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Broughton Audio Super Thread

Maestro is my favorite fuzz, if you want a clean, even synth fuzz without a bunch of artifacts flying around, that blooms perfectly at the right gain setting (10 oclock), its for you. It mixes out clean direct line pretty well by itself but becomes a monster in a ffxloop.

The only thing I would note is make sure your signal is strong before the pedal, I use a solarian, quicksilver, and au driver (not at once) to push it and manipulate its character, from crunch to tooob warmth. Its the perfect base for any synth setup.

mmmm love me some maestro

I have something coming to try in front that may even take it to an entirely different level
 
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I don’t need or want to pay for felt bags,
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I really love Josh’s finishes. Everything from bright and bold to dark or subtle. Simple cost effective designs that has its own identity and niche. I don’t need or want to pay for wooden boxes, felt bags, crazy artwork. Nope. The Broughtons work for me.
Exact, the pedal themselves have enough character - from the subtle theme, knob, color, font, it all works - and good tonz are enough swag for me, all that other is just clutter
 
I really love Josh’s finishes. Everything from bright and bold to dark or subtle. Simple cost effective designs that has its own identity and niche. I don’t need or want to pay for wooden boxes, felt bags, crazy artwork. Nope. The Broughtons work for me.
My only complaint is that the Calamity is really hard to read. I know what the controls are now, but my first gig with it on the board was "fun".