So I’ve obviously covered each of these pedals individually and in real depth - so please refer to the earlier articles if you need more details. The purpose of this exercise is to pick out my favourite/s from the series - which is really about comparing those 4 pedals head-to head across my 2 favourite settings for each - pitting one against the other - back and forth - until we have a preferences.

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I had become aware of Fjord Fuzz really in mid to late 2018 onwards - it took me a little while to tune into the brand - in terms of its constant prototyping and iteration - and at the time where the only official retailer for that brand was based in Sweden. It wasn’t until 2019 that I was able to get hold of my first Fjord Fuzz Pedal - where I picked up the early version of the Bifrost Fuzz-Delay on UK Reverb.com - where a UK pedal builder had either bought or exchanged a pedal with Daniel, ...

The small but intriguing Québec-based team of Mike and Simon has been experimenting with guitar pedals for 15+ years now, where they created Fish Circuits in 2021 to launch their first official pedal - the Model One Classic Natural Overdrive. The Brand name is derived from Mike’s surname - Poisson, which of course is French for ’Fish’!

I first contacted Mike and Simon in October of last year, the last communication from Mike was ’Yeah that works, I’ll send you a pedal once I can clear some ...

In the wake of the release of the Seattle Driver - which replaces and reboots 2 of my favourite but discontinued  Drunk Beaver Pedals, along with the fact that Drunk Beaver is now my second most populous brand - it seems only fitting that I should pick out some of my favourites from that range across the 4 years of my involvement.

I first spotted Drunk Beaver Pedals when doing research on the Boss DS-1 back in October / November of 2020. Drunk Beaver had its V1 extended take on the Boss DS-...

So this article was triggered by two events - firstly my good friend Guillem posted up the below referenced ’Family Portrait’ image of his current Decibelics Range. So I firstly thought I should do a Family Portrait of my own Decibelic Pedals!

Secondly, some ’rando’ on Pedalboards of Doom was going on about how his Mosky Golden Horse had a better output profile than the masterpiece that is the Decibelics Golden Horse! Obviously a cloth-eared individual - where I never confront those ...

I meant to report on this a lot earlier - about how I love that two of my good friends have connected - and that those fantastic Canadian True North Pedals are available in the UK. I have two of those to-date - which I got direct from mr True North - Sheldon Ens - my Tweed Drive dates back to 2018, and I snagged the Rocky Mountain Fuzz a year later - when that came out - both fantastic pedals.

The Tweed Drive - wrapped in that signature Tweed Amp style fabric is a beautifully balanced and ...

This episode marks a rather unique set of circumstances - where all 4 candidates are from the same brand - indeed these are essentially 4 evolutions of Robert Keeley’s Super Phat Mod - which Mod first appeared onboard the Boss BD-2 Blues Driver - before Robert started making his own variants. All 4 ones pictured are now in the reference collection.

The first listed is the most recently added to the reference collection - the ’20 for 20’ (2020) Boss Blues Driver Blue Sparkle Edition. I ...

DigiTech launched its HardWire offshoot back in 2007 - billed as rugged and dependable hardware for touring musicians. While, though the pedals were generally well received and favourably reviewed at the time - that brand never really properly took off. HardWire had a mix of both Analog and Digital pedals in its range - and there was some confusion with its comparative price point versus its DigiTech parent. It didn’t help either that DigiTech further confused the issue by latterly re-branding ...

Readers should know by now that Becos FX is my favourite compressor brand - where their flagship compact CompIQ Stella Pro Blackmer VCA Compressor has been on my board for several months now.

I’ve known Costel Burlan for quite a few years - where I also have his phenomenal Ziffer Mini Tube Screamer, and discontinued Mini Solo Boost - which I’m trying hard to encourage him to revive!

There are 4 compressors in the range - which in Stella and Twain editions are the closest you’ll come to ...