This pedal has an interesting story... A little over a year ago, I was chatting with a friend of mine about my pedal business and he said, why don't you get hooked up with Chris Robertson of Black Stone Cherry and see if he would like a pedal? Now, I've been a fan of Black Stone Cherry for years... I've seen them in concert a few times and I love what they do! But, I also knew that both Ben and Chris used Line6 Helix processors. I said, there's no way that Chris would ever be interested in old school pedals. Fast forward about a year, I made a signature pedal for a friend (Steve Jewell) of the band OTIS out of Edmonton, Ky. Little did I know, Steve and Chris were really close friends. Chris liked the pedal I made for Steve (he even bought one). He contacted me after I finished Steve's pedal and asked if I'd make him a pedal... I was blown away!!! Right off the bat, he asked if I could put two pedals in one box. My response... Of course! That's easy! He asked, can you make it so the effects just switch back and forth, but not combine? Like, A/B between the effects. Before I answered him, I contacted a very near and dear friend of mine who makes loopers and switchers. I knew if it could be wired up, he would know how to do it. He drew me a diagram and that was it! I contact Chris back and told him of course I can wire it up like that. He said he had his heart set on two classic fuzz pedals. The Fuzz Face and the Scrambler. It took me a bit of time, but I knocked them out. I had an orange 1590XX enclosure lying around and put it together. I came up with the name DOS FUZZ (because of obvious reasons), and I found a graphic with a hand waving the peace sign. Chris loved it! He immediately took it to the studio and recorded a song on Black Stone Cherry's new album "The Human Condition" with it. Chris said he would like to do 20 pedals to start with and he would sign and number all of them. We changed up the graphics and put it in a sort of sea foam green color enclosure. It took me a couple months, but I made the 20 pedals, and as soon as I put them up on the site, they started selling. The 20 pedals were sold in 4 1/2 hours. They sold out before lunch time! Both reeling from the momentum, we decided to make 30 more. I had a couple people ask me about pre-ordering the pedal. I thought that would be a great idea. i could make the pre-orders and get them in the mail as soon as i finished them. I've been working on the second batch for a couple months now and I almost have them all completed.
I want to personally thank Chris for encouraging me to do this. He has been incredibly supportive through it all. If you get the chance, pick up a copy of Black Stone Cherry's latest release The Human Condition. It has already charted in the US and the UK. I'm very proud of these guys for their pushing through all of struggles we've had in 2020. The Human Condition is my favorite new album!
Jeff Bolin
jeff@analogpedals.com
www.analogpedals.com
