Fix My Duck Pedal

Made in Canada

The Fix My Duck is a three-in-one pedal.

• Can function as a Buffer Pedal. Converts the guitar’s output into a low-impedance signal.
• Can function as a Treble Booster Pedal. This setting is absolute magic at producing clarity and presence in solos, as well as producing tight focused rhythm tones.
• Can function as a Full-range Booster Pedal. This mode is used to drive the front end of an amp and push the amp into its own natural overdrive.

Background:

The FMD is a pedal designed for guitar players. It evolved from a circuit that was designed for a luthier who needed an acoustic pre-amp for his 12-sensor pick-up system. When working on this acoustic preamp circuit I was looking for something different and special, so I turned to my good friend Kevin O’Connor at London Power for some guidance on this project. I am happy to say, Kevin had some great ideas and steered me in the right direction. The basic circuit I finally settled on uses JFETs. Tuned properly, it can compress in an organic “tubish”-sounding way when pushed into clipping.

After some experimentation, I found that cascading several of these circuits together created a very pleasant-sounding booster pedal. After another year of building one-off prototypes to get the circuit tonally worked out, the FMD pedal was born.

Sens. (Sensitivity) – varies the load on the guitar. Lower settings are darker, higher settings are brighter. This control is most effective when the Fix my Duck is the 1st pedal in the chain. Higher settings allow a wider usable range of the guitar’s volume control. This is especially useful for those who use the guitar’s volume control to clean up their tone.

Level – Controls the output level.

Tone – Controls the high frequency.

Boost switch – Boost switch is a 3 position switch.

Up = Full range boost mode.

Middle = Buffer mode.

Down = Treble boost mode.

Thick switch - Down position is used to cut some bottom frequencies. Up position is full range. Some guitar/amp combinations retain better focus when the bottom end is reduced.

Footswitch – Is a true bypass switch.

Recommended setting for a nice starting point:

Sensitivity at 3 o’clock

Tone at 1 o’clock

Thick switch up

Boost switch up

Level control so the signal is boosted (typically around 2 o’clock).

Now you can try each switch and dial one at a time to figure out what you like best.

The FMD operates from a standard 9volt battery. Can be powered from industry-standard 2.1mm center negative regulated DC power supply.

The FMD can safely run up to 18volt DC. For example, using a 12volt DC power supply will increase the FMD’s headroom before compression. Especially useful when using guitars with high output pickups.

Customer Comments:

Tested the duck today through the 800 playing my tele. Turned the tele into an absolute hot rod. Really impressed with the pedal. It Pushes the mids in all the right places, the amp almost sounds wrong now with the pedal off. Ha!

Hey Mark. I was playing my tele and princeton last night with the duck. Great Pedal. Sounds perfect with tele. It seems to fix the little details I struggle with, love what it does.

I got to use the Fix My Duck live. It's awesome. I use it on the treble boost with a little less treble on the amp. I'm getting the sound I’ve been looking for and I have more versatility with the volume knob on my guitar. 

 Hey! This pedal is awesome! The sensitivity knob seems to adjust how linear the volume pot on my guitar is. I'm loving it. 

I’m using the fix my duck with hi output P90’s, such a nice compressed lead tone. Amazing and so good. 

 These days I don’t get to play loud. I’m finding the treble and fat boost are so satisfying, especially at low volumes. It just takes things from mediocre to gorgeous. 

The FMD operates from a standard 9volt battery. Can be powered from industry-standard 2.1mm center negative regulated DC power supply.

The FMD can safely run up to 18volt DC. For example, using a 12volt DC power supply will increase the FMD’s headroom before compression. Especially useful when using guitars with high output pickups.

The FMD is available on Our Online Store

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Retail price $419.00