Jack Deville Electronics

The switch on your pedal clicks, pops, and is going to die. This is not your fault. Most pedals come with with a 3 pole switch that has a life of a few thousand cycles which, if you play everyday, ain’t much. Enter Jack Deville, he designed the Click-less True Bypass system for the Buzzmaster, his first guitar pedal. Players loved it so much they asked him to add it to their existing pedals, but Jack is to busy designing and building new pedals to spend all his time replacing switches, so he made an easy way for anyone with a soldering iron to install it themselves. His pedals are made from high quality parts and are used by everyone from Tony Levin to Adrian Belew. A maker that cares about what he’s making, Jack hand solders and tests every piece of gear before shipping, and all products come with a lifetime warranty.

Mod Zero

Mod Zero is the end all analog modulator. The range of sounds available from this small box will impress even the most jaded guitar shop sales clerks, moving seamlessly from classic flanging to roller-coaster pitch modulation to subtle vibratos. Two switches allow you to choose between chorus/vibrato/tremolo mode and flanging/leslie mode. The Mod Zero is the only through-zero flanger on the market today the Leslie sound is incredible to hear coming from a pedal. The chorus/vibrato/tremolo mode is equally as impressive with a soft touch for creating the beautiful, subtler sounds and the power to modulate all sense from your signal when you’re in that special mood. Every Mod Zero is hand soldered by Jack Deville in Portland, Oregon.

Michael J Epstein Memorial Library

Volume One
Somerville, MA

“21st century sing-a-long”

Remember those childhood road trips, when siblings only stopped fighting when parents put on the sing-a-long tape and the whole car transformed into a smiling choir as the side-paneled family truckster cruised down the vast expanses of the American highway system? Neither does anyone else, but Volume One provides the soundtrack for all the imaginary memories we’ve convinced ourselves are somehow part of our past. The songs are catchy but simple, and sung out understandably so listeners can pick up and join in the fun. Opener “Amylee” defines the sound of the album, strumming guitars and ukuleles backed by an assortment of strings, glockenspiels, and other happy instruments. Michael sings but never alone, backed by at least one harmony part or more often a bunch of friends singing around a campfire roasting marshmallows.
Michael and company sing about the joys and woes of 21st century living, but their voices are always filled with a certain joie de vivre.Volume One is a community record, even listening to it alone conjures the feeling of being surrounded by good friends.
Engineered by Michael J. Epstein and Sophia Cacciola at The Michael J. Epstein Memorial Library (Somerville, MA)//Drum tracking by Mike Quinn at Q Division (Somerville, MA)//Mixed by Mike Quinn in The Moontower at Q Division (Somerville, MA)//Mastered by Jeff Lipton at Peerless Mastering (Boston, MA); Assistant Mastering Engineer: Maria Rice

-Garrett Frierson
http://michaeljepstein.com/