THE OKINES
DUAL: THYLACINE+ RED OCHRE
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IMPORTANT: The Okines is available by Special Order Only. Please contact to discuss.
The Okines takes it's name from the family of Ernest Okines who was a figure head in Dodges Ferry in the early 1900s. Okines was given the lease on Lagoon Farm in 1923, a farm which was built on land granted to Ralph Dodge in 1864. It was Ralph Dodge who operated a ferry service across The Pittwater from the 1820. Thus our town name, Dodges Ferry.
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The Okines family eventually sold the property for the development of the Dodges Ferry Primary School which opened in 1988. The original homestead sadly fell in to ruin and was beyond repair but school children still enjoy playing in the branches of the large blackwood tree near the homestead site that features on the school’s emblem.
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​The Van Diemens Okines is a blend of two of our most popular pedals, the Thylacine and the Red Ochre.
One of the biggest issues with stacking gain pedals is of course noise. We lovers of the old school stuff know all too well, noise is a part of the deal when working with old transistors and resistors. Here at Van Diemens, we work very hard to minimize noise by selecting the very best transistors and resistors in our builds. With that in mind, it's still pretty hard to tame that when stacking pedals so we made a slight tweak to the Red Ochre side. Firstly, we may use a lower gain transistor on that side if required, and we also reduced the gain, just a hair. It still maintains those classic sounds but helps with reducing some of the noise that is associated with gain stacking using multiple pedals. Rest assured, though, it will still hit the front of your amp hard and push an already breaking up amp into a very sweet place.
The pedals are available in a variety of options. The default will be a 4 knob version (seen here is a 3 knob, 3 way switch that was a custom order) with Level and attack for the Thylacine side, and Boost and Tone for the Red Ochre side. The tone control on the Red Ochre will be on a potentiometer and will sweep from classic bright to a darker flavour. The Thylacine can be ordered with OC72s, an OC72/OC45 mix or OC75s (when available). The Red Ochre can be ordered with an AC107s, OC45 or OC44 (when available). Along with these we use NOS or reclaimed diodes, capacitors and resistors and the best mechanical parts.
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These components are hand wired, point to point on an in-house, hand crafted turret board. Each pedal comes with an external 9 Volt socket and internal as standard.
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The pedal will be finished in Black powder coat as standard with the blue hammer powder coat as an option. The Blue will come with a brushed stainless badge and chrome knobs. The Okines is not available in a hand painted finish.
IMPORTANT: The Okines is available by Special Order Only. Please contact to discuss.
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It is recommended you read our Terms & Conditions page prior to purchasing an item from Van Diemens Analogue Audio Disruptors . It's not scary, just good information to be aware of.
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Email me at richard@vandiemenseffects.com.au to discuss your needs or desires.
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