fantastic furry Fredric Effects thread

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 4:07 am

timhulio wrote:The first grumbly wolf with a laser-cut relief. Pretty pleased how this turned-out!

What I did with this pedal was to epoxy the design (lasercut from 1.2mm aluminium sheet) onto the bare enclosure. Painted it with black primer, wet-n-dry the paint off the front of the pedal, exposing the shiny alu. Then a couple of clearcoats.

I need to own this.

stewart · Post by **stewart** » Sat Feb 13, 2010 10:09 am

ooh, fancy.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:30 am

cobascis wrote:I need to own this.

Â£70 to you squire. Plus a fiver shipping.

Noirie. · Post by **Noirie.** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 10:35 am

timhulio wrote:The first grumbly wolf with a laser-cut relief. Pretty pleased how this turned-out!

What I did with this pedal was to epoxy the design (lasercut from 1.2mm aluminium sheet) onto the bare enclosure. Painted it with black primer, wet-n-dry the paint off the front of the pedal, exposing the shiny alu. Then a couple of clearcoats.

Badass! Which ring mod does this one have btw?

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Mon Feb 15, 2010 11:35 am

Green ringer. More tuneful than the LCN567 ring mod derived from the Thing Modulator, and doesn't use NOS parts.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 12:08 am

Bloody hell Tim, that looks the business!

endsjustifymeans · Post by **endsjustifymeans** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 1:43 am

That is absolutely amazing. If I didn't already have a grumble wolf, I'd buy ti in a second.

cobascis · Post by **cobascis** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 2:40 am

timhulio wrote:
cobascis wrote:I need to own this.
Â£70 to you squire. Plus a fiver shipping.

So is the OD portion of this a direct Dist + clone? Then the ring mod kicks in?

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Tue Feb 16, 2010 9:16 am

Black Cat Bone wrote:Bloody hell Tim, that looks the business!

Cheers dude. I do like the effect of the cutout, and the guy said even more complicated stuff is possible, so expect more in future. Bonus is that no-one else seems to be doing stuff like this, so it's kinda unique (at the moment).

cobascis wrote:So is the OD portion of this a direct Dist + clone? Then the ring mod kicks in?

Yep, the OD is a Dist+, with germanium or silicon clipping, and the switch selects the ring mod.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:54 am

timhulio wrote:
Black Cat Bone wrote:Bloody hell Tim, that looks the business!
Cheers dude. I do like the effect of the cutout, and the guy said even more complicated stuff is possible, so expect more in future. Bonus is that no-one else seems to be doing stuff like this, so it's kinda unique (at the moment).

Totally. In world of Hammond boxes a little extra flair can be a really nice touch. Hhrrrrmmm I want one so it must be working. Got any plans for a HP design like this?? Not that I'm hinting....

Post by **Mike** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 11:58 am

It looks incredibly sharp.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:40 pm

Thanks Mike!

Black Cat Bone wrote:
timhulio wrote:
Black Cat Bone wrote:Bloody hell Tim, that looks the business!
Cheers dude. I do like the effect of the cutout, and the guy said even more complicated stuff is possible, so expect more in future. Bonus is that no-one else seems to be doing stuff like this, so it's kinda unique (at the moment).
Totally. In world of Hammond boxes a little extra flair can be a really nice touch. Hhrrrrmmm I want one so it must be working. Got any plans for a HP design like this?? Not that I'm hinting....

Well if you wanted an HP in this enclosure style with a lasercut wolf I'd happily take it on as a custom job, same price as a normal HP. It'd just take a week or so to turn it around.

hotrodperlmutter · Post by **hotrodperlmutter** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:42 pm

how much for a lazer cut out of steve albini's fat face on a HP?

lyl

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Fri Feb 19, 2010 10:54 pm

Albinilol. I'm expecting a telling-off one day for using the word 'Shellac' in my auction listings. In fact, I'm looking forward to it.

Ah, just google-imaged 'albini' and found this, a page all about the Electrical Guitar Co Custom 500. Mine is #85 woot!
http://guitarship.org/aluminum_guitars/?EGC-c500

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Mon Feb 22, 2010 8:59 pm

timhulio wrote:Well if you wanted an HP in this enclosure style with a lasercut wolf I'd happily take it on as a custom job, same price as a normal HP. It'd just take a week or so to turn it around.

Due to buying of Aen goods I'm sans cash for the next two paydays however, and i know this sounds a bit odd as we both actually have and sell HP versions, but would you be interested in a new Chuck collins in trade for a custom Frederic HP?? Way i see It i'd like to compare the two and maybe you'd like to check out a CC?

If so is there options for a custom colour? I'd be into a sort of billious green with a red LED because I have no taste. Something a bit obnoxious anyway.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Tue Feb 23, 2010 10:25 pm

Ooh, sounds tempting. I'd love to A/B these two Percs. You mean a custom green HP with a wolf, or with standard labelling? Because the metal wolves can only really work with black or white backgrounds because those are the primer colours I can get...

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:24 pm

timhulio wrote:those are the primer colours I can get...

Hhmm mebbe white would be different...reckon it would look cool?..any LED colour options? I could buy some of those white mustang norbs and put em on later too.

Hhmm colour me interested dude. At the end of the day if you don't fancy a straight trade I'm happy to let you borrow my own HP if ya want to try one out for a bit.

timhulio · Post by **timhulio** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 12:40 pm

White and silver would look pretty awesome. Classy too. Heh. As for LEDs, anything I can get you can have. The wolf's eye is a 3mm LED.

Dave · Post by **Dave** » Wed Feb 24, 2010 1:22 pm

Classy?! Damn you!

Okay well a poncy violet led would look super sharp against the white and silver (iPerc!), as would blue. I note these dudes do self-changing rainbow leds also... could be amazing or could be a bit cheese (bottom of page - thoughts?):

http://www.technobots.co.uk/acatalog/3mm_LED_s.html

EDIT: White LED too much?!

johnnyseven · Post by **johnnyseven** » Thu Feb 25, 2010 2:59 pm

Tim, that pedal looks class! If I wasn't so skint i'd probably buy one from you.

It reminded me that I should probably provide a testamonial for the Harmonic Percolator that I bought from you back in, I think, November last year. It has only just made it onto my pedal board.

'I bought this pedal on a whim as I love Steve Albini's sound and was curious as to what my set up would sound with a Harmonic Percolator. I loved the pedal from the off but never got around to putting it on my pedal board so kind of forgot about it for a few months. This was until I started getting bored of my TS9DX so took it off my board and thought I would try the HP to see what it could do with the rest of my kit. To my surprise it provided the overdrive sound that I have had in my head for ages but never seemed to be able to achieve with any of my pedals. It is distorted, but not too much, has a nice bright sound and a really tough bottom end that I can't get with anything else. It reminds me of Duane Denison's guitar sound on all those old Jesus Lizard records, in other words - awesome! I love the fact that it doesn't have a tone control so it sounds exactly like my guitar but with more dirt. I love the sound of this pedal so much I may have to get the Utility Percolator too and set them up for different levels of drive. Mark Harman - guitarist, Episode One.'

Feel free to post on your website and edit if you feel it's a bit long.