Ross Compressor

Ross Compressor

Type: Compressor

Year: 70’s now long out of production

Made in: USA

Fame: Icon Status

Mojo Factor:

High: Out of product and rare and mythologized. And if has been reference often by boutique builders and do it selfers often

Price: Rare + Beloved=Expensive!

General Sound Description:

Squishy goodness [...]

Kjaerhus Audio Classic Series or a Free Virtual Rack

Plugin developers now days can make some really cool stuff. Users tend to have a lot of computing power to draw on and fancy algorithms are getting better at emulating real hardware seemingly everyday. There are bells and whistle abound. Most of them are worthy of their price. Kjaerhus Audio Classic Series aren’t fancy [...]

Holy Grail

Holy Grail

Maker: Electro-Harmonix

Year: Currently in production

Made in: USA

Fame: Gain wide popularity and respect.

Mojo Factor:

Maybe not to much mojo. Ditigal doesn’t seem to carry much but it does fell a clear need.

cmoy or round and minty fresh!

This mint tin holds my cmoy headphone amplifier. These are often refereed to a mint tin amp. So, I felt obliged to use a mint tin but leave it to me to try and fit a square peg in a round hole. It barely fits in there. I am going to rehouse it so [...]

Java Boost

Java Boost

Maker: Robert Keely

Year: Currently in production

Made in: USA

Fame: This is one of the most popular boutique pedals around.

Mojo Factor: The oc44 more mojo than just about any component and calling up the classic British treble boosted [...]

Fender Blender

Fender Blender (original)

Year: 1974-77

Made in: USA

Fame: Cult Status

Mojo Factor: Somewhat high for the original. It is weird, old and has a few famous users. And it is a FENDER pedal which is quite unusual in itself.

sewatt or the thread awaits

sewatt.com is now open. if you wanna mod a epiphone valve junior or undertake a single ended amp build this is the place for you. or if like me were trying to read through the monster evj thread from 18watt.com you can begin again. i learned a ton just reading that [...]

REASON 4 OR WHEN YOU WISH UPON A STAR

Today propellerheads announced reason 4. It has a bunch of new features I am excited. Most of the added features are things I have always wanted especially an arp unit. The updated sequencer is great also. I think it looks terrific as always. Maybe my luck has changed. I am keeping my fingers crossed [...]

The Jim Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95 (Cry Baby Original)

The Jim Dunlop Cry Baby GCB-95 (Cry Baby Original)

Type: Wah

Year: 1967-Present

Made in:

Italy(original)

USA(after 1985)

Fame: Icon Status

Mojo Factor:

High: It is legendary, historic and used by so many great artist. Yet it is still available, mass produced with lots of other fanciers models available. It obligatory status gets so minus mojo points. [...]

Green Ringer or Who needs pots anyway?

This is the clone I built of the dan armstrong green ringer. It was not even originally a pedal but plugged direct into the guitar jack. That would explain the lack of pots. It may be the simple but it is the best octave(more of a ring modulator in reality) type [...]