NEWS

July 2008

Skreddy Echo is released

It's been nearly a year in the making.  I'm really happy and excited about sharing it with you.  I truly believe it will help inspire music making.

Marc Ahlfs, aka Skreddy
 

January 12, 2008

Retiring the Pink Flesh rather than re-formulating it

It's always been my policy to not continue a pedal line that (in my opinion) depends upon a particular transistor's personality for its signature tone, once their supply has run out.  I was planning on continuing the Pink Flesh after I ran out of its transistors and using modern parts tweaked for the same target application (i.e.; it has to have a certain 70's feel, not a modern feel).

After several rounds of experimentation, I've found that of course I can get plenty of nice Big Muff tones out of any number of different circuit permutations and various types of parts.  But nothing that particularly satisfied my target application, considering the time constraint I'm under to release it.  So I've decided to backpedal on my previous idea and that it is much simpler for me and fairer to all my customers to only have one version of the Pink Flesh out in the wild.  No confusion over versions and dates and parts, just one Pink Flesh pedal.  When it's gone, it's gone, just the same as the Mayo and the ? Lady.

For the time being I'm going to give the Big Muff design a rest and concentrate on getting out orders and finishing up another major project that's been on the back burner for several months.

I've determined that the cache of transistors I've accumulated is adequate for filling all pending orders for the Pink Flesh and Mayo and ? Lady pedals.

December 24, 2007

Lunar Module is officially released.

December 15, 2007

Transistor Troubles Lead to Design Improvements, Product Retirements

My supply of transistors that I use for Mayos, Pink Fleshes, and ? Ladys has unexpectedly dried up. The latest batch did not meet my gain requirements, and it doesn't look like there's any more reliable stream of these parts forthcoming.

I'm going to discontinue the Mayo and ? Lady pedals for the time being unless and until I find something else suitable to build them.

Pink Flesh Pedal Continues

I plan to keep going with the Pink Flesh, and I have many ideas and many parts that I am currently working with to finalize the its formulation.  Right now, it is on hold for a short time while I polish and perfect it.