Here's a little preview of what's coming to YouTube in a couple of weeks.
After the ridiculous success of the Dumbleton, I wanted to take the same sort of unconventional approach in a completely different direction.
This one is designed from scratch, built on a block of wood, and uses two chips to chase that classic high-gain rock sound.
It's only a quarter-watt, but it drives a real 8Ω or 16Ω guitar cabinet, and the sound is genuinely ridiculous.
The full video is coming soon, along with a Workbench Tier members-only deep dive into the circuit, the design decisions and how the whole thing works.
More soon. 🤘
Original Dumbleton video:
https://youtu.be/apl7gM9BWKg
More videos and membership:
https://mcphersonmusic.nz
I've been wanting to find a simple way of explaining what actually happens to a guitar signal as it moves through pedals and, especially, through the different stages of an amplifier.
Check out the video here:
So I built an app to visualise it, and then made a video around it.
It's deliberately simple, but I think it could be really useful if you've ever wondered why your gear behaves the way it does.
And you can play with the free app here:
The first batch is almost ready to ship!
We've had to order some more of the custom parts to keep up with the orders, so there are a few little delays while those come in, but we're getting close.
We've also started engraving the bottom of the pickups with the McPherson logo and model mark, along with an H for Harper, who has wound all the coils for this run.
I've been playing mine for a couple of weeks now, and I honestly still love this thing. It's a really unusual pickup, and the way it responds and handles gain is something I haven't experienced from a conventional PAF-style humbucker.
If you haven't watched the video yet, this is where the whole experiment came from:
Watch the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bIQ_7ZQKLDs
And if you've watched it and want to put one in your own guitar:
Angel Hair PAF:
https://mcphersonmusic.nz/en-nzd/products/angel-hair-paf-handmade-experimental-neck-humbucker
🇺🇸 USA customers:
https://mcphersonmusic.nz/en-nzd/pages/us-form
Thanks for following along with this one. 🤘
