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Orange Squeezer

March 26th, 2007 · Comments Off · Orange Squeezer Build

I spent some time on the weekend working on my Orange Squeezer. I had last left it in a position where some strange things were going on and I didn’t know what to do anymore. So this time, I decided to sit down patiently and carefully go through the circuit, shorting the circuit [...]

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Vox VR30

November 17th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Music Equipment

Some Time ago, I mentioned that I had bought myself a Vox VR30. I’ve now spent a while with the Vox VR30 and now feel like I have enough experience with it to give it a bit of a review.
If you want a good clean sound, this amp is awesome. The clean that [...]

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Bought Myself A Vox VR30 Guitar Amp

July 25th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Music Equipment

Yep you heard right. I also got it for what I felt was a pretty reasonable price.
While Colleen and I were on on our honeymoon last week, we spent a tiny bit of time at Steve’s Music in Montreal. I hadn’t really planned on buying an amp until we got back, but I [...]

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Is The Orange Squeezer Working?

June 11th, 2006 · Comments Off · Orange Squeezer Build

Maybe, maybe not… I fixed the two problems I found last night on my breadboard layout, soldered some jacks and some pots and plugged it in. The good news is there was sound going through the amp, sound that was somewhat different from the sound of a guitar plugged straight in. The [...]

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Found Some of The Orange Squeezer Problems

June 10th, 2006 · Comments Off · Orange Squeezer Build

I bought myself a solderless breadboard and started laying out my circuit using the extra parts I had. Ordering twice of all the components I needed was the smartest thing I’ve done yet in this venture.
On the advice of Dave Green I then pulled up the spec sheet on my JFETs to make sure [...]

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Guitar Pedal Starting Points

May 1st, 2006 · Comments Off · Music Equipment

Jim asked me today about getting started building guitar pedals. After a short conversation I told him I’d send him some of the URLs that have been helpful to me. I thought I’d share them with everyone else while I’m at it.

Tonepad – A great place to help a beginner figure out which [...]

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