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For over 30 years we have been prototyping guitar processing. This now seems to actually be a viable thing to do, as BOSS pedals aren't the value they once were, and people are after non mass produced sounds. The day of the Boutique pedal is here.

Last Updated: June 8 2008

Guitar Pedals

Most guitarists are always on the look out for 'that sound". Pedals are part of that search, but it isn't easy, as there are so many styles played, and what is good for one, isn't good for another. You can buy pedal boards with hundreds of patches on board, but most people only need two or three.

The folk law around pedals also clouds the picture. There are folks out there that say they want 'the original sound of a 741' in their DOD250. No you don't! The 741 opamp was very noisy, and noise is NOT Vintage!

One of our objectves is ultra low noise.

Development

Lots of listerning is involved. The circuit diagrams of all the classic divices are around on the net, and there are some places that produce clones, as kits or otherwise. We have EQ, soft and hard solid state clipping, and the overdrive produced by a 12AX7 tube. Dicast boxes with true bypass switches. Years ago we would have done this with DSP, but not today....

Guitar Distortion

Distortion is the main effect. There is a long history of overdriven tube amplifiers and folk law. There are also many that have gone before that have passed the test of time. DOD250, Tube Screamer, The Ratt , Big Muff and many more.....

12AX7 Based Tube Distortion + Switchable Hard Clipping

This pedal is based on a starved 12AX7 tube to get an exaggerated tube distortion sound. It is also switch able to get a DOD250 diode clipping sound. Needs an external 9~12VDC adapter using the standard BOSS power connector.

Guitar Speaker Load and Line Level Converter, Phantom Powered Cabinet Emulator

Have also now developed a simple passive Practice Amp (up to 20 WATTS ) Speaker connection to recording output, and as a separate unit, a Phantom powered or 9VDC, Marshall Cabinet Emulator DI with unbalanced and balanced output with ground lift switch.

The Speaker to line connection can simply be used with Voxengo Boogex for direct recording. The Marshall Emulator DI can be used in combination with the line out to produce the sound of a mic'ed Marshall cabinet. The combination is something like a poor mans Marshall SE100.

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