Chicago Iron Tycobrahe Reissues - Wow!

Exact reproductions of the legendary Tycobrahe Pedalflanger and Parapedal!?! Yowza, you know I'm going to have both of these babies in my ever expanding sonic arsenal soon!


Original 1970's Tycobrahe Pedalflangers are among the rarest vintage pedals. Not very many people have ever seen one, let alone played/owned one. The Pedalflanger was one of the earliest flanger pedals and was also certainly one of the most unique and versatile ever made, with the capability to produce chorus, flange, leslie, and vibe effects ranging from liquid lush to sci-fi alien.


The Tycobrahe Parapedal was also an extremely rare and special pedal, similar to a Wah Wah, but with fortified with a unique and difficult to describe (you've gotta hear one to truly understand the cool, interstellar sounds they can produce!) phaser/synth-like effect. Another impossible rarity and incredible sonic tool, now made available to humble hacks like you and I, without requiring a second mortgage, by the fine revivalists at Chicago Iron! For more info and to order one for yourself, check out their website at : http://www.chicagoiron.com!

LOVEPEDAL - OVER RATED!!!

In my humble opinion, all the positive buzz about Lovepedal effects is unwarranted. I've owned a couple of Sean's offerings, a Les Lius and a Dragon, and was not particularly impressed with either. Both sounded thin and shrill to me; not the kind of smooth, full overdrive/distortion/fuzz tones I prefer and get from makers like Analogman (King Of Tone, Peppermint Fuzz, and Sun Lion), Fulltone ("Vintage" Full-Drive 2, OCD, '69 and Soul Bender) and Way Huge (Angry Troll and Green Rhino).

In addition, I feel that the Lovepedal's business model is exceedingly cynical, coming out with a seemingly endless string of only slightly different pedals in limited editions that are here today and gone tomorrow in order to create a faux aura of collectibility that the above mentioned manufacturers achieved as a result of the quality of their products, not as a premeditated business strategy. In the case of, for example, Fulltone, they've pumped out tens of thousands of units of some of their pedals, so they're hardly limiting their production to create false demand in collector circles. And Analogman? After all his years in business, Mike has what, less than 10 pedal models (not counting, say, a Bi-Comprossor and a Mini Bi-Comp as being two distinct pedals; which they're not, given that they have the same circuitry and functionality - the only difference is how you access the controls!).

To each his own, of course, but, as for me - no more Lovepedals! They are over rated!