Fat Boy Overdrive

[luks999]

Just found this nice Pedal

Heres a demo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOKchc7J-Co

its a very sweet sounding OD.
Does anyone know more? Didnt found any schematics on the web

thanks

[Cortexturizer]

Hey
A guy from Belgrade makes that one, he's called Goran hehe. I know because I've met him, he wound some pickups for me and setup some of my guitars in the past. He is an uber cool dude and a master luthier.
Apart from that pedal he makes a wah as well which is sweet as well.
That pedal is really well made, the price is 200 EUR if I am not mistaken, and I've tried it. It's a very open sounding plexi-ish mid-gain sound on one side and a fat mid-hump heavy distortion on the other. It is quite well balanced for that classic rock side and for that superhero lead solo that follows.

I've seen Lance Lopez and Billy GIbons using it. He actually made guitars for those two. Quite exceptional looking as well. Here are some pictures:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t1.0-9/p180x540/409281_425708357482798_1592128246_n.jpg?oh=2c684e0a84cb949e94ae3e346c166155&oe=55169224&__gda__=1425847240_96a6d5d857721de7366823cf45af73ae

https://fbcdn-sphotos-e-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfp1/v/t1.0-9/r90/p180x540/311267_433031203417180_952291888_n.jpg?oh=f224a4e7a215ff6b229fb46b75f87034&oe=5513AFF7&__gda__=1427317159_094b61b3a4ff5a26607a20dbce6e3e5e

https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xfa1/v/t1.0-9/p180x540/164289_485187898201510_1968048852_n.jpg?oh=b852fd20cb242072b841e9c84be896cc&oe=5507CD88&__gda__=1427307837_ee79ba4170208a7ca983b832780c0ae8

I got the chance to play these things and they are great sounding.

This is his FB page - https://www.facebook.com/gorancustomguitars.staff

I have no affiliations to the guy I just happen to know him and think that he is a ridiculously good guitar and pickups luthier and pedal builder.

[muddyfox]

do you have any info on guitar pricing?

[Cortexturizer]

I really don't but you can contact him via his FB page I think he will respond directly, I've done it a number of times. I don't know whether his prices are comparable to luthiers elsewhere in the world but he might be expensive given what type of clientele he has...apart from the Texas blues giants he made guitars for a lot of uber sucessful guys from the Balkany regions, some monster players.

Here's a particularly striking tele model - https://www.facebook.com/gorancustomguitars.staff/media_set?set=a.164787923574844.39567.100001309130642&type=3
(not really my thing though)

and I've found the album with the Lance and Billy guitars - https://www.facebook.com/gorancustomguitars.staff/media_set?set=a.341210735932561.78146.100001309130642&type=3

[muddyfox]

I'm not drinking the FB Koolaid so I can't see anything but I'll have my wife open it up for me. Maybe there's a regular email contact someplace. 

I'm not really looking for a cheap guitar per se, I'm looking more for a bang-for-a-buck kinda thing. But I do get what you mean, with big names using his axes, he's bound to be expensive.

[luks999]

ok i see thanks.
i got to know this pedal, because lance lopez uses it, and im a big fan of him

the thing is, the pedal costs about 430$, and thats kind a lot. additionally i like to build pedals. but i dont want to steal gorans idea

btw: didnt know about the guitars, they look really awesome

[Cortexturizer]

Hm, I was totally out of the loop regarding the price of that pedal. It definitely increased over time. It is built like a tank though, I know he puts only the highest quality stuff inside. Once I was at his flat and we were winding those pickups for me (I wanted his 52 tele bridge pickup but a bit less hot on the output) and I saw some expensive Miyama toggle switches on his table and I asked him wow you use these and he was like yeah sure I can't afford somebody from Switzerland or somewhere to give back the pedal to me over a couple of euros saved on toggle switches - only the highest quality stuff will go into my pedal. And I was like, well yeah, that makes sense.

I love Lance Lopez as well! Great to see another admirer here on the forum