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Question…   How did the Red-Eyes get started?   Response…   It was a young fiddler that got me to build the first Red-Eye preamp.  Her name was Leah, then the youngest violinist in the Austin Symphony.  She played all...

Question… How did the Red-Eye Twins get started? Response… It was a talented, long-time, Austin musician named Marvin that got me to build the first Red-Eye Twin preamp.  I was listening to him play at the old Evangeline Café while...

Question… I have a fairly good understanding of the Red-Eye and the Twin.  What is the purpose of the Bright-Eye?  Is it like a preamp?  What is the best application for this unit?  What is the purpose of the Dee-Eye...

Question… I use my Red-Eye Twin with several other pedals on a pedal board.  Is there any way I can run the Twin on my standard center- negative, center-ground Boss-style pedal board power supply?   Response… For the pedal board...

Question…   My Red-Eye has been great, but it just quit working in the middle of a gig this weekend.   Response…   Please test the battery.   90% of returned Red-Eyes simply have an exhausted battery.    Normally, most users...

Question…   I have a major problem with feedback on my dreadnought guitar which I had fitted with a piezo pick up.  Does the Red-Eye address this problem?   Response…   Guitar feedback… As you know, instruments with pickups make...

Question… What causes 60-cycle hum sometimes when I try to hook up an on-stage guitar amp?  Why doesn’t the Red-Eye normally need a Ground Lift Switch?  How do you solve the problem?   Response…   You only run into problems...

Is there a certain reason for having an effects loop for other pedals, as opposed to it being in line like a regular pedal rig?