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Permalink Reply by Sleepy John on November 26, 2013 at 6:14am

Very nice, I could be tempted!!!

Do you make any other gear? Would always prefer to buy from someone on here rather than an anonymous ebayer.

Permalink Reply by Alan Hodges on November 26, 2013 at 7:45am

 Hi john, thanks for the comment. As yet I don't have anything built but I am currently looking at some basic,fun microphones and maybe some other pedals. Time(and money!), as always is the enemy, but as soon as I do I will post them here. I have made little practise amps out of the "ruby" kit you can buy(Check out my jack daniels amp on my pictures) and a couple of distortion type pedals, which I took to this years boxstock festival.

Many thanks, Alan. 

Permalink Reply by Martin Parsons on December 12, 2013 at 10:17am

Hi Alan,

The pedal arrived safely yesterday, thanks for the prompt dispatch.

It sounds great.  I tested it through my Epiphone Valve Junior. With the pedal control at 11.00 the amp is just starting to break up nicely.  As the gain on the pedal is increased a lovely singing sustain starts to emerge, until at full gain we are firmly into Chernobyl territory, but in a good way.  Appearance wise the decal looks nice and neat, as does the soldering.  Thanks for the good work.

Martin

 

Permalink Reply by Alan Hodges on December 12, 2013 at 9:24pm

Hi Martin. Thanks for the feedback. Enjoy disturbing the neighbours!!!

Alan.

Permalink Reply by Jeff McCall on February 25, 2014 at 10:11am

I recieved my pedal from Alan the other day and have now had a chance to play with it.

I particularly like the fact that it can be set to negative as well as positive boost.

I tested it with a 6 string guitar as I've yet to get a CBG and ran it through my Fender Mustang 3 amp set to model a basic '57 Champ valve amp.

The +ve side provides a nice level of boost for a solo without going overboard. However, I found the sound better if I set the boost to -ve with the pedal on and switched it off to get the boost effect. It may have been the way it interacts with that model of amp; sounds nice that way anyway. I'll have to try with some other amp models.

Looking around inside there's a tidy bit of work in there! All in all a useful addition to my pedals. Good job Alan, thanks very much.

Permalink Reply by Alan Hodges on March 2, 2014 at 11:20pm

Hi Jeff, thanks for the feedback. I think your right in that each amp is going to react differently to these pedals. I have tried it through a standard, non modelling amp and then through the various settings on my Roland micro cube and do get different results. All of them useful in their own way as you discovered by using it as a "negative" boost! Hope you contInue to enjoy!
Cheers, Alan.