HeavnerGuitarWorks

This auction is over at $182.50. Thanks for all the kind words and support! Mods... feel free to remove this thread.

Thanks!

Here's the link! I edited my first post as well. I thought I had added the link sunday, but I guess I didn't hit submit. Oh, well! It still has almost 8 days left so all is well! Thanks!

The above pedal is now being auctioned off on Ebay! 100$ of the proceeds will go to the American Red Cross for disaster relief. I posted a thread on the Auction board as well. Hopefully, the mods won't have a problem with double posting this, but if you do... feel free to remove it! Thanks and God bless!

... and it's Hemi powered!!! Thanks for compliment! I hate to sell it, but I want to do my part to help out with the disaster relief. I will be putting more pedals up for charity auctions in the next few days as well, so check my other items regularly!

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Now, that's my kinda' Tele! Only thing that would make it better is if it had two Rio Grande hums with a single in the middle and was shaped like a Strat! Obviously, I'm not too much of a Tele man, but I like this one alot! I'm getting ready to do a Tele "inspired" guitar myself... Hopefully!!! Good luck with the sourburst. If the WOD eats this one, I might have to kick the WOD in the nads!

That sucks! I live in Oxford MS which he played quite regularly when he was touring. I didn't find out he died til today when I saw this post. That's sad. There was a tiny little article in the middle of the Oxford paper that was totally unbefitting of the legend he was. I was lucky enough to see him live well over 30 times and I honestly couldn't pick any one show as being better than another. If you never got to see him, you definitely missed out on a remarkable experience. His albums never did him justice... in fact... they sucked. He often said the same thing. He hated what Fat Possum did to him, but he got a paycheck. The first time I saw him live was right before I moved to Oxford many years ago. The wife and I were visiting her parents here in Oxford and we went to Proud Larry's to eat. We sat in the upstairs area and you couldn't see the stage. We didn't even know that anyone was playing that night. All of a sudden we hear this really gravelly voice come over the P.A. saying a prayer for drinkin'. I completely cracked up as my inlaws are very religious. I walked down the steps and witnessed what was one of the best shows of my life. I'm talkin' pure raw electric juke joint boogie. Everyone in the restaurant got up and started dancing... it was just electifying. After the show, I looked at my wife who had been trying to get me to move here for a few years and said "I'm ready to move now!". Truly a sad day for the blues.

Straight off of my own pedal board... never intended to be sold... never to be reproduced... $0.99 with no reserve... 100% of the proceeds go directly to the American Red Cross! Here's the link!

I live in Oxford MS which is in the northwest part of MS... we had 70-80 mph winds, but luckily came out unscathed. It was my daughters 2nd birthday and we had just sat down to watch a movie together when the power went off (4:00 p.m.). It didn't come back on til 4:00 p.m. the next day... then the water went out almost immediately for 24 hours. The storm didn't hit us til around midnight, but it was bad enough to scare the s#@t outta' me at 4:00. I kept telling the wife "If it's this bad now and the storms not even here yet...". As bad as it was here, there were no deaths, no home damages, just a few down trees and damage to a few cars. We were extremely blessed. I got a call from a coworker right as I got up today telling me if I wanted gas I needed to leave right then. Gas prices were jumping and there were lines at the stations who were running out of gas. By the time I made it to town, over half the gas stations were out of gas, but luckily I found one that still had decent prices. The bad part is that none of the stations will get more gas til at least the 9th. This hurricane is going to be felt all over the nation. There are over 20 oil rigs missing or damaged, the coast is responsible for refining over 25% of the nations oil and the MS gulf coast is responsible for 91% of oil for the entire gulf coast. However, it doesn't only affect the coast. They ship crude oil to the Texas and other refineries. No power means no oil... no oil means no gas! When I got the phone call, I didn't take it that seriously.... I almost didn't get any gas either... and don't know when I'll be able to get more!!! I live 28 miles from work or any type of store, so that one tank of gas isn't going to last long. Take it serious folks! This is some serious shite! I don't think that $3.39 is price gouging... I think it is the start of a true gas crisis. The other problem with the hurricane is natural gas. We lost alot of natural gas rigs as well. Hope ya'll don't use natural gas for heat this winter! It's not just gas either... the gulf coast is where a ton of imported goods arrive in this country. I know they will just be sent to another location, but that means more $$$ in gas to get it here. If gas prices rise, everything rises due to shipping costs. Expect prices to rise in stores soon. The agreement isn't with just Walmart... it's federal law that the government can take what they want in time of emergencies. They can take your house if it is needed. WalMart didn't open their doors and say take what you want... they made an announcement that they were giving away food and water to those that need it and all hell broke loose. People took everthing. I saw a video clip of a cop busting the glass on a DVD cabinet to keep people from hurting themselves while looting the DVDs. There's more desperate people than cops so the cops are letting them do it. The mayor of NOLA just pulled the entire police force from the search and rescue missions to patrol the streets and take care of the looting problem... that means the cops, who should be rescuing people, now have to prevent theft and the rescue mission is now 1500 people short. It's a very sad situation! It definitely helps you realize what's important in life. I couldn't imagine what I would do if I was in their situation... but as long as my daughter and wife are safe I am fine... take those 2 things from me and I am a broke man.

For those interested.... this is how it looks on my pedal board...

PM or email your email addy to me and I can send you a small file.

I didn't mean to imply that it was a beginner pedal. I just meant I wasn't really catering to beginners... unless of course they want to buy one! I'm sure it does have its uses, but it doesn't do what they claim it will do... and that is to make a single coil sound like a humbucker. I'm sure it's nothing more than a switchable tone control. Useful to some... pointless to others... kinda like my opinions! That is the major difference between the 2 pedals besides the circuit itself... construction technique and quality of components. The main thing the SD has going for it is the fact that it's made by a pickup manufacturer, not a pedal company. I'm sure it hasn't been produced in quite the quantities that Boss spews out. Then again, I happen to love a few Boss pedals. I don't believe in the "everything in my rig has to be boutique hand wired point to point" mentality.... although everything in my rig is handbuilt. :^) I didn't intend to trash the company or the pedal... as I said, they are just 2 different beasts. If you owned one of mine, there is a 50/50 chance you'd love it/hate it. Different strokes for different folks. Sorry if I sounded cocky in my last post... I honestly didn't intend to. The things I stated are true comparisons of these 2 pedals. I'm sure the SD is a great pedal and has a very useful purpose, just as all pedals do.

I do not have a copy of the SD Pickup Booster schematic so I can't really say what the circuit is, but I do have a pic of the circuit board.... totally different beast. I am sure it is just as good in its own way... but it is very different. First of all, the SD is only capable of 6-25 db of boost while mine is capable of 0- over 30 db (depending on the power supply voltage). If you use it with a high gain amp with the gain cranked and cut the boost knob back, it will actually cut the gain produced by the amp without cutting volume. So you can essentially use it ass backwards from the intended use of a boost pedal... use it to go from extreme amp overdrive to clean. Second, the SD operates with a 9-12v power supply while mine operates on 9-18v giving more clean headroom than the SD. Third, the SD uses a DPDT switch for true bypass while mine uses a 3PDT. With a DPDT you have to use more components for true bypass with an LED... the more components, the more likely to be defective. Fourth, I use all high quality components... Vishay/Sprague, Mallory, Panasonic, Neutrik, Belden wire, etc... while the mass produced SD uses cheaper quality components. Fifth, the SD has a Pickup Resonance switch which they claim will make your single coils sound like humbuckers. It is a somewhat useful feature, but doesn't do what it says. When I designed my boost pedal, I wanted it simple yet very functional. Why would you want to change your amps tone with a booster??? It is supposed to do one thing and that is boost! If you need tone shaping, use an EQ... if you need different pickups, use a different guitar or humbuckers with a coil split option. I'm not really catering to the guitarists that own a Squier Affinity Strat with a Gorilla practice amp.... and I've known that from the start. Before anyone drops $100-$200 on a pedal of any sort, they need to have a perfect understanding of the tone they are after to begin with. Once they know the tone they are after or have already found that tone and just wanna' goof off with some pedals... then it's cool! Sixth, SDs are built in a factory... most likely by nonmusicians... assembly line style. I've been playing guitar for 15 years, building them for 10 years, building pedals for 5 years. My pedals are designed and built by me from the ground up... from designing the circuit/layout... testing... redesigning... testing... tweaking... artwork layout... drilling.... clear coat... soldering... stuffing all that mess into a tiny little box... marketing/promotion... sales... shipping... customer service.... website design and upkeep... accounting... parts orders... soundclips... merchandising... phone calls to music stores to talk them into carrying my pedals... etc... etc... It's all done by me and me alone. I've already sold 184 pedals this year alone... all by word of mouth. Not too shabby! ZVEX posted on another forum that he sold 340+/- last year. I'm not that far behind! Seventh, I offer a Limited Lifetime Warranty.... I don't know SDs warranty on their pedals, but I doubt it's that good. Eigth... Do I really need to continue? The SD pedal is good at what it does just as my pedal is.... they are just different pedals for different people. Not everyone will love my pedals... not everyone loves the SD (read Harmony Central reviews). Thanks for the question though.

^ What he said! ^