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Origin Effects Cali76 Cali 76 Compact Deluxe CD Gold anel Compressor for Rogue Guitar Shop

More Gold Cali76-CDs Heading to Rogue Guitar Shop

By origineffects | Jun 8, 2017

Solid Gold Tone Last year we produced a limited run of gold panelled Cali76-CD to be sold exclusively through Rogue Guitar Shop. These models were a smash hit and Rogue have ordered another 100 units! This time round we’ve chosen to make the pedals even more special by hand-stamping their serial numbers and we filmed a…

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Chris Rea British Guitarist uses Fender Stratocaster and Origin Effects SlideRIG compressor pedal

We’ve Got Chris Rea On Board!

By origineffects | Jun 5, 2017

British Guitar Legend Gets Hold Of A SlideRIG-CD On a sunny day in late May, we received an order for a SlideRIG Compact Deluxe from a Mr Chris Rea – hoping that it wasn’t a coincidence and that we had indeed sold a compressor pedal to the British slide sovereign we confirmed the order. A few…

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We’re Hiring – PCB Layout Design Engineer Needed

By origineffects | May 23, 2017

Due to further increased sales growth over 2017 and the expansion of our UK guitar pedal product range, an exciting opportunity has arisen for a PCB Layout and Design Engineer at our head Office in Thame, Oxfordshire. Working closely with the Executive Designer and reporting to the Senior Management team, the successful candidate will be…

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Gert Mikkelsen Pedaler.eu Origin Effects Cali76 Vemuram Jan Ray Yankee PSU Hall and Collins Signature Echo Pedalboard for Hank Marvin Shadows Guitar

Readers’ Pedalboards #9 Ready To Rock n Roll

By origineffects | May 19, 2017

This Pedalboard is Built for Rock n Roll Pickin Carsten from our Danish dealer, Pedaler.eu, dropped us an email with some photos of this tidy little board they just built for a customer. Here’s what Carsten had to say: “Greetings from Denmark… just finished a new board with Cali76-CD. The board is for a musician (Gert Mikkelsen) in…

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Readers’ Pedalboards #8 Bass Board Built With Precision

By origineffects | May 4, 2017

This Player’s Board is the Perfect Match for his Vintage Precision Basses Recently, we saw posts on Facebook from one of our customers, Matt Littell, who describes himself as “a huge supporter and promoter of your amazing Cali76 compressor!”. We asked to feature his pedalboard in our Readers’ Pedalboards articles so he sent us a…

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Stone Gossard of Pearl Jam uses an Origin Effects SlideRIG 1176 analogue boutique compressor pedal les paul

More Guitarists Join The Ranks – Pearl Jam, The Who, Train, And More…

By origineffects | Apr 13, 2017

Stone Gossard, Jon Button, And Hector Maldonado Add Origin Effects Pedals to their Pedalboards We’ve had a flood of new artists land on our doorstep recently including guitarists from Pearl Jam, Everything Everything, Train, The Who, and State Champs to name just a few. It’s always great to see guitarists including our effects pedals in…

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Luke Cyrus Goetze Pedalboard Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Deluxe Compressor Pedal JHS Moonshine Muffuletta Fulltone OCD Lehle Volume Strymon Timeline Flint Riverside Duesenberg Oahu Diana Supro Epiphone Riviera

Readers’ Pedalboards #7 Electrics, Steels, and Pedals

By origineffects | Apr 12, 2017

A Pedal Board Designed For Both Electric & Steel Guitar We got tagged on our Facebook Page by Luke Cyrus Goetze who had made this video of his superb lap steel skills using our Cali76-CD. We were so impressed with Luke’s tone that we contacted him for details on his rig and fortunately he replied…

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Jon Button Roger Daltrey Pete Townsend The Who Sheryl Crow Robben Ford uses Origin Effects Cali76 Compact Bass boutique analogue analog guitar compressor pedal

‘The Who’ Bring In New Bass Player But Keep The Cali76

By origineffects | Apr 11, 2017

Jon Button Uses His Cali76 With The Who As Pino Takes His Cali76 On The Road With John Mayer On a busy Friday, toward the end of March, we were pleasantly surprised to receive an email from Michael Kaye, guitar tech for The Who. Michael informed us that Pino Palladino and his Cali76 have moved on to perform…

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Jeremy Knibbs Pedalboard Origin Effects Cali76 Compressor Hudson Fuzz Analogman King of Tone Paul Cochane Tim RYRA Klone Strymon Timeline Eventide H9

Readers’ Pedalboards #6 Holy Trinity of Boutique Drives

By origineffects | Mar 30, 2017

Boutique Drive and Compressor Pedals are Combined with Innovative Digital Delay, Filters, and Modulation Effects Hands up – I spend perhaps too much time on Instagram checking out pedal boards! This week my jaw dropped when I spotted this incredibly clean board from Jeremy Knibbs, guitarist in Canadian power pop band, Elvyn. When you see Jeremy’s…

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