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Doing the right thing

In July 2012, I received some troubling news from a close friend of mine:  My friend, Justin Brown, was diagnosed with testicular cancer. Justin and I have been friends for five years.  During that time we have played numerous shows together, jammed late into the night together, built pedals at Jack Deville Electronics together, and developed and nurtured quite a friendship.  As Justin explained the situation, all I could think about was how I could help my friend get through a really tough time in life, as he has done for me and how friends do for one another, time and...

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What friends are for

Bearded fuzz-pedal enthusiast Justin Brown moved to Portland, OR over a decade ago to bask in and contribute to the city's music scene. Today, he is one of two bassists in the doom band Lamprey, co-owner of local label Captain Couch Records, and organizer of the annual heavy-music festival Ceremony of Sludge. Justin is currently studying Ecology, and is a student intern with the Port of Portland where one of his main duties is releasing red-tailed hawks into the wild. He has also been a pedal builder for Jack Deville Electronics.  In July of this year Justin was diagnosed with...

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Buffers, impedance and other internet lore

What's a buffer?  What's an impedance?  What's an internetz? We've all heard about the benefits of a "buffer" and how fuzz pedals don't "like" buffers, right?  Your best buddy insists of having a buffer at the front of his pedalboard-- after his favorite fuzz pedal of course, and even recommends putting a buffer at the end of his pedalboard to "drive his cables" and "maintain his signal strength."  So, the question(s) is/are:  WHY do we want these buffers, and do we even need them at all?  Pop a pop, crack a beer, put on a record and lets'd debunk the...

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How many pedals is too many for my power supply?

Dave in Portland, OR asks: "Using a 1Spot power adapter, how many pedals is too many pedals to chain together on a 1Spot? I am using a 1Spot with an extender and it's powering: Fulltone Choralflange Crybaby wah Jack Deville Dark Echo Line 6 MM-4 modeler (with One-Spot Line 6 adapter) BOSS® TU-2 Tuner BOSS® TR-2 Tremolo Voodoo Labs Sparkle Drive Ibanez Tube Screamer My thought is, how can this one power supply work for all of these? Am I risking damaging anything?" Hey Dave! Great question. I'd wager there are a lot of guys out there wondering if this...

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SuperMoon power requirements

Jon in Murfeesboro, TN asks: "What kind of power supply does my SuperMoon need?"   The SuperMoon is designed to be powered by 9 volts, from either a standard 9V battery, or an industry standard 2.1mm negative center-pin 9VDC adapater such as the VisualSound 1 Spot power adapter, or VooDoo Labs PedalPower 2. SuperMoon has internal reverse polarity protection to prevent damage to the pedal if the wrong power supply is used, and can even be run on 18V if desired, HOWEVER: testing has concluded that 18VDC does not offer any notable improvement to tone, sound quality, feel or really anything at all. As a result,...

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