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.

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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,

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!

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

New effect pedal the "Vintage Tremolo"

Well we have a new pedal to offer. Just finished the "Vintage Tremolo" pedal. We wanted to highlight the roots of this great effect. Starting in the late 50's and early 60's tremolo came into being. Several tube amp's of that era began to feature a built in effect called tremolo. The sound caught on and became the sound of early surf music. The west coast loved the sound. For some strange reason western movies also used this effect for sound tracks in what are now known as "B" Western movies.

We have recreated the effect of the vintage tube amp tremolo in a small stomp box. The early tremolo retained the original tone of the guitar and amp and added the on/off volume modulation. This kept the warm tube tone of the amp. We have the same thing here. We did not go over the top like some modern or digital trem's do. We give you the same old tube amp trem you love. Add this to your collection and play some good old surf music or sign up to back track a B western.
Contact Dana @ ao.heavenlytone@verizon.net to order.
We will invoice through PayPal.
Into price of $119.99 (good until November 30th) plus $7.95 flat rate shipping within the continental United States. Please email us for shipping outside the continental US. Regular price will be $139.99. Just mention in your e-mail you saw our pedal on this blog to get the intro price.

Why Vintage Tone?

You might be asking yourself "Why Vintage Tone"? We say why not. At Alpha Omega Guitar Effects we are constantly in search of vintage tone. Why? Because some of the best classic electric guitar tones ever heard came from the classic age of Rock and Blues music in the 60's, 70's and early 80's. So why try and emulate this tone? While we know we can't recreate some of the classic guitar rigs of great players, we can recreate some of the classic gear they used. Namely the effects pedals. Why do you think all the big name amplifier company's have reissued their classic vintage gear. Because it is still all about that vintage tone. Marshall and Fender are both in a race to recreate their old vintage amp's. Some are hand-wired some offer vintage circuits. Thats what we are doing too. From the classic Ibenez TS-808, vintage Fuzz Face, Classic MK II Fuzz, Rock'n ProCo Rat, to the Electro Harmonics Big Muff Pie, the vintage DOD 440 envelope filter and others. We are trying to bring affordable vintage tone to your door. There are other boutique builders out there. There are great guitar effects everywhere. So why buy from us? The reasons are numerous but to make it simple: We wanted to offer not just a good variety of products but want to make each one the best, high quality piece of gear for the money. We can't sell at big name manufacturers prices, we don't have that kind of buying power or production capability. We do hunt down the best component we can find. We do hand soldier, wire and assemble each pedal. We do use a high quality printed circuit board, and all components are hand picked and tested for quality. Each aluminum case is hand finished right down to hand polishing the final clear coat. All modifications are done by hand and each pedal is tested before it is shipped. Not just plugged in to see if it works but played for at least an hour to check all components for operation and tone quality.
All Alpha Omega Guitar Effects Pedals are True Bypass, have super bright on-off LED indicators and can be powered from a 9v internal battery and/or an external 9v power supply (standard boss style 2.1mm).

We don't want to compete with the Big Manufactures what we would like to do is let our pedals speak for themselves. Most of our pedals are floating around the Dallas Ft.Worth area but we would like to get them out to the world so players can hear them.

If you read this blog and e-mail us to order a pedal until October 31st, 2007 we will give a 25% discount on our retail prices. Shipping will also be reduced to $5.95 for domestic US shipping until October 31st, 2007. International and shipping to Alaska, Hawaii, and Puerto Rico will be higher and quoted separately. Please email for details at ao.heavenlytone@verizon.net

We can invoice through PayPal.

To see our product line visit our previous blog: http://heavenlytone.blogspot.com/2007/09/so-what-does-alpha-omega-guitar-effects.html

Our retail web site is still under development at http://www.heavenlytone.com/

Thanks again for looking,

Dana @ Alpha Omega Guitar Effects

So What does Alpha Omega Guitar Effects Offer?

• As a small custom boutique shop we have searched for what best soot's the average to great guitar player. As a guitar and guitar effects nut myself (average at best player), I like many of you am a "Gearhead". I know, we don't want to admit it but its true we constantly look for some secret weapon to give us that killer tone (we choose the word heavenly tone). Some boutique builders offer one or two pedals, some offer many more. We wanted to offer not just a good variety of products but want to make each one the best, high quality piece of gear we can for the money. We can't sell at big name manufacturers prices, we don't have that kind of buying power or production capability. We do hunt down the best component we can find. We do hand soldier, wire and assemble each pedal. We do use a high quality printed circuit board, and all components are hand picked and tested for quality. Each aluminum case is hand finished right down to hand polishing the final clear coat. All modifications are done by hand and each pedal is tested before it is shipped. Not just plugged in to see if it works but played for at least an hour to check all components.
  
  Several emails from people have asking about what products we offer.
  So here is the list:
  

• The “Temptation" : A very saturated distortion pedal based on the 1978 ProCo Rat circuit. This little pedal has been described as having a singing “voice like” sound with tons of sustain. The circuit has been modified with an added overdrive selection that will please any tube screamer lover. We even give you a Big Boost selection for added volume as a clean or slightly overdriven boost pedal. $179.99

• The “Big Delta" : Like Fuzz? We do. Here is a takeoff of the 1971 Electro Harmonics Big Muff Pie. With fuzz from mild to gritty this pedal will send you right into the 1970’s Features include volume, gain and a very usable tone control. Fuzz on.
• $ 159.99

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The guitar tracks on this sample are through a clean Fender Reissue Blues DeVille 410, with a modified Fender Tele with a Hotrail pickup in the bridge position using the Alpha Omega "Big Delta" as the only effect to front of amp. Mic'd with a Shure SM57. The drums were mic'd the same as in early Led Zeppelin albums.

• The “Spiritus Sanctus” : The spirit inside your guitar tone. A distortion / overdrive pedal that is very transparent and organic. Two simple knobs: volume and gain. That’s all you need. Your natural guitar and amp tones shine though, we only add the harmonic distortions to bring the spirit alive. Bring your tone spirit out today. $ 129.99
  

• The “Creation" : Based on the original Tube screamer TS808, and as great sounding. We even use the original JRC4558 op amp for that mid warmth. We go one step farther and give you three options on tone. First is the original “TS808” tone. Second is a “British Crunch” selection, this gives the added crunch of a vintage overdrive into a British amp. Third a Big Boost option for a simple clean boost or a mild volume boosted overdrive. You be the judge and start “Creating” your own personal tone. Volume, gain and tone controls. $ 179.99
  

• The “Scripture” : Phasers are a great way to add depth and warmth to any guitar tone. The Scripture is a vintage script 90 phaser with great depth and rate options. Capable of deep, slow, swooshing airplane sounds to lush phase shifting that's reminiscent of the 60's. The Scripture can cover everything from EVH to Pink Floyd.
  Can be used on clean tones for added depth, in front or behind an overdrive or distortion pedal for added space and warmth. Also works very well with acoustic guitars. Experiment and have fun that’s what they did in the 60’s and 70’s. $139.99
  

• The “Four40” : An analog envelope filter based on the vintage Green DOD 440. This is an organic envelope effect featuring the Vactec VTL5C4/2 opto-coupler. It is very responsive to your playing dynamics. The harder you play, the harder the filter hits. This is the circuit that gained popularity after Radiohead used it to record, but it's really a must have for any funk or reggae players or anybody who's just looking for something a little different. $129.99
  

• The “Angel Song” : There is no better way to add warmth and depth than with vintage analog chorus. Clean tones will shimmer with added voicing. Added behind a distortion pedal and you are now bigger than life. Many great recordings and live bands have used chorus for added feel and warmth. Use with acoustic guitars for added fullness, body and warmth. You will fall in love with chorus again. Controls include depth and speed. We even made the on/off indicator blink to the rate of the speed control so you can dial in with the tempo of your music. $169.99
  

• The “Divine Echo” : Digital delay with analog voicing? What???? Just what it say’s. A digital delay voiced to have the same high end roll off that gave vintage analog delays their warm tone. Ever wanted the simplicity of an analog delay pedal with the versatility of digital delay? Here you go. Add everything from a light reverb to near endless repeats to all out digital spacey sounds. Controls include: DELAY for time between delay repeats up to
  300 ms (600 ms modification available, REPEATS for number of repeats and BLEND to blend the amount of delay signal with incoming signal. The digital delay is capable of over 300ms of delay time. And yes...this delay can self oscillate and yes it is true bypass. $169.99 (600ms modification add $10.00) Note on 600ms Modification: A slight tonal change and some distortion may occur to end repeats at max delay times with this mod. In live band situations this is not noticeable, and some have discribed it as desirable.
  

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• The “Mark II” : The Ultimate Fuzz for “Zeppelin” fans. This is the same circuit that made Jimmy Page’s tone, well, so Led Zeppelin. A true 3 Germanium transistor Vintage fuzz. We use only matched and tested ( meaning expensive) Ge transistors for that rich but musical fuzz that gave Led Zeppelin their sound. We take it one step further and go true bypass and add an on/off LED, and give you an external bias knob for more control over your the tone of those Ge transistors (new feature not pictured).
  $179.99 Note: This is a positive ground pedal just like the original. You can power this pedal from a 9v internal battery or from a stand alone standard 9v power adapter. It must not be daisychained to other negative ground pedals beacause damage may occur to the pedal.
  



• We are always in the R&D phase, so new pedals are coming. We want to offer some of the best vintage replica pedals available. Not just a sound-alike but a true version of the highly sought after original. We also want to be versital and modern so most of our pedals offer a modification or addon not found on the original. All are true bypass and all use the boss standard 9v power adapter as well as a 9v internal battery.
  
• Shipping is $7.95 flat within the continental United States. Please email us for shipping outside the continental US. If you Email us and mention this blog and you will receive a 20% discount on all orders. We will invoice thru PayPal until our retail web site is finished. Please email: Dana at ao.heavenlytone@verizon.net to order.
• If the pedal you order is out of stock it will take up to 3 weeks to build and ship your pedal to you. Trust us they are worth the wait.

For all our pedals we are working on sound clips an pictures. We will post them when avaliable.
THANKS FOR LOOKING AND DON'T FORGET TO VOTE IN OUR POLL.

Meet "Ephesus" the band!

Based out of Dallas Ft.Worth, TX - This is Ephesus

What a great group of guy's. Not only great musicians but great friends.. Koodo's to Daniel, Brandon and Justin. You guys ROCK. Thanks for letting me sit in as your bass player from time to time. Every band needs an old fart bass player.
Go to http://www.ephesusband.com/ to visit their web site.

Daniel is the lead singer and acoustic guitar player for Ephesus. He writes all the bands original songs and lyrics. Daniel plays an Alvarez acoustic. What a heart for God. This kid only wants to serve thought the gifts God has given him. Daniel currently owns his own business and attends college in Denton, TX.

Here are the lyrics to Katrina written by Daniel:

Katrina

The devastation of a multitude

I see the sorrow in her frail eyes

How do you tell one so young

Her mom's not coming home tonight

Her dad tries to speak but she already knows

Her little heart shattered the darkness exposed

To bring the light back to just that one soul

Makes all of heaven rejoice and you'll always know

You can't rebuild a city with just one smile

But you've rekindled the flame and sparked hope inside a child

To bring the light back to just that one soul

Makes all of heaven rejoice and you'll always know

You can't rebuild a city with just one smile

But you've rekindled the flame and sparked hope inside a child

Brandon is the lead electric for Ephesus. He plays a Gibson Les Paul Studio through a Mesa Boogie Stiletto Ace 2x12 combo. He uses several Alpha Omega Guitar Effects Pedals including the "Temptation" and "Sanctus Spiritus" pedals. Brandon works full time for Hillside Community Church in Keller, TX in graphics design and video. Brandon is pursuing a career in technical arts including setting up his own recording and production studio.

Justin is Ephesus's drummer.

This kid kicks butt on the drums. What a great kid too.
He even lets the old guy play bass. Justin just started college and wants to pursue a occupation in music and live sound production.

That's me. I'm the old bass player. Yes, its true your only as young as those around you let you feel (and act). I really love these guys. Great friends, outstanding musicians and all dedicated to, and blessed by God. They work really hard to promote Christ through their original christian music.

Tone that Inspires! (The tone of Stevie Ray Vaughan)

Do you like Stevie Ray Vaughan's music and Tone? We dig him at Alpha Omega Guitar Effects . We can't promise you will play like the late Master Stevie but we can help you recreate his tone. We have a pedal based on the original vintage Ibenez TS808 Tubescreamer. Yes, its the original vintage circuit and we even use the JRC4558 Ic chip just like the original, (but we add some very cool extras). Stevie Ray made the TS808 popular, but if he were still here I think he would buy one of our pedals. I will post pictures and details about our "Creation" pedal in the next few post. Until then please enjoy the sounds of Master Stevie.
God Bless,
Dana @ Alpha Omega Guitar Effects

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