Hi! All of a sudden I've taken interest in boutique effects pedals. You know the ones. True bypass, handmade, minus digital, that sort of thing.

I'm already aware of the big name companies like Fulltone and Z Vex and stuff like that. Can you direct me to any other "boutique pedal" websites?

I'm particularly interested in any Australian companies of the kind.

www.wrenandcuff.com

I've shipped to aust. many times. Worldwide ship is free. The Pickle Pie is the one most bass players like.

take care,

matt

Yep, I just bought a Wren and Cuff Pickle Pie, an amazing fuzz pedal on bass! I can highly recommend it, and the free shipping is a bonus ;)

Well, I didn't ask for recommendations, but there you go! You know what, recommend away!

Australian

Chunk Systems

New Zealand

Crowther Audio

red witch are based out of new zealand and their pedals are amazing.

to see massive amounts of boutique pedals check out:

http://www.pedalgeek.com

and

http://www.musictoyz.com

there are probably way too many to wade through... and yet I've looked at each an every one of 'em, cuz that's the kind of nerd i am!

Frostwave

http://www.frostwave.com/

MI Audio

http://www.miaudio.com/index.htm

I also had a look at the Retro-Sonic CE-1 clone. Sounds good.

I know the original CE-1 is still in existence. It's in every Roland JC-120. But I'm not too keen on playing through a guitar amp. Would be interesting if Roland developed a Jazz Chorus amp for bass guitar.

Chorus + Jazz + Portable bass amp = Gallien-Krueger MB150E-III. :smug:

http://www.gallien.com/products_mb_co_150e.html#

But to be honest, I have yet to try out the chorus section, or the amp in general. :hmm:

There's a store near me that has it, I believe... maybe I should give it a whirl sometime.

Anyhow... didn't we have a thread with a list of boutique companies a while back? Let me see if I can dig something up.

Smart People Factory.


http://www.smartpeoplefactory.com/

yeah, kiwis rock.
crowther audio and his hot cake for a nice boost, or even tone shaping

and there is the G2D stuff, havent heard of bassists using them yet tho

and yeah, highly recommend the australian MI Audio stuff

Okay, so maybe there wasn't a thread. :hmm:

But I found this:

http://www.tonefactor.com/manufacturers.php

And Tonefactor sells pedals from all of them.

There's others not on the list, too, but it's a start. :D