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Pristine sexxo pedals are amazing. That Rat is especially great.
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FUCKING MINT, sexy lowercase logo is "for the win". Love the blackandwhiteminstrel Mikeface too. Is it a black decal on a white pedal?

What's the Dogs Bollocks, dare I ask?
Cheers, Benecol did a great job on these. Yeah that's a Black decal with clear sections on a white pedal. "The Dog's Bollocks" is another Woolly Mammoth - doing lots of these at the moment for some odd reason

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I generally don't have time for demos these days sp3k, but thanks for the kind words.
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So Mike have you ever considered making pedals your full time job? Just wondering if you ever plan to make a profession out of it. My brother-in-law just quit his job and is doing iPhone/iPad apps full time on his own. It's cool to see people take what they are passionate about and make it what they do for a living.
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Currently I really love my Day Job (I'm a Senior Design Engineer designing cutting edge 3D Hardware for Phones/Mobile Gaming Devices/Netbooks etc) so it hasn't really been something I have considered. I would have to change my business model completely to do this full time.

It's just a bit of fun currently and I see nothing wrong with that
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I have to say that sounds an awesome day job.
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Post by Grant »

That's my Mikeface rat.

Christ it's beautiful. It totally blew away my expectations; I thought it'd be a bog standard MBM pedal in Pro Co colors.
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Benecol wouldn't do you like that.. he's a professional.
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I will never get tired of the clean cut black on white pedals.
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I don't know why I'm still astounded when I see the quality of these. They really do look great. I like that Box of Rock a lot.

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that union jack tonebender is gorgeous.
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The last two batches have really been stepping it up visually.

'tis purdy.
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mike, what details can you tell us about the tonebender? Looks interesting
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lorez wrote:mike, what details can you tell us about the tonebender? Looks interesting
Tonebender MK II, direct clone with selected Germanium Transistors.

Sounds fairly brutal like. Thanks guys - benecol should claim the credit as always
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Mike wrote:
lorez wrote:mike, what details can you tell us about the tonebender? Looks interesting
Tonebender MK II, direct clone with selected Germanium Transistors.

Sounds fairly brutal like. Thanks guys - benecol should claim the credit as always
you know how to tempt me in to giving you all my money don't you
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haha I'm a crap salesman. I have no patter.

More more more today (been working all day save for a run in the middle). Also build three more circuit boards. Unfortunately a Dual Drive I built for a guy got lost in the mail on the way to the Netherlands after the Ash ChaosTM so I'm having to build him a replacement and send it for free, which is a pain - but unfortunately I'm a man of honour.

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is the union jack tonebender the same circuit as mine or a different one? liking those fulltone/caitlinbread style knobs
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Price Check: What would be the price for a modded Green Muff (Like the one you did for Dots), an OCD and the Dual DLS/OCD pedal you have made (Midfield general). Not sure if I need the DLS, but thought I would get you to quote me anyway. I am not quite to the point yet, but I want to know how much I need to save up for it.

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Progrockabuse wrote:is the union jack tonebender the same circuit as mine or a different one? liking those fulltone/caitlinbread style knobs
Same.

Taylor, a modded muff is £75, whilest the DLS/OCD pedals I do for £90/£95 for shortscalers (I think, I'll have to check), £100 for other folks.

OCD or DLS's I do for £70 each as separate pedals.
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Post by hotrodperlmutter »

wasn't someone just selling a DLS and a muff?

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DLS in UK from Lorez - http://shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34396

Sovtek Green Muff in UK from stew (different than 'modded muff?') - http://shortscale.org/forum/viewtopic.php?t=34470

EDIT 2: grrrr. i see taylor wasn't wanting just a DLS (or at all in fact), but an OCD/DLS.

mike, please don't be pissed at me for pointing to these used products and potentially robbing you of business. i promise, that's not what my original intent was.

i just sometimes picture you running around like a clucker with no head; you're a busy bahstahd. i dunno how you do it all. <3