My other gear
It is an extremely versatile amp that is capable of many tones. For a full details check out my Blackstar HT-5 review.
Kustom KGA65 combo amp
I’m currently this amp as a speaker cabinet for my Blackstar HT-5. It’s a 65Watt 2 channel solid state amp, and I’ve upgraded the stock Celestion Super65 speaker with a Celestion Vintage 30.
The KGA65 is a great sounding amp for a solid state, it is also quite good a cleaning up when using the volume control on your guitar, much like a tube amp.
Digitech Hardwire DL-8 Delay/Looper
The DL-8 was recommended to me by my friend Pete over at I Heart Guitar. Digitech certainly have hit a home run with the Hardwire series. True bypass, and great tones and effects at a reasonable price.
Digitech saw fit to put in a range of settings for digital delays, a reverse delay option, modulated delay, analogue, slap, lo-fi, tape echo, and a loop feature all in the one pedal. All sound great, although I stick mostly with using the digital, analogue, and the loop functions.
I have written a review for the DL-8.
I picked this pedal up to knock out the 60 cycle hum I was getting through my electrical circuit in the house.
I have written a review for the Hum Debugger.
A staple pedal used by many guitar players at one point or another. This was my first effects pedal, a present from my parents back in 1992.
It was lying dormant for quite a few years, but I am now using it as a boost for my HT-5.
I’ve modified the DS-1, thanks to cubisteffects. It’s no longer nearly as noisy, plus it is a lot fatter sounding, and no buzz. It works beautifully as an overdrive too.
You can read (and hear samples) in part 1 and part 2 of my “modding the DS-1″ posts.
Boss CS-3 Compression/Sustainer
When I traded in my Zoom G7.1ut for the Digitech Hardwire DL-8 I also picked up a CS-3 to replace my nasty Behringer Compression/Sustainer.
Stock the CS-3 is quite a noisy pedal at higher sustain levels. I’ve since modified it, replacing a number of the electrolytic capacitors with tantalum ones to quieten it down a bit.
The Flanger is an effect I’ve fallen in love with over the last few years. After reviewing the Ibanez AF2 Airplane Flanger I knew I had to get one. I could not afford the Airplane Flanger though, and the MXR Micro Flanger was a great, cost effective, fantastic sounding flanger. I use this to occasionally spice up some rhythm parts.
I have also reviewed the Micro Flanger.
This is a modified Daphon E20OD Overdrive pedal, which is a clone of a Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive.
I’ve modified the circuit to be a little more like a Tube Screamer circuit with less mid-range boosting, and switchable symmetrical/asymmetrical clipping. I’ve also re-housed it and given it some graphics too.
This is what I’m currently using to overdrive my sound when needed. I find it particularly useful with my Tone Zone equipped RG550 RFR to take away a little of the Tone Zone ‘boomy-ness” and sharpen the guitar up a little.
The Sanyo Pedal Juice is brilliant concept. An external lithium-ion battery solution for powering a pedal board worth of effects. It is a nice, lightweight, compact solution for powering your pedals without worrying about AC noise that commonly occurs with standard pedal power supplies.
I have reviewed the Pedal Juice too.
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