2015 Miscellaneous


Some kind of vactrol-controlled vibrato that I whipped up for Liz Meredith for the holidays. It’s strange – pitch is controlled by the intensity of the attack of the instrument. Looking forward to seeing what she can do with a bow on this thing.

Basically the same circuit as the previous vibrato, but with more fuzz. Because who can’t have too much fuzz?

The Green Standard – a two-in-one that mixes a Gold Standard with a Green Ringer at the input. The sounds are… thud-like. This one be in Texas.

A clone of the Dan Armstrong Green Ringer – I’ve been meaning to build one of these for a while and finally found the time to cobble it together. Amazingly, it has some nice compressor-ly qualities when plugged to the output of my modular. Go figure. Fun fact: This has also been first on my pedalboard for at least a decade now, primarily since it also pairs quite well with various prepared metallic clippy things.

Vibrato Number 3 – this one adds a click less switch, an external input trim and a fancy Mercury dime for decoration. This one was a custom order from Ian M in Virginia. This would also be the first of possibly too many devices that were adorned with various coinage, largely due to an abundance of coins and epoxy at the homestead.

Another one of the Vibrato’s I’ve been messing around with, as well as another fine example of me gluing a coin to a box and calling it decorated. Ten points for consistency, as well as a futile attempt to use up all the fast-set epoxy before Xime start climbing. This one’s in Costa Rica, helmed by Pau’s 17 year old cousin Augustine, who, upon this revision is now closer to 30 and beginning to build some of his own hardware.

Another experimental 2-in-one combining the vibrato circuit and the 4-transistor fuzz off the “secret menu” – not to mention another attempt at using up the epoxy. It’ll happen, I swear. At the moment, this guy lives in Sweden.

The Mangrove – mixing a Pejibaye with a 70’s IC Muff Fuzz. This thing gets loud. Christmas present for my metal-listening, Magic-playing officemate.