Wednesday, November 9, 2011

The first of a new generation - Doppel Guitar pedals.

Well it seems that my pedal building powers have matured a little. I have been doing a lot of work on the actual look and design of the pedals rather than copying a circuit and bunging it in a little metal box. The Orange Squealer was one of my first pedals. Built from scratch and heavily modified from the original schematic this pedal was the product of accident through process of elimination. The Orange Squealer is a high gain booster pedal. Giving you only a high gain overdrive that sings and squeals like some kind of  howling banshee. Loads of sustain makes it a great lead pedal that rocks mids and highs like nothing else on earth. This pedal produces high frequencies rather well. Pinched harmonics are easier than ever and its range gives great cut through for the mix.
The  controls, or rather control on the Orange Squealer is a simple Boost / Cut knob with the middle setting giving you a "unity" gain that matches the bypassed signal. The pedal boasts high quality components a true bypass switch and a swanky blue LED as a power indicator. The battery cuts off if the input is unplugged to help save accidental "on-age" from eating yo 9 volts. The pot is super smooth, I mean really! I could sit here all day playing with this knob control. The finish was a bit of a mission to figure out. You cant see it on the photo but its got a nice satin like, slightly textured effect that
Sunday, November 6, 2011

Gibson Nighthawk - The Prodigal son returns




This beautiful example of one of Gibson's better experiments has got to be genius. The Gibson Nighthawk was Gibson's attempt at creating the worlds most versatile guitar. And to be honest, they actually pulled it off. This guitar has a huge amount of range. You can get glassy Stratiness out of it and with the flick of a switch you can fall into full creamy Humbucker "Les Paul" heaven. Originally scorned by both Fender and Gibson fans, the Nighthawk never really took off and was discontinued just a few years after its carnation.

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