GUITAR BOARD

> With all this talk of classic Les Paul/Marshall valve tone I started
> wondering about getting, or at least experimenting with a Rangemaster
> clone effect pedal.
>
> They seem pretty expensive to me, so any reccomendations on a decent and
> ideally inexpensive clone?

> With all this talk of classic Les Paul/Marshall valve tone I started
> wondering about getting, or at least experimenting with a Rangemaster
> clone effect pedal.
>
> They seem pretty expensive to me, so any reccomendations on a decent
> and ideally inexpensive clone?

>In article ,
> Angus Manwaring wrote:

>> With all this talk of classic Les Paul/Marshall valve tone I started
>> wondering about getting, or at least experimenting with a Rangemaster
>> clone effect pedal.
>>
>> They seem pretty expensive to me, so any reccomendations on a decent and
>> ideally inexpensive clone?

>I tried a few of the BSM pedals a while ago (they do Rangemaster and
>other treble booster clones) and they were all excellent.

>Then theres the D*A*M Red Rooster (http://www.stompboxes.co.uk) which
>is based on the Rangemaster, but has a variable frequency boost. Its
>one of the best pedals Ive ever tried... typical D*A*M high quality.
>Theyre a bugger to get hold of, though.

> > With all this talk of classic Les Paul/Marshall valve tone I started
> > wondering about getting, or at least experimenting with a Rangemaster
> > clone effect pedal.
>
> > They seem pretty expensive to me, so any reccomendations on a decent
> > and ideally inexpensive clone?
>
> The really sad thing is the treble booster pedals are just about the
> simplest circuits in the world. One transistor, 4 resistors, 3 capacitors,
> one pot. I used to churn them out in the 70s and sell the assembled bits
> ready for putting a box of the buyers choice. I charged a fiver, and that
> had a huge profit margin. IIRC I used the Rangemaster circuit.
>
> What to buy? How much money have you got? BSM seem to do a huge range, all
> seem expensive in the extreme.
>
> Al.

>> With all this talk of classic Les Paul/Marshall valve tone I started
>> wondering about getting, or at least experimenting with a Rangemaster
>> clone effect pedal.
>>
>> They seem pretty expensive to me, so any reccomendations on a decent
>> and ideally inexpensive clone?

>The really sad thing is the treble booster pedals are just about the
>simplest circuits in the world. One transistor, 4 resistors, 3 capacitors,
>one pot. I used to churn them out in the 70s and sell the assembled bits
>ready for putting a box of the buyers choice. I charged a fiver, and that
>had a huge profit margin. IIRC I used the Rangemaster circuit.

>What to buy? How much money have you got? BSM seem to do a huge range, all
>seem expensive in the extreme.

> On 26-Mar-08 20:25:10, Al said
>
> >> With all this talk of classic Les Paul/Marshall valve tone I started
> >> wondering about getting, or at least experimenting with a Rangemaster
> >> clone effect pedal.
>
> >> They seem pretty expensive to me, so any reccomendations on a decent
> >> and ideally inexpensive clone?
> >The really sad thing is the treble booster pedals are just about the
> >simplest circuits in the world. One transistor, 4 resistors, 3 capacitors,
> >one pot. I used to churn them out in the 70s and sell the assembled bits
> >ready for putting a box of the buyers choice. I charged a fiver, and that
> >had a huge profit margin. IIRC I used the Rangemaster circuit.
>
> Arghh - maybe you should pick up where you left off as a sideline. :)
>
> Ive seen a lot about this transistor vs that transistor (OC44 vs OC44K)
> and get the tin can ones not the leaky, noisy (black) glass ones. Does
> that have any credibility, or is it just people saying ours is better
> than theirs?
>
> Id be keen to hear any thoughts you have especially as you have actual
> experience in the construction side.

>On Mar 26, 9:25 pm, Al wrote:
>>
>> What to buy? How much money have you got? BSM seem to do a huge range, all
>> seem expensive in the extreme.
>>
>> Al.

>About 2 minutes work found the following :

>http://www.geofex.com/Article Folders/Rangemaster/drm.htm