THE PEDALS

The Magnavibe was inspired by the early 1960's vibrato guitar effect (not the typical tremolo which is just pulse modulation). The Magnatone amp was known for having that amazing wobbly sound. Setting out to put that type of sound in a box and use it with any amp took much experimenting. The results are excellent. This is not a plain one dimensional vibrato such as a chorus pedal with the dry mix removed. Delay chips weren't even used back then. Nor is it just another uni-vibe clone, but a unique sound with that classic unique tone. Adding spring reverb or delay after the vibrato sounds especially good. Check out the sound clips in the menu. Definitely sample the youtube and sound clips too (note the nice depth which can't be replicated since the LDRs aren't manufactured anymore).  The controls are 'depth' and 'speed'. The knobs have been placed in a way that you can easily adjust them with your feet. The circuit is all analog and is true-bypass. The electronics are hand wired. Only high quality components used. Much care is taken to make sure each unit sounds consistently the same. The finish is a powder-coat , plus baked on logo/print.  The LED is a clear amber (yellow-orange) with a wide viewing angle. It can be powered by a 9V battery or 9V adapter. The power jack's center is negative and is the typical barrel size. (Adapter not included). 2 year warranty

The Spaghetti Western Fuzz pedal has been very carefully tuned to get maximum buzz and honk which is very reminiscent of the 1960's era pop music, surf music, and spaghetti western soundtracks. So, it is not your typical fuzzface or bigmuff types. Those are smooth sounding fuzz effects with a totally different feel and tone. It's closer to the sound of the earlier fuzzes like the fuzzrite, companion fuzz, and others. One key difference is the ability to clean up when turning down your guitars volume knob. 

There are two controls, volume and fuzz. The fuzz control is not just a gain knob. It also changes between types of fuzz. At minimum (fuzz knob: 7:00) achieves a very honky, horn-like fuzz tone. Listen to clip 4 (sound clips in menu). At maximum there is more gain and buzz. Turning the knob all the way to 5:00 is as buzzy as an angry bee! On clip 1 the knob was turned to about 3:00. Much of the overall gain can be controlled by lowering your guitar volume slightly. The sound gets interesting when turning the fuzz knob to about 12:30. This is where you can hear an upper octave effect similar to an octavia. Especially when using the neck pickup and playing high up on the neck. Listen to clip 3. You can hear that the transistors have been biased perfectly. No blatty, gated fuzz here.

 The circuit is all analog and true bypass. High quality components used. Much care is taken to make sure each unit sounds consistently the same. The finish is a powder-coat plus baked on logo/print. The LED is a clear amber (gold). It can be powered by a 9V battery or 9V+ adapter. The power jack is standard: center is negative and is the typical barrel size. (Adapter not included). 2-year warranty. 

  This is a germanium Fuzz pedal that cleans up very well with guitar's volume knob and sounds great after wah pedal. It also works great with standard 9V power supplies that are daisy-chained with other pedals.

  The Germ Face is a deluxe germanium fuzzface. The goal was to get a it to clean up as much as possible when rolling down your guitar's volume knob. It cleans up so well that it resembles an overdrive effect (especially when using a strat or tele with single coils). Listen to it at youtube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NVoNtobhMSA

Also, I wanted it to cooperate better with a wah before a fuzzface (you can hear my Dunlop 535Q cry baby towards the end of that youtube clip). Putting a wah after a fuzz sounds terrible. You can clearly hear and see pictures of Hendrix with his wah in front of his fuzz on some pictures. Rarely did he do it the other way around.

The Germ Face has more output than the original design and doesn't thin out when putting modulation after it such as a delay pedal. So the output and tone stays consistent. (Just be careful what you put in front of it. Most true bypass pedals are fine...just stay away from buffered bypass in front of most fuzz pedals.) 

If you don't know already, germanium transistors are sensitive to temperature. So they sound best in a temperature controlled room from about 69-75 degrees Fahrenheit. 

  The circuit is all analog and true-bypass. High quality components used. Much care is taken to make sure each unit sounds consistently the same. The finish is a powder-coat plus baked on logo/print. The LED is a clear red.  It can be powered by a 9V battery or 9V adapter. The power jack's center is negative and is the typical barrel size. (Adapter not included). 2 year warranty.