Here's the latest from FMO Custom, built at the request of Ray Jung. It's a custom, one-off Supa Tone Bender, made to the specifications of the original 1974 Colorsound pedal that Steve Hackett used. Whadda ya think?
I ordered some expensive, but very cool looking enclosures for another build we're doing, and I thought it would be a good fit for this one as well. Greg etched a circuit board from scratch, and did a masterful building job, as usual. Our customer, Ray, wanted the graphics to look as close to the original as possible. Fortunately for us, we were expertly assisted to that end by Greg's wife, Sarah, who is a graphic design professional. Not only that, but it looks like Sarah will be available to help us with future graphic design projects and web design tweaks. Like I said, it's looking to be our best year yet!
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So, we have a shop cat. And here she is... This is Delia (better known as Baby Kitty), our new shop cat. I've actually brought her several times over the last couple of weeks. She made herself right at home. Here you can see her putting herself in charge of Quality Control for this order of Black Cat Pedals that's about to be shipped to Japan.
BTW - the girl in the ads, Sara, is not a hired model. She works at our shop, and yes, she really does play the guitar.
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It’s taken an insane amount of work to get this done, along with non-stop trials and tribulations, but here we are. Greg has been hard at work over the last few weeks building up a nice little stock. We have taken several early orders from people who were “in the loop” but there are still a good number of pedals left with serial numbers under #50. I suspect Analog Mike will be grabbing those up pretty soon though.
To answer some questions we’ve already received – yes, we will be re-releasing the entire original line. The Ring Mod and Black Cat Vibe are next. Yes, we will have sound clips and videos available as soon as we can. There’s still soooooo much work to be done, so let me get back to it. And I promise more frequent posts from now on.
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Let's put it this way - when it comes to music, I'm fairly jaded and not easily impressed... I was impressed. For me, that's saying a lot! The songs were fluid and coherent, not at all what I was expecting from someone so young. Style-wise, Quincy does proudly wear his influences on his sleeve. He could easily pass as Jack Johnson's long lost little brother, with a little Dave Mathews and John Mayer on the side. The production and arrangements are top-notch, and compliment Quincy's songs perfectly. There's even a good dose of vintage keyboards woven in throughout the album - always a welcome addition in my book. So check out www.quincymumford.com and keep an eye on this kid. Believe me, Quincy Mumford is going places.
I hired Greg a few weeks ago to work on our secret pedal project, which we'll be introducing in the next month or so (at which point it will no longer be a secret). Greg has been building pedals on his own for the past five years and recently moved back to this area, so it was a great match! We had a little downtime while waiting for some parts, so I dug out all my unfinished projects and repairs for Greg to work on. He whipped through them with ease and got them all working. It worked out so well, we've even started doing repairs for a few other people as well.
As things progressed, we started discussing the idea of launching an official FMO Custom Shop for one-off builds, mods, repairs, rehousing pedals, etc. As soon as I get a chance, I'll be adding a page to the Gear Shop that has a comprehensive list of services we'll be offering. Stay tuned for more...