wood stomp boxes?

[Nucci009]

Hey i saw awhile ago on this site someone posted a link with a company that makes stomp boxes with extra wood from their custom guitars. I couldn't find anything on Google or here so could someone please give me the website or tell me what they are called.

[bongomania]

Birdsong: http://www.birdsongguitars.com/

[scotch]

Well, Birdsong makes a passive Varitone box from leftover wood. It's not really a pedal, though... more of a simple in-line device.

Is this what you saw?

[scotch]

Bongo beat me too it whilst I was looking up my photo link!

[Nucci009]

Originally Posted by bongomania

Birdsong: http://www.birdsongguitars.com/

thanks alot

[Nucci009]

Originally Posted by scotch

Bongo beat me too it whilst I was looking up my photo link!

haha well its okay thanks to you too. and does anyone know what they actually do because im just curious because they look sweet. and the description is kind of confusing on the website.

[scotch]

If you search "varitone" or "gibson varitone", you'll find more info.

Basically, it is a passive circuit with a selection of pre-set tone filters. Think of it as a passive tone control on steroids. I use mine primarily as a studio tool (in fact, it is indispensable to me), but it will work in any situation. They work far better with passive instruments & generally need to be first in the signal chain. If you search hard enough, somebody posted some clips somewhere here on tb...

[acleex38]

Scotch nailed it. Like him, I've found that my Bbox works better if a.) it's first in the signal chain, and b.) run with a passive instrument and c.) it's subtle enough that it's more useful for recording than for live gigging. I LOVE it for recording, but people may not hear it much live (at least not enough to justify pedal-board real estate)

Scott at Birdsong uses a different varitone as the tone control in his basses than he does in the BBoxes. He's done at least 2 or 3 with the BBox varitone built into the bass (mine and one other I know of - I'm assuming he's probably done it more than that).

I'm spoiled - no interest in going back to tone knobs.