My Hotcake handmade in New Zealand.

what's currently riding on my particle board:

1. Boss TU-2

2. Analogman's Boss SD-1/808 Silver Mod

3. Danelectro Dan-echo

4. EHX Frequency Analyzer

5. Boss PS-5 (Super Shifter)

currently on the bench:

danelectro Fab Tone, EHX Big Muff, DOD Envelope Filter, Boss AC-2

DoD sample loop delay, perculator, and a pedal i built that runs the guitar signal through a D.C. motor which is much like holding a drill up to the pickups, but was built BEFORE mr van halen did this.

Vintage EH Small Stone - that must be the best pedal I've ever used. It's just fantastic.

Other than that, Boss TU2, Boss DS1, Vintage EH Big Muff, and an 80's Ibanez chorus which I modded to give a triangle wave pitch bend (it's fucking weird).

DOD 250 overdrive/preamp reissue model. loads of mild overdrive sounds. got it cheap because the shop couldnt get rid of it. DOD seem to be really uncool in the u.k. also use a nine volt nirvana bronto jr. goes from mild(ish) toppy drive to bardo pond-esque scuzz.

alex maiolo wrote:I love Electro Harmonix stuff, and think the big boxes look classic, but can't afford the real estate on my small pedalboard. I hope they start putting other effects in the smaller boxes. I mounted my Holy Grail in an old spare Hammond box and I like it much better. Those sound great too.

look like you got your wish they are doing just that...

A modded Mk2 Rat (no LED) great for pushing a lightly clipped amp but sounds fucking awful when the distortion knob is wound anywhere past 2.
Roger Mayer Axis fuzz - great fuzz, doesn't get muddy when playing chords nice top end grit too.
Original Mk1 Triangle knob Big Muff - the best distortion ever, by no means a one trick pony (not to be confused with the red & black 70's BM's that sound like shit), can completely saturate to the point of destruction but every note is audible.
Chuck Collins Harmonic Percolator - Sounds errrrrr, hhhmmmmm OK-ish. Not as impressed with it as the reviews would claim, luckily it was cheap. Very noisy and doesn't like working with other pedals (either before or after the chain).

Despised pedals - Tube Screamers, sound like every crap Boss fuzz / distortion only with the added benefit of having a flat battery..... or am I missing something?
Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face - One trick done badly. Shit

boss - superoverdrive

Despite having bought piles of pedals, I have found myself plugging straight in lately. After years of trying to get my sound out of a pedal, I have ended up being able to make the oddball guitar sounds I like by just trying to alter my technique.

However, I do lots of 'noisy effect' stuff. Lately this ends up with me patching pedals and mics into a Korg MS-20 (possibly the ultimate 'pedal'). Here's one chain I'm currently a fan of:
Kick mic (when playing with drummer) into External Signal Processor; cheap Radio Shack mic > Fuzz Factory > External Audio Input; Synth output into delay.
I can 'sing' through the synth, get horrifying oscillations from the Fuzz Factory, gate it all with the Korg's keyboard or the kick drum, and feed synth tones into the mess. Lotsa fun.

I've also triggered the Korg via guitar (it doesn't really track too well), and played guitar through the filters (which can be awesome). It is an effects-hound paradise...I've had it for years, and I still stumble on new stuff to do with it.

Antero wrote:-I just built Doug Hammond's Highway 89 overdrive, and it's amazing. Simply gorgeous. Took some effort to build for an electrical newbie like me, but it was worth the effort. Oh man.

Do you have a schematic for the 89?

Ben Adrian