We recently posted this Instructable describing how to install a Cortado balanced-out pickup in a banjolele. This pickup runs into a little circuit that balances the signal and matches the impedance to a mixing console -- similar to a preamp or active DI. The instrument plugs…

Zeppelin Design Labs has released the Cortado piezo contact pickup. What makes this pickup unusual is that we run the signal through a buffering / balancing circuit, which matches the high impedance from the piezo to the low impedance required by a recorder or mixing console. The Cortado has a XLR male jack for output. You can plug your CBG straight into a mic cable and direct to front-of-house. This pickup delivers a spectacular signal-to-noise, and a flat response across a wide frequency…

Here's a portion of Hutch's gear, featuring the Percolator 2W tube amp. Following are his comments. Look elsewhere in this blog for a nice audio recording Chuck made with this setup.

“The amp itself is still in its primal unclothed state, however it has been paired up with a variety of speaker/cab combinations including a 4×4, a 2×4, a big cab 1×12 (20x20x16), and several 1×8 variations. Pictured are the 2 cabs I’ve decided to use. The black one started off as a fender frontman.…

Our customer Chuck sent us this recording: He is playing Led Zeppelin's "Rain Song" on his 4-string CBG through some pedals and our Percolator 2 Watt Tube amp. He recorded it with his iPhone.…

Pre-order now. Percolator 1x8 combo kits ship on Friday, ready-to-play units shortly thereafter.

A new video of Glenn Kaiser playing an ol' Leadbelly tune on one of his cigar box guitars. He's using a Percolator Stack by Zeppelin Design Labs, a 2W tube amp and 1x8 cabinet. The COMBO is ON…

Hey look! We incorporated our popular Percolator 2W cigar box guitar tube amplifier into a handy combo. It features a Jensen C8R speaker and the same solid wood cabinet as our other products. We sell it as a kit or pre-built and ready-to-play.

The Combo ships May 1 but is ON SALE through April 30. 

Combo Kit: $299…

We got featured on Premier Guitar!

http://www.premierguitar.com/articles/22188-zeppelin-design-labs-unveils-the-percolator

The Percolator Tube Amp is now available, Ready-to-Play or as a DIY kit!  2 watts delivered via one NOS compactron tube.  Check out www.zeppelindesignlabs.com for more info.  Youtube also has several videos of Glenn Kaiser playing through the Percolator with different guitars: …