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22 Nov Delta-Trem Owner’s Manual is now online

The Delta-Trem tube tremolo owner's manual is now online. I'm really pleased with the way these manual covers are coming out - they are design classics in their own right. The Delta-Trem has been out

18 Nov Announcing the ‘Mercury’ Vacuum Tube Fuzz

The new 'Mercury' fuzz pedal will be available in limited quantities by mid-December. This very special limited edition fuzz is based on a N.O.S. (new old stock) Philips subminiature tube and vintage

17 Nov Brassed Off About Washers!

After spending many hours trawling the internet for a supplier of quality M12 and M10 washers for Carling footswitches and Neutrik jack sockets Effectrode has taken the decision to custom manufacture

11 Nov Better Tone with Double Mount Getters!

Did you know that the 'Effectrode' PC-2A Compressor, Fire Bottle boost and Mercury fuzz use N.O.S. Philips subminiature tubes with double mount getters? The double mount getter and small electrodes ensure

02 Nov The Endless River

Here's a nice picture of David Gilmour playing his famous black Strat. In the foreground are some of is effects pedals including an Effectrode Tube Drive, Fire Bottle Tube Boost, PC-2A Tube Compressor,

20 Oct Spock’s Brain: First Effectrode Binson Echorec Rebuild

My first Binson Echorec rebuild is reaching completion. It's been an incredibly time consuming and complicated process - a bit like that episode of Star Trek where McCoy has to reconnect Spock's brain.

19 Oct Echorec Oil Bottle Mounting Clip

Today I installed the the motor which is secured by three bolts via rubber anti-vibration mounts to the top panel. You can see these in the background of this picture. In the foreground are the oil bottle

19 Oct Binson Echorec Panel Screws

The Echorec uses quite a few (32 off to be exact) of these little Phillips pan-head self-tapping panel screws to secure the panels. I've been attempting to locate an equivalent, however they don't appear

18 Oct Binson Echorec End Plate

Today's Echorec update. Here's a first look at one of the repainted end-plates after it had been refitted to the chassis. Not a trace of the blue paint remains. I even cleaned the heads of all the panel

16 Oct Echorec Circuit Board After Cleaning

Here's a picture of the circuit board after it has been rewired and cleaned. Isopropyl alcohol was used to remove the flux from when the unit was originally built in 1968. The circuit board was amazingly

16 Oct Echorec Motor Wiring

Not much to say here. Just make sure the wiring is done as shown in the photograph and the motor should be a dream to install back into the the Echorec chassis!

16 Oct Echorec Multi-Section Electrolytic Capacitor Rebuild

If the electrolytic power supply capacitor in your Echorec is original it will almost certainly not be performing as well as when the machine shipped new from the Binson factory half a century ago. This

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