Captain Coconut 2 Owner's Manual

Introduction

Thanks for making Captain Coconut 2 part of your guitar effects setup. Please take the time to read this manual thoroughly, it’s packed with tons of information and advice for getting the best sounds from what could be the coolest multi-effects unit ever created...

I came up with the concept of Captain Coconut back in 1992. The idea was to make a single rack mount unit that brought together my three favorite effects - the FuzzFace, the Octavia, and the Univibe. Being an electronics maven, I thought it would be good to add my favorite modifications and design/construction techniques, instead of just lumping them into one box. The mods included adding more flexibility to both the Vibe and Fuzz circuits, along with using hand selected germanium parts (for the Fuzz and Octave) and super wide range photo cells which are matched for consistent results.

I built this rack-mounted multi-effects box and kept it in my set up for years. It employed a single power supply and audio relays for remote, true-bypass signal switching. Years rolled by, and one day I was looking at my Fuzz - Vibe - Octave unit and it occurred to me that a lot of guitarists might be into something like this. So I decided to create a stomp box that had these three effects, with all my modifications and tweaks. I wanted to give it a groovy name, so I decided on Captain Coconut, the title of last song on the Hendrix album “Crash Landing”. I started designing it in the fall of 1999, put it on the side for a while, and then finished it up in the Summer of 2000. Captain Coconut production started in August, 2000.

After almost a year of producing Captain Coconuts, I decided to do a re-design that would incorporate a new look and some new features - Captain Coconut 2. The new box is made from heavy gauge steel, the Provibe has a new feature - ECS (Envelope Controlled Speed). The Provibe speed can be controlled by a regular expression pedal, instead of a custom modified volume pedal, the Fuzz circuit can be swapped using the new “FuzzCard” modular approach to Fuzz, and the default order of effects is Octave>Fuzz>Vibe. To find our more about the original Captain Coconut, and other products from Foxrox Electronics, visit the web site www.foxroxelectronics.com.

Enjoy your new Captain Coconut 2, and if you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me at davefox@foxroxelectronics.com.

Dave Fox
8/18/01