Reeves Electro releases Darlington Flyer, its first PCB-based pedal

November 14, 2023 · 1 sources

Reeves Electro released The Darlington Flyer, described as the first PCB-based pedal by the Northamptonshire, UK builder known for point-to-point designs¹. It is the first release in the new PCB-based Daughterboard series, built entirely by Izzy Reeves¹.

The pedal is a single-transistor fuzz with two voices, each using a different silicon transistor¹. A toggle switch on the right selects either a 1979 Motorola MPSA013 Darlington transistor, for what the maker describes as smooth and compressed sustain, or an early '70s Micro Electronics ME4003, for a more open, gritty tone with a slightly gated character¹. The fuzz level is fixed, with the only knob controlling volume, and a second toggle on the left offers two levels of "fatness"¹. It is housed in a trapezoid blue enclosure¹.

The maker states that all its silicon pedals have a Boss-style 2.1 center-negative DC jack only, with no battery snap¹. Izzy Reeves builds the pedals in the company's garden workshop in Northamptonshire, including painting, drilling and screen printing the enclosures, and the maker notes that because they are hand built there may be slight cosmetic variation between each pedal¹.

No US price or sale date was given in the announcement¹.