lt’s always a happy day when we get to venture into Dan and Mick’s abode – the gear-packed studio where they film their incredibly popular videos on tone, guitars, amps and effects for That Pedal Show. As well as being essential YouTube viewing for guitarists, the duo keep themselves extremely busy with Experience Days, in which fans come to learn more about effects direct from Dan and Mick, plus gigging with stellar artists such as Andy Timmons and hunting down exciting new effects in every corner of the globe. Who better, then, to get round the table to talk about some of the most iconic pedals of all time…
This year is the 60th anniversary of the first fuzz pedal, the Maestro FZ-1. What’s the greatest fuzz pedal that followed this, in your opinion?
“For me, it’s the Fuzz Face because, as you know, they’re all descended from the same thing. When the FZ-1 hit, the whole world cottoned on to it and that begat the Tone Bender, which then became the Fuzz Face, and then in and out we go. And yet things were no different then than they are now: something cool comes out and every company jumps on the bandwagon. So whether it was Dallas Arbiter in London, or Vox or Marshall, or John Hornby Skewes in the North, they all want to make their version of this
