admiralchew

Good luck!

It seems wrong to ‘like’ this post. I’m sorry to hear about how you feel; I hope you get your mojo back!

It's been a big week or so for pedals here. Damnation Audio's Big to be more precise. Made in conjunction with Pet Symmetry, it's modelled after the Sanford & Sonny Bluebeard (a brilliant fuzz) and a boost pedal. Like everything of Damnation Audio's I've tried (MBD2, MBD3, Dirtfixer, Spite Box) it works rather well and actually makes me excited to play with a pick. Big-foot-esque blurry photo below.

It may be worth checking this out in the meantime: https://www.broughtonaudio.com/product-page/fliptop

I’d be interested in attending too please!

Yesterday was an exciting one: a pedal I've been waiting for for a couple of years arrived. The backstory is a bit convoluted but I ended up with a 3 Leaf Audio Chromatron that was a little battered and losing its graphics. I reached out to Zac Sweeney at Malaise Forever and asked if he would be willing to finish it however he liked because I love his designs. That was in May 2023. A lot has happened with Malaise Forever shutting down and then reopening in a different form; there were times I wasn't sure I would see the pedal again so it made opening the box yesterday very sweet. I've posted some photos of the finished article below (and, as a bonus, I now have a box for the pedal!).

That makes sense. In deep dark COVID times (mid-2021 to early 2022) Andertons and PMT were selling new HH Specials at £2,899 a pop.

Lives up to the claim. Love it! I think that’s the best Doom 2 finish too.

Haha, it’s true I’ve had boards that would match that description. I’ve not tried an Analogman pedal though and that looks cool.

What a claim! Love it. Do you have a photo of the whole thing?

It’s one of their Teambuilt (so German-made) annual limited models where they change things up a bit in terms of spec. It’s the bolt-on LX model and has a black korina body and Bartolini soapbars in it. Here’s a demo (playing at 2:09 onwards):

I have pau ferro on a fretted Warwick Streamer and on the Fender Jaco fretless jazz and I like it a lot on both. In fact, I liked it so much on the Warwick that I was giving serious consideration to using it on a custom bass. I loved how warm the tone was, albeit it’s difficult to discern how much of that is down to the fretboard wood and how much is down to other factors.

Looking forward to seeing it! I hope you love it!

I’ve used Aitken Audio (https://www.aitkenaudio.co.uk) in Sheffield three or four times when getting pedals mended and I think Neil at NRG (https://shop.nrgeffects.com) does some repair work too.

A nice ode to the Prunes & Custard.

The COG pedal looks very involved! What does it do?

Thank you for setting me on my way with it! I hope all’s good for you.

I recently sold a couple of pedals to Rich. Communication was quick and pleasant and everything went quickly and smoothly. A good experience and would be happy to deal with again.