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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!

May 13, 202612:00 by

Stefan Karlsson

Stefan Karlsson

Airline GuitarsFuzzSilicon Fuzz

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 ...

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