What is it? Korg PB-01 Pitchblack Chromatic Tuner. Made in china around early to mid 00’s. Another chromatic tuner? Yes. One can’t have too many tuners. Ok, that’s not as good thing to say as one can’t have too many fuzzes, but tuners do have differences. And i do enjoy trying different ones out and…
Month: November 2014
Danelectro DJ21 Black Coffee
What is it? Danelectro DJ21 Black Coffee Metal Distortion from Mini series. Made in china around mid-00’s. Finishing up with the Dano mini series with the last unit. With this one i’ve finally covered each and every one of these plasticky things. Some were surprisingly good, some very decent to say at least and some…
DOD FX76 Punkifier
What is it? DOD FX76 Punkifier from FX series. Made in USA late 1995. I find the back catalog of DOD FX series to be very interesting. There are a lot of great designs and original ideas in there. And there are a number of boring and dull designs. FX76 Punkifier is not dull. At…
Acid Age Electronics Pale Mare
What is it? Acid Age Electronics Pale Mare Fuzz Device. Made in USA and judging by the serial number, the unit is most likely made in 2013. Seems like Acid Age electronics came to be after the brand Earthbound Audio seized to exist. And Acid Age Electronics seized to exist later and currently there is…
Bespeco Weeper
What is it? Bespeco Weeper Wah/Volume pedal. Made in italy, sometime in the 90’s. Nothing comes cheaper than this. Oh well. This may not be entirely correct thing to say. At one point i bought a Daphon Wah, just for its enclosure. I thought i could use that for some wah/distortion project, so i had…
Nux AS3 Modern Amp Simulator
What is it? Nux AS3 Modern Amp Simulator. Made in china around mid to late 00’s I don’t know what it is. I really can’t point my finger to one particular thing on these and say; “this is why i like Nux Effects!”. But i do. Or least i did. I recall talking to people…
Yamaha CO-10MII Compressor
What is it? Yamaha CO-10MII. Made in japan, 1984. Date is determined from capacitor date codes. Continuing with another fine specimen from Yamaha’s 10MII series. This unit is one of those i’ve sourced from a local guitar building wizard, Mr. Lindén. I know i’m a sucker for this enclosure type, so every time one shows…
Schaller TR-68 Tremolo
What is it? Schaller TR-68 Tremolo. Made in germany, possibly around 90’s. Not sure about the date, but this version is without an indicator LED which is present in the later models. I used to own one of these back in the days when millennium changed, but for a reason or another, i had to…
Colorless writings, part 17 – Words
What now? With a title “Words”, i’m referring to the difficulty of humanly express the tone and its qualities. You know, almost everyone is familiar with what anyone means when he/she is referring to that “mid-hump” usually associated with Tubescreamers and derivatives. But how does one describe the difference between yellow, red or blue clipper…
Ibanez MSL Metal Screamer
What is it? Ibanez MSL Metal Screamer from Master series. Made in japan around 1986. These seem to be rather rare these days. And with rarity, or scarcity, come a price tag that’s not for everyone. I happened to score this unit with some nicks and dents from Mr. Lindén in a batch deal for…