Recently I've decided to sell stuff on my pedalboard and try to replace them with 'home grown pedals.'
What this means is that I want pedals made personally by someone, not in a factory for some big company. I'm going to have Tavo's Billy Brain this Monday, so I'm looking forward to that.

I need help, though. I don't really know who else makes pedals besides Tavo. Can you point me in some direction? Here's what I want to find.
1) Wah-Wah
2) Overdrive
3) Delay w/ tap tempo
4) Tuning Pedal

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

what would be the advantage of a home grown tuner pedal over a factory one?

If you're into the DIY thing, check out Build Your Own Clone or General Guitar Gadgets. You can make yourself a number of pedals. The couple that I've built....a Big Muff Ram's Head and a Silicon Fuzz Face from General Guitar Gadgets have been awesome pedals, allowed me to swap out parts if I've wanted to try stuff, and even an amateur solder guy like myself can put one together inside of a couple of hours.

That being said, Tavo's pedals are awesome.

+1 for BYOC. I've buit a couple:

Here's a "Shredder". Basically a Marshal Shredmaster IIRC:

http://www.gad.net/GAD/Guitar/BYOC-Shredder/_B0Z4169_800.jpg

This one is a germanium Fuzz that sounds amazing:

http://www.gad.net/GAD/Guitar/BYOC-Fuzz/_B0Z8935_800-Crop.jpg

If you can solder, the easier builds are cake. The advanced ones like the chorus can be demanding if you're a novice.

Recently I've decided to sell stuff on my pedalboard and try to replace them with 'home grown pedals.'
What this means is that I want pedals made personally by someone, not in a factory for some big company. I'm going to have Tavo's Billy Brain this Monday, so I'm looking forward to that.

I need help, though. I don't really know who else makes pedals besides Tavo. Can you point me in some direction? Here's what I want to find.
1) Wah-Wah
2) Overdrive
3) Delay w/ tap tempo
4) Tuning Pedal

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.
http://wamplerpedals.com/
http://fuzzbox.com/gear
http://fulltone.com/

what would be the advantage of a home grown tuner pedal over a factory one?

Nothing other than supporting someone. May not even exist, just curious.

Check out the Whipple Wah, a bit more expensive though.

http://dandyjob.com/product.php?id_product=10

I have the same theory when buying pedals, I try to buy from small buisness's. The last pedal I put an order in for is a Gearmanndude luther drive. Sounds very cool and you would assume the guy who tests every pedal would know what it takes to make a good one. It's based on an Ibanez TS808 with a few mods.
There are so many people out there making pedals I'm sure you will be able to find something to suit your needs.

Have a look at my 51 Mercury Overdrive thread in the Pedal pushers forum and see if that would interest you.

Has anyone used The Coming Messiah by Throne Room Pedals?

http://throneroompedals.com/coming-messiah-overdrive

Recently I've decided to sell stuff on my pedalboard and try to replace them with 'home grown pedals.'
What this means is that I want pedals made personally by someone, not in a factory for some big company. I'm going to have Tavo's Billy Brain this Monday, so I'm looking forward to that.

I need help, though. I don't really know who else makes pedals besides Tavo. Can you point me in some direction? Here's what I want to find.
1) Wah-Wah
2) Overdrive
3) Delay w/ tap tempo
4) Tuning Pedal

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.


1) Budda Wah ..small los angeles company or Area51 wah
2) Paul Cochrane Timmy or Barber Small Fry
3)stryman el capistan ..small american biz comprised of 8 guys
4) peterson strobo stomp

Thanks for all the input. This should definitely get me started.

Any good homegrown chorus pedals? Now I'm in search of one of those.

+1 area 51 wah

There are many home-built pedals these days. Consider things like Empress and Diamond pedals too :)

I love building my own pedals. I second the recommendation for "Build Your Own Clone" and "General Guitar Gadgets." My favorite is Madbeanpedals.com - He has printed circuit boards for a lot of well known pedals. Madbean also has a great forum (not as great as this one of course) with helpful folks willing to provide tech support. I could also point you to some good parts websites if you're interested.

I am currently waiting for some parts to build a clone of the Boss CE-2 chorus (with some cool mods). This is from madbean.

I also highly recommend the Tim and Timmy pedals. Paul Cochrane is a great guy building these pedals himself (in Tennessee I believe). You have to call him on the phone to order and there is a wait, but definiately a great pedal and a guy that deserves to have a successful business.

Tortuga Effects makes some great pedals all hand made by one person. Expensive, but nice. Their Martini analog chorus is so sweet (but it's $300).

Just placed an order for the Tim. Looks like I'll be anxiously awaiting until January...

Recently I've decided to sell stuff on my pedalboard and try to replace them with 'home grown pedals.'
What this means is that I want pedals made personally by someone, not in a factory for some big company. I'm going to have Tavo's Billy Brain this Monday, so I'm looking forward to that.

I need help, though. I don't really know who else makes pedals besides Tavo. Can you point me in some direction? Here's what I want to find.
1) Wah-Wah
2) Overdrive
3) Delay w/ tap tempo
4) Tuning Pedal

Any help would be much appreciated. Thanks.

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