Analogman Peppermint Fuzz

Just yesterday I uploaded a video to YouTube of a recording that I played an electric guitar solo using an Analogman Peppermint Fuzz pedal. This pedal sounds great and has a sound straight out of the 1960's. I've tried other fuzz pedals and they all had peculiarities about them, mainly being that they did not sound all that 'fuzzy'. This one's a keeper though. I won't try to describe the sound because, as the Lovin' Spoonful once sang, it's like trying to tell a stranger about rock & roll. You gotta hear if for yourself!

And that's what the pedal looks like. Resembles peppermint candy. Sadly this great pedal is a discontinued one. Conversely if you have one it can garner you a nice, quick chunk of cash. Currently there is a used one on eBay with a bid of $202 and 3 days to go. I'll keep an eye on it to see what it ultimately sells for.

Analogman pedals always sell for obscene amounts of money. I had two of their King of Tone pedals simultaneously once. I pre-ordered one which took about a year to actually get, and during that time a fellow guitarist sold me his. Luckily I was able to compare his older model with the brand new one side-by-side. I liked the older one a lot better. Difference in sound texture was very noticeable. I immediately sold my new one for nearly double the price I paid. The older one I kept for quite some time before eventually selling it as well. It was a superb pedal and all but I don't play live and I really felt the gain on my Fender Super Sonic gave me all the sound I needed for my recordings. Whoever bought that second one I sold sure got a great sounding piece of work! Hands down beat similar pedals out there by the big names such as Ibanez, Voodoo Labs, Fulltone, Maxon and others.

Roger Miller's "King of the Road" Full Bass Tab

One of my most popular blog posts here continues to be the bass tab I made for my video of me playing along to a few lines of "King of the Road" by Roger Miller. In that video I played a little of the original bass part but I also improvised a bit. And I tabbed out the whole part that I played, which was less than a minute long.

Since this post was so popular and I've had many requests for that tab, I decided to tab out the whole darn song. No improvising. Just the original part played by the original studio bassist. To the best of my ability. Some parts are a little harder to hear and decipher. I even listened to a stereo version of the song but it can still be difficult. Took quite some time to do also. The song is only about 2:10 long but tabbing out a part can take very long. So I hope you all will appreciate the effort and use it in good fun! And if you really appreciate the work I put into it, there is still a donate button on my page. Thanks!

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