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| LAST CHANCE! THE 2ND BATCH OF THE REMAINING 50 PEDALS IS UP FOR PRE-ORDER. THE FIRST 50 SOLD OUT IN ONE DAY! CLICK HERE! ORDER NOW |
Monday, October 25, 2010
A VERY SPECIAL TWOSOME BLACKOUT EFFECTORS, FINAL BATCH OF 50 PEDALS JUST RELEASED !!
DIGICOMP AIM HM-2000 HARMONIC MODIFIER
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| I'M STILL BIRD-DOGGING FOR MORE INFORMATION ON A PEDAL IN MY COLLECTION. THE COMPANY IS "DIGICOMP" AND IT CLAIMS "MADE IN AMERICA". THIS ONE LOOKS TO BE A LATER VERSION THAN MINE. THIS IS THEIR HM-2000 AND HAS AN ADDITIONAL TOGGLE SWITCH. I FOUND THIS ON THE OUTSTANDING "DISCOFREQ'S EFFECTS DATABASE (SEE LINK BELOW). DOES ANYONE HAVE INFORMATION ON THIS COMPANY OR THIS PEDAL? |
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FROM THE MANUAL 40 dB Pre-Amp: To use the Pre-Amp only: 1. Place Toggle Control in (squiggle) mode. 2. Cut out all Distortion effects by turning DISTORTION CONTROL to counter clockwise to 0. 3. Control Pre-Amp through VOLUME knob. COMPRESSION BACKED DISTORTION 1. Place Toggle Control in (squiggle) mode. 2. Use DISTORTION control to vary amount of Distortion introduced into the system. HEAVY METAL DISTORTION 1. Place Toggle Control in (squiggle) mode. 2. Use DISTORTION control to vary amount of Distortion in the system. |
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| THIS IS THE ONLY OTHER PEDAL I'M ABLE TO FIND IS THEIR "ENVELOPE MODIFIER". DOES ANYONE HAVE INFORMATION ON THESE PEDALS OR THIS COMPANY? |
Thursday, October 21, 2010
A VERY SPECIAL TWOSOME BY BLACKOUT EFFECTORS LIMITED EDITION OF 100 PEDALS!
BLACKOUT EFFECTORS "TWOSOME DUAL FUZZ" HAS ALWAYS BEEN ON MY WISH LIST, BUT IS A PRETTY PENNY AT 285.00 USD. IT COMBINES THEIR "FIX'D FUZZ" AND THEIR "MUSKET FUZZ". BIG SOUNDS AND VERY VERSATILE.
THE NEW "A VERY SPECIAL TWOSOME" ENABLES YOU TO COMBINE THE "FIX'D FUZZ" AND THE NEWER "MUSKET V2" AND STACK THEM IN EITHER ORDER FOR EVEN MORE TONE OPTIONS. IT'S A TWEAKERS DREAM AND A NIGHTMARE TO OTHERS, THIS LIMITED EDITION OF 100 PEDALS IS ONLY AVAILABLE DIRECT FROM PRO GUITAR SHOPS ONLY. LIST PRICE IS 295.00 AND TAKING PRE-ORDERS NOW! IF YOU HAVE EVER WANTED ONE OF THESE, IT'S TIME TO PULL THE TRIGGER.
Monday, October 18, 2010
EFFECTS FREAK PEDAL DATABASE & PRICING GUIDE
GOOD LOOKING SIMPLE WEB-PAGE JUST STARTED. IT'S OFF TO A GREAT START! TONS OF VINTAGE PEDALS & LOTS OF THE STANDARD STUFF AND QUITE A FEW OBSCURE GEMS. HOLY CRAP,,WAIT A SECOND,, AUSTONE ELECTRONICS & PLUM CRAZY FX? SWHIIIING! THIS PAGE ROCKS! BUT NO SEARCH BOX FOR RANDOM SEARCHING? WHO CARES, COOL SITE!
Thursday, October 14, 2010
BRANCH GUITARS : ALUMINUM AIR FRAME GUITARS
THESE ARE SOME TRULY STRANGE LOOKING BEAST! ALUMINUM FRAME
GUITARS & ALUMINUM TUBE GUITARS?? OH YES AND WOOD?? THE WOOD WORK IS BEAUTIFUL! WHO OWNS ONE OF THESE? NEED SOME FEEDBACK! NO, NOT THAT KIND, I KNOW HOW TO MAKE NOISE! NO PRICES ON THE WEBSITE.
Wednesday, October 13, 2010
AIM ANALOG IMPULSE MODIFIER / HARMONIC MODIFIER HM-1000 "UPDATE"
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| REALLY STRANGE BOX I SCORED FOR MY ADDICTION ER AH COLLECTION. I'M STILL HUNTING FOR MORE INFO ON THIS AIM HM-1000. VOLUME CONTROL WILL NOT TURN THE BOX DOWN ALL THE WAY, SEEMS TO ACT LIKE A VOLUME TONE CONTROL. THE ONLY OTHER CONTROL IS THE DISTORTION KNOB & IT GOES FROM THIN AND MUDDY IN A BAD WAY, TO A "BIG MUFF-ESK" VIBE WITH TON OF BOTTOM END. |
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| TWO 9 VOLT BATTERIES TO POWER THE WEIRDNESS. THERE IS A WARBLE OR UP AND DOWN FLUCTUATION IN SOUND SORTA LIKE A PHASER OR CHORUS TYPE EFFECT. IT'S VERY SUBTLE BUT WHEN YOU LET NOTES RING OUT IT'S MORE PROMINENT. NOT VERY NOTICEABLE WHEN PLAYING CHORDS. |
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| NO INFO ON THE INTERNET, NO CLUE WHAT YEAR IT WAS MADE. ONLY THAT IT'S A AIM "HM-1000", MANUFACTURED IN AMERICA BY DIGICOMP SYSTEMS INC. |
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| NOT MUCH TO SEE, EVERYTHING IS HIDDEN IN A WHITE PLASTIC TIN AND FILLED WITH GOO! |
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Details from the seller: AIM analog impulse modifier / harmonic modifier distortion. This is a weird pedal. At low gain it's almost like an enhancer and as you turn it up it becomes more of a big muff tone but really there is no pedal i can compare it to. very unique. This is hand made pedal from the 80's. It takes 2 nine volt batteries. The circuit is sealed in epoxy probably to protect the design. IF ANYONE HAS MORE INFORMATION ON THIS PEDAL PLEASE CONTACT ME! |
Tuesday, October 12, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
Saturday, September 25, 2010
BALDWIN BURNS BUZZAROUND / EARTHQUAKER DEVICES SOUND SHANK
The Baldwin Burn Buzzaround is a rare bird. There is not much information on them but seems to be quite a few clones or models based off it. Earthquaker Device's custom shop (take note "custom shop only") have a new pedal out based on it, Dirty Boy Pedals have the "Buzzy Boy", supposedly based on the same circuit as well as & a few more below.
"It's all about the fizz and NOT the Fuzz"
Abraxas Sound Buzzaround (Buzzaround copy)
Creepy Fingers Buzzaround (Buzzaround copy)
D*A*M Fuzzaround (Buzzaround copy)
DenTone Electronics Buzzaround (Buzzaround copy)
EarthQuaker Devices Sound Shank (Buzzaround copy)
Erafuzz Buzzaround (Buzzaround copy)
eZone53 Buzzaround (Buzzaround copy)
Ghost Effects Buzzaround (Buzzaround copy)
Montgomery Appliances Buzzaround (Buzzaround copy)
SkinPimp Buzzaround (Buzzaround copy)
V8V Buzz U Round (Buzzaround copy)
Some history on the original pedal:
"Between 1965 and 1968 the merged UK subsidiary of Baldwin Piano & Organ Company and Burns London, called Baldwin Burns Ltd, produced a small number of guitar effects pedals. One of these was a fuzz pedal called the Buzzaround. Gary Hurst reportedly designed this pedal around 1966/67 (unconfirmed and probably hearsay) and the circuit is extremely close to the 3-Knob Tone-Bender circuit. Those with a flair for the conspiracy theory suggest that, with very good reason, the Sola Sound Tone-Bender MKIII is basically the Buzzaround circuit with the addition of a tone control. The pedal contains three knobs, being:
- Sustain. Self-explanatory.
- Balance. This is basically a bias control for Q3.
- Timbre. This is a volume/tone control, which is never fully off."
and a couple of videos of the clones and some pix, including a picture of the original.
The only one in my current collection is the Buzzy Boy. It's a raging pedal that takes a bit of tweaking. But has some seriously crazy tones on tap! Here's what AlexSaraceno had to say about it from a personal email I sent him:
You just need to find a setting that works with your setup, It is highly flexible. I realize my pedals can come across as Quirky at first, but once you get your stride, you will start enjoying them...
Best
Alex
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| "It's all about the fizz and not the fuzz" |
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