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Guitar Pedal X News
22 Sep 07:12 • Stefan Karlsson

Mad Professor announces preorders for its brand new Milestone Handwired Germanium Fuzz

Mad Professor has just announced preorders for its new Handwired Germanium Fuzz - while it doesn’t really provide too many details beyond the below statement, the nature of the control topology, and a picture of the insides from a jaunty angle! "Milestone is a germa...

Guitar Pedal X News
21 Sep 14:03 • Stefan Karlsson

Setting up Delay Presets and Tap Divisions on the Chase Bliss Big Time Hybrid Echo - alongside first impressions

When the Big Time was first announced at the end of April, I wasn’t sure it was for me. I needed some further convincing - which took the form of Doug Tolley’s Big Time Tour - where he travelled to 4 locations in the UK, including Hanwell in West London - where interested ...

Guitar Pedal X News
21 Sep 11:03 • Stefan Karlsson

Electro-Harmonix revives its Analog BBD Echoflanger Multi-Modulator as a Limited 2,500 Run Adrian Belew Signature Edition

One of EHX’s best loved pedals is back! Which has variously been labelled the Echoflanger (1977-1979), Polyflange (1979-1980), and Polychorus (1981-1984) throughout those years - until discontinued in the mid-80’s. Adrian Belew is a power user of said pedal - on his...

Guitar Pedal X News
21 Sep 07:09 • Stefan Karlsson

Pedal Pawn unleashes gorgeous hot pink 120 unit limited run CV7005 Germanium Transistor Fuzz Face edition

I have a couple of CV7005 Transistor Fuzz Faces to my name already - including my first one from Expresso FX. It’s one of my favourite sounding Fuzz Face transistors - which is military spec equivalent to OC71, and unerringly close to NKT275 and AC128. This 120 run ...

A Luthier's Blog
19 Sep 15:27 • Gary Nava, Luthier

Making a Bass Bridge

About a year or so ago, I built myself a short scale bass, inspired (aesthetically) by the Kay EB-100 that I had previously restored. I play this bass pretty much daily: it’s set-up with flat-wound strings and I love its smooth richness of tone. However, having recently restored the Westone Thunder Bass which has a long-scale and round-wound strings and spent some time playing it, I have found whole new range of tonal possibilities, which contrast and complement the short scale.

So, whilst having a brief breather from mandolins, I thought that I would make a bridge for a bass guitar which I intend building at some point in the future!

Guitar Pedal X News
18 Sep 14:03 • Stefan Karlsson

Rodenberg Amplification's latest release is the intriguingly potent Daphne Hight Voltage Amp-like Overdrive with Tube-like Dynamics

A really cool amp-like Overdrive which ramps up 9V DC [-] input voltage to circa 280V internally. This gives the pedal a really Dynamic and Amp-Like feel and output, which is highly reactive to your playing style and pick attack. The central Amp Voicing toggle-switc...

Guitar Pedal X News
18 Sep 11:03 • Stefan Karlsson

RockBoard releases super handy Snap-in Second Tiers in Small and Large Sizes - with a hinged design for full Tier 1 Pedal Access

RockBoard may have fallen a little under the radar for some of late - where it’s actually a killer supplier of superbly practical and capable Pedalboards in 16 core variations. These have a slew of smart accessories which make pedalboard assembly and maintenance a breeze. ...

Guitar Pedal X News
18 Sep 07:12 • Stefan Karlsson

ThorpyFX adds more versatility to its ER-2 Uni-Vibe, now in Block 3 Edition with additional Phase Switch

So here we have the further evolved Block 3 Edition of the ThorpyFX ER-2 Uni-Vibe. This was first released in June of 2023, and then re-engineered in November of 2024 - after Light Dependent Resistors (Vactrols) were put on the RoHS ban list. At the time the circuit was bu...

Guitar Pedal X News
17 Sep 11:03 • Stefan Karlsson

Dr. Scientist unleashes the Dungeon Crawler - an incredibly saturated and sustaining Extreme Metal High Gain Distortion with Active Gyrator EQ's, with extra Grind Rectifier and Boost

A killer magnificently saturating Extreme Gain Distoriton - which does the Grinding Metal thing exceptionally well - with almost limitless saturation and sustain. It’s not the sludgiest of distortions or necessarily the most thudding and thunderous in the low end - but it ...

Guitar Pedal X News
17 Sep 07:12 • Stefan Karlsson

A Brief Hobbyist Primer on Effects Pedal Circuits Fixed Resistors - in collaboration with Drunk Beaver's Vitalii Bobrov

This article was composed and assembled in collaboration with good friend Vitalii Bobrov of Drunk Beaver Pedals - a fantastic engineer, with an encyclopaedic knowledge of effects pedal components - which you can see in all his smart circuit builds.

This article focuses on Fixed vs Variable Resistors and Potentiometers - those will be covered in a follow-up article.

There are 6 Key Chapters to this project of differing length and detail.

Hopefully we have covered everything you need to know about Fixed Resistors, and how they apply to Guitar Effects Pedals!

CHAPTERS

A Brief History of Resistors
The Key Types Of Effects Pedal Resistors
How a Typical Resistor Works
Identifying Resistor Values
Key Functional Applications for Fixed Resistors
Smart Resistor Deployments and Mods in Specific Circuits (Fuzz Face etc.)

Guitar Pedal X News
16 Sep 11:03 • Stefan Karlsson

Walrus Audio's 10th in the Fundamental Series is the 3-Mode Lo-Fi Delay

This is officially the 10th in Walrus Audio’s Fundamental Series, while I’m not clear on whether all 10 are still fully available. The format remains the same, and the first editions were typically more vanilla style, while more recent releases have been a touch mor...

Guitar Pedal X News
16 Sep 07:12 • Stefan Karlsson

EarthQuaker's larger Full Stereo Easy Listening Analog Amp Simulator gets loaded with extra features - including Aux In, Active 3-Band EQ, and XLR Stereo Out

So EarthQuaker has significantly evolved its mini Easy Listening ’65 Deluxe Voiced Headphone Amp. That model just came with a Master Control, and Mono In and Stereo Out (Headphone) Ports. The new one adds Full TRS Stereo Ports - Ins and Outs, an Aux in and control, ...

Guitar Pedal X News
15 Sep 11:03 • Stefan Karlsson

Jackson Audio outmuscles everyone with 2 of the world's most potent Power Supplies - the Node and Node-X8 Xpander - with 2,200mA per each of 12 or 8 Isolated Outlets at 9V DC [-]

Former Power Supply Champion Cioks used to have the industry leading Max 660mA per Isolated Outlet, and Jackson Audio has found a way to deliver more than 3 times that amount of current to each Isolated Outlet. The top-surface 4-way Dip-Switches on the Cioks -...

Guitar Pedal X News
15 Sep 07:15 • Stefan Karlsson

SolidGoldFX releases versatile Silicon Tone Bender MKII style Fuzzbox

I’m a huge fan of SGFX Compact Fuzzes - where I already have 10 to my name. The 11th was supposed to be the 76 MKII - but that never quite happened. So it’s likely that this Fuzzbox will be my 11th SGFX Compact Fuzz. I still aim to get the 76 MKII though! I’ve not a...

The Unique Guitar Blog
15 Sep 00:54 • marcusohara@aol.com

Lonnie Mack's Guitar and Amplifier on the Auction Block

Lonnie Mack with #7 Attention Joe Bonamassa, George Gruhn, Mike Reeder, Gary Dick and everyone else in the vintage guitar market. Lonnie Mack’s prize 1958 Flying V is going up on the auction block on September 26th of this year. Holly with Her Dad Sadly, Lonnie...

Guitar Pedal X News
14 Sep 07:30 • Stefan Karlsson

King Tone rolls out Soloist Mini Edition of its SRV Screamer Overdrive

This will possibly appease those who aren’t overly fond of the curves on the latest Compact Soloist Overdrive. The Mini has all the same controls - while the Glass / Stock / Edge Voicing switch is internal rather than on the surface. I don’t see why they couldn’t ha...

The Unique Guitar Blog
12 Sep 11:03 • marcusohara@aol.com

Gibson's Model B Series Of Guitars

1965 Gibson B-25N A friend sent me a picture of his 1965 Gibson B-25N guitar recently. This got me reminiscing about the Gibson B series of guitars. Around 1965 I wanted a 12-string guitar. My teacher brought in his Gibson B-25 12-string for me to try o...

Fret Science
10 Sep 12:00 • Keith

Eight Nights, 2,300 Miles, and a Very Loud Guitar Camp in Tennessee

A road trip from Massachusetts to the Woodshed Guitar Experience in Crossville, by way of Cleveland, Nashville, and the Martin factory. What I saw, who I met, and what I brought back for Fret Science.

Guitar Pedal X News
10 Sep 07:00 • Stefan Karlsson

In Loving Memory of my Darling Mother Eileen, who passed away suddenly last week, and is laid to rest today

I apologise for being a little out of sorts and off-balance these last few days, I would hope it was understandable under the circumstances.

I will be spending time with the family over the next few days, and there will be no post tomorrow - Friday as a result.

Hopefully normal service will resume at the start of next week, while it could be Tuesday!

Guitar Pedal X News
09 Sep 07:00 • Stefan Karlsson

The Drunk Beaver XR Series MD-1 Medal Mind is a superb take on the Exar MD-03 and MD-04 - originally inspired by the Boss MT-2 Metal Zone

A potent take on the dual-gain-stage Boss MT-2 Metal Zone architecture — this MD-1 Metal Mind pedal overhauls that vintage topology with modern low-noise op-amps, robust power supply filtering, true-bypass switching, and an active three-band EQ with fixed midrange voicing....