Strymon Fairfax Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal

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Miniature Marvel - Strymon Fairfax Overdrive Guitar Effects Pedal Unlike many units we associate with gain and overdrive, Fairfax isn’t really a distortion pedal. Instead, it’s a complete miniature amplifier in 100% analog form, based upon a little-known device from the 60’s that powered a number of classic rock anthems. Complete tube amp circuit fully recreated in 100% analog Custom analog circuits recreate multiple tube stages and the critical output transformer Input voltage converted to 40V internally via galvanically isolated power supply Controls: Drive, Level, and a variable Sag control Bright switch allows fine-tuning of the high frequency response Wide range of natural sounding and tube amp-like gain for maximum versatility Sag circuit allows mild Sag effects at lower settings and spitting and gated sounds at max Requires 9V DC at 500mA The sound and feel is extremely tube-like, with added harmonics and saturation coming from a clever circuit that emulates the critical behavior of a tube amp’s output transformer. It’s a drive pedal that feels completely natural to play, retains the natural sound of your guitar, and glues notes together in a truly organic way. Fairfax was inspired by the original Garnet Amplifiers Herzog® unit designed for Randy Bachman in 1965. Bachman wanted the sustain of a cello for his electric guitar, so he started running the speaker output of a small combo amplifier into the input of another larger amplifier while chasing that sound. Unfortunately that scenario has a tendency to blow up the combo amplifier (sometimes in dramatic fashion!), so Bachman enlisted Gar Gilles to design a device that would behave in a similar way but not actually catch fire. Gar’s design ended up being a small tube amp based around a 12ax7 and 6v6 tube, with a built-in speaker load so that it wouldn’t blow up. The result is the classic sustaining lead sound from songs like “American Woman” by The GuessWho. More Than A Drive Pedal Fairfax began