Fredric Effects boutique guitar pedals - news and updates

timhulio · January 2015

Super Unpleasant Companions have been very popular recently. Here's a Kimbara branded Shin-Ei FY-2 with the Super Unpleasant Companion which combines both the FY-2 and FY-6 Superfuzz circuits.

timhulio · January 2015

Regent Sounds restock! Coming to a store (Regent Sounds) near you (if you live in London) tomorrow!

timhulio · January 2015

I've got a couple more pedals owned by the JAMC in for fixing.

The mystery 'bass fuzz' needed replacement pots (cleaning wasn't doing it). It sounds really good, like a more defined Big Muff. Given that there's one clipping stage I'm guessing it's something like a Jumbo Tonebender. Must build one and see. Pedal nerds: note the unusual use of the blue relay for the indicator LED.

The 70s Little Big Muff: this is the '78 IC Big Muff in disguised form. It has a full size Big Muff board, with solder terminals for the other pots, but forfeits the 'sustain' control and subsitutes the tone knob for a switch. These sound wonderful and are rightly sought-after. The bypass on these (and the ICBM) is awful, so it's been rewired for true bypass with a new switch. Note the classic 70s Electro Harmonix practice of using all random parts (that big capacitor is rated at 200V). Also the circuit board is floating around in there, just attached by the legs of the volume pot - really bad practice, but it's lasted 40 years, so hey.

timhulio · January 2015

New Zesty Comp demo!

timhulio · January 2015

New West Germany Vintage Tremolo demo!

timhulio · February 2015

Today's batch, mostly for LEP Int'l / Nine Volt Audio. Harmonic Percolators: big in Japan.

timhulio · February 2015

Fender Troy Van Leeuwen Jazzmaster > Fredric Effects Super Unpleasant Companion > Fender Deluxe Reverb. @Regent Sounds

timhulio · February 2015

Our version of the ace @Regent Sounds window display!
Fender AVRI Jazzmaster > Fredric Effects Super Unpleasant Companion > '73 Fender Deluxe Reverb.

And one with a Musima Elgita for good measure :-)

timhulio · February 2015

New versions of the Mutant Fuzz (Os Mutantes Reg VIII) and Dresden Synth Fuzz will be available soon. I much prefer this colour combo on the Mutant.

timhulio · February 2015

The Dresden Synth Fuzz is now BACK IN STOCK!

http://www.fredric.co.uk/dresden-synth-fuzz

CMT · February 2015

Hey Tim - I jammed out a CMT pickups demo with a couple of friends last week and was lucky enough to have one of your Percolators at hand. I think you'll agree it sounds pretty great!

http://youtu.be/LvSRnbWjmhk

timhulio · February 2015

Yep that sounds great! Good to see you can get some classic rock sounds from the HP too.

I'll have to share this on the FB group sometime this week.

CMT · February 2015

Yeah that'd be awesome. Thanks Tim! Myself and my two pals have more of a hardcore punk leaning, and the HP gave a bit more raggedness. Just the ticket.

timhulio · March 2015

Last three white Demon Fuzzes ever! Special offer on these guys - £60 each plus p&p. Remember they feature the incredibly useful buffer from the Klon Centaur, which is always on, in addition to a lovely mid-gain crunchy fuzz.
Once these are gone, they're gone!

timhulio · March 2015

Testing today's pedals. Every FE pedal gets tested twice - once at the office/workshop, then again at home. Keeping it twangy today with a 90s Danelectro DC-3.

timhulio · March 2015

Another Dresden Synth Fuzz...

But what's this? Hello little guyz!

As a proof of concept I replaced all the passive components in the Dresden Synth Fuzz with surface mount equivalents. I'll hang onto this pedal for a while to check reliability. However, I can confirm it sounds exactly the same as the through-hole version (as it should).

EdGrip · March 2015

Won't that make your logo somewhat ironic?

timhulio · March 2015

Good call. I'm gonna have to put one through-hole resistor in each pedal. For some obscure value that's impossible to get as a surface mount device.

timhulio · March 2015

New today, here's a nice demo for the Zombie Klone. Old shape, but same sound!

EdGrip · March 2015

That'd work. To be fair, you sold out and stopped putting wolves inside the pedals pretty early on, so I don't think people will mind.

timhulio · April 2015

The new version of the Demon Fuzz is here. This is a great sounding mid-gain fuzz based on the EH IC Muff Fuzz (only with more gain). You can now choose between buffered or non-buffered variants.

http://www.fredric.co.uk/demon-fuzz

timhulio · April 2015

I've added new shots of the Green Russian to the website, complete with innards.

http://www.fredric.co.uk/green-russian-big-muff-sovtek-clone

timhulio · April 2015

Some new enclosures in today. This is a new design to allow for the use of a 4PDT slider switch right in the middle. These will be the new versions of the Foxrite and Pocket Weasel.

timhulio · April 2015

Today's haul, with a few 'factory seconds' at the front I'll be listing here shortly!

timhulio · April 2015

New jack/switch boards are here! Now they're black with rounded edges :-)

timhulio · April 2015

Ready to go.

timhulio · April 2015

A nice selection back in stock at Regent Sounds on Denmark Street. Get down there to try some!

Dinosauria · April 2015

Cool display!

timhulio · May 2015

Thanks! I wish more retailers would take snaps of their displays, because I always share these things on Facebook and Twitter.

Some lovely psychtones in this new Unpleasant Companion demo. Thanks to DrBurns73!

timhulio · May 2015

Supposed to be working on bank holiday Monday as we've just received a few big orders. Thought I'd take a few snaps of the organised chaos that is the Fredric Effects office instead...

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