The Pedal Movie

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That was a really great watch... I'm not big into pedals but I do want a nice overdrive and fuzz now ;-)
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Half way into it, really enjoyed the history of effects up to this stage. J Mascis nails the whole 'transparent' effects thing for me - so why bother turning it on? :D

Oh and seeing the old 'Electronics Projects for Musicians' book - I remember borrowing that from the library - it came with a 'flexidisk', a thin plastic vinyl record you put on top of another record and played in the usual way. My mate at the time was building a ring modulator from the book. It sounded like shit :D He made the preamp from the book too, that wasn't too bad....
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I tried to make a Wah from that book or a similar one back in the day, was probably around 1989/90, when I turned it on it picked up the local radio station and no wahhing happened :lol:
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When I was an electronics apprentice in the late 80's a few mates and I made quite a few pedals and effects, now I wish we had carried on and made it into a business, would have been much more fun than IT I reckon.
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That was a great watch, thanks JB!

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Amusingly I’ve not actually watched it yet myself :rofl:
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jeremyb wrote: Sun Jul 11, 2021 9:30 pm Amusingly I’ve not actually watched it yet myself :rofl:
Well, I appreciate that you sent it out to the rest of us! Top man!

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Hey JB, "The Pedal Movie" was awesome and explained a hell of alot. And I didn't even realise that Red Witch was Kiwi! Thanks for the link.
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MikeC wrote: Mon Jul 12, 2021 9:19 pm Hey JB, "The Pedal Movie" was awesome and explained a hell of alot. And I didn't even realise that Red Witch was Kiwi! Thanks for the link.
Me neither, but as soon as he spoke the accent caught my ear vs all of the others!
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