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Here is a list of the effects available for rent from Thermionic. Yes. Every pedal listed here is one that we have in inventory (or have all the parts for and are in the process of assembling) and available for you to try out. We believe that if you're interested in tone-shaping for yourself, it might be nice for you to find out what you like before deciding that you're going to invest a lot of money in obtaining such pedals for yourself. | Here is a list of the effects available for rent from Thermionic. Yes. Every pedal listed here is one that we have in inventory (or have all the parts for and are in the process of assembling) and available for you to try out. We believe that if you're interested in tone-shaping for yourself, it might be nice for you to find out what you like before deciding that you're going to invest a lot of money in obtaining such pedals for yourself. | ||
− | Where we have "'''(out of production)'''" listed for a pedal, it means that the particular pedal that we have is no longer being produced by '''that''' company. For example, we have the Dunlop Uni-Vibe listed as '''(out of production)''', yet if you go to [http://www.jimdunlop.com|jimdunlop.com], you'll see that they have a uni-vibe pedal. What we mean is that the '''VERSION''' of Uni-Vibe that we have is the older lamp-controlled Uni-Vibe with the original architecture, not the re-worked version that fits into the smaller "deck-of-cards" sized pedal that is now available. | + | Where we have "'''(out of production)'''" listed for a pedal, it means that the particular pedal that we have is no longer being produced by '''that''' company. For example, we have the Dunlop Uni-Vibe listed as '''(out of production)''', yet if you go to [http://www.jimdunlop.com | jimdunlop.com], you'll see that they have a uni-vibe pedal. What we mean is that the '''VERSION''' of Uni-Vibe that we have is the older lamp-controlled Uni-Vibe with the original architecture, not the re-worked version that fits into the smaller "deck-of-cards" sized pedal that is now available. |
In keeping with our amplifier philosophy, we attempt where ever possible, to collect pedals that we believe are musically meaningful and that will help you get to the "tone-nirvana" you have in your head. | In keeping with our amplifier philosophy, we attempt where ever possible, to collect pedals that we believe are musically meaningful and that will help you get to the "tone-nirvana" you have in your head. |
Revision as of 23:02, 30 December 2017
Here is a list of the effects available for rent from Thermionic. Yes. Every pedal listed here is one that we have in inventory (or have all the parts for and are in the process of assembling) and available for you to try out. We believe that if you're interested in tone-shaping for yourself, it might be nice for you to find out what you like before deciding that you're going to invest a lot of money in obtaining such pedals for yourself.
Where we have "(out of production)" listed for a pedal, it means that the particular pedal that we have is no longer being produced by that company. For example, we have the Dunlop Uni-Vibe listed as (out of production), yet if you go to | jimdunlop.com, you'll see that they have a uni-vibe pedal. What we mean is that the VERSION of Uni-Vibe that we have is the older lamp-controlled Uni-Vibe with the original architecture, not the re-worked version that fits into the smaller "deck-of-cards" sized pedal that is now available.
In keeping with our amplifier philosophy, we attempt where ever possible, to collect pedals that we believe are musically meaningful and that will help you get to the "tone-nirvana" you have in your head.
Many of the pedals we have are no longer available at all (like our Electro-Harmonix Holiest Grail, or our Damage Control pedals) and must be long-sought on eBay and other used-equipment sites like reverb.com. In most cases, clones are not available, and when another such pedal will be available for sale is questionable. Once these pedals break and can no longer be fixed, unless we can source others, they will likely be gone for good.
1776 Effects
(Kit pedals)
- Brittania - Vox AC/30 Clone
- Cardinal Tremolo - Harmonic Tremolo
- Multiplex Echo Machine - Multiple tape delay emulator
- Multiplex Jr. - Echoplex emulator
AMT
Boss / Roland
- CE-5 (out of production): Chorus Ensemble (Analog)
- DN-2 (out of production): DynaDrive
- DD-3 (out of production): Digital Delay (old made in Japan version)
- DD-20 GigaDelay
- OC-2 (out of production): Octave
- RC-2 (out of production): Looper
- TU-3: Instrument Tuner (2)
- XT-2 (out of production): "Xtortion"
BYOC / Build Your Own Clone
(Kit Pedals)
- 855 Drive: Tube Screamer with twice the gain
- Amp Selector FX Router: selectable between two different amps, or two different effects loops
- Armstrong Twin (out of production) - combined Dan Armstrong Orange Squeezer and Green Ringer
- Envelope Filter Fixed Wah - Similar to the MXR KFKQZ1 - QZone Fixed position wah
- Large Beaver - Big Muff with multiple tone stacks to emulate different pedal versions
- Lazy Sprocket - clone of discontinued Boss SG-1 Slow Gear pedal
- Parametric Multiband Compressor - Compressor with parametric tone controls
- Phase Royal - MXR Phase 90 with additional controls
- Tri Boost (out of production): select between three different boosts
Catalinbread
- Manx Loaghtan Big Muff Pi with enhanced tone control (out of production)
- Naga Viper Treble Booster
- SCOD Super Charged Overdrive (Orange) (out of production)
- SFT SVT Emulator (Ampeg)
Damage Control / Strymon
- Demonizer (High Gain Tube Preamp) (out of production)
- Solid Metal (Highest Gain Tube Distortion pedal) (out of production)
- Timeline (Tube-based Multi-Delay) (out of production)
- Womanizer (Classic Tube Preamp) (out of production)
Delptronics
- Thunderclap: emulates the old Roland TR-808 "hand-clap". Boss has since released the HC-2 "Hand-Clapper".
Digitech / DOD
- Grunge: A distortion pedal that sounds a lot more like metal than "grunge". Many hate it. We think it's great.
- Hyper Phase: A phaser with many additional features.
- SynthWah: An envelope filter that has many additional features.
- Performer 555-A Distortion: (out of production) poor-sounding distortion that we obtained for the BAD effects chain challenge!
Jim Dunlop
Jim Dunlop is probably best known for their associations (ownership of) the MXR and Way Huge brands. That said, it was Jim Dunlop who took the wah-wah pedal from the brink of obscurity, purchased the business and rights for the wah-wah from Whirlpool Manufacturing in the mid-1980s, and kept the legacy and the effect going. Dunlop is also known for reissuing the Dallas-Arbiter Fuzz Face as well as the Roger Mayer-developed Jimi Hendrix Octavio effect.
- Echoplex Preamp: Echoplex EP-3 Solid State preamp sweetener
- JDF2 Fuzz Face: Germanium Fuzz Face
- Hendrix Wah (2) (out of production)
- Octavio (out of production): Clone of original Roger Mayer cheese block octave fuzz
- Rotovibe (2): Treadle-controlled vibrato/chorusing effect.
- UV-1 Univibe (out of production): Our Uni-Vibe is the model lacking the "vintage" switch. It's that old...
Electro-Harmonix
- 22 Caliber (out of production): 22 watt solid state power amp. Pedal board friendly!
- 44 Magnum: 44 watt solid state preamp - pedal board friendly!
- Analogizer:
- B9: (organ simulator)
- Double Muff (out of production):
- Holiest Grail (out of production):
- Hot Tubes (with actual 12AX7 tubes) (out of production):
- Metal Muff:
- Small Stone (out of production):
- Stereo Pulsar:
- The Worm:
Fuzzdog's Pedal Parts
General Guitar Gadgets
Grind Customs FX
Guitar PCB
Jeds Peds
JMK PCBs
Madbean Pedals
Maxon
- CP-101 Compressor
- DS-830 Distortion Master
- OD-9 This is the original Ibanez TS-9 Tube Screamer w/ true bypass
Morpheus
- Droptune (out of production): needs the 1.2 software update - we have the software, we just need to load it into the pedal
MXR
MXR is a brand that was started in the late 1970s. MXR obtained much of its notoriety by having been associated with Eddie Van Halen his early artistic output. However, MXR has long been used and loved by many professional musicians. After MXR went out of business in the 1980s, the rights of the company were purchased by Jim Dunlop who has carried on the promise of MXR as a premium pedal brand.
- M117R - Flanger
- EVH117 - EVH Flanger
- M134 - Stereo Chorus
- CSP001 - Variphase (out of production)
- KFKQZ1 - QZone (out of production)
- EVH90 - EVH Phase 90 (out of production)
- M109 - 6-band EQ
- M108 - 10-band EQ (1 output)
- KFK1 - 10-band EQ (2 outputs)
- M169 - Carbon Copy
- M173 - Classic 108 Fuzz
- SF01 - Slash Octave Fuzz (taken out of production, but returned to production)
- EVH90-35 - EVH-35th Phase 90 (out of production) - personal collection
- EVH117-35 - EVH-35th Flanger (out of production)
- CSP265 - Bonamassa FET Driver (out of production)
- CSP101SL - Script Phase 90
Music PCB
OL Circuits
Parasit Studios
Peterson
- StroboStomp II (out of production):
ProCo
- Rat II
- You Dirty Rat
- Whiteface Rat (out of production):
Retro-Channel
- The Fuzz (out of production) - Tone Bender clone
- Trouble Booster (out of production) - Range Master clone
Rullywow
Skreddy Pedals
Throbak
- stRange Master - Range Master clone with additional features
Way Huge
Zoom
Miscellaneous
Power Adapters
- Voodoo Lab Pedal Power 2+: multi-effect power supply
- 2x Boss PSA-120: Single-use Boss AC adapters
- 2x Dunlop ECB-???: 18 volt AC adapters
- Dunlop DC Brick: multi-effect power supply
Pedals to be fixed
- BD-2 Blues Driver (in pieces awaiting Monte Allums upgrades)
- Rat II - needs to be updated with GGG internals and Monte Allums upgrades
- ISP Decimator - needs factory fix
- Thermionic-Modified Rotovibe (True Bypass + altered LEDs)
Pedals to (perhaps) be obtained
- Boss PS-6 Harmonist
- Boss RE-20 Space Echo
- Catalinbread Sabbra Cadabra
- Dunlop DVP-1 Volume Pedal
- Electro-Harmonix C9
- Electro-Harmonix EHX-Tortion
- Electro-Harmonix Freeze
- Electro-Harmonix Frequency Analyzer
- Electro-Harmonix Iron Lung
- Electro-Harmonix LPB-1
- Electro-Harmonix Micro-Synth
- Electro-Harmonix Pitchfork
- Electro-Harmonix Ravish Sitar
- Electro-Harmonix Ring Thing
- Electro-Harmonix RTG
- Electro-Harmonix Stereo Memory Man with Hazarai
- Electro-Harmonix Stereo Talking Machine
- Electro-Harmonix V256
- Electro-Harmonix Voice Box
- MXR M-103 Blue Box
- MXR M-75 Super Badass Distortion
- MXR M-135 Smart Gate
- MXR M-195 Noise Clamp
- MXR M-80 Bass D.I.+
- MXR M-181 Blowtorch Bass Distortion
- MXR M-182 El Grande Bass Fuzz
- MXR M-288 Bass Octave Deluxe
- MXR M-81 Bass Preamp
- MXR Iso-Brick power supply