So this has been on the cards for a long time - as Josh has been sporting this intriguing guitar for a few years now, and interest has been steadily growing. All in all - a quality South Korea import guitar for $1600 (World Musical Instruments) is actually a really decent price. The guitar has high quality components and materials. While I have some ergonomic challenges with some of the details!

I’m not a fan of Kluson style tuners - I will always favour more modern locking tuners - by ...

Back in 2021 I did a cool Fuzz Face Feature - which focused on the 3 to 4 Key Fuzz Face types :

• Type I : Original AC125 / Newmarket NKT275 Gorgeous Gritty-sounding Germanium Transistors
• Type II : BC108 / BC109 Higher Gain, Harder-sounding / Searing Silicon Transistors 
• Type III : BC183 / 2N3904 Germanium-sounding Softer Silicon Transistors
• Type IV : Fuzz Face Circuit Evolutions and Derivations - Fuzz Factory, Meathead, Regulus VIII etc. evolved 2-Transistor circuits - using a variety of

My first ever Mattoverse pedal was the acrylic-face edition of the Just A Phase, and I needed to wait several years until there was an equivalent AirTrash acrylic edition. I later picked up an acrylic-face Tremstortion, and finally a white edition of the Inflection Point. So I have 4 Mattoverse pedals to date!

I’ve always liked the AirTrash - a very unusual experimental noise-maker fuzz - which I always refer to as a signal scrambler and corruptor. Matt has always preferred for the 3 ...

So Citizen isn’t the first to collaborate with guitar gear manufacturers - there have been various Boss watches over the years, and in 2024 Seiko collaborated with Fender on 70th Anniversary Stratocaster variants - in a few colourways.

And now it’s the turn of Citizen - who have made a custom Tsuno Chrono Line Limited Edition inspired by the Hand-Wired TS808HWV2 Tube Screamer - with the dial colour being spot on - and the way the 3 dials are labelled per the pedal’s knobs!

This is a ...

So we’re using the EHX terminology here - where ’Mini’ denotes Mid-Size enclosures. We’ve had something of a revival of those of late - with all the key Big Muff purveyors currently releasing mid-size special editions - including EHX, Wren and Cuff, and of course Stomp Under Foot as here!

I typically prefer the SUF 4-knob compact takes - with extra Mids control - these 5 here are all authentic takes with just the core 3 controls. Note that the Ace Tone FM-3 originally had both Boost and ...

So I ordered this from my friend Andy at Effekt Boutique - back in mid-November of last year, while several production hitches delayed the arrival of the pedal - by approximately half a year! Which is one of the longest waits I’ve had to endure outside of Kickstarter and Indiegogo! But all’s well that ends well!

I’ve long been a fan of combining Reverb, Modulation and Fuzz / Distortion - for that killer dreamy hazy shoegaze effect - where I normally use a combination of single genre effects...

So the JAM Pedals TS808 take gets another spin around - moving the High Gain option from toggle-switch to Second Footswitch, while we also get a new potent ’No-Diode’ clipping mode - which is a little louder and punchier.

Controls - Level, Gain, Tone, Clipping : Asymmetrical / No-Diode, High Gain Footswitch, Engage/Bypass Footswitch.

I’m sure most don’t necessarily think they need another Tube Screamer variant, I myself have several already. While this is an undeniably cool and handy ...

We get a cool 60’s Hendrix inspired purple oil-on-water design across classic hand-wired Marshall Amp Head, Cab, and matching Dunlop Fuzz Face pedal.

One for those with deep pockets - as this will cost you £3,800 in the UK where they are hand-wired / made, €4,400 in Europe, and $5,000 in the USA. Had I unlimited funds and space - I would possibly spring for one of these cool editions. While I’ve always been a combo guy really - and a 2-amp stereo guy too - with Marshall style on the Left ...

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 ...