Australia's DevTech Audio is another killer brand for David Gilmour devotees - with some fantastic takes on his classic signature pedals

Like for many I guess, a series of Brett Kingman demos were my gateway to Australia’s DevTech Audio. We already have a number of key David Gilmour inspired brands - including Skreddy Pedals, Buffalo FX, and Past FX, - and DevTech is now among those forerunners - navigating its own path through those classic tones.

DevTech Audio is one Terry Crawford, based in a Sydney suburb, and while Terry is a guitarist of some 30 years with an engineering background, DevTech Audio only became a going concern earlier this year.

So Terry has come a long way in a relatively short time - as he already has 13 pedal models on his roster, and is working on some further additions currently. The internals are of superb quality, and feature the finest components available, while the pedal look and feel has yet to fully match the quality of the internals. From an engineering perspective the brand is well defined, while the branding and design look-and-feel consistency needs a little work.

I’ve picked out 3 of my favourite pedals in the range - all targets for me - in fact even though I own a Pete Cornish GC-1 (as documented on this site) - I would still really like Terry’s purple accented ’Summoner’ take on that 45th anniversary pedal.

While for this article we’re focusing on my 3 favourites - which have all been expertly demoed by Brett Kingman as below :

• Evolve Overdrive - inspired by Pete Cornish CC-1 : Low Gain Overdrive with Active 3-Band EQ
• DSOTM Fuzz - inspired by David Gilmour’s Dark Side of the Moon Era Dallas Arbiter Fuzz Face
• Skylight Overdrive - inspired by Pete Cornish SS-3 : Mid Gain Overdrive

The PC CC-1 has always been a target for me, where up to this point I’ve used the Shnobel Tone Daily Driver to deliver those sort of sounds. Pete Cornish pedals are both kinda pricey - at circa £600 and equivalent for each, and they’re all slightly, or with the Grey Box line - significantly oversized.

Brands like DevTech Audio give you a gateway into those sounds - via smartly circuit-traced and refined compact takes on those circuits for significantly less outlay. On the DevTech Audio Website / Store - the prices are quoted in AUD - with the Evolve and DSOTM at $229 AUD, and the Skylight at $239 AUD. The pedals are also available on the DevTech Audio Reverb.com store  - where you will see your local pricing - which equates to circa $205 and $212 USD, and £155 and £161 - which is very reasonable. Delivery charges are very fair too!

So the 3 pedals I’ve picked out are the ones I most want to get my hands on - followed by the Summoner -  which is the prettiest DevTech Audio pedal to date - but for which I’m already kind of covered. I will for sure be making arrangements with Terry to acquire some of these, but as he is currently inundated with orders resulting from the recent Brett Kingman demos - it’s going to be a little while before I get stuck into these.

I’m definitely looking to acquire that trio - whether individually or all in one go - and yes I will likely change over some of those knobs! You all know that having the right knobs applied is a big thing for me, and it’s something the Summoner gets pretty spot on, while I would want to update most of the others!

Terry worked with his engineering friend on the circuit traces and refinements - with a lot of cross-collateralization with other leading online resources. All those circuits underwent some considerable refinement - where they sound pretty spot on to me in the demos - while I obviously need to try them first-hand to fully verify their fidelity!