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Birmingham gets a fantastic new Gear Show - Noise Maker Market at Centrala on March 29th - featuring a special edition B1 Show Pedal
One month after The Guitar Show we’re back in ’Birmingham’ again for a brand new venture at a brilliant venue - within walking distance of Birmingham’s New Street Station - while I will probably take a taxi - depending on prevailing weather conditions of course.
Noise Maker Market is at Centrala, Unit 4 Minverva Works, 158 Fazeley Street. Birmingham, B5 5RT.
It takes place on Sunday March 29th, and runs from 11:00 to 18:00 - with the show taking place on the first floor, where there is a bar on the ground floor, along with the DIE DAS DER Live Stage - with a live programme running throughout the day.
Standard Entry Tickets are £8, and there are concessions for BIMM Members.
Centrala, Unit 4 Minverva Works, 158 Fazeley Street. Birmingham, B5 5RT. [Google Map]
Noise Maker Market Show Roster
- 81 Guitar Works - Simon
- Blancheflower Guitars - Marcus
- Bleak District Electric- Phil
- Brelliott - Johnny
- Brute Creations (Guitars) - Martin
- Buzzing Bugs Audio Devices - Dan
- Chase Bliss EU - Doug
- Chickenbone John (Cigar Box Guitars)
- Dronechov Noise Machines - Daniel
- Farmer Glitch - Stephen
- Fredric Effects - Tim
- Funny Little Boxes - Andy
- Future Sound Systems (Synths) - Finlay
- Gigahearts FX - Ian
- Great Eastern FX - David
- Hamilton Effects - James & Pete
- Holy Island Audio - Gwion
- Intensive Care Audio - Patrick
- Isn’tses (Misc) - Lisa & Tim
- Leyland Pedals - Caleb
- Life is Unfair Audio Devices - Grindle
- Madoc Guitars - Luke
- Moose Electronics - Cian
- Mr.MojoFx - Dani
- Ritual Devices - Wub
- SoundLad Liverpool - Marc
- T68 Guitar Pedals - George
- Thawney (Modular & Pedals) - Robin / Thawney
Special Edition Show Pedal - B1 Rat-Bender [Katzenkönig+]
A fantastic evolution of the Catalinbread Katzenkönig - conceived by Adam of Noise Maker Market, and beautifully engineered by Ian from Gigahearts.
Ian gave me the following notes :
"The fun stuff is the clipping options. There are vintage Russian D9J germanium diodes, and some high Fv blue diffused 3mm LEDs which are really loud. Matched silicon transistors keep the noise floor low."
Key Components :
- 4 x 2N5088 Silicon Transistors
- 2 x 1N4148 Silicon Diodes
- 2 x Blue LED Diodes
- 2 x D9J Germanium Diodes
Controls - Filter, Clipping : Si / LED / Ge, Gain, Volume, Input Gain.
I personally like it best on the LED Clipping - which is spectacularly high octane, Filter @ 11 o'c, Gain @ 2 o'c, Volume is @ Noon, and Input Gain is @ Max!
I of course have the original Katzenkönig, and this one is an improvement and evolution over that one!
You can order the B1 from the Noise Maker Market Site - where these are brilliantly priced at just £125 - a great looking and sounding pedal, and a superior souvenir for the show!
There will be a new Special Edition Pedal for each Show - where Adam will collaborate with one of the attending builders!
EXTREMELY LIMITED! BEST BE QUICK!
B1 Demo
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