Re: Pharaoh owners

Posted by Marbles on Oct 25, 2016; 6:18pm
URL: http://guitar-fx-layouts.238.s1.nabble.com/Pharaoh-owners-tp33717p33780.html

Hm.. I'm afraid changing diodes won't do so much then.. I mean, if these are .7v already, I think it'l be hard finding higher values in germanium?

Man, that sounds like a rough schedule... damn. By all means: Vent! For how long have you keep this up? Apart from the hours those courses sound very demanding.. Much respect! I already get stressed out if someone wants to drop by for a drink cause that means less free time. I can imagine it being even more frustrated if people nag about pedals like that. I have had people ask too, but have turned anything besides friends down so far. First, I don't feel i'm at that level yet, plus the few times I got the same thing.
So many people judge a hand built pedal by parts: " I have heard pedals are overpriced, it's just 15$ in parts blah". Especially when you don't have the luxury to buy in bulk, add shipping costs to get it etc.

People/friends asked me for a chorus or phaser too: I just said no. I would love to do it, but you can get the same pedal from MXR or EHX on ebay for 1/3 of what I would charge just to get the parts. And then I'm not even making a profit. I'm flattered, but be smart and buy the original haha. I just threw away another decal an hour ago :D I'd love to silkscreen, but for one-offs? Not possible. I can't even imagine the time it takes for the etching you do.

It's hard to find the energy to write/record music or finally learn some *&^basic electronics. Or play guitar.. I was not picky buying guitars, and the last 18 years I didn't go on holidays, but bought guitars. They were all fine, but I sold a few to buy a custom shop strat and man. It's all I have played since. I really have not had the need to play the others, so decided to get rid of them for a Gibson acoustic and maybe one more.

Never played an G&L! Not that common here in Holland I think.