Field Supplies for Sound Exploration
Some stuff built and sold by POTAR.
From underground alt-punk legends like the Butthole Surfers and The Cramps to full-on heavy metal icons like Black Sabbath, the SUPER-FUZZ pedal has a distinct sound that is heavy, fuzzy, and righteous all at the same time. The Univox Super-Fuzz pedals are the most common version of the circuit but Shin-ei licensed the design to … Read more
Super simple OPTO LFO for a friend who was looking to design his own enclosure based around some kind of electronic noise toy. Here is an even simpler drawing of the schematic. (I mistakenly called the glass insulator I used to diffuse the light and inductor, too many beers before filming).
I like to call them power sag pedals but from what I have been hearing and now reading the correct term is Power Starve or Voltage Starve.. Dying Battery Simulator is still acceptable. Anywho.. 2 more have been built and shipped off to Hollywood where they will no doubt become the star of the pedalboard … Read more
SOLD this guy off today to cat named Vince from Santa Ana. He plays in the noise group Sloppy Cock and you can see them and the marsonna live Dec. 17th at Santa Ana Noise Fest 3. Back to the noise box, I removed the “surf sounds” circuit and replaced it with a custom hex … Read more
Taking a break from the “massive project” to bend an old Mr. Mike some dude sent over.. here are the first couple of bends I’ve found.. I also found a master pitch control.. will post more when I get it finished. UPDATE 10.07.11 Shipped back to his owner in Niagara Falls, NY, I’m gonna keep … Read more
This is a Casio SA-20 I was recently commissioned to bend by Joe Diliberto of Tonal Eclipse Productions. When it came to me it had an RCA patch bay that I knew couldn’t possibly function and oh was I right. It has all the same bends you find on the rest of SA-XX family with … Read more