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Pedal Progression: 1 Range Master
Pedal Progression starts with a rebuilt Range Master treble booster using vintage parts, protection circuitry, and a polished new housing.
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Restomod Car: 1 Engine
The Restomod Car series starts with the engine and the realities of reviving a long-stored 1996 Opel Astra project.
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Restomod Car: 2 Brakes and Suspension
Restomod Car moves on to brakes and suspension, with oversized hardware, rust work, and stubborn front-end teardown.
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Easy Naim Hi-Fi power amp upgrades
A straightforward set of component upgrades that can noticeably improve older Naim power amps and similar hi-fi amplifiers.
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Restomod Car: 3 GTE Digital Dash start
A rare Opel GTE digital dash gets powered up, diagnosed, and prepared for a custom restomod integration.
Pedal Progression
A growing series of guitar-pedal builds and experiments, grouped as a progression of different circuits and design choices.
Pedal Progression: 1 Range Master
21 November 2022
In this series I revisit and re-build some of my favorite guitar pedals. Here a treble booster is given some of the best vintage parts possible, protection circuitry, power supply filtering, a negative voltage supply, some indication circuitry, and a, very, shiny…
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Pedal Progression: 2 Suhr Riot
24 November 2025
This another one that was pulled out of the drawers, a "amp in a box", decent rock-box at least 15years ago, still today. Horrid drilling, ok soldering but missing pots, a broken diode and replacing parts, ceramics to start. For this, I…
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Pedal Progression: 3 Zendrive
1 December 2025
This is another pedal from almost two decades ago, a Hermida zen drive, repairing and rebuilding with better parts. A great overdrive more body and fuller than your standard overdrive. "dumble-like"-comes to mind. As with all old leftover pedals it's plagued by…
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