Stephenson Amplification 'Fix My Duck' :
Fix My Duck

"The fix my duck (FMD) is a pedal designed for guitar players.It evolved from a circuit I designed for a luthier who needed an acoustic pre-amp for his 12 sensor pick-up system. This circuit uses Jfets and is tuned to compress in a “tubish” sounding way (organic) when pushed into clipping. I was also using a version of this circuit as a buffer for electric guitar use, ideal for retaining tonal integrity when driving long instrument cables."

"After some experimentation I found that by cascading several acoustic pre amp circuits together, a very pleasant sounding booster pedal was created. After some refining, and adding control over gain, tone, and boost functions, the FMD pedal was born."

Features:

  • High quality made in Canada circuit board
  • Components selected for tone as well as reliability
  • Hand wired and use flying leads to the switches and pots
  • 9 Volt adaptor accepts standard power supply
  • True bypass switching
  • Functions as a Buffer pedal, a Treble Booster pedal or a Full Range Booster pedal

 

How it works:

The FMD is a three-in-one pedal:

    1. Can function as a buffer pedal. Converts the guitar’s output into a low impedance signal
    2. Can function as treble booster pedal. It's absolute magic at producing clarity and presence to solos with guitars that have a ton of bottom, or when using amps that get bloated sounding when slammed hard
    3. Can function as a full range booster pedal. This mode is used to drive the front end of an amp and push the amp into its own natural overdrive

  • Gain – Controls the FMD’s level of gain and compression. Higher settings are brighter and more compressed, low settings are darker with less compression

  • Level – Controls the output level

  • Tone – Controls the high frequency

  • Foot switch – Is a true by-pass switch


Right Side

 

  • In – Input jack for guitar

  • Boost switch:
      1. Up position is full range boost mode
      2. Middle position is flat
      3. Down position is treble boost mode

                         


Left Side

  • Out – Output to amplifier

  • Thick / Thin Switch:
      1. Thin position rolls of bottom end
      2. Thick position is full range

9 Volt adaptor [Accepts standard power supply]

 

 

Customer Comments:


"I just wanted to let you know that I've used the FMD on several gigs now and it sounds fantastic!  I play with another band two Tuesdays per month at The Yale and usually use one of the house Super Reverb's.  I was using two fulltone pedals  for the range of tones I needed but once I turned on the FMD I was able to get enough grind for the heavier tunes and use the controls on the guitar for everything else, leaving the pedal on.  This is the first time I've been able to set up one sound and get all the tonal changes I needed from the guitar.  This is the only pedal I've tried that sounded/felt natural enough to do that to my satisfaction. Thanks for making yet another great sounding and useful musical tool."

"I wanted to give you an update on the FMD pedal I bought awhile back. The pedal is quite versatile I have found and it thickens the single coils up nicely on my strat. With the HB pickups I like to run it with the 'clarity' settings as a starting point. It has kicked two other pedals out of my board and saved me some real estate, I am sold!"

" I got my FMD booster pedal finally.  Thank you very much. I have been playing around with it and I must say, it is completely kicking my ass!  The "Full" boost mode is just staggering.  You hit a home run with whatever tweaking you did to the bass response.  Just massive. I love this pedal.  I haven't even gotten around to using it with the Hog yet.  I have been trying it with all my guitars/amps, and feeding it into a BJF Honey Bee.  The results are just far in excess of what I imagined possible.  Your FMD has so much aggressive personality. Totally impressive.  What a deal this pedal is!"

"The FMD pedal arrived today and I gave it a test spin this morning. I checked out the sample settings and I have to say this is one of the most versatile pedals I have right now. I got a variety of useful sounds out of it and it really has good clarity, I am impressed."

"I got the Fix My Duck pedal yesterday and played it at a gig last night. Wow! I like it. I play a Deluxe Reverb and I've never heard it sing so sweet. My set-up was, Strat - Vox Wah - fmd - Fender. I was so inspired by my tone that I think it inspired the rest of the band, we were smoking. After the gig two guys came up to me asking if the Fender was hot rodded in some way. I was a little reluctant to show them my new secret weapon, I guess it's not a secret any more. Your going to have to find ways to build these pedals faster. Thank your daughter for the nifty artwork, the pedal's look is too cool."

Contact Info :

STEPHENSON AMPLIFICATION

Mark Stephenson
PO Box 176
Parksville, BC
CANADA
V9P 2G4

Tel: 250-954-2292
Monday to Friday 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM Pacific

stephenson@telus.net