PP3 style battery snaps: SKU506, SKU507
Aug 4, 2011 DIY effects pedals, Effects Pedals, GAPco Spares, Pedals
SKU506
SKU507
Free UK Delivery!
Our battery snaps are replacements suitable for most 9 volt pedals. We sell these as a minimum 5 items per order at a very resonable price!
PP3 style battery snap connector, rigid, side entry.
Zinky Velveteen ATZ10132
Aug 3, 2011 Amplifiers
The sound of a small vintage tube amp combined with performance volume level. The Velveteen puts out almost 15 Watts before distortion, and over 20 Watts when overdriven and gives a perfect balance between crystal clear and raucous.
Key Specifications:
Amplifier Type: Class A
Audio Output Power (w): 13
All Tube: (1) 5881/6L6
Power: 13 watts (RMS)
Drivers: (1) 10” Zinky Custom Vintage Eminence® USA Made
Cabinet: AA 10-ply Baltic Birch Construction
Tags: distortion, overdriven, Velveteen, vintage, Zinky
SKU513 – 3.5 mm plastic jack socket
Aug 1, 2011 GAPco Spares
GAPco stock 3.5 mm plastic jack socket at 95p per single unit. Buy 10+ and get them for 85p each, 50+ for 76p each and 200+ for only 46p
These jack sockets have Mono Switched contacts and PCB tabs.
Tags: Mono Switched Contacts, PCB Tabs, Plastic Jack Sockets
Plastic Jack Sockets
Jul 15, 2011 DIY effects pedals, Effects Pedals, GAPco Spares, Pedals
Jack sockets are plentifully supplied at GAPco spares. We stock nylonbodied with fibre spacing washers and self-cleaning contacts in tin plated nickel-silver.
Tags: DIY effects pedals, jack sockets, Plastic Jack Sockets
Zinky Master Blaster – Another satisfied customer!
Oct 22, 2010 Effects Pedals, Pedal Boards, Pedals
Hi Andy,
The Zinky Master Blaster really is a great pedal. I use it in combination with Telecasters and Dr.Z-Amps (Carmen Ghia and MAZ Jr.) and it really pushes these amps nicely for soloing. I compared it to a few other boosters: Fulltone Fat-Boost and Fulldrive , Xotic RC-Booster, Durham Sex Drive, Analogman KoT and this MXR/CAE booster. For me it is by far the best.
The Durham is nice too but I use it in a different way: as a kind of a decent compressor.
Thanks for the good service!
Arthur
Tags: Analogman KoT, Dr.Z-Amps, Durham Sex Drive, Fulltone Fat-Boost, Xotic RC-Booster, Zinky Master Blaster
Quality Amplifiers in stock at GAPco
Jun 16, 2010 Amplifiers
We’ve currently got a fantastic range of amplifiers to buy online at GAPco.
Whether you’re after the unique styling of the Zinky Blue Velvet 25W 1×12 Combo, the massive sound offered by the Rivera Chubster 55 or the vintage appeal of the Supro Model 50 13 Watt 1 X 12 Combo you’re going to find just the amplifier you need at GAPco.
Visit our full range of amplifiers at GAPco
Is this nano version or the original one?
May 10, 2010 Pedals
We have the Holy Grail in the smaller Nano sized box in stock. This is the Holy Grail now, EH have stopped making the Holy Grail in the original size box that is shown on our website, we just haven’t got around to uploading the new photo yet.
Tags: 304, Electro Harmonix, HOLY GRAIL
Rolling Stone: 100 greatest guitarists
Rolling Stone magazine has listed it’s top 100 guitarists of all time. Below is an exerpt by Pete Townsend on Jimmy Hendrix.
“I feel sad for people who have to judge Jimi Hendrix on the basis of recordings and film alone; because in the flesh he was so extraordinary. He had a kind of alchemist’s ability; when he was on the stage, he changed. He physically changed. He became incredibly graceful and beautiful. It wasn’t just people taking LSD, though that was going on, there’s no question. But he had a power that almost sobered you up if you were on an acid trip. He was bigger than LSD.”
Visite the Rolling Stone website and see if you agree with their choices!
Rolling Stone: 100 greatest guitarists
Stomp box types explained
Aug 10, 2009 Pedals
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DISTORTION Pretty much self explanatory, distortion pedals make your guitar sound, well, distorted. Generally, this has come to mean everything from smooth tube overdrive to all manner of nasty, dirty, “my amp is exploding” tones and “scooped mids” pedals for death metal madness. The earliest example of distortion used in popular music was the three-note riff that was heard all over the airwaves when the Rolling Stones recorded “Satisfaction” (which, incidentally, was voted the number one rock song of all time by MTV). Jimi Hendrix loved running several pedals in sequence, like a fuzz, a wah and a “Uni-Vibe” (which we’ll discuss in a bit). In fact, over 30 years after his tragic death, Jimi was still voted the world’s greatest guitar player! Can you imagine having that kind of impact after a brief four-year career? |
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WAH PEDALS Originally described by critics as a “war toy,” the wah-wah seems to go in and out of fashion. Eric Clapton used it to great effect on Cream’s classic “White Room” and “Tales of Brave Ulysses” while Jimi Hendrix used it on many of his most memorable songs, which include the classic “Voodoo Chile (Slight Return).” Vox has reissued its classic wah pedal, while newer models are available from Tech 21 (the “Killer Wail”) and Dunlop. |
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DELAY Early rock music used tape-based delays to produce everything from fast “slapback” echoes to the wild, multiple delays produced by units such as Roland’s Space Echo. Later, in the 1970s, analog delays were introduced that could produce delays as long as two seconds or more, though the delays quickly lost a lot of high frequency information. The 1980s saw the introduction of the modern digital delay which could produce a wide range of full-frequency time-based effects, like chorus and flange, as well as traditional echo..echo…echo… |
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CHORUS This is the first of our time-based effects. When a slightly detuned and delayed “clone” of a guitar signal is played back with the original, it produces a subtle (or sometimes not-so-subtle) doubling effect, which produces a thicker, lusher tone. The original effect was produced by the Boss CE-1 Chorus Ensemble, though later effects would add multiple detunings and delays to produce a rich, glossy animation. Andy Summers of The Police was quick to use the chorus effect, and it has only gotten more popular over the years. |
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FLANGER Which brings us to… |
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PHASER Another time based effect that’s somewhere between the extremes of the flanger and the glossiness of the chorus pedal. The groovy swirling effect is all over the first two Van Halen albums. Early Phasers were supposed to recreate the complex sound of a B-3 Leslie cabinet, which had a rotating horn and a spinning drum under a 15-inch woofer. Though the sound wasn’t really close, it was better than hauling around a 250-pound Leslie cabinet. It’s now become a stage and studio staple. |
| UNI-VIBE Jimi Hendrix loved the original Uni-Vibe, which was sort of a rudimentary chorus effect with some detuning effect similar to vibrato. The original pedals (when you can find one) fetch astronomical prices, but the watery textures have now been duplicated via digital modeling and in some “botique” stomp boxes. The late Stevie Ray vaughn and Eric Johnson have both been known to use this signature sound on their albums. |
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COMPRESSOR This is a classic studio effect that found its way into various stomp boxes in an effort to increase sustain. The earliest units were fairly noisy, but modern compressors have added noise gates that cut off the signal once it reaches a particular level. |
| AUTO-WAH Best known in its earliest incarnation in the Mu-Tron III Envelope Follower, which was actually part auto-wah and part triggered filter. Almost every manufacturer has some sort of version of this classic effect. In fact, you can’t walk through Sweetwater’s guitar demo room without tripping over a dozen or so . . . just kidding. |
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MULTI-EFFECTS The king of effects boxes is the multi-effect pedal, which can include everything above and a bunch of stuff that hasn’t even been categorized yet. These are available in all flavors from basic to complex. And by complex, we mean chaining so many effects that it doesn’t even sound like a guitar any more. These monsters can replace a whole truckload of stomp boxes that tend to end up in your gig bag all tangled together (when they’re not busy chowing down on 9-volt batteries). |
How can I take advantage of a multi-effect pedal?
Jul 9, 2009 Pedals
It’s more a question of not getting carried away. Your modern multi-effects can typically produce as many as five or six effects simultaneously (or even more). So it’s easy to start piling a plate reverb on top of a chorus effect plus some EQ, a little compression and maybe a speaker simulator and . . . well, in many cases, the sky’s the limit.
As an example, Digitech’s GNX4 will not only produce a superb tonal palette, but it also includes things we never dreamed of even a few years ago, like 8-track digital recording (at 24-bit resolution, no less), USB connectivity to your computer, a built-in drum machine and even a mic preamp with phantom power. And all at the unbelievable Sweetwater price of just $599.97 ($799.95 list)! And no, that’s not a misprint.
For a lot less cash, you can still tap into an incredible boatload of sophisticated processing with units like the Boss ME-50 ($295.97) or even the budget-priced, yet amazingly powerful Alesis GuitarFX Pedal ($69.97). Almost all the gear made today is capable of delivering a wide range of effects with very low signal-to-noise ratios. In fact, most guitars cannot claim to be as quiet as the majority of today’s multi-effects.
Even the curent crop of amp modelers, like the PODxt ($299.99) and Vox ToneLab ($449) include a wide range of effects that can be used individually or in a chain, either pre or post amplifier.
