california 2001 headquarters spokane wa key people ryan dunn doug harrison founders products guitar effects slogan the best effect pedals in the world website www.toadworksusa.com toadworks is a guitar effect brand owned by ryan dunn and doug harrison based in spokane washington . toadworks is primarily known manufacturing the mr. ed distortion pedal which has been incorrectly identified with eddie van halen . contents 1 history 2 controversy 3 toadworks in australia 4 references 5 external links history edit toadworks was formed in 2001 in mountain view ca . during the first year of toadworks existence operations were located in ryan dunn s garage . by 2002 the company had moved to san diego where it continued to manufacture products . in 2003 the company was moved back up to san francisco where it occupied the top floor of the famous hobart building on market st. in 2005 the company moved operations to spokane wa where it continues to manufacture its increasingly diverse product line . in january 2008 toadworks announced plans to release a flanger effect pedal called barracuda . this new effect is intended to emulate the distinctive flanger effect heard on the heart song of the same name . using a custom made flanger effect given to them by howard leese toadworks initially attempted to reverse engineer the circuit but concluded the original circuit contained design elements that could not be duplicated using modern components so a new circuit was designed . toadworks refers to this new circuit as the howard leese signature model although the true history regarding the effect from the actual recording is disputed . 1 a new release date for this product has been set for january 2009 . on april 13 2013 toadworks usa released a press release announcing the re branding of the product line to ten effects . controversy edit the first product offered by toadworks was a distortion effect named mr. ed . the online community specifically the harmony central effect forum reacted with enthusiasm describing the sound of the effect as being similar to the guitar tone on the first van halen record . although the company denied any attempt to emulate the van halen sound rumors persisted . in 2005 the mr. ed effect was demonstrated to be a clone of the fuzz face guitar effect . 2 toadworks in australia edit toadworks are currently solely distributed in new south wales australia by powerhouse music and technology and in queensland by tym guitars as well as in melbourne by rocklogic melbourne . 3 references edit rick erickson nov 13 2008 toadworks barracuda flanger 1 thegearpage.net edwin thoen 1979 toadworks mr. ed pedal 2 freestompboxes.org toadworks australian dealer list external links edit toadworks global website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title toadworks & oldid 647078193 categories music equipment manufacturersguitar effects manufacturing companies navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 february 2015 at 09 56 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view