nerd is the word

Because we're smug bastards, and also because we're fairly poor (but mainly because we're smug bastards) me and Ian like to dabble in guitar pedal building. In my case, they normally come out FAR worse than the stock pedal, but this can always be passed-off as boutique, hand-wired "character". Ian usually fairs better.

Anyway, with guitar recording approaching quickly, weather permitting, this next week will be spent hastily assembling anything that might be useful.

Here is an unassembled MXR Distortion+:



If you're thinking, "there's not much in that for an RRP of £79.99", you'd be right.

Hardware is in short supply, so fully working pedals are being frantically sacrificed. One such beneficiary of a maimed donor case and jacks is this Fuzz Face clone, which couldn't be any uglier:



Pride of place though has to go to Ian for this horrific orgy of unboxed pedals:



If I remember rightly, that's a ZVex Super Hard On, a snooty op-amp version of a Big Muff and some kind of vibrato pedal.

So yeah, soz for the geek-out, but it's a means to an end. The end being copious guitar gurning pictures.

In other news, we're working on a track for an album of Mo*ho*bish*o*pi covers. Project details are here.

Crabb


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