JapanAxe

For anyone who may be wondering whether this amp is loud enough to gig with, I'm going to say... probably not! But without a drum kit, maybe.

And another payday bump!

A bunch of budget patch cables for whatever purpose you desire! 9x 50cm straight 1x 90cm straight 2x 50cm angled 4x 30cm angled All tested and working fine. Lengths are conservative and exclude plugs. £10 the lot delivered in the UK.

With more shiny things acquired or heading my way, it's time to clear some space on my pedal shelf. Maxon AD999 Analog Delay This is a stellar analog delay that I've owned for 20 years and never thought I'd sell. In my country band it was always on, either as a slapback or a longer atmospheric delay. In recent years I have come to want modulation and preferably tap tempo, and sadly this has neither. Maxon developed their own BBD chips, of which this has eight (8), giving a maximum delay time of 900ms. The delay sound is clear and sweet, but not squeaky clean like a digital delay. Here's a Guitar Player review. Excellent condition, boxed with manual. £160 delivered in the UK. Arion SAD-3 Analog Delay Probably analog delay's last gasp before the Carbon Copy brought about its resurgence. Unlike the SAD-1, this squeezes up to 200ms out of a single Panasonic MN3208 BBD chip. Consequently the delay is short, dark, and somewhat low in level unless you whack up the Depth control. In excellent condition with box and manual. £65 delivered in the UK. Walrus Audio Fundamental Reverb Provides 3 types of reverb, of which the Plate is my favourite. The Mix control allows you to dial in more reverb than dry signal, right up to 100% wet, so it can be used in a series loop (most amps) or parallel (some Laneys). In very good condition, with hook velcro on the base for fitting straight onto your pedal board. £95 delivered in the UK. FuzzDog Micro-V Envelope Filter Built by me from a FuzzDog kit, the circuit is based on a Mutron Micro V. All works as it should, but after an initial burst of wack-wacka lunacy, I kind of lost interest and have never found myself needing it on a pedalboard. Rubber feet on the base. The white spray-painted finish has sustained a couple of nicks, otherwise it is as you see it. Yours for £45 delivered in the UK. Boss AC3 Acoustic Simulator Does what it says on the tin - turns your clean electric sound into a passable facsimile of an acoustic. I think it sounds best with 'G. AMP OUT' into a clean guitar amp. In excellent condition with box and manual. £60 delivered in the UK. Burford Electronics Robot Ring Modulator (with useful mods) Not just any robot but one that has been out on the lash, scranned a kebab, had a fight, tried to shag a dustbin, and is now throwing up in a shop doorway - that's the sound you're hearing! You're probably not going to play Valerie through this but great fun can be had by tuning the oscillator to the key of the song and letting rip. (Some oscillator signal is audible when the pedal is engaged but nothing is being played.) This came to me faulty but I have rectified the wiring issues. I have also made it more user-friendly by adding a 9V power inlet (was previously battery-only) and a status LED. Some dings to the paintwork as per the photos. Comes with instructions. £75 delivered in the UK. Danelectro Cool Cat Tremolo A lovely optical trem. I think it shares the circuit with the earlier Tuna Melt (which I used to own) and the more recent Billionaire Filthy Rich. I was going to keep this but That Pedal Shelf is struggling under the weight... Controls for Speed and Depth, plus the Hard setting on the Hard/Soft switch takes you straight to choppy square-wave mode. In excellent condition with box - yours for £40 posted in the UK. Dazatronyx Optical Tremolo As far as I know, a unique design, hand-built in Australia. You don't see many over here. Controls for Rate, Tuning, and Boost. Tuning is kind of like depth but also affects the overall volume, and you then compensate with the Boost to taste. Mechanical true bypass switching. Operates from a standard 9V boss-style adaptor or a PP3 battery. In excellent condition, and just look at that artwork! No box, velcro on the base ready for your pedalboard! £85 posted in the UK.

For those without the time or inclination to trawl through the build thread, here are some specs: James tone stack (independent treble and bass) Cathode biased power amp Pre-amp valves: 2x Sylvania 6SL7GT, JAN standard Output valves: 2x Shuguang 6L6GC 'coke bottle', modern production Rectifier valve: JJ GZ34 Transformers: Primary Windings Speaker output jacks: 4ohm, 8ohm, 16ohm (use only one at a time!) Output power: measured at 22.5W RMS Dimensions: approx. 31cm W x 20cm H x 25cm D