Before I get started, I wanted to say why I’m writing this article. There are a few things that I’ve wanted to address over the last year or so related to the cost of pedals as well as some business decisions that have to be made around pricing. One of the first things that got…
The Kilter
Firstly the TLDR bits. The Kilter will be released on Friday 27th November. It will retail at $210. It is a modulation pedal with a single input, a single output, and two FX loops in parallel. The Kilter modulates your signal between the two FX loops. Basically, when one FX loop gets quieter, the other…
The Fettle Boost Vs. The Canny Fettle Boost
The Fettle Circuit The Wee Fettle Boost was the first circuit we worked on from scratch. It’s pre-Champion Leccy, when this whole thing was just an all-consuming hobby. We originally crammed it into a 1590A enclosure and only made a handful, back in the days when everything was handpainted. The Fettle Boost It’s a simple…
May 2020 – Changes and updates
Hello folks, I hope you’re all doing well. Just a few updates for yous. Firstly as you may have seen, we’re not putting up any more Skitter or Woozy preorder slots. Unfortunately the Electric Druid LFOs that we use in both designs have been held up in the chaos that has become of international shipping….
shipping (April onwards)
edited (Sunday May 10th) I realise that this post is going up on April Fools Day, but… Due to local public safety guidelines, I will only be making one trip to the Post Office per week (fewer if possible). What does that mean for orders? Currently (May), lead time is 1 – 2 weeks. If…
March onwards 2020 – Pandemic Plans
So, for most of us it’s going to be a time of hunkering down and waiting it out. For those of you bored enough to be reading this, I just thought it might be worth giving you an outline for our plans. First and foremost though, I hope everyone is keeping safe. It might seem…
sausage fingers (6) – boxing with sausage fingers
boxing up the prototype of sausage fingers led to some good old troubleshooting.
sausage fingers (5) – designing the PCB
Now sausage fingers is pedal-ready let’s design a PCB… …for sausage fingers!
sausage fingers (4) – oh why not!?
and now in a total U turn I go back on my plans again and get synthy.
sausage fingers (3) – keep it simple, stupid!
I decided to start taking stuff out to make the circuit simpler.