Here you can pre order a The Red Ochre Deluxe. This is our take on the classic Rangemaster Treble Booster with a couple of twists.
Tuned just a little darker than the original pedal in it's brightest position, the boost is designed to offer classic drive and snarl to your tone without any edgy ear piercing spikes. The bright through to dark options are all usable tones and work with a variety of guitars, pickups and amps.
Each Van Diemens pedal is hand built, point to point, one at a time using carefully selected vintage components. When turning our pedals, we set standard transistor voltages at the beginning, but then finalize the setup tuning by ear, looking for the perfect sweet spot and finalise the bias once that point has been reached. We use classic pull back cloth wire and each board is hand crafted using either turrets, eyelets or through hole construction.
IMPORTANT: All pedals use PNP Germanium transistors and as a result, are positive ground.
The base model features a Philips AC107 transistor and offers a healthy mid range bump as well as a fair amount of aggression when the guitar is dimed. It cleans up beautifully and is chimey and clear.
You can also choose between
Newmarket NKT 72u Transistors which are Newmarkets OC44 equivalent and killer sounding.
Mullard/Philips OC71 Transistors which are lightly less agressive and slightly warmer in tone.
Mullard/Philips OC44 Transistors. The classic. All balls to the wall. (when available)
To make your choice, see the dropdown list just under the price
Other vintage components that can be found in these builds can include
- Philips Electrolytic caps
- Ducon, Mullard Tropical Fish, WIMA and STC caps in the tone section
- Ducon Polyester, Mullard Mustard, Iskra and other output coupling caps.
- Allen Bradley, Piher and Jackson resistors
Note: These components may change due to availability.
Mechanical components include
- Alpha pots
- Dailywell footswitch
- Dailywell toggle switch (where applicable)
- Neutrik jacks
- Red LED
- Lumburg 2.1mm DC power socket
All this is housed in a Hammond enclosure finished in a very robust and lovely textured Gold powdercoat. The pedal comes with a calico bag, booklet, rubber feet.
Pre Orders usually take between 3 - 6 weeks to produce depending on stack.
Painted enclosures can be order (email me to discuss) but can add another month or more to the build time to allow for curing.
Please contact me before ordering if you have any questions at all regarding the build.
Thanks for looking.
Richard
THE RED OCHRE
This pedal is gaurenteed for 3 years from the date of shipment. Please see our Terms & Consitions page for more information.