Pedals
Hand made guitar pedals, built with care, right here in North Wales, PA
Longshoe
An Inspiration Machine
A Tone Bender Mk 1/type fuzz
Some people connect with Fuzz Faces, some bond with Big Muff type pedals. We really like the Mk 1 Tone Bender. That's the one for us. It's raw, simple, has lots of treble/midrange bite and gobs of volume on tap. The Mk 1 blurs the line between fuzz and distortion. It's an inspiration machine at low volume or on a stage.
It's a little different because we added some things
It started when we added a control for the gate, but not an "on/off" switch, we wanted the in-between sounds. Then we thought it would be nice to have a pre-gain trim so you could control how "bloomy" the fuzz gets (or not) when hitting it hard, or with higher output pickups. To help shape the treble response, we added a tone control and high-cut switch. This helps us to be friends with a bunch of different amps, regardless of how bright or dark they were. To finish it off, there's a Mk 1/Zonk input cap switch (Spectrum) that can change the character of the fuzz and allow for brighter/darker pickups.
Fence
An RM-style treble booster
How can a handful of parts be so versatile?
Using a treble boost is like adding second channel to an already great sounding tube amp. A must-have for any guitarist, more-so if you love rock guitar. It's a classic for a reason.
The best dirt overdrive and the cleanest of cleans with the same pedal settings (really)
Using the Fence to get gain tones makes sense, but did you know that you can get the cleanest cleans with one two? Like a Fuzz Face, when the Fence is the first in line (after your guitar), when you roll down your guitar volume the boost cleans up -- and because of the interaction with your guitar it gets sparkly. We like to roll off the volume on a neck pickup and go full on with the bridge. You can go from funk-clean to roaring single note lines with just using your pickup selector.
Let's throw in some extra knobs
The big one sets the volume, and since we had the room (and because our other pedals have knobs on their sides) we added two more. One to dial in the amount of low-end (Range) and another for setting the overall gain (Saturation).
