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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

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

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

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

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

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

21 Jun Impostor alert!

It's no exaggeration to say that here at Effectrode we're committed tube anoraks, but even we get duped every now and then. Take a close look at the photo above. In the red corner,

19 Jun Cute, but essential!

This super compact FS-1A external dual footswitch (footprint is less than half that of a Fender footswitch) makes it possible to bypass and switch between the clean and overdrive channels

19 May True Blue Glass

There's only one sure thing in the wonderful world of vacuum tubes and that is, no matter how much you may think you know about these fascinating thermionic devices, there's always

03 Apr Welcome To The Machines

The Effectrode effects pedal production line experienced a momentary lapse in operation last month as we decided to find some time in our busy life to get our Binson 'Echorec' service

10 Mar Emerald Green Printed Circuit Boards

There's circuit boards and then there's Effectrode circuit boards. Our printed circuit boards (PCBs) are manufactured from high quality FR-4 glass-reinforced epoxy laminate, more accurately

05 Mar Serious Tone Tools for Strats

This couple of miniature all-tube pedals are incredible tone enhancing devices for Strats, or any guitar fitted with single-coil pickups. The PC-2A photo-optical tube compressor will

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