The pedals coming out of the Heather Brown Electronicals camp over the least 4 years have always been unique and intriguing, so I wondered what her take would be on a semi-controversial effect genre: Compression. Well, it turns out she knows a little something ’bout that, too, as evidenced by today’s pedal, the Darlene Compression. Small, simple, quiet yet bold, this pedalboard-friendly tone-shaper gives you an easy...
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Each release from Heather Brown Electronicals seems to top the previous one, starting with the Blessed Mother Overdrive, followed by the Sensational Fuzzdrive and the Spirit In The Sky Tremolo Fuzz. Heather’s latest release, the Volga Preamp, builds on the success of those previous three, providing a unique take on preamps and their relationship with your guitar and amplifier. With lots of knobs and switches, there’s...
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If you haven’t heard about the fantastic gear coming from Heather Brown Electronicals, you must have been living under a musical rock. The Blessed Mother Overdrive burst on the scene a couple years ago, and was followed by the also-successful Sensation Fuzzdrive – two awesome circuits from an awesome builder. Today, we’ve got the latest effect in this lineup, the Spirit In The Sky Tremolo Fuzz, which mixes 2...
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The Blessed Mother Overdrive from Heather Brown Electronicals was one of the hottest pedals of last year, and one of our favorites as well. Then, Heather released a 2nd incarnation, the Fuzz Assumption, which was just as amazing, but with a little more bite to it. Today, we bring to you the third effect in this lineup, one which combines both Overdrive AND Fuzz, but can’t really be classified as either…take a journey with...
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Today’s pedal has been on our radar for a minute now, and we were stoked when the head honcho of Heather Brown Electronicals tapped us to review and demo her flagship effect. The Blessed Mother Overdrive works as a boost, low-gain drive and overall tone-shaper, and found its way instantly into our demo rig. Heather learned her skills from industry wizards Mike Matthews of EHX and Robert Keeley, so you know you’re in for a...
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