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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 Daphon E20OD

I had mentioned in my review of the Daphon E20OD Overdrive that besides it’s use of the same chip as the Ibanez Tubescreamer, the E20OD was pretty much a replica of the Boss SD-1 Super Overdrive. The PCB layout and components is pretty much exactly the same, which makes it …

Modifying pickups – the half-air mod

After installing my DiMarzio Tone Zone in to my Ibanez 20th Ann RG550RFR, I had been reading about the “half-air” mod, which quite a few people have performed on their Tone Zones. I was curious about it as I was wanting to find a way to get rid of some …

Ibanez RG550RFR – new pickup install

I’ve mostly been an EMG pickup user over the last 5-6 years. I decided that when I got my Ibanez 20th Ann RG550RFR that  I wanted to load up some passive DiMarzios for something different. I started off with a DiMarzio PAF Pro in the bridge position, and whilst I …

Modding the DS-1 – part 3 – have I gone too far?

After my second stage of modifications I had found that my pedal was sounding absolutely amazing, especially as an overdrive for my amp’s dirty channel. However, I wasn’t completely happy with the the range on the tone knob. I went from extremely thick and bassy, to just in the range …