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2026 Leeds Pedal Show Highlights from the Northern Monk Refectory
Another fantastic show in an amazing venue - and the weather gods definitely smiled on us!
Congratulations to Ross on another supremely smooth show - wish that it’s duration could be a little more extended - as it’s a struggle to get around all the stands in the time available.
This year’s show was a little beset by fall-outs - as initially Boss and HiWatt withdrew from the roster - which was great news for my friends Ian from Gigahearts and Stephen from Northern Stompboxes - as those were able to take over those stand allocations.
And then on the day itself Hello Sailor Effects and Ritual Devices were unable to make it - so we were down a few on the original roster. But everyone who did turn up made it a superb occasions - with amazing friendly and positive vibes.
This was the final roster therefore :
- Bleak District Electric - Phil
- Blind Panic Devices - Matt and Tony
- Blue FX Devices - Archie and Phil
- Bråk FX - Torje + OnkartGromt - Øyvind
- Chase Bliss - Doug
- Emmergy FX - Michael and Kim
- Fredric Effects - Tim
- Funny Little Boxes - Andy
- Gigahearts - Ian
- Goliath FX - Matt
- Great Eastern FX Co - David
- Holy Island Audio - Gwion
- Hudson Electronics - Michael and Lonnie
- Intensive Care Audio - Patrick
- JSA Effects - Simon and Aaron
- Northern Stompboxes - Stephen
- SoundLad Liverpool - Marc
As per tradition I had lunch with my good friend Phil from Pedal Experiments - we headed down to the Pizza Refectory at 11:30 to skip the queues - but the kitchen did not open until noon - and we weren’t allowed to place orders until then - so we ended up having something of an extended lunch break. Pizzas were excellent by the way.
After lunch things all got a little hectic as the place had gotten a lot busier in the meantime - and it was genuinely tricky to get in on those stands - and I had to really race at the end to get all the pictures I needed. Unfortunately some had already packed up by then - but I still l mostly got the pictures - with the notable exception of Matt and Tony at Blind Panic Devices - by the time I got to him he was absolutely exhausted from the day - with not a drop left in the tank - so I will need to catch up with him at a later time. He had 2 new compact prototypes with him - which I will surely cover at the appropriate time, and fill in all the details I was unable to get at the show.
This show is really a couple of hours short of what it needs to be - while Ross has the place booked up from 09:00 to 16:00 with an hour needed at either end for set-up and wrap-up. So you get just 10:00 - 15:00 really - which when you factor in about an hour for lunch - makes it a struggle to get around all the standard properly in that time.
I was there from around 09:30 to nearly 4 o’c - one hour more would have been perfect!
I met several new friends at the show - Simon and Aaron at JSA Effects, Torje from Bråk, Øyvind from OnkartGromt, and Michael Hudson’s son Lonnie - who was on the Hudson Electronics stand all-day-long. Apparently he put in an appearance too last year - but I did not catch that.
Everyone else was the usual family reunion - I’ve known most of these for years.
Ross is an excellent show runner, and Adam from Noise Maker Market was also there for the day - I believe he bought a Tapescape from my friend Phil and Bleak District - or perhaps I hallucinated that - I was up very early that day! And look a little worse for wear in some of the photos and videos from the day.
In the final chaos I also forgot again to take Ross’s picture - will surely make amends next time, and try to be a little more organised.
I think a good time was had by all, and several managed to make some sales and recover their exhibitor fees - all-in-all another grand occasion at a great location. Note that the Pizzeria will try to sneak a few slices of Nduja onto most pizzas - I loathe the stuff! My Hey Tony Pepperoni shouldn’t have have had any of that sludge - fortunate Phil was at hand to make sure the Nduja did not go to waste - he had the more exotic Chicken Cartel pizza - which consisted of spicy tequila tomato and lime sauce base with roasted chicken, jalapeños and chicken skin - with some Mozarella also - as mentioned already - pretty great pizzas - and we were the very first to get ours - so they were perfectly cooked too!
With just 10-15 minutes walk to Leeds Station this is one of the very easiest venues to get to - and it’s all-round superb - one of my favourites for sure - while all those windows can make things tricky for photos - particularly when the sun it out - lots of work adjusting contrasts in PhotoShop therefore!
I picked up 2 pedals at the show - both from JSA Effects - which was out and about for the first time in a long while - first time I’ve encountered Simon and Aaron and they are my cover stars for the show this time around! I had intended to pick up a Treasure Island Pedal from Andy at Funny Little Boxes - but the enclosures are still not in - that will definitely be happening at the Norwich Fret Fest Show - which is the next show we’re both attending - on June 20th - at the Old Shoe Factory, St Mary’s Works.
See you all next year at Leeds for sure - and apologies once more to Matt and Tony at Blind Panic Devices, and Poland Guitar Fest - which I was unable to attend at it’s happening at the same time. Several of my friends featured at that show - including Vitalii from Drunk Beaver, and Andy and Hania from Sitek Guitar Electronics. Nice that my friends got to meet up too for the first time!
Order below is largely chronological by encounter and per film-roll!
JSA Effects - Simon (in beanie) and Aaron
As mentioned - my first encounter with Simon and Aaron - I made a beeline direct to that stand as I had to get the super rare LNS Overdrive Simon had with him - the last of 3 modded 14-pin RC3403 OD-1's with additional output volume and 2-Band EQ. He had pre-sold the other 2, so I had to be there quickly to make sure I secured that one. Of course I will be updating my recent OD-1 article with this further fine specimen - and will be doing separate review - possibly late this week or early next - as I have a lot of commitment on already.
I also picked up Simon's show pedal - the Fuzztronought - a genius Six-knob take on the early EHX One-Knob Muff Fuzz. Same origin point as the Fredric Demon Fuzz - but they're both hugely modified compared to the original and each goes in quite a different direction - I already love Tim's Demon Fuzz version, and expect to love the Fuzztronought just as much.
JSA is most famous for its flagship Hot Toddy overdrive - a very unique evolution from the Timmy - quite different to the original, the Jan Ray, or the Lightspeed - a really warm and smokey blues generator. I suggested that should be amber coloured to match the drink it represent! The other flagship pedal is the Porta IV - the 4th iteration of Simon's take on on the Tascam Portastudio 2 - where he was years ahead of all the recent bandwagon jumpers. Most of the recent ones are based on the Tascam 424, while the Porta is the much earlier Portastudio 2 - the same origin point as Finland's popular Color Audio Cassette Preamp. While Simon's version has evolved over several years now and 4 iterations.
I guess every JSA fan has the Hot Toddy and Porta - and I will need to add those in due time too - I also have my eye on the other special Simon had with him at the show - the LNS Preamp - based on the Ibanez OD-855.
This collaboration has been long on the cards - so many of my friends rave about Simon's ear for tone - and I'm glad to have made contact and to be onboard at last.
I recommended he add some sort of logo / decal / dymo strip to the front facia - to make his pedals more easily identifiably / recallable - and he's going to look into that - everything else is top notch here - as long as he sticks with the high quality Tayda and Alpha pots!
Gigahearts - Ian
My very good friend Ian at Gigahearts, now a key collaboration partner too - where we're working on no less than 3 pedals, 2 of which are mostly ready already, and one of which was on display at the show on the Custom Shop board - the Denton - gaming fans will know the inference there!
On the day - the pedal that got the most praise was the custom shop Soviet Sparrow - a magnificent expanded range Green Russian Muff. If you want one - it can be yours for £175, and takes around 4 weeks to schedule and build.
Ian makes a lot of PCB's these days - where he's had brisk trade for his Gig Buff 2 (BM2) - he had a further Gig Buff Modded version in purple at the show too - which I feel he should call the 'Giga Buff'. Also on the custom board were was the Imbrium - Ian's expanded take on the Moonrock Fuzz - so much better than JHS's take. Both the BM2 Modded and Imbrium were more about the PCB's but I will try to bend Ian's arm to make me versions of those also.
Definitely on the way are the finalised Denton, and the nearly-done Twin Prop - more on those 2 when they are ready to roll - those should be generally on sale eventually - while there may be some experimental batches first!
As for the regular stuff - the exceptional Trés Bull Dual Booster was launched on the day - but even though many voiced there admiration, not many were sold. All the action for the day was on the RV-426 Spacey Reverb, the Hype Soup Super-Fuzz Octave Fuzz, and Small Cheese MKII.
I featured the Siliface here also, as that is the next Gigahearts pedal I will be reviewing / featuring. I'm so much more behind that then the recent 2-Knob Strymon Kanoga - a standard 2-knob Fuzz Face which doesn't really bring any innovation with it - the Gigahearts Siliface MKII delivers so much more - and with a proper 6 controls at your disposal, including an external Bias - exactly how I like it!
So we have a full calendar of releases coming up for Gigahearts - and I'm really looking forward to share those features when everything is good and ready for release!
Holy Island Audio - Gwion
Always good to catch up with Gwion - whose partner Emily was in town - but at the shops! So he was solo for the day.
I played my cards wrong on the day - as I was hoping to grab a Blast Radius (currently sold out) and Micro Mountain Mover (on Preorder). Where my 3rd choice Spectral Fire was on special show offer, and the I mistakenly failed to pick up one of those.
I had forgotten which one the Spectral Fire was, and kicked myself when I got back home as that one's on my list too!
I will for sure Pre-order the Micro Mountain Mover has soon as I have money in my account, and I will try to negotiate with Gwion on the Spectral Fire, and check in on when the next batch of Blast Radius is likely to happen.
I'm a little embarrassed that I have met Gwion nearly 20 times now at these shows, and still haven't managed to secure any of his. Those release cycles don't always sync up with shows - and when I see Gwion - he rarely has to have my first choice pedals in stock!
I am wholly committed now to get the Blast Radius, Micro Mountain Mover, and Spectral Fire - by hook or by crook.
Once this article goes live I will be straight onto Gwion to secure a deal for all 3!
SoundLad Liverppol - Marc
Wonderful catching up with Marc again.
He had 2 new early prototypes with him - the 'Nice One' which is what he always intended the 'Clean Machine' to be - Parallel Compression, EQ and Saturation - for the ultimate clean / dry tone. And his unique Two Sugars take on a Screamer - with that compression surgically removed! I look forward to reporting further once those are production-ready!
I covered the new Scran Overdrive and Hungry Beaver Multi-Muff fairly recently - both exceptional pedals - you should really check those out if you haven't already. And I should really do an ultimate deep-dive feature on the Sketchy Tremolo sketcher / generator. That's been on the cards for a while - but it's not happened quite yet.
In any case Marc's been busy working on other people's projects - including the Treasure Island for our mutual friend Andy at Funny Little Boxes.
I've very much looking forward to seeing more SoundLad Liverpool pedals coming my way!
Goliath FX - Matt
Always fun catching up with my friend Matt, who is still heavily focused on Bass effects. He had 2 new pedals with him at the show - while I was unable to find a picture of his killer new doomy Breaker of Walls distortion. Yet another killer and fiercest yet Muff take - especially honed for Bass, and even more colossal sounding than those that have come before. It seems every year Matt finds a way to eke a more massive sound out of the muff format - and he swears the latest one is the greatest of all!
The one I was able to find a picture for - was the Caverns of Time PT2399 Delay - which is a cool Lo-Fi style delay with the PT2399 chip does so well. The 4 controls for that are Volume, Tone, Delay, and Repeats - everything you need to get the most out of that format.
Of course the Honrburg Bass Fuzz / Distortion is still going strong for all those Bas players in the know - while they all need to check out the Breaker of Walls now too!
Fredric Effects - Tim
I've not encountered any one more than Tim on my many years on the pedal circuit - you can pretty much guarantee that Tim's going to be at every one of the key venues.
Tim was my cover star for the big Birmingham Guitar Show - where I picked up his two latest then - the Petite Super Unpleasant Companion and new variant of Verzerrer East German Distortion.
I mentioned that I felt that the Verzerrer wasn't quite loud enough - but there's an easy solution to that - via an internal dip-switch - which takes out the limited. You might need to apply the other dip-switches in tandem (Filters) you have 3 dippers at your disposal!
I am still waiting on the demos to materialise for those. The visuals have long since been done, and I've already mostly settled on my favourite settings - so it's just a waiting game on those demos now.
Both pedals are excellent - but the Petite Super Unpleasant is really something special - all voicing on that are Superb!
Funny Little Boxes - Andy
I had a wonderful extended chat with Andy at the show. I had hoped to pick up the Treasure Island Dual Modded Boost - but that's still on pre-order as the printed enclosures sill haven't arrived yet. Andy had hoped they would arrive in time for Leeds - while they will definitely be there for the next show - which is Norwich's Fret Fest - on June 20th.
He mentioned that the 1991 was coming up to its 5 year anniversary - that one sold 1,500 alone on preorders, and is well over 2,500 sold now, while the Skeleton Key is the brand's bestseller at around 3,000 units sold. Obviously lots of Queens of the Stone Age fans there.
I have the full set as is - and picked up a limited sparkle Blue edition of the bestseller. Andy still has a handful of those left - but he's reserving them for his show appearances - so if you want one of those - you need to turn up - as mentioned - the next opportunity is June 20th at the Old Shoe Factory, Norwich Fret Fest!
Andy promised to turn up for the Fret Fest in full Pirate regalia - at least with a Treasure chest or two - both literally and figuratively.
Great Eastern FX Co. - David
I had only just recently caught up with David at the recent Birmingham Noise Maker Market show - Where the XO Crossover Blender was the hot ticket. I was surprised he still had some of those Germanium Focus Fuzz Deluxe's left - those are really super 4-in-1 Gain-Machines - tackling Bost, Drive, and Fuzz - with or without a harmonic Overtone Octave.
For the original Focus Fuzz I described how David has essentially re-designed the Fuzz Face with 3 indecent gain stages - where all the variable knobs can gain up independently or in combination for an incredible variety of outputs with amazing precision and nuance.
His next Focus Fuzz will be a Deluxe Silicon variety - in the smaller enclosure, and with a variable intensity Octave - to give that more nuance and versatility too. There's no indication when that one's coming through, but I will be at the front of the line too.
There are incredibly still the last few of the Distortion Filter available - so David is not in rush to release another Obsolete Devices series pedal - until the shelves are clear again, That is an incredibly DOD250 adjacent Distortion with a much enhanced and more variable output.
I'm obviously a huge Fuzz Fan - and so I'm very much looking forward to the next Fuzz Focus!
Intensive Care Audio - Dr Patrick
Like David above, Patrick was also at Birmingham's Noise Maker Market - so I've caught up with him fairly recently too.
The good new is that his Death Muff is still on my board - that one's still going very well, and the Vena Cava is still very much my favourite overall Intensive Care Audio pedal - a fantastic Filter / Fuzz / Distortion.
I know that Patrick has long been working on some DSP effects - including a delay. While I've not had any updates on that particular project recently. Patrick normally drops some hints when a new pedal is due - and I head off to Stoke Newington for another Pizza lunch.
The Death Muff launch was a little chaotic - and I kind of managed to miss out on that initial push somehow - so I've not been to the studio since 2023's Life Support Overdrive release - it's therefore been a good couple of years.
Surely this year is ripe for another release, and since I've not heard anything concrete yet - I would assume an Autumn launch at the earliest - we shall see!
Bleak District Electric - Phil
Bleak District Electric is somewhat in flux at the moment - which you will see if you check out its Store - as everything bar the Arcade EXP remote is Sold Out and Out of Stock. You can't even Pre-Order the Orbits or Tapescape on the Store, while a few units still remain - which Phil brought to the show with him.
I believe my friend Adam from Noise Maker Market picked up a Tapescape at the show. I've featured the Orbits and Tapescape in my visual - as both of those have the Pre-order label to indicate that they re current - but obviously between batches.
I know fill is reorganising his business somewhat - and some of those models will inevitably be discontinued - while some are sill in stock with dealers - which include Boost Guitar Pedals and Pedal Jungle in the UK, Palf in France, and Effekt Boutique in Germany, also the potent Perfect Circuit in the USA.
I'm still in the market for an Orbits along with an accompanying Arcade EXP, while it's not clear as to how long the reorganisation will take - and exactly which pedals in the range will be culled. Some will inevitably have new iterations - but some of the more infrequent sellers will be taken out of circulation. It shouldn't be much more than a month or two. You will know when things are back on track - when I announce that my Orbits and Arcade EXP have landed - hopefully in the not too distant future! And I of course wish Phil all the best with the reorganisation.
This means if you see something still amiable that you like - you should snap it up quickly - or else you might have to wait a couple of months or so for the next restock!
Northern Stompboxes - Stephen
I've supported Stephen for quite a few releases now - including Attic Audio, Colortone Pedals, Expresso FX, Missing Link Audio, Moth Electric, Superlunar, Tonewave FX and Twilight Pulse Audio - all of which were present at the show. And you can see them via this link on GPX.
I had no idea he had cut a deal with my good friends at Blue FX Devices - for exclusive White editions of their amazing Fuzz Fields Modulated Fuzz and 'It' LFO Controller - one of my all-time favourite fuzzes. Stephen is pretty smart with his exclusives - where he alone has exclusive Pelham Blue Editions of Pedals from Expresso FX, Hudson Electronics, and Twilight Pulse - and now these White Editions of Fuzz Fields which are extremely rare - I would be tempted if I did not own one already! Those Fuzz Fields will be the next to benefit from a post!
There's a couple of Demedash pedals that Stephen has that I've still got my eye on too - I've not spoken to my friend Steve Demedash for a while - so I probably owe him a boost on those. Northern Stompboxes really have a wonderful selection of pedals currently. Including those specials from my friend Sof at Expresso FX. I just happened to be on the stand when someone bought one of those superb OC141 Germanium Treble Boosters - those sound amazing.
I'm surprised any of those Expresso FX pedals are still in stock - they are so good!
It was wonderful catching up face-to-face with Stephen for the first time - and we captured that moment with the below selfie - even though I was looking a little rough on the day - having been up since 05:00 - early starts plus travel don't typically agree with me - while I will always keep to my commitments - integrity is everything!
Blue FX Devices - Archie and Phil
Firstly - an apology for calling Phil 'Archie' first thing that morning - I alas wasn't at my sharpest! There's no way I would normally confuse the appearance of my two good Danish/Greek friends - so much has happened since I first met them at the Brighton Show nearly a year ago.
I first saw the White Editions on their stand - before I spotted them on Stephen's (as above) - they handily brought all those pedals with them - and had some to display on their stand too. They will be at Brighton too - so I can catch up with them properly - as I mentioned - the afternoon of the Leeds show got a little hectic and chaotic for me - so I wasn't able to get the full low-down on the two new pedals that were on the stand.
The Piluxx Fuzz is just the core fuzz from the the Fuzz Fields - with no controls - it looks like it's ins some kind of vintage thermostat enclosure - or some similar vintage plumbing junction devise. Pretty cool - but I like the ability to ramp up through 4 gears on the Full Fields. Had the Fuzzbillion not come out last year - this would have been my Fuzz of the Year - but they had the bad luck to launch in the same year as that mechanical monster that is the Fuzzbillion - the Fuzz Fields still ranks in my top 100 Fuzzes of all time though!
Besides the Piluxx Fuzz - they also had a relatively early prototype of their new Cassetta Tape-style Delay - which they describe as 'Stereo Delay Madness' which sounds right up my street!
I favour stereo delays, and in particular multi-head tape-style varieties - so it will be interesting to hear how good this one sounds when it's fully production ready. It's another amazing looking pedal - same size enclosure as the Fuzz Fields - but with entirely different controls.
There will be more details in July at the Brighton Guitar Show - possibly I can even grab one at the show - we shall see - exciting times ahead for sure!
Always good to see Archie and Phil - it seems like we've been friends for a lot longer than a year, and I'm so glad things are going well for them - and that they've connected with another friend of mine - there will be a White Edition Fuzz Fields post coming up real soon - I just need some high res visuals to do a proper job on that.
As mentioned - those White Editions of Fuzz Fields are elusive to Northern Stompboxes in the UK - as above!
Hudson Electronics - Michael and Lonnie
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I love seeing family dynasties in action - and here we have Father and Son - Michael and Lonnie. Apparently Lonnie was there last year too - but I certainly did not catch him at the stand - I feel he was a lot more active this year.
We saw one of the same pedals that was previewed last year - the MA-61 Presence Amplifier - a kind of Band-Pass Frequency Booster - which goes from 150Hz to the very airy 7kHz. It essentially a clean Boost with really powerful single band EQ. I really like this new square form factor!
The other new pedal was the Telamon Discrete Overdrive - another Transistor circuit - which sits sort of between the Sidecar / Motorcycle and the Broadcast. I've still to get one of those higher gain Motorcycle Sidecar variants - and the Telamon definitely goes on the wishlist too!
Neither of those new one are available yet as far as I'm aware - they're certainly not up on the Hudson Electronics Store yet.
Joe's Pedals still had some Black Motorcycles in stock - while I was really hoping for one in sparkle green or sparkle red! Will probably hold out until the next colourway!
Chase Bliss - Doug
I feel I've captured the happiest snap of Doug to date - for some reason he was at his freshest right at the end of the show. It was so hectic by that time - that I didn't even get the opportunity to try and pry some clues out of him for Thursday's new release.
We know it's a John Snyder collaboration with a Scale / Shift function. Possibly something with sympathetic resonances - I've not really managed to snatch many clues here! It has those arcade switches you get on the Automatone, but I've been led to believe it's a new format - and not a slider edition - but that may be a bluff too.
We know it's an entirely new edition - and not a version of something else or a MKII - I feel it is likely some kind of preamp / modulator type of thing - but can't really put my finger on it. It's not going to be an instant purchase for me as its price tag will be at or around $1K - so something I need to save up to really - and properly evaluate.
This is mainstream long-term release supposedly - so no one month order window or limited run. I would imagine the pricing would mean it's more of a slow burn thing.
I never got the CXM 1978 Reverb - as it is somewhat large, and not quite as versatile as I need my reverbs to be - I would quite like one - but it would always be an incidental one and a nice-to-have.
It's alway nice to speculate - but I have a feeling that however much I like this new one - it's unlikely to happen quickly - I have too many other commitments as it is - you would not believe how many priorities I juggle in any given month.
In any case - Doug's stand was busy all day - and all I managed to do was get a snap at the end! It's a great snap though!
Emmergy FX - Michael and Kim
Lovely catching up with Michael again - he is one of the Stourbridge Expo originals - in fact there were a few in attendance here - but Michael isn't out on the road so much these days. This is the first time I met his better half Kim too - always nice to see the family dynamic in action. And she weirdly stayed on the stand all day - even with all that great shopping that Leeds offer!
I still really love my Slowdriver Fuzz/Distortion - a massively souped up turbo-charged Katzenköning with Nitro boost essentially, Superbly fierce distortion/fuzz which everyone loves - it ranks it nearly everyone's top 10 pedal distortions - it really is a beat in the best possible way.
And for his latest creation, Michael has teamed up with Electric Squid Industries - to even further beast-mode the Slowdriver with ESI's Hot Knife Overdrive - one on each side - which truly takes you into unchartered territories.
The one pictured is just an early prototype - but fully functional - I'm hoping the final production edition is a little more colourful - Michael knows the style of his pedals that I like. And Ideally I would want those super cool rippled / knurled knobs he uses - Red on one side and Pink / Purple on the other please!
I'm looking forward to seeing this one out and out about - should not be too long now - it's not yet listed anywhere - but will be called the Slow Knife - Slowdriver + Hot Knife obviously!
Michael has some great pedals, fuzzes in particular - I really should be doing more with him - but it's not quite happened yet!
OnkartGromt - Øyvind + Bråk - Torje
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I've known about OnkartGromt for a while, and indeed included said brand in my longlist 'Best of Swedish, Finnish, and Norwegian Guitar Pedals and Pedal Builders' rundown - back in April of 2019!
Said brand is still very much associated with Bass Guitar Effects, and does a very interesting line in Digital and Digitally-controlled pedals - where its Grompressor is likely its best known product - and as featured here - that goes for $649 - so very much high-end / boutique style.
OnkartGrompt has also collaborated with Bråk - and they do the joint venture OnkartBråk project - which typically consisted of hosted DIY pedal build sessions - including their one LabRat circuit - a very unique take on the Rat Distoriton. You can see that as the middle example of the visual.
And then we have the somewhat newer 'Bråk' which I thought meant fragment or shipwreck even - but is a Norwegian word for 'Sound'. Bråk surely hasn't been around for that long - as the first time I came across them was in the run-up to the Leeds Pedal Show.
And while Øyvind's OnkartGromt has had a webstore / website for a while - Bråk is still reliant on dealers - like Falck Musikk - that's the only place I could see any stock of pedals. While the Sabotør Doomy Collossal Muff take is so new - that it was only available at the show. I spent a long time looking for a red and white edition like the T-Shirts, while it seems the main edition out at the moment is Yellow and Black.
I didn't really get long enough to get into any of those pedals alas - it takes a lot for me to add another Big Muff to the reference collection - as I have over 120 already - including the magnificent all-rounder Dazatronyx Big Fuzz Console - surely King of the Muffs. But I do concede that high octave Muffs are there own thing - and I own a number of killer heavy metal muffs too. Some days I have something of a phobia about getting another 3-knob fuzz or overdrive - while at other times I year for that simplicity. A great circuit is created regardless of its number of controls - and I love one-knob Meathead types. I probably needed a little more time with those pedals - where it was all a little hectic in the end.
Great to meet Øyvind and Torje - we have exchanged cards - and surely will collaborate at some time - it may even involve a Sabotør - we'll just have to wait and see!
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