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February 3, 2012

Price Reductions!

The Echo and Paradigm Shift both get a $26 price cut today.  We are willing to shave our profits on these (perhaps only on a temporary basis?) in order to get more into the hands of users who have passed them up because of price.   They are both labor intensive and have high parts costs, but I hope we can support these lower prices for the time being. 

 

 

January 25, 2012

Pig Mine is retired, P19 is released!

 

 

January 25, 2012

Relief Auction: Vid FX has donated a JaCoB fuzz!  Bid now.

 

 

January 19, 2012

Relief Auction: Sir_HC has donated a Haunting Mids Fuzz circuit, and Weird Beard has donated a one-of-a-kind graphic!  Bid now.

 

 

January 7, 2012

Relief Auction: Pigeon FX has donated a Rangemaster clone!  Bid now.

 

January 4, 2012

Relief Auction for Philippine flood survivors

Sideways Down fuzz closed for $700.  Thank you bidders!!

 

 

December 9, 2011

Skreddy Echo at auction for charity

Sold for $331.51--thank you and congratulations to the winning bidder!

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320808627876#ht_540wt_1042

Please visit StompParkinsons.com for more auctions!

 

 

November 17, 2011

Newest Dealer

Please welcome Deluxe Guitars, our newest dealer!  Drop in and see them next time you're in Melbourne, Australia.  They have the last few regular & deluxe Screw Drivers and Lunar Modules on the way to them right now; so if you want one, give them a call or an email.

 

Mini Deluxes go on sale

We are accepting pre-orders on Lunar Module Mini Deluxes and Screw Driver Mini Deluxes now.  They should start shipping out in mid December.

 

 

October 17, 2011

Top Fuel back on the menu

After a long hiatus from the main menu, the Top Fuel's back again.  Why?  I sat with it for a couple of days and re-tweaked it.  I removed a bit more bassiness at the input, opened up the tone control a lot more so there's no constricted feeling, and trimmed a bit more harshness off the high end.  I like it now!  Very tight, articulate, modern, high gain, and open, with a powerful, screaming midrange that works in all pickup positions.  I hope you enjoy it...

 

 

October 12, 2011

Screw Driver and Lunar Module on hold

Making a new version of the Screw Driver and Lunar Module pedals.  Stopping all direct sales of them temporarily until new version is released.

 

 

August 24, 2011

Bass Players!

Did you know: The Skreddy Pedals Supa Tone makes an awesome bass fuzz/distortion?  It does not cut your low end (with the tone knob at noon or lower), unlike most fuzz pedals, and it retains punch and  dynamics (it doesn't turn your bass into a compressed, droning buzz).  An interesting side effect also is that you can use the tone knob to control the level of fuzz, which is only present in the higher frequencies.  You'll probably want the tone knob set down to 9:00 o'clock-ish for huge bass with still a generous amount of fuzz on top or turn it lower to trim that fuzz if it's stepping on the guitar's mix.

 

 

July 16, 2011

Shipping Charges

All orders placed after July 16, 2011, 1:00 PM Pacific Time, will have actual shipping charges added to the balance due when your pedals are completed.  This will include all domestic and international orders.  We ship domestic packages via USPS Priority Mail with Signature Required, and international packages via USPS Global Priority (where available).  Some countries are a lot more expensive than others to ship to, and if yours is one of those, we may give you the option of receiving your package via a slower, less expensive method.  Our postage costs have increased a great deal since 2004. 

 

 

June 14, 2011

New Product

After about a year in development, it's finally ready for release...

Paradigm Shift

 

 

May 23 2011

We will stop shipping batteries in our pedals for all orders placed as of Monday May 23 2011. 

This will save us a ton on shipping and is better for the environment.  I apologize to those of you who only use batteries, and I highly suggest that the brand of battery you use in our pedals is Energizer.  Other brands tend to be a tiny bit larger and harder to fit inside the pedal.

 

 

April 14, 2011

Welcome Crush The Button in Belgium, our newest dealer!

We've got a giant batch of Skreddys on their way to Crush the Button this week.  Check them out!

http://crushthebutton.be/

 

 


March 5, 2011

Welcome Jet City Music in Seattle, our newest dealer!

We've got a big batch of Skreddys on their way to Jet City in the next couple of days.  Visit them!

http://www.jetcitymusic.com/

 

 

August 27, 2010

Skreddy Supa Tone released

You asked for it; here you go!  The Skreddy Supa Tone is on the main menu now.  Thanks!

 

 

July 5, 2010

Lunar Module Deluxe webpage uploaded

You can now order the Lunar Deluxe from the website

 

In other news...

The month of June was very exciting for Cynthia and me; we moved into a beautiful house she and I purchased together.  We are super happy and love it.  I apologize, though, that June also kept me so busy that I had almost no time at all to spend doing emails.  I will be going back into my unanswered emails and confirming orders, etc., in the coming week.  Thank you all for your support!!!  Without your patronage, we could never have made it into our new home.

 

 

May 2, 2010

Update

Terms and Conditions page was updated today.

We are about even now with Pig Mines and all other orders.  Unfortunately, all orders are now shipping at about 6 months after the order date.  So I have updated the lead-time estimate on our product pages to reflect this.

 

 

January 20, 2010

Pig Mines Shipping Out

After a long month's delay (I was planning on December deliveries), the Pig Mines that were ordered last July when I first opened the shopping cart and got swamped overnight are finally trickling out to customers.  We're getting them shipped as fast as we can.  Thank you all so much for your patience!!!

 

 

July 11, 2009

Boxes are in!

They turned out great!  I built this one up right away to take a pic.  Will open shopping cart in the next day or so.

 

 

April 1, 2009

Retiring the Top Fuel

(no it's not a joke) I'm just not liking this pedal any more.  I'll come up with something else in this vein soon.

 

 

September 27, 2008

By popular demand, the Screw Driver Deluxe (5 knob) is released

Thank you Chris Camm for coming up with the idea of moving the trim pots up to the top for total control.  This really brings the Screw Driver into a new dimension of versatility.

 

 

July 2008

Skreddy Echo is released

It's been nearly a year in the making.  I'm really happy and excited about sharing it with you.  I truly believe it will help inspire music making.

 

 

January 12, 2008

Retiring the Pink Flesh rather than re-formulating it

It's always been my policy to not continue a pedal line that (in my opinion) depends upon a particular transistor's personality for its signature tone, once their supply has run out.  I was planning on continuing the Pink Flesh after I ran out of its transistors and using modern parts tweaked for the same target application (i.e.; it has to have a certain 70's feel, not a modern feel).

After several rounds of experimentation, I've found that of course I can get plenty of nice Big Muff tones out of any number of different circuit permutations and various types of parts.  But nothing that particularly satisfied my target application, considering the time constraint I'm under to release it.  So I've decided to backpedal on my previous idea and that it is much simpler for me and fairer to all my customers to only have one version of the Pink Flesh out in the wild.  No confusion over versions and dates and parts, just one Pink Flesh pedal.  When it's gone, it's gone, just the same as the Mayo and the ? Lady.

For the time being I'm going to give the Big Muff design a rest and concentrate on getting out orders and finishing up another major project that's been on the back burner for several months.

I've determined that the cache of transistors I've accumulated is adequate for filling all pending orders for the Pink Flesh and Mayo and ? Lady pedals.

 

 

December 24, 2007

Lunar Module is officially released.

 

 

December 15, 2007

Transistor Troubles Lead to Design Improvements, Product Retirements

My supply of transistors that I use for Mayos, Pink Fleshes, and ? Ladys has unexpectedly dried up. The latest batch did not meet my gain requirements, and it doesn't look like there's any more reliable stream of these parts forthcoming.

I'm going to discontinue the Mayo and ? Lady pedals for the time being unless and until I find something else suitable to build them.

Pink Flesh Pedal Continues

I plan to keep going with the Pink Flesh, and I have many ideas and many parts that I am currently working with to finalize the its formulation.  Right now, it is on hold for a short time while I polish and perfect it.