The Full Barber Electronics Range of 8 Compact Circuits is imminently coming into stock at Andertons!

NOTE that these were originally supposed to be in stock last week - on the 20th, then today on the 26th - but are still not in stock somehow - I’ve no idea what’s going on here - this article has been ready for over a week now - and frankly I have other things to be getting on with - so I’m just making it live now (with a change to the title) and moving on with other projects.

Andertons has been somewhat unusually lax of late with its ’coming into stock’ notices - I’ve pre-ordered several pedals now that were due to come into stock at a certain date, but then failed to materialise for a week or two. Andertons used to be very reliable, and communicative on that score - but it’s as if they’ve let their quality of service lapse a little. They used to inform you when pedals were late coming into stock, but for whatever reasons they don’t always seem to do that for every pedal. I understand Pete Honoré has been poorly for a while, and there’s a backlog of videos to be done now - so possibly it’s related to that, while the lapses in communication seem very out of character for Andertons - I know the gear industry is struggling these days - but surely quality of service should be maintained?

Correction! - I’ve just had a notification about the late arrival of my Keeley Manis - which is slightly odd as other UK retailers have had them in stock - like Juno.co.uk - no such notification arrived for my late EQD Rancho de la Luna Dirt Transmitter - which arrived several days after it was initially supposed to. So possibly the lapses are somewhat intermittent / random - while Andertons who used to be first to get pedals into stock, now seem to be lagging behind a lot more than hey used to - possibly it’s a larger operation with a somewhat slower tuning circle, and less agility than some of the others. I’ve supported Andertons for many years now - and they’ve mostly been very good to me! So I will of course continue to give them a chance!

Much like yesterday’s Browne Amplification Ethane - these above 12 pedals have been listed on Andertons’ New Pedal Pages for months - and still somehow not come into stock! If you go to the Barber Electronics Site you will see 13 current editions, where Andertons is set to stock 12 of those - featuring just the black standard Tone Press and not its optional Blue sibling!

So while there are 12 pedals featured above - these are different editions of just 8 circuits - mostly overdrives, plus an EQ, Fuzz, and Parallel Compressor.

I only own the Gain Changer to date - which is excellent of course - I long debated the merits of the Direct Drive vs the Gain Changer, but went with the latter as a first step. I don’t feel the need to add another EQ or Compressor. While the other 5 here are definitely targets for me.

This means I still have the Direct Drive, Exacta Fuzz, BUSS Burn Unit Super Sport - Regular and High Gain,  and the Plus to get. In fact I will probably just go for the Blue High Gain BUSS - which means 4 remain to be acquired - I just need to decide which one I go for next - likely the BUSS High Gain or Exacta Fuzz! They obviously need to come into stock first!
 

Here is the full 8-circuit selection [colour editions in parenthesis] :

• Direct Drive [Blue / Black] - £199
• Exacta Classic Fuzz [Purple] - £199
• (Five Watt World) BUSS Burn Unit Super Sport Dual Tone Overdrive [White / Black] - £229
• (Five Watt World) BUSS Burn Unit Super Sport Dual Tone High Gain Overdrive [Blue] - £229
• (Five Watt World) Plus OD1 Overdrive (±Klon) [Silver / Gold] - £229
• Gain Changer Overdrive [Gold / Black] - £199
• Linden Equalizer [Silver] - £199
• Tone Press Parallel Compressor [Black / Blue] - £199

These are all really smart circuit designs - while I wish the Toggle switches had some sort of labels assigned - even abbreviations would do. If you have a number of these pedals it’s tricky to remember what does what without referring to a manual!

Individual details below as usual :