It allows any musician to expand their sonic pallet and reach new ground, mostly in the lower mids area of the spectrum. It has also proven to be very functional and can be used on a variety of different sources. It sounds particularly good through low end instruments. A friend recently ran a Bassoon through it – and it sounded amazing! I’m hoping to have the video clip posted on my website soon.

- What about fuzz pedals inspire you?
Fuzz pedals bring attitude to music. They, like all effects, add an extra dimension to your playing. I couldn’t even guess how many songs I’ve written over the years that are a direct result of going through a overdrive/fuzz.

- What’s the price point on the Fuzz Light Year?
$200.

- How do I buy one?
Send an e-mail to marrspedalsatgmaildotcom I accept Paypal or Interact E-mail Transfer.

- How long have you been working on your pedals?
I’ve been messing around with pedals and fixing my own gear for as long as I can remember.  I’ve always been big into DIY ethics.

- How long has Marrs Pedals been in existence?
Marrs Pedals is very fresh, I started going public with it around the start of September. The Fuzz Light Year is the first pedal under the name.

- What other pedals are you currently developing?
I’m working on a unique delay right now and a tremolo pedal. I’m hoping to have both done within the next 3 to 4 months.

- What is planned for the future of Marrs Pedals?
Designing and building. I’m working on getting my name out there as much as possible and expanding my pedal roster.

- Any musicians we might know playing Marrs Pedals?
Unfortunately, no big names yet.  But, it’s still pretty early in the game!

If you get a chance, check out the website, and if you’re looking for a unique fuzz, this might be just what you’re needing.

 

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Oct 12 2011

T-Rex Tonebug Fuzz Winner!

I just recently received a photo of the winner of the T-Rex Tonebug Fuzz give away. This is Stephen H of Sammamish, WA with his brand spankin’ new T-Rex Tonebug Fuzz and his secondary prize of 3 packs of strings. Looks like he’s set! I would like to send a special thank you to T-Rex Effects for providing the pedal for this give away! Thank you T-Rex!

T-Rex Tonebug Fuzz Winner!

Hopefully, if all goes well today, I’ll be announcing another give away later this afternoon. Keep your eyes peeled. I think you’ll be liking it!

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Oct 6 2011

Flickinger Tone Boxes – Angry Sparrow Demo

Flickinger Tone Boxes - Angry Sparrow DemoI was fortunate to be contacted by Flickinger Tone Boxes a while back. They sent over a pedal for us to demo. Every once and a while you get something that you know is going to be special, and this is one of those boxes. After receiving it I was immediately impressed with the enclosure. Normally I don’t like to get too hung up with the graphics, etc. But this one really caught my eye. It was a flat white finish and what appeared to be a ‘glazed’ image on top. Never seen this before on a pedal. Before playing it I had to ask what the deal was on the finish, so I sent a email to Richard Flickinger. This is what he had to say about the finish:

The boxes are prepped, primed and painted with flat enamel.  Then the design and text outlines are screen printed, also with enamel.  The rest is hand painted with, you guessed, enamel….  It’s time consuming, however I enjoy it and most players seem to really dig the unique look.  I’m glad you like it.  The Sparrow I sent you uses some really nice metallic colors that look great with a heavy application.  Hopefully the sound will meet or exceed your impression of the art!

Okay, impressed so far, but let’s get to the pedal. This is great sounding classic fuzz pedal. Built to do one thing.. sound like a great fuzz. 3 Basic controls, nice well designed circuit with high quality components. Here is the official description by Flickinger Tone Boxes:

Unlike other fuzz effects that have several stages of transistors with clipping diodes cascaded into one another, the Angry Sparrow Tone Box has only one clipping stage. The result is a more musical fuzz tone that is versatile and dynamic. The Deluxe version has a three band passive tone-stack for greater tone shaping. The controls are pretty self-explanatory, however here are some tips for getting the most out of the device.

VOLUME:
This controls the overall output volume of your Angry Sparrow. Be aware, this device is capable of a very large volume boost to your signal.
Make sure not to overload other effects or your amplifier!

SINGLE TONE CONTROL:
This is a passive low-pass tone control.  Very similar to what is on your guitar/bass.
Most of the time you will leave it wide open (full clockwise), just like most players do with their tone control on their instrument.
However, it can be very useful to tame the highs on a very bright amp, or if you want a darker tone at higher gain settings.

TONE-STACK:
The Angry Sparrow Deluxe’s tone-stack is a three band passive EQ that is interactive.
In order to get the results you want, keep in mind that the controls only subtract from the signal.  The tone-stack is basically removed from the circuit with all controls at full clockwise.
Also, the Middle control will assume more of the high and low frequencies as you reduce the Treble and Bass controls. Decide which frequencies you want more to add, and reduce the other controls.

GAIN:
Much time and effort was put into exactly how the gain control functions.
At the lowest (counter-clockwise) settings, there will be very little change from your original sound, only a little compression and a warming of the tone.
You can set the volume higher and use the pedal as a warm-boost.
As you increase the gain, you will find dozens of musical overdrive/distortion/fuzz tones that work with more complicated chords and harmonies than you would expect from a circuit of this type.

To put this guy through the paces, I enlisted the help of Jimmy Rolle. He’s playing his Gibson Les Paul Custom Shop Elegant into a Rivera Knucklehead 100w head through a Marshall 4×12 cabinet loaded with Celestion Vintage 30s. Nothing between the guitar and the amp except for the Angry Sparrow. The audio was captured with a Shure SM57 and Fathead Ribbon Mics. For this demo, Jimmy is playing various stages of the amp. It starts off on his clean side, then to the gain channel and finally the same gain channel with the boost of the amp enabled. You can really hear how the pedal responds through these changes.

You can listen to the high quality MP3 clip via SoundCloud

After playing the Angry Sparrow, Jimmy and I talked about our general impression of the pedal. Here are some of the points that came up.

  • You can really get some great vintage musical fuzz tones. It is a really usable fuzz!
  • The pedal can achieve fuzz tones that fit nicely between a EHX Big Muff and Fulltone ’69
  • It’s a very ‘smooth’ and versatile fuzz with lots of control.
  • With the tone knob you can get some good mids to cut through. It doesn’t just boost the highs, which gives it a nice classic fuzz midrange. The low end is very fat, but again, usable… which is great for fuzz.
  • If your amp has headroom in the preamp stage, this pedal will boost big time.
  • The pedal is simple. I love simple pedals. 3 knobs and a dream.. that’s all you need!

As you can see/hear this is a great sounding fuzz. You can contact Flickinger Tone Boxes and order one for yourself. The Standard Angry Sparrow runs $200, while the deluxe goes for $225. The deluxe has a 3 band passive tone stack.

Be sure to check out Flickinger Tone Boxes on line to see their other pedals! They have some good, good stuff!

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Sep 28 2011

T-Rex Tonebug Fuzz Give Away, and the winner is…

The T-Rex Tonebug Fuzz give away had crazy response. It’s the new record for submissions on a give away! Just so you know, I have a few more T-Rex pedal give aways coming (along with a few other boutique give aways) – Thanks much T-Rex Effects! If you get a chance, you have to check out some of their pedals – some of the best you can find out there.

Okay, back to the winner announcement. I picked a random winner, and that person responded, so the pedal shipped today. The winner is Stephen H. of Sammamish, WA. Congrats Stephen! Both the pedal and the bonus price (just for liking EffectsBay on Facebook) is on the way to you! Enjoy the T-Rex Tonebug Fuzz, and please send me a photo with you and your prize!

Please like EffectsBay on Facebook and/or sign up to the official EffectsBay.com mailing list to be notified of new give aways and guitar effect posts!

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Sep 24 2011

T-Rex Tonebug Fuzz Demo

T-Rex Tonebug Fuzz DemoCurrently, I’m running a T-Rex Tonebug Fuzz give away (full details here). A few of you emailed asking what the pedal was all about. Well, good thing we demo’d the pedal! The great people at T-Rex were kind enough to send over a few Tonebugs for EffectsBay to demo, so I want stop and say thanks to T-Rex! If you get a chance, please check out T-Rex Effects for their complete listing of awesome guitar/bass pedals!

So let’s get down to the nuts and bolts. The T-Rex Tonebug Fuzz has three basic controls.

Fuzz – controls the amount of dirt/clip you want in the signal
Tone – controls how bright/dark you want it to sound
Level – controls the overall output gain of the effect

So what’s the deal with the Tonebug series? T-Rex has been pumping out some great pedals since 2002, and probably their most sought after pedal is the Replica Delay. Great quality with excellent detail to tone and effect, which also came with a equivalent price tag. With the Tonebug series, the folks at T-Rex wanted to achieve the follow – “to provide the best effects on the market for reasonable money.” The Tonebug series has been growing ever since.

For this demo, I again enlisted the help of Jimmy Rolle. Jimmy is playing is Gibson Les Paul Elegant Custom Shop guitar into a Rivera Knucklehead 100w head through a Marshall 4×12 cabinet. The cabinet is mic’d with a Shure SM57 and Fathead Ribbon Mic. Nothing is between the guitar and amp except for the T-Rex Tonebug Fuzz.

 You can listen to the high quality MP3 clip via SoundCloud

Now, as I mentioned, the T-Rex Tonebug Fuzz give away is still on. It ends on Monday 9/26, so be sure to get your entry in before it’s too late!

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