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Analog Man Pedals
Beano Boost
 This is the Analog Man Beano Boost, a simple looking yet effective pedal.
This pedal is based on the 1960s British Dallas Rangemaster, which was needed at the time to give a treble boost to the dark British amps. This allowed them to get a sound more in tune with the time, as guitars were starting to become a loud, bold, lead instrument. This pedal is a type of BOOSTER, not really a distortion pedal nor a clean boost- it does modify your sound quite a bit. It excites certain frequencies and pushes your amp to allow it to create rich tube distortion. The pedal colors your tone, with a crunchy overdrive, boosting certain frequencies, and warming the tone with NOS germanium transistors. It does not have a lot of compression and sustain like most OD pedals, but a more open, raw sound.
This pedal has three tone settings from the tone switch, Center is a treble boost, the same as the original Dallas Rangemaster. UP is more of a full frequency mid range boost (MID setting). Down is a LOW range, also quite a full frequency sound.
Sunface
 Unlike a pedal like a Tube Screamer, which will always sound good if the right chip and other parts are installed correctly, a fuzzface is a very finicky circuit. The transistors used in a fuzzface make all the difference in tone, feel, and amount of fuzz/cleanliness. Germanium transistors were the first type of transistors generally available, starting in the early 1960s. They are not very stable or easy to manufacture consistently. Since silicon transistors took over from germanium, almost nobody makes germaniums anymore, and the few that are made just don't do the trick in a fuzzface circuit. Each transistor used in a fuzzface needs to be tested for several parameters including gain, leakage, noise, and tone to make a great sounding fuzz. These transistors are just not available in any decent quantity. For these reasons, no big company can, or usually even tries to, make a classic germanium fuzzface that sounds good. It's too much of a hassle.
We are now making these in our own cases, as the Analog Man Sun Face . They are built in small gold boxes with our own SUNFACE circuit board which was made small enough to fit in almost any enclosure. This is a VERY high quality board the same type as used on our other pedals. It is better quality than any other fuzzface clone you will find, with shielding, plated through-holes, etc to meet military specs. It also has an internal CLEAN trim pot which you can see on the top left. This trim pot acts just like turning down the VOLUME knob on your guitar, to clean up the fuzz. It can be used to preset the sound if you prefer the sound with the volume knob rolled back a bit. It can also be used to kill Radio Frequency Interference, which may be a problem on high gain pedals in some areas, by turning it down a hair. like all our handmade pedals, the Sunface has true bypass, so when off they do not alter your sound at all.
Musictoyz.com's currently available Sunface versions are listed below. All of our current stock comes with the SUNDIAL option, which places the typically internal trim pot of the pedal on the outside of the box. The picture shown is of a Sunface with the Sundial mod present.
Peppermint Fuzz
 A little history
There were some nasty, buzzy fuzz pedals made in the mid 1960s. Some examples are the Mosrite Fuzzrite, Maestro Fuzz Tone, Jordan Bosstone, Kay fuzz, etc. We found some super high gain germanium transistors in late 2006 that could be tuned to get those sounds so we are finally able to offer a few hundred of these pedals, which we named the PEPPERMINT FUZZ in tribute to the song INCENSE AND PEPPERMINTS which features this very sound. It can also be used for some later punk rock sounds like the Stooges, etc. And can do a decent late 60s Fuzzface sound if dialed in properly.
This pedal has three tone settings from the tone switch, Center is a treble boost, the same as the original Dallas Rangemaster. UP is more of a full frequency mid range boost (MID setting). Down is a LOW range, also quite a full frequency sound.
The PEPPERMINT FUZZ is similar to a fuzzface in architecture but has specific tweeks to make it more flexible and sound much crazier.
Features
- True bypass on / off switch, no loss of tone when off.
- Battery disconnected when INPUT cord removed (input is on the right).
- No Power jack or LED as these are detrimental to the ultimate fuzz in sound and battery life (you will know when this pedal is on!!!!).
- Positive ground power. If you share a power supply with a normal pedal (negative ground), you will destroy the power supply. This means you can't use a daisy chain or a power supply with only one output. The PedalPower2 has all isolated outputs so that one would be safe.
- Battery should be a cheap non-alkaline general purpose battery, as found in dollar stores. These sound better than an alkaline in this pedal, and even a cheap battery will last years since there is no LED.
- For best sound, this effect should not have any buffers or non-true bypass effects between it and the guitar. But you can try other pedals before it for various effects.
- Volume Knob (on the left) needs no explanation. Should be able to get nice and loud to kick up your amp.
- Fuzz knob (on the right): Best to keep it up almost all the way up for craziest sounds. Turn it down for more normal fuzzface tones.
- BUZZ knob: the knob in the center of the pedal. This allows controlling the sound of the fuzz from weak to hard edged fuzz. You can turn it down to get a warmer looser fuzz sound which can sometimes be useful. Turning it up gets louder and harder, good for Neil Young sounds. You may find you need to turn it down a bit (CCW) at higher temperatures, and up (CW) at lower temperatures. For standard fuzzface tones turn the BUZZ knob down a bit along with the FUZZ knob.
- DOES NOT really clean up when you back down your guitar like our Sunface fuzz. But turning the guitar down some makes it cut better by removing some sustain and low end, makes it a little more jangly if that makes any sense. For example I will play some chords with the volume up high, then back it off a bit for some lead licks.
- For Sitar like sounds, turn the buzz knob and fuzz knob up all the way. Then back the guitar down until the sustain dies (usually a few numbers on a standard strat type guitar).
- Optional ON/OFF fuzz pot: turning the FUZZ knob all the way down will click and disconnect the battery. This is useful if you run in a tight pedalboard where there is no room to pull out the input cable to disconnect the battery when you are done playing.
Small Compressor
 Same as the large comprossor, in a smaller box with hand stamped graphics. Attack knob is optional, if ordered with two knobs the ATTACK control is internal. For people with a lot of pedals where real estate is valuable!
Juicer
 Looking for a Clean boost? If you think you need something like the KLON, the JUICER pedal may do the trick for you!! It is not transparent (it adds a bit of grit and of course compression) but it may be just what you need.
I found an awesome use of the Juicer, to kick a small tube amp for PURE TUBE DISTORTION with an improved sound! One of my favorite amps is an old DeArmond R5 tube amp, the one Steve Kimock and Billy Gibbons love. Cranked all the way it gets really distorted but a little too loose sounding sometimes. I turned it back to 8, then hit it with the Juicer and it really came alive!! Awesome sustain, tigher sound, with real tube distortion. I couldn't stop playing... you can try this on any small tube amp like a Fender Champ or the Gibson Les Paul Jr amp (another of my favorites).
Mini Bi-Compressor
 Mini Bicomp is exactly the same features as our pre-2003 BICOMP, just takes less real estate on your pedalboard. Same size as juicer or small comp. The only difference between the mini bicomp and the new 4 knob bicomp, is the ATTACK control is on the inside. Works on battery or 9V DC adaptor. We make the cases in-house for a cost savings. They are not all perfectly machine-drilled and silk screen labelled like the BICOMP, but have a hand-made appearance. The switches are a little closer together, makes it easy to switch from one compressor to the other by pressing both switches at the same time. Use the side of your foot to easily switch just one side.
Standard Chorus
 The Analog Man Chorus now has true bypass (since 2000), depth knob, and cool silk-screened, darker blue hammertone powder-coated cases for durability. Also using the highest quality circuit boards, double-sided to isolate the signal from any noise, and professionally soldered for perfect, reliable circuitry. These also have more shielding, less jumpers, and no volume drop when the pedal is switched ON. Still has the same awesome sounding circuit!
Bi-Chorus
 In January 2005 we came out with three new pedals, two were chorus pedals. The BI-CHORUS is one we have custom made until now, in random cases. Now we have had a batch of aluminum Hammond style die-cast boxes professionally powdercoated and silkscreened for the first production version. Though the Standard Chorus has been selling better than ever, we thought it was time to add some cool features without changing the awesome tone of the pedal that we have spent years refining. And I had been enjoying my custom BI-CHORUS on my pedalboard for some time!
Mini Chorus
 The MINI-CHORUS came out about a week before the BI-CHORUS and we sold all five we had made, to people who saw them on our FORUM. Two forumites sold their normal CLONES on ebay ($200 buy it now, both sold within hours!) to make more room on their pedalboards. The MINI-CHORUS is the same thing as our normal CLONE, but in a smaller, hand stamped box. It is the same size as our small comprossors/juicers, see that page for exact size. Same price as the normal Chorus, $225, as the box is a little cheaper but the extra labor to build the pedal into the small box is a lot more than the box savings. These have both battery and DC adaptor power, and the same board inside for the same sounds as the normal Chorus. Not available with options like Stereo or Depth Toggle, it's a great, simple, small chorus pedal with awesome tone! It is available with an external MIX (BLEND) knob though, for $25 more, as that will fit on the pedal no problem. The boxes on the mini chorus pedals came out looking great, really nice blue textured color.
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