DistoFX

Posted on February 13th, 2016

Left side view, showing the exp/rate control and output

Bottom side view of the Green Tremolo

Right side view, showing the input

Top side view of the Green Tremolo

Bottom view of the Green Tremolo

Inside view of the Green Tremolo

Part way through covering the Green Tremolo

I built this tremolo a while ago but only got around to finishing it off this week. I have done a few stamp pedals in the past, I really like the effect and find each stamp interesting. I always like to think one of them is worth a lot of money and I just stuck to a pedal. It’s quite a labour intensive process and it takes quite a few layers of clear coat to protect the surface, which often leads to a slight discolouration. However, I think this adds to the pedal and makes it look slight aged. All the stamp are East Germany era stamps. I have added labels written using a type writer.

The pedal is a Fuzz dog EA tremolo which I have adapted to allow an external rate control. The LEDs (a lovely emerald green) blinks with the speed of the tremolo with some modifications to the 3PDT daughter board.