Zone1 My birthday present to me!

[Orangecat]

A little early, but these gems don’t come up for sale very often:

 

[luiza]

My birthday present to me!​

An orange mouse ?

Or, a personally hand written card from King Cat , Mr Donald " Orange " Trump.

 

[toobfreak]

A little early, but these gems don’t come up for sale very often:
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Congrats! I used to modify and repair some effects boxes for a famous guitarist.

 

[sealybobo]

A little early, but these gems don’t come up for sale very often:
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Sweet. I just play chords. Rhythm guitar. But I can sing too. If you’re looking to start a band

 

[Mr Natural]

I still have this guy:

Bought it right after Satisfaction came out and it still works!

 

[Orangecat]

Congrats! I used to modify and repair some effects boxes for a famous guitarist.

Which one?

 

[Orangecat]

I still have this guy:

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Bought it right after Satisfaction came out and it still works!

Nice. I’ve got a couple of those, one working, one dead.
Pigdog makes a clone of one, too:

 

[Slade3200]

A little early, but these gems don’t come up for sale very often:
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Send me your address… I’ll send you a cube

 

[toobfreak]

I still have this guy:

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Bought it right after Satisfaction came out and it still works!

Are you familiar with the RAT effects box? I made a custom vacuum tube version of one long ago for a famous guitarist friend with special transconductance curves plus fixed a few others for him. I guess I could technically say that in a sense, he owed me for his trademark sound.

But I did it out of love and friendship, not money nor profit nor fame.

 

[toobfreak]

Which one?

Which boxes or which guitarist?

 

[Orangecat]

Are you familiar with the RAT effects box? I made a custom vacuum tube version of one long ago for a famous guitarist friend with special transconductance curves plus fixed a few others for him. I guess I could technically say that in a sense, he owed me for his trademark sound.

But I did it out of love and friendship, not money nor profit nor fame.

Old rats are big bucks now. I grew up in Michigan and they were a dime a dozen, being built in Kalamazoo and all.

 

[Orangecat]

Which boxes or which guitarist?

Both.

 

[toobfreak]

Nice. I’ve got a couple of those, one working, one dead.
Pigdog makes a clone of one, too:
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Fuzz tones are such a simple circuit. Basically, all they do is drive the amplifier stage into severe nonlinearity. In the early days, it was hard to make transistors stay linear.

 

[toobfreak]

Both.

Well the RAT and a few others, one from the 60s that was used in a 60s band that fell into disfavor and parts and service became scarce which is what got me involved in the first place plus a couple of my own, but the guitarist is dead now and that is a bit too personal that I don't generally share with strangers, especially here where I could be sure only to get trolls laughing and scoffing at me calling me a liar (or bragging). But I'm sure you've heard of him. A British guitarist.

 

[Orangecat]

Fuzz tones are such a simple circuit. Basically, all they do is drive the amplifier stage into nonlinearity. In the early days, it was hard to make transistors stay linear.

Truth. I used to hate fuzz until I got a high end germanium Skinpimp. The top ones really are exceptional. The notes bloom and breathe in a way that’s very satisfying. Sadly, the good ones are generally in the $500+ range.

 

[Orangecat]

Well the RAT and a few others, one from the 60s that was used in a 60s band that fell into disfavor and parts and service became scarce which is what got me involved in the first place plus a couple of my own, but the guitarist is dead now and that is a bit too personal that I don't generally share with strangers, especially here where I could be sure only to get trolls laughing and scoffing at me calling me a liar (or bragging). But I'm sure you've heard of him.

JB?

 

[toobfreak]

Old rats are big bucks now. I grew up in Michigan and they were a dime a dozen, being built in Kalamazoo and all.

That is crazy. If I wanted to, I could make you a better RAT with more range and effects for about a tenth that price.

 

[Orangecat]

That is crazy. If I wanted to, I could make you a better RAT with more range and effects for about a tenth that price.

Collectivity isn’t necessarily about quality, but if you ever decide to build one, I’d love to try/buy it.

 

[Rocko]

A little early, but these gems don’t come up for sale very often:
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Looks awesome. What is it?

 

[toobfreak]

Truth. I used to hate fuzz until I got a high end germanium Skinpimp. The top ones really are exceptional. The notes bloom and breathe in a way that’s very satisfying. Sadly, the good ones are generally in the $500+ range.

The cheap ones just distort extremely bad while losing all of the harmonic structure of the guitar. I call that noise.