COG CUSTOM

Cog Custom

If you want something you don't see in our current range of effects, or want a modified version of something we already do, feel free to get in touch about a Cog Custom pedal. This can be as simple as two or more effects in one box or more in-depth tone-shaping on an existing Cog Effects pedal, all the way through to completely custom pedals based on your specifications and requirements. Either way, we will work together to find the right pedal for you. Contact us for a quote or some no-strings-attached advice!

Below are some of our previous custom builds.

"CRB005" Custom Fuzz for Mike Kerr of Royal Blood

Original design fuzz pedal for Mike Kerr. 

More details

HERE

 

"CRB006" Custom Fuzz for Mike Kerr of Royal Blood

Original design fuzz pedal for Mike Kerr. 

More details HERE

"Skulls" Custom Bass Fuzz For Tim Commerford of Prophets of Rage

Custom fuzz for Tim Commerford, featuring artwork by my buddy Jim McElvaney.

More details HERE

"Fight The Power" Custom Analogue Octave For Tim Commerford of Prophets of Rage

Custom analogue octave for Tim Commerford with preset levels. 

More details HERE

"Brighton Fuzz" CRB010 & CRB011 Custom Fuzz

Custom bass fuzz effects for Mike Kerr of Royal Blood. One for his A-rig, one for his B-rig.

Click HERE for more info

"CWMa00/A and /B" Custom Pedalboard Switchers

Custom guitar and banjo pedalboard switchers for Winston Marshall of Mumford and Sons. 


Full details HERE 

"CMR00" Custom Remote Switched Rackmount True Bypass Loops

Custom dual rackmount true bypass loop switchers for Mumford and Sons. Multiple remote switches and local switching make for an extremely flexible system.


Full details HERE

"CAWr03" Custom Blender

Three loop parallel blender with footswitchable presets for Ant Wright. 

Full details HERE  

"CMM00" Custom Dual Fuzz Octave

Built as the basis of Royal Blood/Death From Above 1979 style bass-and-faux-guitar rig, this pedal features a rehoused Electro-Harmonix Micro POG and two Fuzz Face/Mastotron-based fuzz circuits, with additional routing circuitry to provide a great deal of flexibility. 

The signal is split after the input, with one signal sent through the POG and then the fuzz circuits, and another uneffected signal sent to the Kill footswitch before the output. Each signal is then split again, and sent to both their own output jack and also to a mixer with Wet and Dry level knobs to send to a third output with the blend of both the bass and faux guitar signal.

Signal flow diagram HERE

"The Wolf" Custom Dual Octave Distortion

Bass and faux-guitar monster featuring rehoused Electro-Harmonix Micro POG modified for dual channel operation, in series with a single channel Knightfall 66, both in parallel with an adjustable-filtered clean blend. Named 'The Wolf' because it solves problems, and if your guitarist touches your pedalboard you can rest assured Monster Joe's gonna be disposing of two bodies.

"Weapons Control" Custom Knightfall 66 and Grand Tarkin

Custom dirt box for Tom Hudson of Pulled Apart By Horses and Magick Mountain.  

"Slave 1" Custom Bass Multi-Effects

Effects Loop, T-65, Chorus, Delay and Reverb in one enclosure with Boba Fett Mandalorian-themed artwork.

Full details of each effect and signal path HERE
 

"Beasts" Routing and Dirt Box

Knightfall 66, Tarkin and Darklighter in one enclosure, plus send and return for a Sansamp to blend in parallel. When the dirt is bypassed, the effects loop remains active to allow the Sansamp to be the stock clean sound. This pedal was commissioned by Nicky Grayson and is an upgrade and replacement to his "Like Rome" custom pedal.

"The Drone Machinery 1 & 2" Custom Multi-Effects

Knightfall, Tarkin, Digital Delay, Analogue Delay with modulation and Digital Reverb combined in one enclosure. Twice. 

Cog Effects Custom Bass Multi FX with Knighfall Distortion Tarkin Fuzz, Digital and Analogue Delays and Digital Reverb with custom engraved The Drone Machinery Artwork

"Bop Gun" Custom Bass Multi-Effects

Octave, two fuzzes, envelope filter and reverb with custom engraved stark-raving bonkers graphics.

Full details and signal chain HERE
 

"Gravity Bomb" Custom Bass Multi-Effects 

T-70 with expanded Knightfall 66 and Darklighter dirt section. Super duper fancy purple aluminium knobs and customer drawn artwork.

"CVS-1401" Custom Bass Multi-Effects

The Avenger. Envelope Filter, Chorus, Delay and Reverb in one enclosure. Pride of the Imperial Fleet. 

Cog Effects Custom CVS-1401 Avenger Bass Guitar Multi-Effect with Envelope Filter, Chorus, Delay and Reverb

"Like Rome" Routing and Dirt Box

Knightfall, Tarkin and Darklighter combined in one box, along with routing to blend with an effects loop which will contain a Sansamp. When the dirt is bypassed, the effects loop remains active to allow the Sansamp to be the stock clean sound.

Build diary and more pictures HERE

 

 

"Red Five" Custom Bass Multi-Effects

Grand Tarkin, T-65 Octave, parallel analogue chorus, reverb, and X-Wing artwork. Lots of routing options, buffered/unbuffered effects loops... lots going on. Best bet is to click HERE and get all the info. 

"Hellraiser" Custom Bass Multi-Effects

Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz, Knightfall Distortion and T-65 Octave all in parallel. Four level controls for mixing Dry signal, with only one ever active depending on which combination of effects are selected.

This is very much an expansion on the concept of the T-65 Octave and parallel sub octave in general.

Artwork is an adaptation of the Puzzle Box from the 1987 film Hellraiser, with oversized Moog-style knobs to finish things off.

Cog Effects Custom Parallel Blended Bass Multi-Effects Pedal with Knightfall Distortion, Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz and T-65 Analogue Sub Octave

"BTL-S3" Custom Bass Multi-Effects

Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz, Knightfall Distortion and T-65 Octave all in parallel and built to the same specifications as the Hellraiser pedal above, with the exception that the master bypass switch is removed and instead if no effect is selected the entire pedal will be true bypassed. A great front-end dirt-and-down box for any pedalboard. 

* Dry O - Dry level when only the octave is selected
* Dry K - Dry level when the Knightfall is selected and the Tarkin is not
* Dry T - Dry level when the Tarkin is selected and the Knightfall is not
* Dry D - Dry level when both Knightfall and Tarkin are selected 

Cog Effects Custom BTL-S3 Bass Guitar Multi-Effect Pedal with T-65 Analogue Octave, Knightfall and Grand Tarkin Blended in Parallel

"Brutal Master" Custom Bass Multi-Effects

Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz, Knightfall Distortion and T-65 Octave all in parallel and built to the same specifications as the BTL-S3 pedal. Artwork by MrExcane. 

Cog Effects Custom Brutal Master Parallel Octave Fuzz Distortion Bass Guitar Effects Pedal with engraved artwork design by MrExcane

"Colonel Richter" Custom Bass Multi-Effects

Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz, Knightfall Distortion with clean blend, and a parallel T-65 Octave with optional expression input to control the level of the octave down signal. 

More details HERE  


"Midoctachoruzz" Custom Bass Multi-Effects

This pedal is totally stupid... and that's why I love it. With a T-65 Octave, analogue chorus and Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz together in a series loop, all in parallel with a mid-humped clean blend you are not going to get a nice subtle "I just want a little bit of amp-like breakup when I dig in" kind of sound. You've got a pedal for that already, it's cool. This pedal has a knob labelled "Honk" and totally gets away with it. 

Built specially for Ant Wright of Brawlers in a joint bid to make some nasty sounds on Radio 1 and festival stages this summer. Winner.   

"Bad Mario" Custom Noise Box

This pedal is bonkers. Stark-raving bonkers... but a whole lot of fun. Signal chain from right to left is octave up with input gain and output level, Tarkin Fuzz with Mids knob instead of switch, and with Feedback and Gate knobs each with a toggle to turn them off. Next is a Filter & Sample/Hold section to chew up the fuzz and spit it out before a 2-stage phaser rounds things off nicely. 

Artwork is Banksy's and is used in tribute to the original.   

Cog Effects Custom Guitar Noise Box with Octave Up, Tarkin Fuzz, FSH Filter Sample Hold and FET Phaser with Banksy Mario Engraved Artwork

"CMB01" Custom Multi-Effect

T-16, Mini 66 and Tarkin in one enclosure, with master bypass footswitch and order reverse footswitch to swap Tarkin > Mini 66 to Mini 66 > Tarkin.  

Cog Effects Custom Bass Guitar Multi-Effects Pedal

"Black Sun" Custom Bass Distortion

Custom "battle-worn" parallel Knightfall and Tarkin for Simon Francis - one each for his two touring rigs.

Three-position Voice switch and post-clipping adjustable High Pass Filter on the Knightfall, and Mids knob and switchable Gate knob on the Tarkin. Sounds enormous on bass.

Star Wars Black Sun artwork on battle-worn enclosures make these two one of my favourite custom projects. 

"Super Harmonic Loop Overdriver" Custom Bass Guitar Overdrive

Three-band dirt pedal based on the super duper fantastic Triumvirate by VFE, with parallel effects loop. No knobs on this one, the potentiometer shafts have been ground down with a groove cut into them for screwdriver adjustment so the settings can't be easily changed by accident on stage. Built for Yorkshireman and 100% certified grade-A dude Ant Wright, and it sounds absolutely reyt good. 

"Zappa Fuzz" Custom Dual Tarkin

Two independent Tarkin Fuzz circuits with custom tone sections, designed for an intricate stereo rig. Complete control over the mid-band of the Tarkin to allow different positions and widths of notches and boosts. Broad range of Muffy sounds in a small footprint. Built for Dweezil Zappa's 2013 World Tour.

More details HERE

"Tarkin 66" Custom Bass Dirt

Single channel Grand Tarkin and single channel Knightfall 66, with master bypass footswitch and A/B to switch between the two dirt sections. Old school "Clocks" Knightfall artwork. You could take down buildings with this thing.

Cog Effects Custom Grand Tarkin Knightfall 66 Dual Bass Fuzz Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal

"OF-7" Custom TK-421 Bass Guitar Distortion 

Two channel TK-421 bass distortion with dual knobs for Gain, Level and Clean, and global knobs for Clean Low Pass Filter, Dirt High Pass Filter, Dirt Low Pass Filter, plus toggles for LM308/NE5534, symmetrical and asymmetrical silicon and LED clipping options, and range setting for the Dirt Low Pass Filter. Second footswitch to swap between red and cream channels. 

Super versatile, super lethal, just super duper all round frankly.  

"CMGo00" Custom TK-421 and Reverb

Two channel TK-421 with external clipping options, plus always-on reverb with huge wet/dry mix knob that can be foot controlled. Extra large effect order toggle switch for reverb>TK and TK>reverb, and retro industrial engraved graphic. 

Cog Effects Custom Bass Guitar Effects Pedal, TK-421 Distortion and Reverb with wet and dry blend

"CADe00" Custom Dirt Box

Knightfall (black) and Darklighter (cream) on an A/B footswitch, with a footswitchable octave up (yellow) in series before them, with clean blend (blue) in parallel with the octave and dirt. Sounds absolutely brutal, and is super versatile. Make your bass guitar a weapon. Make your guitarist whimper and politely ask you to turn the gain down because you're making them look bad. Ignore them. Play louder.   
Cog Effects Custom Bass Guitar Octave, Overdrive and Distortion Effects Pedal

"CPH01" Custom Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz

Custom single channel Grand Tarkin bass fuzz with Dweezil mod to the Tone section for expanded control over the mids, plus internal Gate control with on/off slide switch. Relay true bypass triggered by the super duper soft touch Lehle Switch BTN footswitch. Sounds absolutely crushing.   
Cog Effects Custom Single Channel Grand Tarkin Bass Guitar Fuzz Pedal

"CPH02" Custom Mono/Stereo Dual Effects Loop Blender

Dual loop blender designed for use with stereo output and Rickenbacker Rick-O-Sound style guitars and basses. Individual effects loops for each signal that can be blended together to send to the mono output. Phase inversion switch on Loop B. 

Additional mono input to use with regular output guitars and basses so that re-wiring of the pedalboard isn't necessary in the event of a guitar change. 

Mute footswitch is the Lehle Switch BTN. Super useful tool for both Rickenbacker/stereo instruments and parallel blended rigs.


Signal Flow Diagram HERE 

"CJK01" Custom Amp Selector

Three channel line selector with phase reverse and ground lift switches on the outputs. Rollbar to protect switches and settings. A useful interface to send signal from your pedalboard to your multi-amp setup. 
Cog Effects Custom Amp Selector

"Night Fall on Jupiter" Custom Knightfall and Darklighter

The expanded EQ and clipping options on the two effects, combined with the Order switch results in a hugely flexible dirt box for both guitar and bass. 
Name and artwork are the client's nod to Cave In. 

Darklighter with expanded active EQ and Knightfall with three clipping options (LED, MOSFET, Silicon) selected by the D switch. The O switch changes the signal order from Knightfall > Darklighter to Darklighter > Knightfall.

Cog Effects Custom Darklighter and Knightfall Guitar & Bass Overdrive & Distortion with clipping options, expanded active EQ and engraved Cave In Tribute Artwork

"CFT00" Custom T-65 Octave

T-65 Analogue Octave with pre-effects loop mix controls (cream) to allow effects to be added to certain voices and then be mixed back in to the master mix (black) to the output. Mode footswitch works the same as on the T-65 to allow a choice between clean signal or effects loop when in bypass.
Cog Effects Custom T-65 Analogue Octave Bass Guitar Effects Pedal

"The Chosen One" Custom Knightfall 66

Bloody Qui-Gon Jinn has a lot to answer for.
"I reckon he's the chosen one, he must be trained, blah blah blah"

Well, that was a good call.

Cog Effects Custom Darth Vader Knightfall 66 Bass Guitar Overdrive Distortion Effects Pedal

"CNG003" Custom Signal Router 

Custom signal router for my homie Nicky Grayson of Like Rome. This router allows Nicky to run his bi-amp rig with individual effects chains for each amp, dedicated tuner output, and mute footswitch. 

Cog Effects Custom Bass Guitar Signal Router Effects Pedal for Nicky Grayson of Like Rome's Pedalboard

"CRB001 & CRB003" Custom Signal Router

Signal Router for Mike Kerr of Royal Blood

Cog Effects Custom Signal Router for Mike Kerr Royal Blood Pedalboard
 
 

"CRB002 & CRB004" Custom Patch Box

Patch Box for Mike Kerr of Royal Blood

"Knight Terror" Custom Knightfall and Darklighter

Darklighter with expanded active EQ and Knightfall with additional Voice rotary switch and three clipping options (LED, MOSFET, Silicon) selected by a switch on the back. The order of the effects can also be selected by a switch on the back.   

Cog Effects Custom Darklighter and Knightfall Guitar & Bass Overdrive & Distortion with clipping options, expanded active EQ and engraved Tentacles Artwork

"Bear Necessities" Octave Overdrive

T-16 Analogue Octave and Mini 66 Bass Overdrive in a compact enclosure. The bare necessities for any self-respecting bassists' pedalboard, but with a picture of a bear on it, so it becomes the "Bear Necessities", get it? Because it's a picture of a bear, and it's the bare necessities. Bear and Bare. What? David Brent would have been proud of that one. 
Cog Effects Custom Bear Necessities Octave Overdrive Bass Guitar Effects Pedal

"CDM00" Custom Bass Fuzz

Absolutely massive sounding bass guitar fuzz with filtered clean blend. Heavier than the crushing realisation that everything is temporary and life is meaningless. 
Cog Effects Custom Bass Guitar Fuzz Effects Pedal

"1666" Octave Overdrive

T-16 Analogue Octave and Mini 66 Bass Overdrive in a compact enclosure, with order reverse toggle switch plus north-mounted jacks to reduce pedalboard footprint. 
Cog Effects Custom 1666 T-16 and Mini 66 Analogue Octave Overdrive Bass Guitar Pedal

"Bearfist" Custom Blender

Blender with Bass/Treble EQ and phase inversion switch on the loop and variable LPF on the loop similar to the blend on the TK-421-X. Super useful clean blend pedal for bassists. 

Cog Effects Custom Bass Guitar Blender Effects Pedal With Bass Treble EQ Low Pass Filter and Phase Inversion Switch
 
 

"Propaganda" Custom Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz

Single channel Grand Tarkin with additional Gate control. Empire propaganda artwork for maximum cool. The red on the sides of the enclosure matches the red on the top, I just can't take a decent photo!! 

"3 Step" Custom EHX 720  Stereo Looper External Footswitch

External footswitch for the most excellent Electro-Harmonix 720 Stereo Looper, allowing quick access to Bank Up, Bank Down, and Instant Undo/Re-do, which fully unlocks the potential of the additional features of the looper. The footswitches are staggered in height to allow them to be aligned vertically and still be easy to press just one switch at a time. 

Cog Effects Custom EHX Electro-Harmonix 720 Stereo Looper FS3X External Footswitch

"Inertia" Custom Knightfall and Grand Tarkin

18v bass-tuned Knightfall, and Grand Tarkin with extended control over the filters making up the Tone control to create a hugely versatile bass fuzz. Sounds enormous. Huge. Footswitches are spaced such that they can both be pressed at the same time if need be.

More information HERE

"Starbird" Custom Chorus and Delay

Analogue chorus with independent control over Wet and Dry levels, Bass/Treble EQ on the wet signal, and the usual rate and depth controls, plus analogue-voiced modulating digital delay. As well as the regular delay controls, this one also features a variable high-pass filter on the repeats to allow a higher wet level and number of repeats without muddying the dry signal, and is designed with bass guitar in mind.

Further to the effects, this pedal has unique signal routing in that is has two sets of jacks for each effect - one set on the right-hand side and one set at the top of the enclosure. This was built in for the specific requirements of the customer using this pedal on two different pedalboards. Chorus Out and Delay In jacks will also link internally automatically if nothing is inserted.

Finished off with the Rebel Alliance logo, Starbird. Geekier than C-3PO, cooler than Calrissian. Awesome.
 

Cog Effects Custom Bass Guitar Pedal - Starbird Rebel Alliance Logo - Digital modulating delay and analogue chorus

"Juggernaught" Custom Distortion and Modulation Multi-Effects

Knightfall, Tarkin, Darklighter, Phaser, Chorus and Delay. Everything you could need to create some proper sonic mayhem. Graphic derived from art for Sheffield band Galleon by the rather fabulous Jason Kerr. LFO rate LEDs for each of the modulation circuits for added bling.

More details HERE

"Bertie Big Bollocks" Custom Grand Tarkin and Knightfall 66 

1) Fuzz with extra Mid control
2) Two-Channel Distortion
3) DI
4) Must must MUST have roll bars
5) Most importantly, must have giant picture of hanging testicles engraved onto the top of it and the name "Bertie Big Bollocks" on an engraved front name plate.
Yep, that'll do it. 

Checklist for custom pedal:

Bertie Big Bollocks Cog Effects Custom Dual Bass Distortion And Fuzz Pedal with engraved testicle artwork

"Slunge Detonator" Custom TK-421-X and Knightfall 66 

TK-421-X with HPF mod and external rotary switches for clipping options and LPF-2 range, and Knightfall 66 with external rotary switches for clipping options on each channel.

Custom artwork featuring Burrito the pot-head donkey. When you turn on the Knightfall 66 his spliff lights up red. Obviously.
 

Cog Effects Custom Slunge Detonator Bass Guitar Overdrive and Distortion Effect Pedal

"Silver Surfer" Custom Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz 

While he may not be as cool as Han Solo, the Silver Surfer is still cool enough to have been voiced by Morpheus, so I'm gonna give him a pass. Standard Grand Tarkin guts with super duper Marvel artwork.  

"CBGe00" Custom Line Selector 

Clean Blender with phase inversion switch and two preset levels of clean and loop. The footswitch swaps between the two presets. Perfect for those "always on" effects where you want more than one balance of clean and effect. Can also be used as a clean boost, or a buffered pedalboard interface. 

Cog Effects Custom Line Selector and Clean Blend Pedal

"CAWr02" Custom Line Selector 

Dual loop mixer with footswitch to swap between preset levels. Phase switches for additional flexibility, and the send and returns on each loop connect automatically if jacks aren't inserted. Roll bar to retain settings if you've got heavy feet. 

"Stormtrooper" Custom Grand Tarkin for the 2015 CTCC Charity Auction

Despite being completely inept and anonymous, stormtroopers will always be cool. They couldn't hit a cow's arse with a banjo, they don't know which droids they're looking for, and they got absolutely leathered by a tribe of mini bears with vastly inferior weapons. Still cool though!

This custom finish Grand Tarkin was my submission for the 2015 Circuits To Cure Cancer Charity Auction.
 

"Circuits to Cure Cancer" Custom Dual Tarkin for the 2014 CTCC Charity Auction

Two Tarkins in one, with added Mids control and individual controls for each channel. One footswitch for bypass, the other to switch channel. This pedal will be auctioned off as part of the 2014 Circuits to Cure Cancer charity auction event in May, so as well as getting fuzzy with this beast you will also be helping kick cancer in the nuts. 

Build diary HERE

"Robot Camel" Custom Dual Knightfall

Let's face it, The Empire Strikes Back is just the best Star Wars film, and one of the coolest things about it was the AT-ATs lumbering towards Echo Base. Seeing another AT-AT as Rey's home in The Force Awakens was another cool touch, and here's one on a Dual Knightfall looking cooler than a Wampa's dangly bits. 

"Time Bandits" Custom Knightfall and Darklighter

Darklighter with expanded active EQ and Knightfall with three clipping options (LED, MOSFET, Silicon) selected by the 1 switch. The 2 switch changes the signal order from Knightfall > Darklighter to Darklighter > Knightfall. Artwork by MrExcane. 

Cog Effects Custom Time Bandits Dual Bass Guitar Overdrive and Distortion with custom engraved artwork design by MrExcane

"Maximum Stoverdrive" Custom Bass Overdrive and Distortion

Single-channel Knightfall 66 and TK-421-X bass distortion in one box. Commissioned as a two-channel pedal for medium-high gain and crazy-high gain: the right footswitch engages the pedal, while the left footswitch chooses with which weapon you shall vanquish thine enemies. 

More details, including details of the TK-421-X, can be found HERE

"Octagrit" Custom T-65 Octave and Knightfall 66 Bass Distortion

This one is three effects in one box: Knightfall 66, T-65 octave, or both together in parallel. Individual clean blend level controls for each mode of operation, and the box is true bypassed when neither effects are engaged. Footswitches placed just close enough to be able to trigger both at once.

More details HERE

Custom Signal Router

Stereo input jack for dual output bass, individual effects loop and PA sends for each signal, two amp outputs that can run either the individual signals or a 50/50 blend using the Stereo/Sum switch, ground lift switch for second amp output, and mute footswitch that kills all outputs except the tuner output. 

Sometimes what can seem like the most simple effects or routers like this (or the excellent Boss LS-2) can actually end up opening doors for a truly innovative rig. I could see myself combining this with a bass amp, guitar amp, plus a boat-load of effects and going for a Royal Blood-esque huge sound....

Cog Effects Custom Buffered Signal Splitter, Router and Mixer/Blender

"Gray Fuzz?!" Custom Dual Bass Distortion and Fuzz

Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz and TK-421-X Bass Distortion in one box. Each effect can be used independently or together in parallel, with level trim controls when in parallel mode. Additional input to mix in a third signal. When neither effect is engaged the whole box is true bypassed.  

Click HERE for more information.

"A/SF-01" Custom Knightfall and Darklighter

Darklighter with expanded active EQ and Knightfall with three clipping options (LED, MOSFET, Silicon) selected by the 1 switch. The 2 switch changes the signal order from Knightfall > Darklighter to Darklighter > Knightfall.

The expanded EQ and clipping options on the two effects, combined with the Order switch results in a hugely flexible dirt box for both guitar and bass.  

Cog Effects Custom A/SF-01 Bass Guitar Overdrive and Distortion

"Bounty Hunter" Custom T-47

T-47 Analogue Octave with custom engraved Boba Fett artwork. Yeah alright he got eaten by a hole in the ground after a blind man accidentally set his rocket pack off, but this Mandalorian bounty hunter is still a total bad-ass. 

"The Ashes" Custom Dual Knightfall

Custom engraved 2015 Ashes commemorative/commiserative trophy for Daniel Steinhardt, head honcho of The GigRig, who has been most gracious following the crushing defeat of Australia at the hands of the English and thus deserves a bit of a pick-me-up.

I should have called this one the "Cover Drive" really, shouldn't I...
 

"The Terminator" Custom T-65 Octave and Gated Fuzz

(Use your best Arnie accent) "I need your clothes, your boots, and a set of bass cabs capable of producing 20Hz without farting out when I shove some serious subs up them..."

The standard T-65 control set is all there with the exception of the Loop level control which is instead replaced with a two-position mode switch to move the position of the fuzz to be either in series or in parallel with the octave. An internal trimpot sets the level of the parallel send to the fuzz to allow for better balancing between the two modes. Sounds enormous in either mode.      

Cog Effects Custom Terminator Bass Guitar Effects Pedal T-65 Octave and Gated Fuzz With Custom Engraving

"Octa Frog" Custom T-65 Octave and Darklighter Overdrive

T-65 Octave with individual footswitches for octave up and down, into a Darklighter with a toggle for an alternative TS9 voicing. 

The T-65 is true bypassed if neither up or down is selected, with the footswitches spaced so you can press either or both at the same time.


Cog Effects Custom Octa Frog Octave Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal

"For Sorrow, For Joy" Custom Line Selector

Channel A switches between a clean level control and an effects loop with level control and phase switch.
Channel B switches between a clean level control and an effects loop with level control and phase switch
Channel C switches between a clean level control and a bass/treble EQ with level control.
Footswitches for channels A and B located so they can activated individually or together.
The ideal tool for the blending bass player. 

Three blendable signal paths in one small unit.

"Yin Yang" Custom Fuzz

This one is a little bit special. On the left we have a Tarkin with the Mids switch replaced with a continuous knob, and on the right is a Superfuzz clone for old skool fuzzy deliciousness.

The special thing about this pedal is it is designed to be placed at two different points within the signal chain - in this case, both within the loop of an envelope filter AND in series with the filter. The middle footswitch switches which point in the chain the pedal is placed. In addition to the footswitch, there is also a Control jack on the back of the pedal to remotely control this function. This client uses a G-Lab controller and will use one of the available amp switch jacks when programming his patches, but it could just as easily be used with the GigRig G2, One Control Crocodile Tail or Free The Tone ARC amongst others.

Cog Effects Custom Yin Yang Bass Fuzz Tarkin And Superfuzz

"Raging Bull" Custom Bass Darklighter

Bass Darklighter with variable-filtered clean blend section stolen from the TK-421-X and tweaked to better complement the Darklighter circuit. This combination is fantastic for warmer, lower gain tones than the Knightfall or TK series, but will still get grindy when cranked. Additional footswitch for an on-board effects loop, with the Order knob changing the pedal from loop>Darklighter to Darklighter>loop, and the Mode knob activating the Loop Level knob.

This pedal was commissioned by a Rage Against The Machine fan, and so during testing I only used Rage riffs lest this pedal become sullied by a lesser standard of riffery. Testify!

Cog Effects Raging Bull Custom Darklighter Bass Overdrive

"Light Side, Dark Side" Custom Line Selector

Custome dual loop Line selector with footswitches to select "A or B" and "A and B"

Cog Effects Custom Blend Guitar Effects Pedal

"Politics" Custom Knightfall 66

Single channel Knightfall 66 with added Mids cut/boost and frequency knobs. Artwork is a Banksy piece and is used in tribute to the original. This one struck a particular chord with me and I used the same artwork on a pedal for myself years ago.   

Cosg Effects Custom Knightfall Bass Guitar Distortion Effects Pedal with engraved tribute Banksy Artwork

"Henderson's" Custom Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz

Jessica Ennis. Pulp. Nick Park. Bring Me The Horizon. Michael Palin. Harry Brearley and stainless steel. Arctic Monkeys. Richard Hawley. Def Leppard. Gordon Banks. 65daysofstatic. Kell Brook. Roger Taylor (the other one). Sean Bean.

All those great names pale into insignificance compared to this one... Henderson's Relish.

Chances are that if you are from Sheffield you will turn out super-awesome, it's that simple. Aye there's more handsome folk about, our football teams have had their day, and our greatest actor dies regularly, but there's no doubt Sheffield is made up of winners. So when a Sheffield exile found out custom finishes were an option, he had to have Hendo's for a taste of home.

Standard Grand Tarkin circuit, extra special finish. Better on bass than chips though.

"Boba Fuzz" Custom Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz

Just ask anyone who they think the coolest dude is in all of Star Wars. If they don't answer Han Solo then they're gonna answer Boba Fett. If they give a different answer to those two then they probably think the prequels were better than the classics and that Greedo shot first. You don't need that kind of person in your life. Oh, also this is a bass fuzz.  

"Solo" Custom T-16 Analogue Octave

Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good octave on your pedalboard, kid.

This T-16 has the Clean level control removed to keep it simple for octave down tones only. Featuring engraved artwork of the Millennium Falcon, the coolest and greatest ship ever, despite what any Star Trek or Firefly fans will try and tell you...


T-16 Analogue Octave

"Rogue Leader" Custom Line Selector

Line selector and routing pedal with free bonus harpoon and tow cable* 

Two effects loops can be placed in parallel with each other or clean signal. With level controls for each loop and also each dry signal to enable proper balancing of levels. This allows for A+B, A+Clean, B+Clean and Clean from this box. Phase inversion switches are included on both channels for maximum flexibility. 

These line selectors can also be built in an 'A or B with A+B' configuration, as well as other custom options. Swiss Army Knife for bass players looking to blend one or more distortions with each other or clean signals.   

*Harpoon and tow cable not really included

Cog Effects Custom Rogue Leader Bass Guitar Line Selector/Blender

"Squares" Custom T-65 Octave

T-65 Octave modified so the contents of the effects loop is your bypassed sound, including internal level control for the bypass signal. Ideal for putting a large portion of your pedalboard, if not your whole pedalboard, inside the loop to add parallel octave to. If nothing is placed in the loop, the bypassed sound will default to clean.

"Repeats" Custom T-65 Octave

The T-65 has level controls for one octave down, one octave up, and dry signal, as well as a level control for the onboard parallel effects loop. Put your dirt here, put a chorus and a fuzz here, put a delay here... the only limit is your imagination (and pedal collection). Finally, a variable Filter control on the octave down signal allows you to shape the octave down sound from synthy and grindy through to pure sub. This is the analogue octave pedal you've always wanted but not yet got.

"Red Three" Custom T-65 Octave

This T-65 Analogue Octave has an Incom T-65 X-Wing Starfighter engraved on it. Get yours today and blow up the nearest Death Star! 

"Black Tarkin" Custom Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz

Custom Grand Tarkin with Dweezil mod to the Tone section and Cog Custom pink LED for maximum sex appeal.

"Stu-Tron" Custom Envelope Filter

Custom Mutron-based envelope filter for Stuart Eastham of the British & Irish Modern Music Institute with Fiery Figrin D'an of the Modal Nodes, engraved front-plate, second LED displaying envelope, and Moog-style knobs.  

Cog Effects Custom Cantina Band Artwork Engraved StuTron Envelope Filter

"Elephant" Custom T-65 Octave

T-65 Octave with custom engraved elephant artwork.  

Cog Effects Custom T-65 Analogue Octave with parallel effects loop and engraved elephant god artwork

"RnB" Custom Multi-Effect

Darklighter, Boss CE-2 clone, modulating analogue delay, and reverb in one big ol' box. Effects loops pre- and post-Darklighter with bypassable buffers on both sends and returns, and bypassable output line driver. Everything you need to get up and go plus the flexibility to add extra effects without compromising tone.

"TX 18/45" Custom Blender

Custom blend pedal with Blend and Level knobs, plus a variable low pass filter on the clean signal and phase inversion switch for the effects loop. All killer, no filler. Deep engraved red logo and matching red sides for added bling. 

"Waves" Custom Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz

Grand Tarkin with alternative taper on the Tone pot to give a larger range on the bass side at the expense of a smaller range on the treble side to allow for finer tuning of bass frequencies. Also covered in optical illusion wavy artwork that made me think the (computer generated and engraved) straight lines for the label boxes weren't parallel any more! A fun but confusing build! 

"Zig Zag" Custom Dual Knightfall Distortion

Stock Dual Knightfall Distortion with zig zag optical illusion artwork. This one looks cylindrical when you look straight down on it. Crazy, maaaaaaan. 

"Screwball" Custom T-65 Octave

T-65 with custom optical illusion artwork. 

"Brutalist" Custom Brassmaster Fuzzes

A trio of old skool Brassmaster clones because your speakers have had it far too easy until now. 

Cog Effects Custom Brassmaster Bass Guitar Octave Fuzz Effects Pedal
Cog Effects Custom Brassmaster Bass Guitar Octave Fuzz Effects Pedal
Cog Effects Custom Brassmaster Bass Guitar Octave Fuzz Effects Pedal

"RZ-1" Custom T-65 Octave Fuzz

The standard T-65 control set is all there with the exception of the Loop level control which is instead replaced with a two-position mode switch to move the position of the fuzz to be either in series or in parallel with the octave. An internal trimpot sets the level of the parallel send to the fuzz to allow for better balancing between the two modes. Sounds enormous in either mode.     

Cog Effects Custom RZ-1 Octave Fuzz T-65 Bass Guitar Effects Pedal

"Dirt Channel" Custom Amp Footswitch

Replacement channel select footswitch for a Marshall DSL100H, built into a recycled Boss pedal enclosure.

Cog Effects Custom Marshall DSL100H Replacement Footswitch Using a Recycled Boss Overdrive Enclosure

"The Boss" Custom Knightfall

Knightfall Distortion in a recycled Boss DS-2 enclosure with four-position rotary Bass switch. True bypass switching using a relay.

Build diary, more pictures and details HERE 

"Seaweed" Custom Knightfall 66

Single channel Knightfall 66 with knobs for Gain, Dirt Level and Clean level, and switches for pre-clipping low end and post-clipping high end. Artwork by Claire Cousins, pictures do this absolutely zero justice. 

Cog Effects Custom Knightfall Order 66 Bass Distortion with Claire Cousins Artwork

"Disastrochimp" Custom Knightfall

Two-channel Knightfall with custom artwork. 

More info and pictures HERE

"Signor Gatto" Custom Dual Bass Drive

 Bass Darklighter and TK-421 in one box.  

Read more HERE. 

"Signor Gattino" Custom TK-421-X Bass Distortion

Signor Gatto's little brother, this is a
TK-421-X with an added adjustable high-pass filter on the dirt channel for dialling in super nasally drive tones for blending with super fat clean tones. It is scientifically impossible to play this pedal for more than five minutes without breaking into Hyper Music or Plug In Baby.

"Radar Rat" Custom TK-421-X Bass Distortion

TK-421-X with custom Radar Rat artwork, used in tribute to Banksy's original piece. This one has the 308 in there at the customer's request.

"Radar Rat Rides Again" Custom TK-421-X Bass Distortion

TK-421-X with external clipping selection switch and re-positioned footswitch to match the rest of the customer's pedalboard. 

"Tittie Fuzz" Custom Dual Tarkin

 Two Tarkins in one box with added Mids control and light-up nipples. 

Read more HERE.

"Harvey's Wallbanger" Custom Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz

Tarkin Fuzz with filtered clean blend and adjustable Mids.  Custom etch using a photo of the customer's son, Harvey. 

Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz

"Charlie's Rust Bucket" Custom TK-421-X Bass Distortion

TK-421-X with custom engraved artwork. This one is Harvey's little brother. 

"The Punisher" Custom Knightfall 66 Bass Distortion

Knightfall 66 with onboard charge pump to run at 18v from a standard 9v input, giving increased headroom and dynamic feel.

Cog Custom - Knightfall 66 Bass Distortion pedal running at 18v with etched Punisher artwork
"Danger" Custom Grand Tarkin Bass Fuzz

Custom warning sign artwork on a stock Grand Tarkin. 

"Ripper The Buzzsaw" Custom Fuzz and Oscillation Machine

Six fuzz modes, foot-switchable boost before the fuzz, foot-switchable oscillation with a choice of six different feedback paths and a Noise control to tame things if needed. Filter control rolls off the highs after all that crazy goodness. Pure fuzz, gated fuzz, glitch fuzz, jumpy octavy fuzz, drone tones and total stutter noises make this probably the daftest Cog Custom pedal so far. Pixelated lo-fi etch to match the lo-fi vibe, and checkerboard knobs because, well, why not?  

"Meat Grinder" Bass Fuzz

Zero subtlety on this one. It's a bass fuzz, and it's massive. Input impedance control to work with active basses, and clean blend control. Massive low end. Comes with spare trousers just in case.

More info and pictures HERE

"Windu Boost" Prototype FET Boost

Very loud FET-Based boost. Huge knob for on-the-fly adjustments. Plays very nicely to push amps into overdrive and as an "always on" tone. Crank it high and use your guitar's volume knob to control the breakup.

"iFuzz" Silicon Fuzz and Octave

Silicon fuzz monster with separate octave up. Toggles for shelving frequency and compression. Artwork is not my own and I will probably be hearing from Apple before long. Oh well...

Cog Custom - Custom Effects Pedal - iFuzz Silicone Fuzz and Octave - Etched Enclosure

"Fear Me" MOSFET Boost

Very loud MOSFET boost with big knob for on-the-fly foot adjustment. This one goes to twelve. 

Cog Custom - Custom Effects Pedal - Fear Me MOSFET Boost - Etched Enclosure

"Inch by inch, play by play" Delay and Tremolo

Modulating lo-fi digital delay with dual delay times, and tap-tempo analog tremolo with time division and shape controls alongside the usual suspects. Text is the Al Pacino speech from Any Given Sunday, made for an NFL fan. 

Cog Custom - Custom Effects Pedal - Inch By Inch, Play By Play Delay and Tremolo - Etched Enclosures

"Zohar's Phase Shift" 4/6/8-stage phaser

FET phaser with adjustable number of stages, and Rate, Depth and Regeneration control.

More info HERE 

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