Xploration • Curation • Recommendation
My Airline Dirty Birdy Fuzz has landed - it is indeed very aptly named for its unusual mix of hairy dirt and smooth sustain!
After my earlier Dirty Birdy overview article - where I complained of the seemingly excessive international shipping fees. The very genial Pete from Airline Guitars reached out to me and asked me for advice on what the shipping costs to the UK should be. I shared with him the shipping costs of the last 4 pedals I had acquired from North America - where those ranged from around $25 to $50 - with the median values mostly around the $50 mark.
Shortly afterwards Pete replied that they had ...
Airline Guitars makes an interesting detour into Fuzz Pedal territory with its Dirty Birdy Fuzz - available in 3 limited artwork editions - for just $99 each!
This is a weird one - as I quite liked the look (and sounds) of the Vintage Pastel Edition of the Dirty Birdy in particular. Seemingly an SMT Silicon Transistor Fuzz with at least 3 Transistors onboard (Q3!), and 2 Diodes (D2!) - with excellent playing dynamics and superb guitar volume gain cleanup.
All good things in my book! And the ’Airline’ ticket price is super appealing too at $99 / £75. They advertise ’worldwide shipping!’ - where I got as far as checkout - before being blown out of ...
