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Leeward Sound
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Guitar pedals and audio gear, hand-built in the USA.
Demo video featuring five Leeward Sound pedals played through with three guitars.

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Five Leeward Sound pedals played through with three guitars, each with different pickup types.
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April 18, 2025 at 1:51 PM
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I built a massive "guitar pedal." It's a 54 inch tall plate reverb—like a spring reverb, just more ridiculous.
I built a 4.5 foot plate reverb "guitar pedal."
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April 13, 2025 at 6:49 PM
A video about how I approach bass tone. I got the Oneder Effects Red Ryder Distortion in a mystery box from Buy or Borrow Music. It pairs well with the Leeward Sound Big Mono Optical Compressor on bass.

#leewardsound
#basstone
#bassguitar
#bassplayer
#guitarpedals
#onedereffects
#buyorborrow
March 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
My first pedal model from before I launched my company. The Damascus Drive is a distortion pedal with a secret mode to add some sub-octave distortion. Each pedal has a piece of hand-made Damascus steel cut from a billet intended for knife/sword making.
#leewardsound #guitarpedal #guitar #pedalporn
March 30, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Prepping another batch of point-to-point fuzz pedals in black and red colorways. I'm going to start painting the inside of all enclosures.

#leewardsound
#løper
#fuzzpedal
#fuzz
#guitarpedals
#hammertone
#nos
March 17, 2025 at 1:08 AM
I finally got a set of my all-time favorite hi-hat cymbals. To say they have a patina is an understatement. They may be ugly, but they sound fantastic. '96 Zildjian Quick Beat.

#leewardsound
#hihat
#cymbals
#patina
#zildjian
#vintage
March 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
March 5, 2025 at 4:46 PM
Løper. Point to point fuzz. Born in the woods.

#leewardsound
#fuzzpedal
#fuzz
#løper
#guitarpedal
#pointtopoint
March 4, 2025 at 1:01 AM
I picked up this beautiful 1951 Silvertone six-transistor (germanium) pocket radio, so I'm obviously going to turn it into a mini guitar amp. I plan on doing it in a non-destructive way, so the radio will still work.

#leewardsound
#germaniumtransistors
#transistorradio
#vintage
#retro
#1950s
March 2, 2025 at 5:15 PM
February 26, 2025 at 8:43 PM
NOS Roy G Biv
I've been fortunate in my New Old Stock component hunt lately.

#leewardsound
#guitarpedals
#fuzz
#capacitor
#fluxcapacitor
#rainbow
#roygbiv
February 24, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Aldi just dropped a new mini pedalboard! It's a $9.99 charging station that's currently in the Aldi Finds aisle at my local store. The only mod needed was enlarging a spot in the slots to get the jacks through.
#pedalboard #leewardsound #aldifinds #guitarpedals #repurposed #fuzzpedal #reverb
February 18, 2025 at 5:18 PM
A little more progress on the point-to-point fuzz pedal build. It's starting to get tricky, but it's a whole lot of fun.
February 17, 2025 at 6:09 PM
There are things now in motion that cannot be undone. Designing my first point-to-point fuzz layout.

#leewardsound #pointtopoint #guitarpedals #guitarpedal #fuzzpedal #prototypesaturday
February 15, 2025 at 6:21 PM
I had a great time in Kansas City over the weekend hanging out with a barn full of fellow guitar pedal nerds. Josh from JHS was very generous with his time and his pedals. I'm beyond fortunate to have received a Cheeseball fuzz from him.

#leewardsound #fuzzpedal #jhspedals #pedalboard #guitarpedals
January 28, 2025 at 3:38 AM
I accidentally created an analog synth/ring modulator circuit while tweaking a prototype. It turned out to be a lot of fun even though it makes nearly all of the notes on the guitar sound dissonant.
#leewardsound #guitarpedal #electricguitar #fuzzp #analogsynth #ringmod

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I accidentally created an analog synth/ring modulator circuit.
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January 19, 2025 at 5:18 PM
Introducing the Warm Fuzzies Festive Fuzz pedal!

A Heart-felt gift for the guitar slinger in your life. Thoughtful gift for yourself—from yourself. Great stocking stuffer for the kids!

I had a lot of fun using the Warm Fuzzies to record my cover of Carol of the Bells.
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Leeward Sound Warm Fuzzies
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December 7, 2024 at 7:39 PM
November 26, 2024 at 6:34 PM