Vintage

2021 UPDATE! The Best Binson Echorec Pedal Clones

Updated on 06.30.2021 – For a more comprehensive article about delays organized by type, see our Best Delay Pedals article. --- A Guide to the Best Binson Echorec Pedal Clones When it was released in the '50s, the Binson Echorec was pretty much a game-changer in the still young, tape-dominated world…Click on the title for more

2021 UPDATE! The Best Binson Echorec Pedal Clones

Best Budget Delay Pedals (According to JHS)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDLFtxyLm4M Updated on 03.25.2019 - See also our overview article about the Best Delay Pedals organized by type. We already published four other articles in the series, one focused on multi-mode digital delay pedals, best analog delay pedals, best tape delay pedals, best mini delays, best creative delay pedals, and…Click on the title for more

Best Budget Delay Pedals (According to JHS)

The 10 Best Budget Overdrive Pedals (under $100), according to Mr. JHS (New & Used)

A Guide to the Best Budget Overdrive Pedals Recently the guys at JHS Pedals have been stepping up their YouTube channel with videos not necessarily just focused on the company's product, but also on vintage stompboxes and generic advice about pedals. We stumbled upon this video with company founder Joshua Heath…Click on the title for more

The 10 Best Budget Overdrive Pedals (under $100), according to Mr. JHS (New & Used)

Stomp Under Foot recreates the ’72 Tri Muff v6 Fuzz

With the '72 Tri Muff v6 Fuzz, Florida based manufacturer Stomp Under Foot gives us a sweet take on the "Triangle" Big Muff, which was the first version of a circuit bound to go through many transformations. The triangle Big Muff appeared in 1969 and stayed in production until 1973.…Click on the title for more

Stomp Under Foot recreates the ’72 Tri Muff v6 Fuzz

Vintage, influential circuits: the Arbiter Fuzz Face [by Gearphoria]

Our friends at Gearphoria published a story about the legendary Fuzz pedal Arbiter Fuzz Face, one of the most cloned pedals in history. Here's an excerpt: "According to Mike Fuller." - Read the full article by Timothy Smith in the Summer 2017 issue of Gearphoria. Jim Dunlop bought the rights…Click on the title for more

Vintage, influential circuits: the Arbiter Fuzz Face [by Gearphoria]

Vintage Pedals: the Steelphon ‘Pep’ Fuzz [by Gearphoria]

In the early 1960’s an Italian electrical engineer by the name of Mario Ferro started making and selling guitars under the moniker “Steelphon” out of a little shop in Turin. Sound-wise, this is an just an awesome box, but there is a bit of difference between its two versions. The SFT…Click on the title for more

Vintage Pedals: the Steelphon ‘Pep’ Fuzz [by Gearphoria]

Seminal, vintage pedals: the Rosac Nu Fuzz (from Gearphoria)

Nu-Fuzz designer Ed Sanner (of Fuzzrite design fame) was working on the new pedal as Mosrite filed for bankruptcy in 1969. Out of the bankruptcy sprang Sierra Electronics, a new partnership that would release the Nu-Fuzz, which was basically a Fuzzrite with a tone control. Sierra was forced to change…Click on the title for more

Seminal, vintage pedals: the Rosac Nu Fuzz (from Gearphoria)

6 of the best vintage guitar effect circuits (by Gearphoria)

We love it when our friends at Gearphoria publish these articles about vintage effect designs, this one is about the 6 classic circuits every stompbox geek should know! Attention, some of them were not originally found in pedals, like the Electra distortion (which was inside the guitar) or the Armstrong Green Ringer…Click on the title for more

6 of the best vintage guitar effect circuits (by Gearphoria)

Influential Vintage Pedals: Lovetone Meatball

In April 1995, Dan Coggins gave up his night shifts as a BBC engineer and the Lovetone company was founded. That summer, Dan and partner Vlad Naslas took their Meatball envelope filter production prototype to effects guru Pete Cornish, who provided them with some solid advice moving forward. The Meatball…Click on the title for more

Influential Vintage Pedals: Lovetone Meatball

Seminal vintage pedals: Marshall Supa Fuzz – by Gearphoria

In production for over a decade starting in the mid-1960s, the Marshall Supa Fuzz bounced through several iterations during its run. Those examples were built by Sola Sound’s Gary Hurst chiefly using the Tonebender MkII circuit. The earliest Supa Fuzz’s actually used a version of the MkI circuit and boasted…Click on the title for more

Seminal vintage pedals: Marshall Supa Fuzz – by Gearphoria

Seminal, vintage pedals: Ampeg’s Scrambler – by Gearphoria

In the late 1960s, about the same time Ampeg was working to introduce its now SVT amplifier, the company hopped onto the fuzz bandwagon with the introduction of the Scrambler. The SVT is a legend. The Scrambler was a stunning failure. It was rumored that it took the company half…Click on the title for more

Seminal, vintage pedals: Ampeg’s Scrambler – by Gearphoria

The WrightSounds Fuzz-Stang comes to Brooklyn

The '70s were prime-time for deliciously dirty fuzz tones, and the Sam Ash Fuzz-Stainer - a pedal that harkens back to a time when the music retail giant was cranking out their own brand of effects - delivered delirious levels of fuzzy goodness. For most pedal connoisseurs and fuzz-lovers alike,…Click on the title for more

The WrightSounds Fuzz-Stang comes to Brooklyn