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Vintage Wahs

Posted by Dave Stewart on August 24th, 2010

I got sent a couple of wah pedals the other day, one of those new Vox 847A’s that needed a true bypass, fairly straight forward stuff. The other was an old wah that had clearly seen much better days. A note included in the package saying the pedal had failed and could I replace it

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August 24th, 2010 | Tags: , | Category: Blog | Comments are closed

Jimi Hendrix tops guitar riffs list

Posted by Dave Stewart on November 30th, 2009

Source : Stuff

RIFFTASTIC: Jimi Hendrix has been voted as having created the best guitar riff of all time.

Jimi Hendrix’s Voodoo Child (Slight Return) has been voted as having the best guitar riff of all time.

The 1970 track beat Guns N’ Roses classic Sweet Child O’Mine

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November 30th, 2009 | Tags: , , | Category: Encore | Comments are closed

Dexter Mods Run Off Pedal – F.A.Q

Posted by Dave Stewart on November 24th, 2009

1/. What is True Bypass?

The term “True-bypass” refers to a method of wiring a pedal’s stomp switch such that when the pedal is in bypass mode, your clean signal goes in one jack and out the other. The signal does not pass through any active circuitry that can corrupt your original tone. Many pedals

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November 24th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , | Category: F.A.Q, Rural Delivery Range | Comments are closed

What is the difference between Icar Taper Pots and the Dunlop Hot Pot

Posted by Dave Stewart on November 22nd, 2009
The taper of the wah pot affects the speed at which the wah effect changes. The ICAR taper pot is more abrupt, almost like a linear pot whereas the Dunlop Pot has a longer sweep. The Dunlop is also harder wearing, Dunlop estimate

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November 22nd, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , | Category: F.A.Q | Comments are closed

How much will it cost to send an item to me?

Posted by Dave Stewart on May 29th, 2009

Most of my auctions have shipping information on them. For larger items like guitars and amps you can find out your costs here:

http://tinyurl.com/dexterpost

http://www.nzpost.co.nz/Cultures/en-NZ/OnlineTools/Ratefinder/SendingNZ

Just type in the send location as Whakatane and your destination and include the dimensions and weight

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May 29th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | Category: F.A.Q | Comments are closed

Wah True Bypass With Input Buffer intact?

Posted by Dave Stewart on May 13th, 2009

My feedback on the full removal of the input buffer always comments about how much more improved the bypass signal is, yet it’s now claimed by some that it’s is in fact worse.

I’ve seen these ‘true bypass’ mods with the input

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May 13th, 2009 | Tags: , , , , , , , , | Category: F.A.Q | Comments are closed