From 2003-2009, I ran a small business building electronic devices on a custom-order basis for musicians around the world. The projects ranged from adding an expression pedal jack to a completely customized synthesizer. I also designed some circuits for small effects pedal companies. All in all, there are probably a few hundred devices with my signature scribbled in Sharpie somewhere on their case. This page shows some of the more interesting projects I completed. Click on any of the thumbnails in the scrolling box below for information, images, soundclips, and videos of each project.
French Toast Machine
"It sounds fantastic, very cool not to have to worry about reliablity anymore, overall awesome craftsmanship man, very well done." - Joey D
The Danelectro French Toast is essentially identical to the FOXX tone machine, aside from the fact that it is housed in a much cheaper enclosure. A quick rehouse makes it an excellent, reliable octave-up. Since the circuit has a lot of gain, I sometimes put a switch on the box which allows the user to roll off some of the high end which gets rid of a lot of hiss without losing much high end (I've also hard-wired this mod in). The result is essentially identical to the tone machine, except it costs a little less and the knob, switch, jack, and LED layout are all customizable, in addition to box size and LED color!
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"It sounds fantastic, very cool not to have to worry about reliablity anymore, overall awesome craftsmanship man, very well done." - Joey D
The Danelectro French Toast is essentially identical to the FOXX tone machine, aside from the fact that it is housed in a much cheaper enclosure. A quick rehouse makes it an excellent, reliable octave-up. Since the circuit has a lot of gain, I sometimes put a switch on the box which allows the user to roll off some of the high end which gets rid of a lot of hiss without losing much high end (I've also hard-wired this mod in). The result is essentially identical to the tone machine, except it costs a little less and the knob, switch, jack, and LED layout are all customizable, in addition to box size and LED color!
Images