End of a great thing!

To all those loyal customers of Alpha Omega Guitar Effects I want to say THANK YOU! Due to economic (and other reasons) we will no longer be able to produce, modify or repair any Alpha Omega products. Alpha Omega Guitar Effects has been liquidated and shut down. We really enjoyed our time helping musicians find their Heavenly Tone! To all who own one of our products, we hope you have years of enjoyment and make beautiful music.
God Bless to all.
Dana

The Koinonia Pedal

I know its been way to long since my last blog. Sorry about that but things have been hectic around here. Some personal things and some business related things just make the time tick by to fast. Anyway, I was contacted by a worship pastor in Colorado looking for a custom built pedal. He plays a Taylor acoustic guitar with the Expression System. If you know this guitar you know it sounds best with a 1/4 in. balanced output to XLR straight to a PA house system. So how do you add any effects with out going big dollar rack equipment or adding effects at the house board where you have to trust your sound tech. Well. here is the answer.

The Koinonia Pedal. It is custom made effect and offers two effects in a single box with balanced input and output for the Taylor Expression System. This model custom made for Jim in Colorado, is a Chorus and Digital delay. The effects can be used

individually or together and when not being used offers true bypass. This was a fun but time consuming build. I don't know how many more of these I will make. Jim may end up with the only one in existence. Who knows.....

Jakson Amplifiers

I was contacted the other day by a local custom guitar amp builder. Jackson Amplification makes extremely high quality hand built amplifiers. They are located in the Dallas Ft. Worth, North Texas area. Their website highlights each amp and there are many sound clips available for your audio pleasure.

Here are the highlighted amps from their website.

The Atlantic from Jackson Ampworks is one of the most versatile and touch responsive amplifiers ever built! With tones that range from California Clean to UK Crunch, and infinite variations in between, The Atlantic is one amplifier that can do it all! For even more flexibility, activate the included footswitchable Mode Selector (gain boost) and the Atlantic becomes one of the most versatile amps of all time!







The Union Jack from Jackson Ampworks captures the tone of late 60's British Blues! From clean tones that resound with the richness of a grand piano, to the thickest, warmest, most organic overdrive tones available, the Union Jack is one amplifier that no musician should be without! Capture the most famous tones from the legendary guitar heroes of the 1960's with the Jackson Ampworks Union Jack!








The Britain from Jackson Ampworks is an amplifier whose tonal palette covers many of the legendary tones that originated from the United Kingdom. Every tone ranging from a sparkling clean chime, to rich and aggressive overdrive is found in this amplifier simply by adjusting your guitars volume control! Possess the best of the legendary British guitar sounds with the Jackson Ampworks Britain!

Below is a list of some of the high quality components used in the Jackson Ampworks series of amplifiers.

• Laser Cut and Polished Stainless Steel Chassis with Welded Corners
• Stainless Steel Hardware
• Multi-Speed Chassis Mounted Fan
• Stainless Steel Fan Mount
• Clarostat Sealed Conductive Plastic Potentiometers
• Silver Plated Teflon Wire
• Custom Wound Heyboer Transformers
• Precision Cut and Drilled Turret Boards
• G10 Fiberglass Turret Board
• Stainless Steel Front and Back Face Plates
• Silk Screened Front and Back Face Plates
• Stainless Steel Serial Number Plate - Laser Engraved
• Central Point Grounding with Star Ground
• Distributed Power Supply
• Innovative Omni-Range Bias Adjustment
• Locking Bias Adjustment Pots
• Gold Plated Ceramic Tube Sockets
• Mallory 150 Coupling Capacitors
• JJ and Sprague Atom Filter Caps
• Heavy Duty Carling Switches
• Fully Isolated Switchcraft Input and Speaker Jacks
• 5% Carbon Film Resistors
• Threaded Metal Inserts (for securing back panel to cabinet)
• Nylock Plate Nuts (for securing chassis to cabinet)
• Finger Joint Baltic Birch Cabinets

Go to their website and check out Jackson Amplifiers today!
www.jacksonamps.com

Working, Working Working......

We have our prototype Wah Wah pedal done but it needs some more tweaking. It features both a vintage wound Halo inductor and a Red Fasil inductor. You will be able select each inductor separately or both in parallel or series. Very versatile. We will have an external bass adjustment which has the effects of changing the voicing of the wah.

We are also working on a special project for a Worship Leader of o church in Colorado. More on this soon.

Sorry for the delays in blog post. We will try to do better. We are just really busy with new projects and back orders.
THANK YOU to everyone who has ordered from us. We do appreciate you all.

I will also be highlighting two new company's I have come across in future post.
Thanks Again,
Dana

Watch out here it comes!

Keep watching!

In the next few days we will reveal our new Alpha Wah. Featuring two inductors. First is a vintage wound Halo inductor and second is a Red Fasel inductor. Tons of vintage wah tone and flavor. With selectable inductors you control the wah tone you want. Position 1 is the vintage Halo inductor alone. Selection 2 is the Red Fasel inductor alone. Position 3 is both inductors in parallel and position 4 is both inductors in series. Add the ability to externally control Q, Bass and Mid frequencies and you can find any tone you desire. We build this pedal with an internal buffer. We think it sounds smoother and works better with other pedals this way, however if requested we will build it with no buffer installed for you purest out there. We also include an external on/off LED indicator. Something that is missing from most wah pedals. Also this is a true bypass wah pedal when it is selected off.

All Alpha Omega Pedals are available for purchase at
www.alphaomegafx.com

The "Four 40" Envelope Filter at Alpha Omega Guitar Effects

Here it is! The new "Four 40" envelope filter from Alpha Omega Guitar Effects. A vintage circuit analog envelope filter (auto wah) using the VTL5C4/2 Opto-Coupler and 4558 Op-Amp for true vintage tone. A very versatile pedal with a fixed wah selection. Switch to manual mode, add a distortion pedal into the chain, set the sweep knob to your sweet spot and you have instant classic rock vibe. Select auto mode and a clean channel for Funk and Reggae styles. Turn the level knob down and let your picking attack trigger the filter for great playing dynamic. Turn it up and just let the filter do its thing. You still can trigger the filter with pick attack but with less effort. The harder your picking attack the harder the filter hits. This is a must have pedal for any vintage tone freaks pedal board.

Check one out today at http://www.alphaomegafx.com/.

Delay in product update.

Please pray for Dana the owner of Alpha Omega Guitar Effects and his family. His mother was called home to be with the Lord this week. He apologizes for not updating his blog or retail site in a timely manner but needs time to get personal issues on track in these trying times. Thank You for your prayers and understanding. He looks forward to bringing you new products and updates soon.

The Staff of Alpha Omega Guitar Effects

HOW MUCH?

I ran across this on Ebay today. As an effects builder I often buy used vintage pedals to get circuit ideas. I use these old circuits to replicate and modify new pedal designs. However I also need to pass on a product at price that is competitive and fair for the products I build. I would love to have a vintage Uni-Vibe but wow, how can I pass on a fair price when I would already have a starting point like this. I know I would own the pedal but its still all about cash flow. Don't get me wrong, I think its probably worth every dime this seller is asking, and some really licky but soon to be poor guitar player will get this great pedal,
but for now I will just not plan on a Uni-Vibe clone. So lets just all enjoy the picture of this great vintage pedal for now.
Please let me know if anyone who views this blog buys this pedal................so I can have pedal envy.

Not much time left!

Just a quick note. I know I haven't been posting much lately. Some family stuff like anniversary's, birthdays, out of town guest and taxes have been taking up all my time. Please don't forget that our discount promotion will end on February 29th, so take advantage and save some hard earned money (look at our last post). We are going to be RAMPING UP in March and April so keep looking.
Have a great week,
Dana @ Alpha Omega Guitar Effects

Making up for lost time!

For anyone who has visited our blog recently we would like to say thank you! We appreciate every visit. We have been kind of slow to updates this blog and to put product on our retail website. For this we do apologize. Between the holiday season and bad weather things have kind of backlogged. We will be placing more product on the site soon. We will also be putting new content on this blog that will be of interest to all you guitar players out there. Look for some new versions of our pedals this year. We are making changes to our "Four40" envelope filter, our "Temptation" distortion/overdrive pedal, our Angel Song" chorus pedal and we hope to have a really cool WAH WAH pedal by March. This is one of the reasons we are slow to list product. We need to get them built and photographed. Please be patent and check both here and at www.alphaomegafx.com often for updates. Remember we build each pedal by hand and it takes time to produce high quality effects for you the discriminating guitarist. We won't release a pedal until its up to our high standards.

BONUS, BONUS, BONUS

Follow the link below and recieve an additional 10% off your order from our retail website.
You must use this link to get the discount:

10% off my Alpha Omega Guitar Effects Order

If you want great vintage tone look no further than Alpha Omega vintage inspired guitar effects!

Until next time,
God Bless
Dana @ Alpha Omega Guitar Effects

New Alpha Omega Guitar Effects Blog Feature!

I'm adding a new feature to our blog.
The Alpha Omega Guitar Effects Featured Pedal of the Week.
On the side bar above our survey we will feature one of our pedals with a photo and sound clip.
I tried to put multiple clips on but it made the players run to slow so I need to do it one clip at a time.
To hear all of our pedals please visit this link:
http://www.heavenlytone.com/pages/ListenToTones.php
Or visit our retail website at:
http://www.alphaomegafx.com/

Have a great week,
God Bless all
and most of all,

Cool Amp Company!

I was surfing the web the other day and ran across this amplifier company. We just happen to share a common name but have no affiliation. They are called Alpha & Omega Amplifiers. I really like to find and share other small company's that are making high quality products for the wonderful world of guitars. They make three amps. All tube and all based on classic proven vintage amp circuits. I'm planing on ordering one soon. I really like the one based on the Fender Bassman 4x10. Its more expensive than a Fender but I'll take small company hand made any day over large factory produced. Don't get me wrong, I do like Fender amps and their Blues DeVille is one of my favorites but I just like supporting small specialty company's. I have yet to hear one but I hope to soon.
Here are some pics and Stats:

The David:

• 30 watts output power
• one Alnico 12" and one Alnico 10" speakers
• all tube design, point-to-point wired
• 2 x 6L6 output, near Class A
• 5AR4 tube rectifier, 12AX7 preamp tubes
• single channel, Normal and High Gain inputs
• volume, treble, mid, bass, reverb controls
• true spring reverb
• birch plywood cabinet with covering
• 22" x 20" x 10"
• 40 lb

Here is a quote from their website:
"At A&O, we make our own cabinets constructed with 1/4" finger joints for strength. They are then covered with durable woven materials that look good and travel well. The speaker baffles are cut from sturdy birch-plywood instead of particle board (which has a tendency to crumble with use). We finish them off with attractive leather handles and an extra long power cable for convenience. After final assemly, each amp is tested, biased, and burned in. You Alpha & Omega is ready to go...right from the get-go."











The Big Al:

• 40 watts output power
• four Alnico 10" speakers
• all tube design, point-to-point wired
• 2 x 6L6 output
• 5AR4 tube rectifier, 12AX7 preamp tubes
• four inputs, two channels (Normal and Bright)
• volume (x2), treble, mid, bass, presence controls
• birch plywood cabinet with covering
• 22.5" x 23.25" x 11.5"
• 50 lbs

The Babe:

8 watts output power

one Alnico 10" speakers

all tube design, point-to-point wired

one 6L6 output

5Y3 tube rectifier, 12AX7 preamp tube

single input with on/off volume control

birch plywood cabinet with covering

15.5" x 14.5" x 8.75"

21 lb

You can view their website at http://alphaomegaamps.com/

Again, we are not affiliated. Just a coincidence we share a common name.




Please visit our retail website at http://www.alphaomegafx.com/
for quality handbuilt boutique guitar effects.
Thanks again,
Dana @ Alpha Omega Guitar Effects

Here's to a New Year

Old Ideas for a New Year!
Here are ten New Testament Scriptures to help you in setting workplace goals, organizing your management strategies and writing up your New Year's work/life resolutions.

1. When the boss isn't looking: Whatever you do, work at it with all your heart, as working for the Lord, not for men, since you know that you will receive an inheritance from the Lord as a reward. It is the Lord Christ you are serving. (Colossians 3:23-24)
2. About that temper tantrum or water cooler gossip: If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not keep a tight rein on his tongue, he deceives himself and his religion is worthless. (James 1:26)
3. Management training that works: Who is wise and understanding among you? Let him show it by his good life, by deeds done in the humility that comes from wisdom. But if you harbor bitter envy and selfish ambition in your hearts, do not boast about it or deny the truth. Such "wisdom" does not come down from heaven but is earthly, unspiritual, of the devil. For where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every evil practice. But the wisdom that comes from heaven is first of all pure; then peace-loving, considerate, submissive, full of mercy and good fruit, impartial and sincere. Peacemakers who sow in peace raise a harvest of righteousness. (James 3:13-18)
4. On looking the other way: Anyone, then, who knows the good he ought to do and doesn't do it, sins. (James 4:17)
5. On not paying enough--or not paying at all--and even (sometimes) "let's see how cheaply we can hire them" : Look! The wages you failed to pay the workmen who mowed your fields are crying out against you. The cries of the harvesters have reached the ears of the Lord Almighty. (James 5:4)
6. On anger and intimidation as management styles; on filling out performance evaluations; on talking about the boss behind his/her back: Do not let any unwholesome talk come out of your mouths, but only what is helpful for building others up according to their needs, that it may benefit those who listen. (Ephesians 4:29)
7. On doing it because everyone else is; or because it's legal: See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy, which depends on human tradition and the basic principles of this world rather than on Christ. (Colossians 2:8)
8. On wages, working conditions and management styles: Masters, provide your slaves with what is right and fair, because you know that you also have a Master in heaven. (Colossians 4:1)
9. On career planning and assessment: Make it your ambition to lead a quiet life, to mind your own business and to work with your hands, just as we told you, so that your daily life may win the respect of outsiders and so that you will not be dependent on anybody. (I Thessalonians 4:11-12)
10. How much is enough? But godliness with contentment is great gain. For we brought nothing into the world, and we can take nothing out of it. But if we have food and clothing, we will be content with that. People who want to get rich fall into temptation and a trap and into many foolish and harmful desires that plunge men into ruin and destruction. For the love of money is a root of all kinds of evil. Some people, eager for money, have wandered from the faith and pierced themselves with many griefs. (I Timothy 6:6-10)
    

Let this be the year people mark you as the go-to person for competence, integrity and compassion; but even more urgently, let this be the year they mark you as the person they seek out first when their little girl needs prayer, or they need hope or help.

Happy New Year!

I want to wish everyone a very Happy New Year. May God bestow peace and prosperity on all. May peace be found in the world. What a wonderful world we would have if we all served others with love and kindness. We may all have different opinions about religion, politics, and life in general but why kill each other over these differences. Start the New Year by being kind to someone you don't know. Get to know someone you would not normally associate with. Give something you don't need to someone who needs it. These small steps will go a long way.
God bless our troops and those they protect and serve here at home and abroad. God Bless our leaders whoever they may be. God give them wisdom to lead and protect. A new year can create a new beginning, so look for ways to change yourself and others will follow your change.
I personally put God and my savior Jesus Christ first in my life. I play music to honor and praise my Lord and help other to praise and worship Him. I trust God in my marriage, business and life. He has been faithful to his promises and I hope to be in His eternal presents (rock'n my guitar in worship) at the end of my life here on earth.

Happy New Year!

Dana @ Alpha Omega Guitar Effects
www.alphaomegafx.com

Blog orders are suspended!!!!!!!

Please be aware that I will no longer accept orders or honor discounts from this blog.
All future inquiries about Alpha Omega Guitar Effects Products should be address through our retail web site at:
www.alphaomegafx.com
or
www.heavenlytone.com
If something is out of stock on the web site or you want to inquire about a product please email us from the contact page on the web site or click HERE!

Taylor Electric Guitars

I've been really busy filling orders for fine people who are willing to try out an Alpha Omega Pedal. What I really want to do is track down a new Taylor Electric Guitar and try one out. I am really impressed with the look of these guitars from their web site www.taylorelectricguitars.com. I hope my local Guitar Center has at least one to demo. If Taylor produces an electric as good as their acoustic guitars I will probably end up with one.
Just thought I would share some pictures of these nice looking guitars.
Add some quality effects from www.alphaomegaguitarfx.com and these guitars will just rock.

Alpha Omega Guitar Effects Retail Web site now OPEN!

We have just launched our retail web site ahead of schedule. We are only selling items we currently have in stock. Check the "Distortion Pedal" Category for sale items. We will be adding other in stock items as time permits, so check back often. We still are working on the remainder of the photo's and sound clips.

Please let us know what you think of our retail site. We want it to be user friendly and informative. It will continue to grow with time.

Thank you to everyone for thier support and orders from this blog.

Please visit

http://www.alphaomegafx.com/

or

http://www.heavenlytone.com/

Both links take you to our retail site.

Merry Christmas and Happy new Year.

My new email:

Dana@heavenlytone.com

No more orders!!!!!

In order to fill the High demand of orders taken from our blog we will suspend taking any further orders. We want to get all the pedals ordered to everyone before Christmas.

We want to thank everyone who ordered from us.

We want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

Thank you all again for your support.

All future orders will be taken from our retail web site at http://www.alphaomegafx.com/ or http://www.heavenlytone.com/.

The retail web site launch date is now set for January.

If we launched any sooner we would not be able to fill Christmas orders.

Enjoy your Holiday Season

Dana @ Alpha Omega Guitar Effects

Alpha Omega Test Rigs

We have been ask by several readers "What type of equipment do you test your pedals?"

So, we are going to highlight some of our test equipment so you can be better informed. We cannot test our pedals with every possible gigging rig out there, but we do have some gear to show you. This is only our one of our possible test rigs. This rig uses a 2002 Peavey Delta Blues 2x10 combo rated at 30 watts with JJ's Tubes. The preamp is a set of 3 matched 12AX7's and the power section is 4 matched EL84's. The speaker out on the amp is sent to a modified Line 6 4x12 slant cab with Celestion vintage 30's. The guitar is a 1988 Fender American Deluxe Plus with "Fender" Lace pickups. The bridge is a Blue Lace the middle and neck are Silver Lace.

This is our demo board. We use this board for testing new pedal builds and to showcase our pedals for local musicians and retail outlets. We use a Furman Model SBC-8C powered pedal board. These boards are incredible. The conditioned power is worth every dime along with the individual 9v supplies that give you a total of 960ma total draw or 120ma each output. Plus you get an additional 4 110v outlet plugs for added power supplies. All of our patch cables are custom made to length Planet Wave cables. These cables are very easy to make and have a very low impedence for optimal sound quality. We hope to offer these cables on our retail website in the future.

We are putting the final touches on our Website at http://www.alphaomegafx.com/ or http://www.heavenlytone.com/ . We are taking final pictures of all Alpha Omega Guitar Effects products and finishing up sound clips. It just takes time.

Thanks again for your visit to our blog.

Dana @ Alpha Omega Guitar Effects

Alpha Omega Guitar Effects Retail Website almost done

In a final push we are almost ready to launch our retail website. Coming up with a consistent Logo and theme has been a challenge. We are also adding a new domain name to be more consistent with our name and products. We planned and launched originally as http://www.heavenlytone.com/ but decided to make a change. we will now be http://www.alphaomegafx.com/

We are also changing our pedal graphics to reflect the new name. We still have some tweaking to do but we are happy with the result so far. We have always been Alpha Omega Guitar Effects with a slogan of "HeavenlyTone", but people were thinking our name was Heavenlytone. So this should help clear up any confusion. We will be offering some great Grand opening specials when we launch. Its just a matter of getting our products photographed and getting the rest of the sound clips recorded. Both domain names should take you to the site so check back often.

We are also working with a band out of Denton Texas who will begin using several of our pedals. We will have a profile of the band up soon.


Thanks Again for Visiting,


Dana @ Alpha Omega Guitar Effects


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