#fredric effects

fredric EFFECTS - Nouveau Super Unpleasant Companion

“ incorporating both the FY-2 Companion Fuzz and FY-6 Superfuzz circuits in one pedal “

The trouble with a solo project is trying to organise stuff and keep it all in one place, where it’s kept neatly together and everything’s set up for when you need it. My effects chain is always changing, so a sturdy pedal board with Velcro is a compromise that’s worked well so far. In a few months, I’ll bet this picture will look different again.

In signal path order then:

Boss pedal tuner: the most important thing really. It just *works* and is never likely to break.

OD-3 overdrive: a bit of a “secret weapon,” this. It’s inexpensive, ordinary-looking but boosts the volume without losing the bottom end to the sound.

Fredric Effects Russian Muff: a modern copy of a Russian-made big muff circuit. A nice smooth fuzzy sound with a punchy low midrange that’s perfect for getting cello-like sounds out of a guitar.

Fender Blender: a strange octave fuzz that doesn’t sound quite like anything else. Someday I’ll find a use for it!

M.A.S.F. Lavender Head: another strange Muff-style fuzz that’s loud, spitty, snarly and vicious. Useful for cutting through the mix.

PS-2: another oddity that can do “Slowdive in a box” digital delay or pitch shifting, but I use it for octave up/down settings, as well as self-oscillating noises that the designers probably didn’t intend.

NuX Modcore: a handy little thing that can do chorus, phasing or rotating speaker sounds at a ridiculously low price. Fun!

DD-500 delay: this does everything. Digital, analogue, tape echoes...all the delays I need in one.

Too smug for his/their own good. These won't be adorning the mutant fuzzzzzzz.

I'm having fun doodling mutants for the next Fredric Effects pedal, the Mutant Fuzz. Radioactive Pete's too handsome to be on this pedal though...

I gathered the Fredric Effects family for a photo. This design will be used for stickers that will go with each pedal.

I'm working on a new Fredric Effects design for stickers, starting with my two favourite things - Mustang guitars and Foxes. The rest of the Fredric  Effects family will join foxy soon.

Fredric Effects, pedal in progress...