Everything you ever wanted to know about 73 Effects

Here's my interview with effectsdatabase.com. 73 Effects Brand Interview

Vintage Overdrive - one-off custom pedal

I've been doing a bit of custom work lately so here's a great example. This is the Vintage Overdrive - a DOD 250-based overdrive with a separate dirty boost. It's a 70's grey-box 250 spec with more gain and switchable clipping diodes.

This pedal is one of one, custom-built for Steve "Vintage" Vlaminck of Media PA-based R3. (http://r3band.com/) . I like it so much I'll be adding it to the official roster as the Wee Heavy Overdrive. Stay tuned.  

Super-Fuzz goin' way down south

73 Effects has hit the Sunshine State. Thanks to Bruce Pyes of Ft. Lauderdale FL for being the latest Super-Fuzz customer and the first with the new PCB version.

How about a little fire, Scarecrow?

Announcing the latest addition to the 73 Effects roster - the Wicked Witch. Take a dirty transistor boost and shove it into a vintage Clyde McCoy wah-wah circuit and you get a solo/lead boost pedal that just flat-out screams. The boost control adds grit and volume while the "Heel-Toe" control lets you adjust the wah sweep so you can leave it in one spot- think Mick Ronson or Michael Schenker's tone.  The range switch gives you three sweep ranges from screechy treble to woofy bass. Somewhere in there you will find the sweet spot that will cut through any mix. It works magic for a sterile lead tone on a solid-state amp and makes tube amps spit fire. You have been warned.

The Wicked Witch was developed with Johnny Wator of The Last Vegas - gig tested, tweaked, and refined until it was...well, wicked. The fun starts with a dirty diode-clipped transistor boost that kicks the gain, sustain, and harmonics up a notch. The rest  is pure vintage McCoy - a real wah circuit that features a Sabbadius Soul inductor, the most accurate replica of the ancient Vox halo inductor we could find. Add some NOS Mullard Tropical Fish capacitors and BC109B transistors to complete the trip back in time. True bypass switching and a 9v adapter jack bring it into the 21st century.




















The Wicked Witch is available with a four-week lead time for $160 plus shipping.

Super-Fuzz spotted at Summerfest - Milwaukee WI.

The Last Vegas killing it at Summerfest in Milwaukee, WI on June 10. Check out the Super-Fuzz at Johnny Wator's feet. Can't miss that big red box.

Another Super-Fuzz Unleashed

Thanks to Siege Whitman, the newest Super-Fuzz owner. Listen for Siege channelling his inner Pete Townshend - you'll hear it. Trust me.

Latest Super-Fuzz customer

A big thanks to Johnny Wator, guitarist for the Chicago glam/sleaze rock band The Last Vegas for adding a Super-Fuzz to his arsenal. Check out The Last Vegas here: http://www.thelastvegas.com and catch them on tour this fall.