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| "Custom effects construction (building effects specifically requested by an individual) is the most valuable tool to me as an effects pedal builder/designer. Being available to build effects on a custom basis allows me to discover what the working musician needs. It gives me the opportunity to have my work tested in a real working environment and is the cornerstone for PedalDoctor FX pedals. The input and feedback that I get during the custom design process is priceless." |
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| Coming Soon: Sound Clips!! Hear the 8-Ball Octave!! |
| A couple of years ago, I recieved a call from Ryan Wariner, an unbelieveable guitarist with an ear bent on great tone, to build a tube preamp pedal based on the original Chandler Tube Driver. When it was finished it simply sounded great! I was able to make some small improvements in the pedals funcionality like true-bypass switching and the elimination of the transformer hum that plagued so many of the original ones, making this one of my favorite "custom" projects. Since then, Ryan has become a great friend and is now my first call when it comes to beta testing my new designs. His father, Steve Wariner also liked the pedal so much that he had me build one for him. I'm pretty proud of the fact that I've got TWO great Wariner guitarists using this custom pedal design! |
| This is a great pedal project that started out as a simple switcher that allows the user to plug three instruments into one amp and set the volume forall three to be the same. Instead of making it a passive device, I built it to actually amplify the weaker sounding instruments to be equal to the loudest one. It has a couple of great features that were too obviously cool and useable to leave out. First of all it can also be used as a pair of boosters when only one instrument is plugged into it. The #1 input is just a bypass and the #2 and #3 inputs when not used, become boosters for the insturment plugged into #1. Second, the boosters can either be used as a clean boost or if used agressively, can be used as a pair of KILLER overdrives! That means that you can have a clean, rhythm, and lead sound from one pedal. It's also worth mentioning that the boosters are VERY transparent and VERY quiet making this a great session guitarists custom utility pedal. |
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| 8-Ball "Octavia" Pedal |
| More Custom Pedals |
| About a year ago I began experimenting with an Octavia-type design that could be used with an existing overdrive to add that 60's style "octave-over" sound but could be capable of generating enough gain to be used as an overdrive and an octave at the same time. Well Here' the completed test pedal! The 8-Ball Octave! |
| Valve Driver Tube Overdrive |
| Tri-Add Booster/Switcher |
