OneControl 15 Favourites Capsule Collection

• BJFE Honey Bee OD Custom [9V]
• BJFE Silver Bee OD [9V]
• BJFE Blue Bee OD Custom [9V]
• Anodized Brown Distortion 4K [6-18V] (EVH Brown Sound)
• Baltic Blue Fuzz [9V] (Multi-Muff)
• Butter Yellow Auto Quack [9V] (Auto-Wah)
• Dimension Blue Monger [9V] (Boss DC-2 -ish)
• Fluorescent Orange AIAB [9V] (Orange RockerVerb)
• Golden Acorn Overdrive Special [9V] (Dumble Drive)
• Jubilee Red AIAB [9V] (Marshall Silver Jubilee)
• Persian Green Screamer [9V] (TS808)
• Purple Plexifier 4K [9V] (Marshall Plexi SLP)
• Rebel Red Distortion [9V] (Hot-Rodded Marshall Plexi/JCM800)
• Strawberry Red OverDrive [9V] (TS808 derived / adjacent)
• Strawberry Red Overdrive RC [9-18V) (TS808 derived / adjacent - further ReConfigured for Humbuckers)

As with any selection there are some real stand out candidates, while nothing here is weak sauce. My favourite recent acquisitions of these are the Anodized Brown Distortion 4K, Fluorescent Orange AIAB, Golden Acorn Overdrive, Rebel Red Distortion, Dimension Blue Monger, and Butter Yellow Auto Quack. Ideally I would make some slight tweaks to the Strawberry Red Overdrive RC, and Purple Plexifier - the latter of which could certainly do with some more volume. The first 3 mentioned here are simply blistering! Really loud, vibrant and visceral and those compete with the best of my full size pedals, while just a handful are very slightly under-powered - including the 3 BJFE Overdrives too - but still essential.

The Baltic Blue Fuzz has long been one of my favourite Multi-Muff pedals, and is right up there with my other favourite Mini Muff - the Deep Fall Diver Huge. More than half of these OneControl pedals will easily compete with the best of what's on offer from much larger enclosures. Some of these are almost at Decibelics levels of quality output - If you just get one of these - then the new Anodized Brown Distortion is wholly amazing! That, the Fluorescent Orange and Golden Acorn pretty much blew my socks off! But more of that with the individual pedal details following on below!

You can read up more about these fantastic mini pedals on the official OneControl Website!

Controls - Volume, Drive, Bass, Treble, Modern/Vintage side slider switch.

The most essential and best balanced of the Honey Bee Mini Series for me - the classic mids-forward honey-toned overdrive - supposedly based on a beaten up early 60's Supro amp. Still one of the great overdrive sounds for me!

Controls - Volume, Drive, Bass, Treble, Modern/Vintage side slider switch.

This version of the circuit is slightly tighter and more modern, not quite as full fat as the original - slightly thinner in fact, but still sounds great.

Controls - Volume, Drive, Bass, Treble.

I believe this variant was mostly tweaked for Single-Coil guitars - delivering a slightly thicker and gainer sound. I love bass overdrives, and this is an interesting variant - possibly a little too woolly to suit most humbuckers - but there are times when I really quite like it - it sounds totally different to the sharper / tighter Silver Bee, and the more balanced Honey Bee.

Controls - Gain, Volume, Mid, Treble.

This one totally blew me away - a proper blistering Brown Sound variant - with so much in reserve. You can power it at 6V to 18V - while at 9V is already super loud, vibrant and visceral. This one may even knock out the Colombio Audio Eruption - it's that good! It also has more volume and more gain than the Eruption. Both are top tier pedals at the top of their game - the fact that a mini pedal can sound this good is quite extraordinary!

Controls - Tone, Volume, Sustain.

One of my 2 favourite all-time Mini Muffs - alongside the Deep Fall Diver Huge - which is slightly more potent, but not as versatile as this Baltic Blue - which cleverly delivers 3 classic Muff flavour via smart manipulation of just those 3 controls - you get Triangle, Ram's Head, and Red & Black edition tones aboard - such a smart fuzz!

Controls - Bias, Decay, Sensitivity, Mellow/Bright side slider switch.

A quite sensitive pedal to dial in, and can be a little fiddly on occasion. You definitely need safe-cracker skills to dial it in to it's optimal degree, where I'm getting my best sounds with Bias @ 8:30 o'c , Decay @ 8 o'c, and Sensitivity @ 2:30 o'c. You definitely need patience with this one - but it's capable of some great results.

Controls - Colour (Brightness), Complexity (Modulation Depth & Speed), Wet Mix (Intensity).

A really interesting chorusing effect - similar in name to the DC-2 Dimension, while Björn states this is not based on that circuit - while it deliver a similar shimmery / fluttery effect - I really like it, and it has plenty of range onboard.

Controls - Volume, Presence, Master (Gain).

This 3-knob Orange RockerVerb style distortion has no right being as great sounding as it is. Similar to the Anodized Brown - this delivers a massive sound way beyond its miniature stature. I would definitely get a 4K version of this if it were ever made available, but I'm not sure this circuit needs it - as it already sounds superb - one of the highlights for sure of my recent acquisitions.

Controls - Volume, Bright, Ratio (Distortion & Compression).

Another really special pedal - this time of the Dumble Drive variety. Goes from subtle to really quite gainey courtesy of the Ratio control. Really simple, but potent circuit - really great sounding too, but not really like my Demon Pedals Kondo Shifuku or Tanabe Zenkudo. This has its own tonality and timbre, and is fantastic in its own way - another one with huge amounts of range onboard.

Controls - Treble, Volume, Mid, Gain.

A cool take on the Marshall Silver Jubilee - one of the few with the transitional artwork before the latter curved editions took over. I probably don't need all of the Anodized Brown, Jubilee Red, Rebel Red and Purple Plexifier. Of that quartet the strongest ones are the Anodized Brown and Rebel Red, that doesn't mean the Jubilee Red and Purple Plexifier aren't decent also - just that the other two are more immediate and visceral and overall more imposing!

Controls - Level, Tone, Drive, Vintage/Modern side slider switch.

A fantastic dual-mode TS-style overdrive - with Vintage Mode being TS808 like and more textured (no Tone), and where Modern is more transparent and makes good use of the Tone control. For a long time this was my favourite screamer voicing, while the Becos FX Ziffer Overdrive took over when that was released. I've always preferred the Persian Screamer to the Mini Ibanez Tube Screamer though - its more vibrant, and has more range!

Controls - Volume, Distortion, Mid, Treble.

I tested this one alongside the Anodized Brown and Fluorescent Orange - both of which are more vibrant and visceral than this Purple Plexifier. The Plexifier is decent, but nowhere near as potent or immediate as the other two. For me it could do with a little more Volume and Gain. I like it, but it gets outmuscled and over-shadowed by the other gain pedals in my OneControl selection.

Controls - Volume, Distortion, Treble, Drive.

Based on those California 80's Hot Rodded Marshall Plexi and JCM800 amps - this is a really smart dual-gain Overdrive / Distortions with incredibly granularity of gain range. Another one of the greats from this selection - this sound immediately vibrant and visceral - up there with the Anodized Brown and Fluorescent Orange. Another top tier favourite!

Controls - Volume, Treble, Drive.

I've always thought of this wide-ranging Björn Juhl pedal as being somewhat adjacent to a Screamer, it shares some of the same parts but adds a lot of different ones and different values - ranging from Clean to fairly high gain overdrive in its output - a proper all-rounder. It sounds a little better balanced than a screamer - but there are some similar characteristics in the mix too - as there are plenty of super versatile Screamers out there too - like the Becos FX Ziffer. This is decent, while the later 4K and RC variants add quite a bit more potency and versatility. The standard 3-knob variety is a little bit underpowered for me - but the 4 knob variants are pretty superb!

Control - Volume, Drive, Treble, Low.

This one ramps things up a lot from the standard 3-knob Strawberry, it ovbioulsy adds a second tone control, but along with the 9-18V power option this one delivers a lot more in every area. The now discontinued Strawberry Red has always been decent, but a little bit underpowered - where this RC version - which I think stands for ReCalibrated / ReConfigured or something like that, in being tweaked to better suit Humbuckers. In listening to the demos - the RC variety had a little more about it than the 4K edition - and so I went with the RC version - which seems like definitely the right choice. A really decent well balanced all-rounded overdrive - that has great dynamics - and takes you easily from clean to scream!