D3 Jr

Some of the best pedal tones can be had from the VFE brand which is sadly defunct. SV Guitars brought in plenty of these when the shop was still around at Peninsula SC & they cleared for bargain prices during the closing down sale. I managed to grab a few, this Distortion 3 Jr is one of them. It's basically an OD / Distortion pedal just by tinkering with the MODE knob. It's actually a clipping control, more OD-ish soft clipping turned anti-clockwise. Anything past the noon position, you'll be in distortion territory. There's also an internal trim pot to either boost the lower or higher frequencies. Neat.

 

3VFE

The owner & founder of VFE pedals is giving up his full time pedal-making engagements this Summer. He will resume his teaching career & only run his pedal business as a side venture. Many current pedals are clearing for reasonable prices at the website. It's a good time to consider one if you have not checked them out already. 

What's the big deal, anyway? VFE pedals take pride in the tinkering of their products on a personal level. They don't compromise ideas to fit the commercial aspects of any manifestations. The Distortion 3 Jr (blue) & Dragon Hound (red) pedals are standard production units. The Mermaid you see there is a custom shop option so the green housing, brushed blue aluminium knobs & yellow LED were entirely my choices. This will be the future VFE pedal format, they did a spot run to test the feasibility of the methods to come & I find the prices reasonable. 

Junior in the house

I had a good episode with VFE's Mermaid pedal, this one was on sale so... :-) Update to come.