The Pedals I Most Commonly Make: Flanger, Phaser, Chorus, and Vibrato Variations
No two of my pedals have ever had the same artwork; I paint each one individually.
1. Flanger
This is the Flangioplasty, based on a circuit board lovingly torn out of a DOD FX75B. Use it as a typical mono/stereo flanger, or to create various combinations of echo, pitch-bending, UFO, fake-theremin, warped-record, or squealing noises!
The numbered toggle switches control increasing delay time. They introduce different ranges of feedback/oscillation tones, from high to deep. The D1 and D2 knobs control the depth within those ranges.
The “echo” switch creates an echo that can be of varying depth with the controls noted above. The “Stop” switch makes the feedback noise from the four depth switches become a single tone/note, the pitch of which you can change with the D2 and/or D1 knob.
2. Phaser
The Milton Slade Memorial Stereo Phaser is based on a circuit board carefully ripped out of a DOD FX20B. The four new switches on this phase shifter can be combined with the three stock controls to create a very wide range of phasing tones and effects. One switch increases the max speed, while each of the other three switches adds a different element of choppiness, depth, or filtering to the sound.
3. Chorus
Based on a circuit board delicately yanked out of a DOD FX65. This is an analog chorus that uses the MN3007 chip. In addition to the stock controls, I’ve added switches for faster max speed, two stages of additional pitch-altering depth, and a choppier sound. Using these, you can create sounds from typical 1980s corny chorus to robotic-sounding rubber-bandlike tones.
4. Pitch Vibrato Variations
Using various 1980s circuit boards, I have built clean-pitch-vibrato/boost combo pedals (mono output, true-bypass), pitch vibrato with flanging/regeneration and boost added (see photo below with the lizard and horse; the six-position rotary switch adds different pitch-bending depths and flanger tones, and the Regen knob blends in flanger tones to the vibrato), and more. The most recent model I've created has been the Early Fence Fuzzy Pitch Modulator, which is a pitch-vibrato pedal with a silicon fuzz circuit in front to boost volume and clipping; it is noisy and low-fi (photo below with dog and scared light bulb). See samples of some of these on the Video Demos page!
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