A blog about vintage amps, pedals and their working. For over 20 years I’ve been dissecting amps, pedals and guitars to see what makes them tick! And I love a good mystery! So dive together with me in the information I can dig up from various places (both digital and analog) to tell you more on the units I work on. My main addictions are Fuzz pedals, Chorus pedals and 50’s amps. And the rarer, the better
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Articles of interest
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Guyatone – PS-002 Chorus
Recently I got this pedal in as it didn’t function. When opened up it had a big hole in one of the chips! Call me interested! Guyatone was founded in 1933 and can be…
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Ibanez – PT1000
Sometimes you get a great pedal in. This pedal only had the ‘Maxon’ sleeve glued in place, had three jacks and a potmeter under the treadle . No wires, no switches. From the writing…
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Dunlop – Crybaby 105Q
This white beast is quite common on bass’ pedalboards; I traced mine a while ago! Let share some info! The wah effect is a quite common effect on most guitar players pedalboard. The standard…
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Orange – Fur Coat fuzz
I recently got this pedal in as I wanted to know if this pedal shines on a bass. I was really surprised!! Orange is known for their line of amps with quite an iconic…
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Hughes and Kettner – Bass Master / BATT
So you want a small practise amp, tube overdrive unit or a small tube preamp? This Bass Master ‘pedal’ claims it can do all. Hughes and Kettner (H&K) delivers well build and good quality…
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Maxx / Dixon -Super Over Drive – SD-10
I recently got these two pedals in. They look like plain Boss clones; are they? These pedals were made in Taiwan as part of a shared OEM effect design distributed under multiple brand names…
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PSK – Octaver OTV-2
I recently got my hands on this pedal. It had some issues that were quickly resolved by soldering the input back. Is this a Boss clone? PSK is an effect pedal brand produced by…
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Danelectro – Cool Cat Vibe speed fix
Recently I got this pedal in for an issue: the speed control worked but only could change the speed between fast and really fast. This was not before! Let’s fix it! The Danelectro Cool…
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Darkglass – Vintage Deluxe and Microtubes B7K HISS fix
Recently I had two Darkglass pedals in with the same problem: HISS! One of the owners of this pedal contacted Darkglass; they told him to find a local tech to fix the issue. No…
