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We've just received a small shipment of custom purple tortoiseshell picks inscribed with the Effectrode logo and will be including several of these picks with all effects pedal orders placed direct from

24 Dec Louis Barron: Pioneer of Tube Audio Effects

The movie 'Forbidden Planet' was one of my early experiences of science fiction. As a geeky kid into science, space and raised in the midlands of England this movie was a lifeline and undoubtedly one

23 Dec Before Dr Who

A beautifully crafted and nostalgic BBC drama - "An Adventure in Space and Time" - recently swept me back to 1963, a magical moment in time where the enthusiasm and creative energy of a handful of actors,

03 Dec Old Computer Tubes: An Illogical Choice for Tone?

Possibly… but there are a few factors to consider before installing old "computer rated" tubes in a guitar amplifier or an effects pedal. Firstly, early digital computers, such as ENIAC (Electronic

12 Nov Custom Made Guitar Effects Pedalboards and Cases

These beautiful guitar effects pedalboards and cases with leather handles and tweed fabric covering are hand-crafted by Heath Verrall, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, United Kingdom. Heath builds several

25 Oct Building the Perfect Delay

Sorry there's not been a progress report on the Effectrode delay for sometime. This year we've been busy getting other pedals into production (Helios fuzz, new Tube Drive and Blackbird preamp), however

23 Oct Sounds That Can’t Be Made – Marillion

Thankyou to Steve Rothery! - it's a real honour to be mentioned in the credits list on the new Marillion album, 'Sounds that Can't Be Made'. This album is well worth a listen as it is exceptionally well

18 Oct Time to search for a few more N.O.S. subminiature tubes!

Over the last few years I've become more and more aware that prices of N.O.S. tubes are on the increase as stocks dry up. There was a time when I could purchase boxes of 100 JAN Philips 12AT7 for under

19 Sep Forbidden Tone! – Tube Ring Modulators for the BBC

I've been building circuits - vacuum tube buffered ring modulator with neon relaxation oscillators to be exact - for the BBC. Tune in to Radio 3 on Saturday evening at 9.30PM to hear weird and wonderful

10 Sep Got Knobs!

First shipment of authentic Daka-Ware - Chicago chicken head knobs has just arrived today. These knobs are manufactured using the original moulds made by the Daka-Ware Company back in the 1940s and I

18 Aug The Tube Drive is back!

A batch of 100 new design TUBE DRIVE pedals are almost complete. I'm just waiting on chickenhead knobs (authentic U.S.A. manufactured Dakaware, not the Chinese copies) to be delivered. If you'd like to

18 Aug The ‘COLOSSUS’ Digital Computer

A long overdue trip to Bletchley Park to see the 'Colossus' digital computer - containing 1500 triodes, pentodes and thyratron tubes. It was an utterly incredible engineering achievement for it's time,

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