Independent Music Professional
Another project done – did a input buffer mod on a Danelectro Dan Echo DE-1. Now this things sounds awesome. If you don’t know the Dan Echo, it’s an inexpensive but very versatile digital delay pedal. It’s not boutique or a fancy high-end rack unit, but what it does, it does it well!
Rather, this post should’ve been entitled “Latest Build: They weren’t kidding when they said working bare aluminum is hard”. More on this later. My latest build, another guitar pedal from Build Your Own Clone is the Silver Pony, which is a clone of the revered Klon Centaur. The Klon Centaur, which apparently has not been in production…
My friend and amateur radio operator Jeff Schmidt N5MNW sent me this link to a very cool documentary about fuzzboxes and guitar pedals in general, featuring Billy Gibbons and several others which I’m sure you’ll recognize. Here’s the trailer: The film was directed Clif Taylor and it’s a really nice piece discussing stomp boxes, their…
