WrightSounds pedals now available at Emerald City Guitars!

I’m pleased to welcome Emerald City Guitars to the WrightSounds family. I recently made a trip up to Seattle and talked with owner, Jay Boone, at his AMAZING guitar store in Seattle, Washington. If you’re in Seattle, or even in the vicinity, do yourself a favor and check out this store. Great vibe, super nice staff, and ridiculously nice instruments. They’ve got oddball stuff like Danelectro and Silvertones, Mosrites, Kay, etc and also a vintage collection of Fender and Gibson guitars that will knock your socks off. Check ‘em out people and while you’re there give the Fuzz-Stang Mk II a test drive!

WrightSounds is the DIY Business of the Week

Check out the interview about my business start-up at the DIY Business Association website

Get your WrightSounds pedals in Belgium!

I’m happy to announce that WrightSounds pedals are now available at the Guitar GAS Station in Brussels, Belgium. They’re a new, great looking webstore that specializes in guitars and pedals that are hard to find in Europe. They’ve picked up some really cool boutique brands so far and WrightSounds is one of them. Check ‘em out at Guitar GAS Station!

Wright Sounds interview at the Effects Database

The almighty Effects Database, run by Bart Provoost, is an amazing resource for all things to do with Effects Pedals. It is quite the database. He’s been compiling interviews from builders around the world and he recently asked me some questions about my business. Check out the interview!

Repair of the Month – Univox Uni-Tron 5

This came into the shop needing some TLC. It had sporadic output, and, it didn’t sound ANYTHING like it should. Sounded cool, but not normal. The two switches were totally broken and had to be replaced. The stomp switch was intermittent and was also replaced. And finally, the two 9-volt battery clips were replaced. Check out more pics of the Univox Uni-Tron 5 at my Flickr page.

Kay Fuzztone repro

Just finished a custom job for a client…a Kay Fuzztone repro. Really cool pedal. I’m thinking about doing a limited run of these but I’m still in the air about the enclosures. I really don’t want to hunt down a bunch of old wah-pedals. I’d love to convert an old sewing machine foot pedal into one. That’d be sweet, eh?

Maton ECW80C refret

My repair of the month for October was this Maton ECW80C that needed a fret job. Maton guitars are made in Australia and the few I’ve played were all very nice instruments. This refret posed no problems except finding a proper truss rod wrench. Instead of having a standard hexagonal truss rod bolt it had a square end. I was able to fashion together about 7 parts from my ratchet set and make it work.

Made in Japan Fender 12-string electric

This is my repair of the month for multiple reasons. One is that I’ve never played one of these. Another is how great it looks. And last but not least is how well it setup and played. Nice straight neck, low action, good intonation…perfect for practicing my King Sunny Ade licks.

The Siss Boom Bang is in town!

K.D. Lang and the Siss Boom Bang are in town for a show at the Zoo. Guitarist, Josh Grange, needed some work done on his Custom Shop Tele Thinline. I installed a bone nut and did a setup. The neck relief and neck angle needed quite a bit of tweaking but the guitar was singing after the adjustments were made. Off to the show tonight!

WrightSounds Fuzz-Stang review in GUITAR PLAYER MAGAZINE

The Fuzz-Stang was part of a 25-pedal roundup in the September 2011 issue of Guitar Player Magazine (their all-fuzz issue). I’m very excited to see it in the pages of such a big magazine. Here is a link to the review.