Tone Freak Effects Abunai
What is it? Tone Freak Effects Abunai. Made in USA,2008. More like a boutique brand, the Tone Freak Effects apparently gained some recognition in the latter half of the 00’s. However, the little...
View ArticleSchaller TR-68 Tremolo
What is it? Schaller TR-68 Tremolo. Made in germany, possibly around 90’s. Not sure about the date, but this version is without an indicator LED which is present in the later models. I used to own one...
View ArticleBespeco Weeper
What is it? Bespeco Weeper Wah/Volume pedal. Made in italy, sometime in the 90’s. Nothing comes cheaper than this. Oh well. This may not be entirely correct thing to say. At one point i bought a...
View ArticleAcid Age Electronics Pale Mare
What is it? Acid Age Electronics Pale Mare Fuzz Device. Made in USA and judging by the serial number, the unit is most likely made in 2013. Seems like Acid Age electronics came to be after the brand...
View ArticleAxtron OCT-5 Octaver
What is it? Axtron OCT-5 Octaver. Made in japan, possibly in the late 80’s or early 90’s. The sucker for down octaves that i am, i just had to get this pastic thing. It wasn’t even that cheap, but...
View ArticleMonarch MCO-22 Compressor
What is it? Monarch MCO-22 Compressor. Made in japan around mid to late 80’s. Got this one in a trade. Could have bought it straight off, since the price was right. There is always something...
View ArticleRolls RFX970 Vibraflange
What is it? Rolls RFX970 Vibraflange. Made in USA, 1993. For some reason i wasn’t aware the amount of stuff in the back catalog of this company called Rolls. The reasonably priced headphone amplifiers...
View ArticleDiMavery EPDL-50 Delay
What is it? DiMavery EPDL-50 Delay. Made by Daphon in china around late 00’s or early 10’s. I was on the hunt for the original Daphon branded E20DL as it’s apparently the same circuit as for Daphon...
View ArticleWay Huge WHE702 Echo Puss
What is it? Way Huge WHE702 Echo Puss. Made by Dunlop in 2010’s. A guy offered this in a trade. And being the type of analog delay friend that i am, i had very little choice but to go for it. This is...
View ArticleRoger Mayer Voodoo-1
What is it? Roger Mayer Voodoo-1 Distortion. Made in UK in early 90’s. Possibly 1993. Got this unit in a trade from a friend (thx Jaakko!). Mr. Mayer is The Original Boutiquer, so obviously i was...
View ArticleFender Yngwie Malmsteen signature overdrive
I know it’s been a while since my previous post, but i’ve never been away completely. Just swamped with other aspects in life. Like renovating a house to host my build desk and small recording studio...
View ArticleGreg Fryer Brian May Signature Treble Booster Touring
What is it? Greg Fryer Brian May Signature Treble Booster Touring. Monster named unit that’s made most likely in th UK around 2010. Don’t know where to begin. Got one of these in a trade and figured...
View ArticleBig Jam (Multivox) SE-1 Phaser
What is it? Multivox Big Jam SE-1 Phaser. Designed in Hauppauge, New York, made in Japan. Most likely made late 70’s. It was a cold and dark late winter night. Ok, it may have been closer to spring or...
View ArticleRicken’s Fuzz FR III
What is it? Ricken’s Fuzz FR III, made by Jen in Italy around mid 70’s for “Ricken’s” and molested by several people later on. To begin with, Jen used to make their III Fuzz for couple of brands,...
View ArticleBogner Wessex Overdrive
What is it? Bogner Wessex Overdrive from Amplifier Transformer series. Made in USA late 2014 at esarliest. Bogner started to build boutique guitar amplifiers way back in 1989 by revising and modding...
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