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06 Sep Those Magnificent Modulation Machines!

We hope everyone is doing okay out there. You know it recently dawned on us that it's now over 10 years ago since Effectrode launched our 'Delta-Trem' and 'Phaseomatic' tube pedals, so this month's newsletter

01 Sep Mullard’s Centenary!

Here's a red letter date in the history of science, and electric guitar tone, September 1920… the day that Stanley R. Mullard formed the Mullard Radio Valve Company. As all guitarists know, the thermionic

22 Aug The Brimar Valve Works

A rare photograph of the Brimar valve works on Crittall's Corner, Footscray, Kent next to the Sidcup bypass. This majestic art deco-styled building was originally the Depot and Branch Office of Crittall

22 Mar The lights are still shining

All is very, very quiet here at Effectrode this evening, but things are still ticking over. All the staff have been told to stay safely at home and do what they can there: Rodolphe, our trainee design

06 Mar Win a Blackbird Preamp and other goodies

17 Feb Buffering Bass-ics With The ‘Glass-A’

We recently had a request from a double bass player to modify his Effectrode 'Glass-A' buffer pedal to give it a higher impedance as his bass was fitted with piezo pickups. Piezos sound at their best

12 Nov Binson Echorec Specialist

Are you thinking of buying a vintage Binson 'Echorec' echo effects unit? Well, if so, then this is the place to be. Our website is packed with maintenance tips, repair and restoration advice, technical

31 Aug Got traction?

Hot off the press—brand new Binson 'Echorec' idler wheels! Here in the Effectrode lab we've been busily working around the clock to fabricate high quality new parts for Echorec delay machines. The photo

26 Aug It’s the Creator’s birthday!

Lee de Forest, American inventor, the "Father of Radio", pioneer of sound-on-film recording (a.k.a motion pictures), holder of over 180 U.S. patents and, most significantly, creator of the three-element

26 Jul “That’s one small step for a man…”

"…one giant leap for musician-kind." Fifty years ago, on 16 July 1969, Apollo 11 rocketed away from planet Earth, propelling astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin to

22 Jul Attention this is Echorec control

A herd of Binson baking in the shimmering heat of the Sorrento sun… well, Staffordshire actually. Here at Effectrode we don't only build radical all-tube effects pedals, we also repair, restore and

14 Jul Get real… tube tone!

A rose by any other name would smell as sweet… ah, that is, unless it's an artificial rose. The same can be said of the thermionic tube—that ultimate generator of stratospheric guitar tones. Now,

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