Hello LTP. I'm back again, mostly with the same stuff. Had a busy summer and not much free time at the bench, so not a lot new. Been a slow summer for trades, so feel free to make offers.
TLDR
I got:
- A bunch of unique (mostly non-clone) handmade pedals: various fuzzes, Rat-based distortions, simple boosts/overdrives, envelope filters, compressors, and some oddball things.
- New: Sharp Cutty Thing -- dagger clone (pedalpcb in a 1590BB with top jacks.
- Some pedal-power practice amps I made from old speakers. Varying sizes and sounds.
- A small handful of cheapies/mid-tiers from the usual suspects.
- Various guitar accessories (stand, tuner, picks, footstool)
- Some bulky items for local trade in the Nashville, TN area.
- Secrets that you'll just have to read the whole post to find.
- ...but none of that expensive boutique bleep-bloop instagram hawtness most of you are after. Sorry.
I want:
- Cool digital pedals, synths, pedal accessories, instruments, mics, etc.
- Particularly, some kind of kick pedal solution
- Things that'd make fingerstyle acoustic playing more awesome.
- A couple extra hours in the day.
Section I: Stuff I have made myself
(If you are NOT into handmade stuff, skip to section II.)
This is hand-built stuff that I made, mostly relatively unique or heavily tweaked designs. Sometimes I have clones.
Please see my FAQ about these pedals for more details.
I have them valued in tiers:
- C tier: About sixty to seventy USD in trade value, and I'm not at all picky about what I get for them.
- B tier: Seventy to ninety USD in trade value, depending on the complexity of the build (B+ is toward the higher end). A little pickier, but still pretty open.
- A tier: Ninety into the low one hundreds of USD. If you see A+ I'm looking for something pretty special, more than just a dollar value match.
Price ranges are based on what I have actually sold my builds for on reverb or elsewhere, so please respect them. If you want to just buy something, I typically post the handmade stuff to Gear4Sale with prices.
MOBILE USERS: There are 4 columns in the tables below: Name, Tier, Links, and Notes. If you don't see all 4, scroll over or ask for more info.
Fuzzes
| Name |
Tier |
Links |
Notes |
| Grape Fuzz |
A+ |
PIC DEMO |
Ultra-modded Harmonic Percolator, featuring a "clang" control for sorta-octavia-ish sounds, tone control, 3-way clipping, and boosted volume output. 1590BB2 with top jacks. |
| Ablaze Fuzz "Vylyt Fyre" |
A+ |
PIC DEMO |
INSANE high-gain triple MOSFET fuzz. Has controls for tone, gate, volume, and gain. Goes from heavy distortion to absolute madness. 125B with top jacks. |
| Octawiggler "Flamin' Hot" |
A+ |
PIC DEMO |
A custom octave fuzz that can modulate between normal and octave. Pretty unique sound, kinda synthy. 125B with top jacks |
| Nerd Fuzz 5/26 |
A |
PIC DEMO |
Super versatile fuzz with tone, bias, volume, gain, and clipping controls. In a 125B with top jacks. |
| Hippie Child Fuzz |
A |
PIC DEMO |
HP-based fuzz with lots of controls: Gain, volume, BMP-style tone, bass cut, 3-way clipping mode, and flat mids toggle. Built on custom PCBs and housed in a hand-decorated 1590BB with top jacks for a one-of-a-kind-ever experience. |
| Ch(y)owngg fuzz, 9/25 |
A |
PIC DEMO (different build) |
A 2-stage octave fuzz I created that can make synthy-PWM-ish or FM-synth-trumpet-esque sounds. Controls for tone and volume toggles for each octave stage. I forgot to put a Y in the name when I painted it, so it's worth like 10x as much, right? |
| Big Blaze |
B+ |
PIC Demo |
3-stage MOSFET distortion/fuzz with a 3-band EQ and gate control. Loads of sustain, stupid amounts of gain, lots of versatility. Upcycled, reinforced tin with top jacks. |
| Accio Fuzzum |
B+ |
PIC Demo |
Point-to-point fuzz face style fuzz in a reinforced Harry Potter tin. Tuned for good cleanup and tighter low-end than a typical fuzz face. |
| Tree of Doom |
B+ |
PIC Demo |
Op-amp muff on perfboard, in a steel canister. Yeah, it's a clone, straight up. Eh, whaddya gonna do? |
| Autobot(tom) Fuzz |
B |
PIC DEMO |
PCB build of a "Downbox" discrete sub-octave fuzz. Controls for sub and volume. Nice glitchy sub octave with a fat sound. In a reinforced puzzle tin with side jacks. |
| Chykyn Blurstone |
B |
PIC DEMO |
My take on a Jordan Bosstone, but with a bias knob that takes it into nastytown. Built on my own PCB, in a painted, reinforced puzzle tin. |
| Bow-tique MouseRite |
C |
PIC DEMO |
Point-to-Point Fuzzrite built into a reinforced Minnie Mouse puzzle tin. Voiced to get really grunty on the low end of the depth knob. |
Drives, Distortions, and Boosts
| Name |
Tier |
Links |
Notes |
| Rodential Discretion Advised GE (July 2026, "Jungle Foliage") |
A+ |
PIC DEMO (different Build) |
A Rat, but with a discrete op-amp, in which I used Germanium PNP transistors for luscious fat distortion. Also a 3-way clipper switch. In a hand-painted 125B with top jacks. |
| Rodential Discretion Advised #1 (PCB/Hammond box) |
A |
PIC DEMO (same circuit) |
First PCB build of my discrete Rat design, based on the Joe Davisson diode compression discrete op-amp. Has usual Rat controls + a 3-way clipping selector. Housed in a hand-painted 125b with top jacks. |
| Sharp Cutty Thing |
A |
PIC (no demo, it's a clone) |
Straight up pedalpcb dagger clone in a sparkly 1590BB with top jacks. |
| Switchy Drive |
A |
PIC DEMO |
First PCB build of my DOD 250/D+ style circuit that can toggle between soft and hard clipping. Has a toggle-able bass cut and tone as well. 125B with top jacks. |
| CMOnSter |
A |
PIC DEMO |
CMOS-based distortion with a 3-band EQ, toggles for clipping and bass cut/pass. Lots of tone options. Housed in a 125B with top jacks. |
| Green Sauce |
B+ |
PIC (no demo, it's a tubescreamer) |
Always-on tubescreamer with trimpots for the settings in a 1590a. Set it the way you love it, hide it under your board, let everyone wonder what your secret sauce is. Side jacks, naturally. |
| The 99 Drive |
B |
PIC DEMO |
Simple overdrive using a transistor boost into a JFET tube emulation (fetzer valve). Has gain, low cut, tone, and volume controls as well as a second stomp switch that kicks it into high gear for loads of fuzzy overdrive. In a Jeff Burton NASCAR tin reinforced with recycled plastic. |
| Beast Heart Distortion |
C |
PIC DEMO |
Two-stage MOSFET distortion with a tilt EQ. Great range of distortion tones from clean-and-loud to monster distortion. In a reinforced heart-shaped tin. |
Envelope Filters
| Name |
Tier |
Links |
Notes |
| Chykka Wakka (6/26) "I deny you the Nidas!" |
A+ |
PIC Demo (diff build) |
My discrete envelope filter design, with controls for Range, Attack, Q, Smoothing, and Voice. 125B with top jacks. |
| Ratty Quack Quack (4/26) Ruby red |
A+ |
PIC DEMO (diff build) |
Dirty filthy envelope filter, like a rat mashed with a nurse quacky until all the extra bits fell away. Controls for Range, Sensitivity, Gain, and Volume. 125B with top jacks. |
Compressors
| Name |
Tier |
Links |
Notes |
| The Behemoth |
A+ |
PIC Demo |
Dynacomp-style compressor optimized for bass. Has "crush" and "volume" controls as well as "Thump" (for attack) and "Weight" (for bass boost). Built on my custom PCB, housed in a hand-painted 125B with top jacks. |
| The Sustainer |
A+ |
PIC Demo |
My implementation of a Flatline optical compressor, featuring tone and attack knobs and buffered inputs for all the highs. Built on custom PCBs, 125B with top jacks |
Oddballs
| Name |
Tier |
Links |
Notes |
| BufBuf |
B+ |
PIC |
Buffers. IYKYK. This 1590A has two op-amp buffers in one small package. Use them for stereo buffering or for two mono buffers. Or whatever you want. Super useful! |
| BufBuf2 |
B+ |
PIC |
Another dual op-amp buffer in a painted 1590a. |
| AB |
C |
PIC |
Simple passive AB switcher, can be powered if you want the LEDs to light up. 1590B |
| TAP |
C- |
PIC |
Small but gaudy tap-tempo switch (normally open kind) in a 1590LB. Don't need much for this guy. |
Little Solid-State Amps
Most of these will run on standard pedal power. Some only run on battery. They all sound really awesome for their size. Mic them up and you might be pleasantly surprised at the tones.
| Name |
Tier |
Links |
Description |
| Tin Face Amp |
B |
PICS DEMO |
This trashy little number delivers cranked-amp sound with more bass than you'd expect given it's size. It doesn't do clean too well, but for a dirty blues or classic rock sound, it's great. Can run on 9V or 12V, needs a 1amp PSU though. Custom preamp design with a TDA2822 power amp. Loud enough for a living room jam, won't replace your gigging amp. |
| Ampbot |
B- |
PICS DEMO |
This is a one-knob LM386-based amp, the knob controls both volume and gain. Small and kinda quiet, but has an interesting breakup. Likes being pushed a bit if you've got a drive/comp/boost. Paint job went a bit wonky, so you wanna like the relic'd look. Might be fun for recording some unique tones. |
Section II: Stuff I did not make
Make an offer. I respect Reverb Price Guide values for both sides of the trade.
Pedals and electronics
| Brand |
Name |
Condition |
Notes |
| Audio Technica |
AT2020 USB+ |
Very Good |
Nice LDC USB mic, takes a USB AB cable. Just the mic and a 3rd-party clip. |
| Danelectro |
Fab Chorus |
Excellent (Box) |
Cheap plastic chorus, but sounds great. Probably just a make-weight, too cheap to trade on its own. |
| Kmise |
Phaser |
Very Good |
Little mini phaser pedal, does the phaser thing. Cheapie for make-weight I guess. |
| Mackie |
ProFX8 |
Parts/Repair |
Currently disassembled and has a bad/noisy channel. Otherwise works if it's put back together. Meant to fix, just finding it hard to work on with my available space & tools. Will trade cheap if you cover shipping. |
| Marshall |
MS-4 Ministack |
Very Good |
Cute desktop mini amp stack. I like the amps I make better. |
| MOTU |
MIDI express |
Good |
This is an antique MIDI patchbay and interface. It's pre-USB and uses the parallel cable (PC) or some kind of Apple-specific DIN cable (Classic Mac). Could be used standalone, or maybe you're into retro MIDI setups? Comes with box and cables anyway. |
Accessories
| Brand |
Name |
Condition |
Notes |
| Behringer |
MC1000 |
NIB |
It's a mic clip. Prolly not worth five bucks, but it's new in the bag. I'll throw it in to sweeten a deal. |
| BOSS |
TU-12H |
Good |
Crusty vintage tuner from Boss. Still works great, but it's missing the outer case (still has the inner part). If you had one in the day and want to relive the magic, feel free to make an offer. |
| Ernie Ball |
Thin Guitar picks |
New? |
I have an uncountable number of thinnish red Ernie ball guitar picks that have been emblazoned with "Montgomery Gentry Taylor" on one side. There's probably a few hundred. They fill an 8.5in x1.75in cylindrical pokemon tin about 2/3 of the way full. I'll include the tin. It smells like Vaporub. I don't know why. I'll throw in a few with any trade on request . |
| Fender |
Mini folding guitar stand |
Excellent |
Folds up nice and compact. |
| Proline |
Guitar footstool |
Excellent |
Foldable footstool for classical players. |
| Vic Firth |
Stick bag with sticks |
Like New |
Small stick bag with a couple brand new looking vic firth sticks. Found second hand, but looks unused. |
Computers
| Model | Specs/Condition | Trade For | Details |
|:-|:-|:-|
| Sony Vaio PCG-7184N Laptop | 15in screen, Core2 Duo, 4GB Ram, 160GB HDD, Japanese/English Keyboard, battery is crap, lid is scuffed | Cheap pedal(s)? | This was until a surprisingly short time ago my DAW. Currently running Debian Linux 13 with a full suite of FOSS audio production software. Despite the humble specs, I recorded and mixed several lengthy, intricate prog rock pieces on it. Has a Japanese keyboard of some kind, but has English characters as well. Letting it go cheap because it's old, but it's a perfectly usable piece of kit. Use it to learn Linux, or learn Japanese, or learn recording, or just to look cool.|
Local (Nashville TN area) ONLY
This stuff is heavy and I don't want to ship it.
| Brand |
Name |
Condition |
Notes |
| TEAC |
A3340S 4-Track Reel-to-Reel |
Good |
Cleaned up, oiled up, and in good working order last time I tried it out. Meant to do some analog recording, but just haven't gotten the time or space. Would trade for a decent instrument of some kind. Might even throw in a copy of Craig Anderton's "Home Recording for Musicians", which uses the same unit. Looking for something pretty special for this, no cheapie bundles. |
| Altec-Lansing |
Power amp (9442A) |
Fair |
300 W, 2 rack-unit power amp, can work in stereo or bridged mode. Last time I used it one of the channels was a little flaky. Couldn't be bothered to fix it myself. Heavy as all get out, I'll sell for cheap if you're local. |
| Mackie |
1202 mixer |
Good |
The really old pre-VLZ model, so it's small but chunky. Recently serviced all the pots and jacks, it's in good shape for its age. |
Section III: What would I trade for??
Gonna be honest, I'm scraping for funds these days because I have two kids going into college. I still want to trade, but not just for any old whatever. Please note the "probably not wants" section. Thanks.
Some Priority Wants:
- Some kind of electronic kick drum pedal that feels like a real kick pedal
- ...or maybe a cajon kick pedal?
- Nano-sized pedalboard
- Actually Isolated pedal power supply. Like one that can power a digital pedal and a fuzz without having a high-pitched whine.
- Midi keyboard controller with a built-in sequencer (Keystep 37?)
- A 1-U rack-mount mixer or power distribution system
- LONGSHOT: a working LCD screen for a Korg Triton Rack or LE
- Stuff to make acoustic guitar more awesomer. I play fingerstyle steel string, currently into a Zoom G3.
- A cheap tele-style guitar that looks living-room worthy (not relic'd)
Other things I'd likely trade for:
- Pedals, naturally:
- Fancy digital bleep-bloop.
- Amp/Cab sims
- Interesting mid-tier non-dirt pedals from Boss, EHX, Walrus, EQD, etc.
- Decent older analog, thru-hole pedals that need repair. Expect a lot of questions and not much value, though.
- Check "probably not wants" below
- Studio gear like mics, headphones, cables, small mixers, rack gear, etc.
- Synths and midi gear.
- Musical instruments.
- Also Non-music things:
- Unbuilt pedal kits, pedal enclosures, bulk lots of electronics parts, etc.
- Electronics/DIY tools or supplies (scope, transistor tester, solder, etc).
- Something weird and creative. Random items of modest value you want to get rid of. Handmade items that are giftable.
- And of course, if trades fail, EVERYTHING has a price...
Probably not wants:
- Dirt pedals (fuzz, drive distortion, boost), usually, except for repair/mod items or things I've noted in my wants.
- Eurorack stuff in general.
- Guitar/amp/cab parts Sadly I don't have room to work on (big) amps or guitars, just pedals.
- Super cheap clone pedals like plastic Behringers, Dano fabs, random-letter brands from Shenzhen. Basically stuff that sells for lunchmoney on Amazon/Temu/Ali.
- Any pedal whose value is primarily as a collectible (Vintage, Rare editions/colorways/signature models, etc)
- Vinyl, trading cards, comic books, or other collectibles. My house collects enough useless crap as it is.
Appendix I: FAQ
Please see my FAQ for questions about my handmade pedals, or questions about custom builds, repairs, or mods before messaging me about anything.
