Coggins Audio

In 1995 I co-founded and designed all circuits for the Lovetone® effect pedals brand. After leaving that business way back in 2008, I continued to carry out the very occasional servicing, repair and “stock” upgrades of those original pedals for another 15 years.  However, that era has finally had to come to an end and I regret I can no longer help (nor provide any info) as it is frankly time for me to move on. Also, unfortunately, because of the greatly inflated values the used Lovetone pedals now sell for on eBay®, Reverb® and the like, it had become an issue to be able to insure them adequately in transit. Please note that I no longer have any connection or affiliation whatsoever with Lovetone®.

Regarding Dinosaural®: Between 2002 and 2019 I ran a business called Dinosaural® and during that period several guitar effects were manufactured under the Dinosaural® brand name.  I can, in theory, still service and repair those (now out of warranty) products for my minimum bench fee/hourly rate of £65 per hour (ie 1 hour minimum), not that any have proved to require any attention so far to my knowledge.

In 2018 I formed a limited company: Coggins Audio Ltd® to take over from Dinosaural® officially as of 1st April 2019 as the ongoing outlet for my various electronic and musical work. I had ceased to manufacture pedals for over 5 years, however there is now a new, single available flagship product: The “Cogmeister™”: a triple boost/overdrive. So the Dinosaural® brand/trade mark still exists, albeit now under Coggins Audio Ltd®.

Through my company I have been working full-time (since August 2020) as the Analogue Design Engineer for Thorpy FX®, where we will continue to produce an expanded range including many new and innovative guitar effect pedal designs.

Dan Coggins
6th October 2024