#expressive form

SPURR Audio - Wild RAT

Midas - Vivian Stanshall’s ‘Woman’ amp

custom-made approx 1974/75.

Front panel painted by his Bonzos bandmate Neil Innes.

Charlie Buck: "did you hear the story of when the bonzos were all driving to a gig in the US and got pulled over. The cop asked if they had got any guns because they would need them where they were going. Viv said “we’re English, we don’t need guns, we’re armed with charm and good manners!”."

"A 'Midas' guitar amplifier, from the collection of Vivian Stanshall, founding member of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band, green-painted and modified to resemble a naked female torso, 63 cm x 61 cm. ... There used to be 2 rubber bicycle horn bulbs in position either side as breasts. ... It was quite an avant garde concept to have all those built in effects contained within the actual amp. In those days they tended to be pedals and outboard items rather than integral with an amp."

"Phasmids, sometimes known as stick bugs, exhibit remarkable camouflage that extends even to their eggs. These eggs beautifully mimic seeds or plant debris to evade predators before hatching. This mimicry involves structures called capitula, which attract ants. The ants transport these eggs to their nests, burying them and providing protection from environmental threats and parasitic wasps. This sophisticated adaptation, known as myrmecochory, exemplifies convergent evolution, where unrelated species develop similar traits to enhance survival. Such intricate evolutionary strategies ensure that phasmid eggs remain hidden and safe until they hatch, emphasizing the almost unbelievable ingenuity of natural selection in the insect world.

dementia labs - Avocado - Auto Wah

4D PEDALS - set of 3 pedals: Red-Star Distortion, Black-Star Fuzz and Blue-Star Blues Overdrive (housed in an enclosure CAD-designed and manufactured only for you with a name or word of your choice)

- the first star-shaped pedal that is featured here, I think - and found it unfortunately some weeks too late on kickstarter!

Puzzle Effects

has a kickstarter project running until 1st of March 2022

“As the name suggests, our pedals can slot together like puzzle pieces, allowing them to power one another and doing away with power and patch cables. The modular aspect of our concept will allow you to test different chain orders at a glance ... Also, the significant space saving ... the contact system allowing the passage of electricity between our pedals is maintained by a screw system, and not soldered, which allows it to be easily replaced. ...The enclosures are made of aluminum with an anodized finish ... thanks to their standard jack input and output, our pedals are compatible with all other effects pedals “

Analog effects True Bypass Power supply: DC 9V negative center (BOSS type, not included) Current consumption: 7mA ROCKET - 11mA SUBMARINE - 25mA BUGGY Designed and made in France”

a new and creative take on the Grafton Electronics Dan Armstrong version!

s. more modular pedal systems

Neutrino Labs - Baby Fuzz

from Chimalhuacán, Mexiko

“ Based in the Acapulco Gold with a Fuzz War Tone stage. “