Amplifiers and Effects

All of our Amplifiers and Effects are constructed using hand-made, hand-wired turret boards and high quality electronic components. Designed with sound in mind Diabolical Devices, USA can custom build you any type of original or clone amplifier or classic pedal. Please contact us for pricing and details.

Current preamps and effects Please check out our ebay store for pricing, details, and availability. If you don't have an ebay account, or the pedal you want is not in stock, contact us and we will make one just for you.

Somnutron tube preamplifier with tremolo and rotating speaker effect

This started off as an amplifier we made in a combo amp experiment. The tremolo of the thing had this gorgeous out-of-phase deal going on, we sold the combo and rebuilt the pre-amp in this handy metal enclosure. This device features turret board construction, point to point wiring, one 12AX7 and one 12AU7 , "UN-TRUE" bypass switching via remote 1/4" jack or a switch on the front, also usable as a very hot gain boost.. . .

Diabolical (Ge) Unit Fuzz - hand selected Germanium transistors

In high school i had a gnarly fuzz pedal that was supposed to run on an AA battery but somebody had hooked it up to a 9 volt.. This is a weird little copy of what that thing ended up as after years of meddling in that pedal's guts. This fuzz unit is unusually smooth, never quite clean, and over-the-top when necessary. True bypass, green LED indicator and tight metallic bronze finish, 9 volt adapter included(battery not...)

Diabolical Matter Disorganizer - fuzz and high octave

I think this pedal may actually be from another dimension. With a definite nod to the "Shin Ei- barking octave" and high quality eyelet-board construction , this pedal stuns and amazes. Features True-bypass switching plus a separate LED and footswitch to kick in the octave effect. My bass player tried it as well and we agreed it was John-Wetton-ish but more completely nuts.  Strange grey finish gives it the look and feel  of finely polished concrete...

Diabolical Cliptron - fuzz

There seems to be a problem with us here in that we are often reluctant to build traditional-sounding electronics. This pedal is as absolutely normal and featureless as they come, but the innards (not pictured) are eyelet board and hard-wire. Nice little overdrive/ boost with true bypass switching, NO LED, and bass boost toggle switch. ICKY greenish-yellowish-brownish finish.

The preceding samples were recorded under the following conditions: Heritage LP style guitar with humbuckers through effect into 67 Ampeg Gemini into an SM57 , mixer, USB port, etc. Recoded at a temperature of 62 degrees after perhaps 2 beers.