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Installing a Floyd Upgrades Brass Big Block

There’s been a bit of discussion at Jemsite.com lately about the merits of Floyd Upgrades upgrade options for double-locking Floyd Rose style bridges. One of the popular upgrades for these style bridges is the Brass Big Block. I thought that I would ask Adam Reiver at Floyd Upgrades about his …

Modding the Daphon E20OD – part 2

I’ve finally finished off the modifications to my re-worked Daphon E20OD pedal. With the rehousing of it I wanted to give it a new look and name. Seeing as the Daphon E20OD is essentially a reworking of the Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive with a Ibanez Tube Screamer chip, and because …

Modding the Boss MT-2 – part 2

I decided to revisit the previous mods I had done to my Boss MT-2 as I wasn’t completely happy with the sound as a distortion pedal. It was nice as an overdrive, but I was more interested into making it a great distortion box. As in my earlier post about …

Modding the Boss MT-2

The Boss MT-2 Metal Zone distortion pedal is well known as a high gain, but very sterile sounding pedal. It’s good for bedroom metal, but not much else. I had a Boss MT-2 Metal Zone distortion pedal sitting around so I thought I might see if I can make the …

Modding the Boss CS-3

After my successful attempt to modify my old Boss DS-1 Distortion pedal I thought I would have a go at making my Boss CS-3 Compression/Sustainer a quieter pedal when sustain levels are set high. I found some resources at Indy Guitarist on the Boss CS-3, and how to lower the …