The Fredric Effects HP - £65 plus postage
This is a clone of the Interfax Harmonic Percolator overdrive/distortion, an oddball asymetrical clipping pedal popularised by Steve Albini of Shellac. These are built to the most recent 'general consensus' schematic, with the addition of a switch to disengage the germanium clipping diodes, for a more open overdriven sound, which I think adds to the versatility of the effect.
All parts are the best quality available. True bypass via 3PDT Cliff footswitch, powered by battery or standard center-neg DC jack, yellow LED.
Small, MXR-sized enclosure (with a new design that owes a fair bit to their great-looking script-logo pedals!) finished in nordic blue.
This pedal uses the same 2N404(A) germanium and 2N3565 silicon transistors as the original. These new ones also feature a pro-quality PCB (see innards pic!)
Here's a demo of one of the gingham-finished pedals from the first series of these:
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