1- When did you get started with electronics?

Electronics in general goes way back. When I was 12, I designed/built a prototype miniature vehicle that was able to move both on land and on water :). When I was a junior in High School, me and my teammate designed a circuit that is capable of charging a car battery about 10 times faster and more efficiently, which later won the jury special prize of the best environmental-friendly project by TUBITAK. Other than that, playing the instrument was my first priority and I didn’t invest much in music electronics. College years were not that different, until I found myself in a situation where I couldn’t afford the gear I wanted. So I began building amps for myself and for my friends. I cloned various expensive vintage tube amps and pedals. But still, my primary gig was playing the instrument. After I was graduated, most of my friends moved on and began working for corporations with huge salaries. I never liked the idea and I never wanted to give up music, so ElectroniX was born.

2- Where did the name of your company come from?

Well justified question as even a three-cheese Cottage-in pizza is not as cheesy as naming a boutique pedal company ElectroniX. I opened an eBay account to buy/sell gear and my user name was music_electronix. Then it just stuck and I couldn’t do anything about it even if it sounds like Chinese Electro-Harmonix knock-off :).

3- What’s your favorite effect made by someone else?

I have been always in love with Ibanez pedals in general. They were ahead of their time and contribute more than any other to the music community. Other than that, first two comes to mind: Ibanez Super Tube STL and lately Digitech Whammy.

4- What’s the favorite effect you make?

That would be Submarine, as it was the one started all.

4.5- Favorite Fuzz

Not to sound self-involved, but I like both MessDrives better than any. It took me 1.5 years to finally get there for Hybrid+ and regular MessDrive actually is a by-product of these efforts (given that we began to ship it about 6-7 months earlier than Hybrid+ release date. We liked it so much; we decided to keep it as it is). I can only say I designed those two “just the way I like” and keeping in mind what I thought was missing with the current offerings.

5- What instruments do you play? Skill level at each?

I started with bass and played 2 years before I switched to guitar. At the time my pals and I jammed together and we had an amazing bassist. I had no choice to switch to guitar. That was more than 10 years ago. Over the time, despite the fact that electric guitar was my main axe in a band setup, I always considered myself having the “groove”. I play guitar, bass and drums good enough to be a studio musician, and have some experience with the keyboard and cello.

6- Is making effect pedals your primary gig? If not, what is?

Despite the common perception, ElectroniX is not a one-man operation. That being said, it is my primary gig. This is not true for the rest of the team though, which is ultimately the reason why people think of us as a one-man operation. Here is the breakdown:

• O. Kavcar, B.S. => Owner, lead designer and builder
• Dr. P. Cakir, Ph.D. => Additional design engineer and builder
• M. Senol, M. Sc. => Additional design engineer and power safety engineer (currently studying in Germany)
• BigO (not to be confused with fellow TB’er) => Metal works, customer service and final inspections.

7- Do you think about bass players before or after you prepare a circuit?

For the bass pedals, it is the only thing in my mind.

8- How many pedals do you sell a month?

Generally around 60-70, which is more than enough for me and frankly all we can handle at this time.

9- Triplet :

E-bay: Savior or Curse?
It was used to a better place then it is now. Day by day it became flooded with lesser quality retrofit parts and not-so-honest merchants. It is the only place we offer our pedals other than direct e-mail inquiries, as we don’t have any dealers.

Bassplayers: Foreground or Background?
If you think of a band as a skyscraper, bassist is the steel blocks those hold the stories together and bring integrity to the whole structure. Without them, you can’t go above 10 floors; just like without a good bassist, a band could never be anything.

Color: Chartreuse or Magenta?
Cyan

10- Any cool products in the pipeline you want to share?

I am continuously working on 4 projects:

* 1- A bass overdrive with all the goodies plus selectable frequency boost.

* 2- A bass/stick preamp with two dedicated channels.

* 3- A true bypass looper pedal with the bassist in the mind. It will feature a blender channel with switchable in/out buffers as well as impedance matching for certain fuzz pedals that do not work well with active basses. 2 channel passive true bypass looper, 1 channel active (switch-able true bypass) looper, tuner out, Vu-meter, master mute and an improved submarine (additional body and shift controls as well as the trademark tone control) at the end with balanced/unbalanced output.

* 4- A bass all tube recording amplifier with 1 Watt RMS output, cabinet simulation, inductive load, line out, pre and post preamp EQs, power amp with voicing controls and master volume, buffered FX loop and high-low impedance inputs.

11- Anything else you want to add?

I have always wanted to address these questions, thanks for giving me the opportunity. I strongly believe bassfuzz.com will be something big and legendary as Barney would say :). Good luck with everything and live with music!

1- When did you get started with electronics?

With electronics would be way back in high school and before that when I would tinker with radios, make some simple kits, one high school course in electronics. Some electronics engineering in university.

2- Where did the name of your company come from?

Wounded Paw is the name I use for my credits when I play on a recording, the name of my small record label and now the name of the effects pedals. I play bass pretty hard and very fast picking but without huge amounts of technique. Close to 15 years ago I was playing with my old punk band The Spazmz and my wrist would be destroyed after a set so I would have to ice it after playing and ever since then I bandage it up before playing. One of my bandmates just said something like “old wounded paw over there” one night and it just stuck.

3- What’s your favorite effect made by someone else?

Tough one, I really like the Prescription Electronics Depth Charge but since I’ve started making the Attack Goat I don’t use it anymore. I also really like the Screaming Meanie by Moosapotamus, I built one to his design and it’s lots of fun, especially with an expression pedal. A little hard to use live but really crazy.

4- What’s the favorite effect you make?

That would have to be the Attack Goat.

5- What instruments do you play? Skill level at each?

I play bass mostly. I play guitar badly but not in any bands.

6-Is making effect pedals your primary gig? If not, what is?

I make effects, I’m an occasional recording engineer, live sound at local clubs, staging, possibly some more computer programming in the future.

7- Do you think about bass players before or after you prepare a circuit?

I designed the Attack Goat specifically for me to play bass through so I guess before.

8- How many pedals do you sell a month?

Including custom work I would say probably a dozen.

9- Triplet :

E-bay: Savior or Curse?
I haven’t actually sold on e-bay. It kind of annoyed me years ago when I was trying to sell release from my record label there and I haven’t spent much time on it since. I’ve had my own online shop for ages so it didn’t seem necessary.

Bassplayers: Forground or Background?
If you listen to Murdersquad, my grind/crust/metal/punk band I think the bass is pretty much in charge. I like the guitar player to go off on whatever tangent he feels like while I pretend to be bass and rhythm guitar at the same time.

Color: Chartreuse or Magenta?
umm, magenta?

10- Any cool products in the pipeline you want to share?

I’m gonna be offering the Attack Goat as an expression pedal so you can change the blend with your foot while playing. I will also be making blenders/effects loopers with the same option and probably some sort of phaser.

11- Anything else you want to add?

can’t think of anything but good luck with the site. I’ll link up to it as soon as it’s ready.