Liquitone B15 Flipster Custom 001

This week I have been building a turret version of the ROG Flipster. It is an FET-circuit designed to emulate the Ampeg SB-12 Portaflex. These amps are still highly sought after for use in studio recordings and can be heard on a lot of classics, especially a lot of the old Motown recordings.
I was under the impression it was based on the B-15, hence my mistake in the name. The design is courtesy of http://www.runoffgroove.com/flipster.html

The DIYStompboxes 10-year anniversary contest, FY-2 Companion Fuzz and the Liquitone Deluxe Stereo Vibe

Hi all! Today I have for you some updates regarding the pedal I built for the DIYStompoxes 10-year Anniversary Contest and the prize I received for winning the contest.

Philicorda AG-7500/7600 and GM-751

Yesterday a friend of mine dropped by with an old Philips made Philicorda organ which I revised a while ago. One of the keys had the plastic part in the mechanism that kept it at the right height snapped off.

Deluxe Tremolo

 Earlier this summer I learned about the existence of a thing called 'Harmonic Tremolo'.
Apparently the effect has been around for ages, but somehow I totally missed it. You can find the effect on Fender amps from the early sixties.

Projects update August 2013

Hi All!

I have been insanely busy lately building pedals. I have built a Deluxe version of my Tremolo,
a Deluxe Stereo version of the Vintage Vibe and a little point-to-point Germanium Booster.
I have entered the DIYStompboxes 10-year anniversary contest with the Tremolo and Vibe and for that I have made a few demo-video's.
The pictures and demo of the Tremolo will be posted this weekend, but I am going to redo the demo for the Stereo Vibe as I am really unhappy with it, and it doesn't do the pedal justice.

Vintage Vibe Custom 001

I'm working on a few new pedals and finished the first of the batch; a mono vibe pedal build inside a wah-enclosure. It found a new owner ( Bas van D who also owns my 'standard' Tremolo 002.) a day after finishing it, so soundclips will have to way until I either build a new one or can get some recordings from him using it in his new band https://www.facebook.com/pages/Sookie-Sookie-Funk-a-Soul

1971 Fane DEA100 MK IV

Hi all,

I'm back with something different than usual. It's about this amp I have of which I posted a picture on a gear-forum, and it got so much attention that I decided to make a post about it.

Deluxe Tremolo prototype sounds

I am trying out a new feature for my standard tremolo;
An extra knob that lets you go from the standard tremolo sounds into the realm of pitch-vibrato-, harmonic tremolo- and Uni-Vibe flavored phase-sounds.
I need to solve some volume differences between settings, but so far I am very pleased with the sounds it can produce.


Deluxe Tremolo prototype sounds

Liquitone effects in action

 love rears its ugly head oct25 2012

This is a recording of a rehearsal of the band I used to play in; Retrospective
Due to a number of circumstances the band sadly disbanded.
lead vocals - Fokko de Haan
guitar and backing vocals - Me
bass guitar - Bas Schell
Keyboard - Dirk Tel
Drums - Wim Wagenaar

Liquitone Octave Fuzz and other prototypes

 Octave Fuzz

This is the octave fuzz prototype I've build a year ago.
It is of the classic Octavia type to give you those classic Band of Gypsies-Hendrix tones,
octave up sounds around the 12th fret area, splattery gated fuzz tones and ring-modulator-like oscillating weirdness.
After a year of playing the thing I decided it is ready for production.
I am going to increase the space between the pins a little to make more room for the styro-cap and axial caps, and it will have neater wiring.

Questionnaire; Enclosure sizes; what has your preference?

A ) I have 20 pedals on my board so only another small box will fit.
B ) Small enclosures, otherwise people might think I am compensating for something.
C ) Small enclosures, because ...
D ) Big enclosure, small enclosures are for pussies.
E ) Big enclosure, because ...

Questionnaire; Product-Branches

My product range has 3 branches;

-Standard Range; only the most needed knobs and switches, reasonably affordable, small boxes.

-Deluxe Range; more functions for maximum tweakability, bigger boxes, bigger price-tag.

-Custom Range; Any of the Standard or Deluxe Range but customized to your specific needs/wishes.

Which of these 3 branches would you be actually interested in?

Questionnaire; Product-Range

Right now my product-range include;
 
-Germanium Treble Booster 

-Octave Fuzz 

-Vintage Vibe (Mono/Stereo, in a wah-shell) 
-Deluxe Stereo Vibe (separate box and expression pedal)


-Standard Tremolo
-Deluxe Tremolo (with 4-different tremolo/vibrato sounds)
-Deluxe Stereo Tremolo (still in conceptual phase, stereo in/out, 4-way mode switch for each   
  channel)


Which of these has your biggest interest?
Which effect missing from this list would you like to see go into development?

Questionnaire; Stereo Set-up

How many of you are using a Stereo set-up? 
And where in the chain does it split? 
I have build a dual-mono overdrive for myself cause I needed a drive pedal after my stereo-vibe and still keep the stereo effect. 
Have any of you ever been looking for such a thing? and would like to see it get into production?
(note; my own dual mono drive are 2 Wampler designed plexi-drives in parallel, this will not go into production. I will be designing my own FET drive if there is enough interest.)

On a related subject; Are there any type of effects beside overdrive/distortion you wished it had stereo-in and stereo-outs?

Liquitone Tremolo demo

 Bas van D of Dutch band Zuke and owner of the Liquitone Tremolo serial no 002 , has kindly send me 4 short recordings of him playing the tremolo with a USA telecaster through an Orange Dual terror amp and a touch of EHX delay.

 Liquitone Tremolo demo


Update; I have solved the slight volume drop heard in these recordings. It now has an internal gain-trimmer for unity or above unity volume.

Questionnaire;Hard-,Soft-Touch Switching

Most of my pedals will have true-bypass using a relay-switch.
That way it is possible to switch the pedal on and off using either a hard- or soft-touch switch.
(most true-bypass pedals or Wah-pedals you own will have hard-touch, and most Japanese pedals you own,
like Boss and Ibanez pedals will have soft-touch)
One of the benefits of a hard-touch switch is that you can feel the confirming click during loud gigs,
but a downside is that it can be audible during recordings or quiet gigs.
Now I am considering making a H- and S- version of every pedal so you can choose.
What do you prefer?, and for what reason?

The Big Liquitone Questionnaire - Curious about your thoughts and preferences regarding effect pedals

Hello Everyone!
At the moment I am researching the market, and I am curious about your opinions, thoughts and preferences regarding effects-pedals.
Instead of making a big list of questions I have decided to make individual posts for you to comment on.
I'm OK with replies in English as well as in Dutch.

greetings, Liquitone