The Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop is a Fairfield Circuitry overdrive pedal. Close alternatives include the Crazy Tube Circuits Orama and the Dunlop MXR Timmy Overdrive, sold as Dunlop CSP027. It pairs well with the Peavey Classic 30 II 2-Channel 30W 1x12 Combo and the Blackstar HT-5R Series HT-5R 5W 1x12.
Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop
Fairfield Circuitry · pedal
The Fairfield Circuitry Barbershop is a boutique overdrive designed to simulate the natural gain character of a pushed tube amplifier. Controls include Gain, Volume, Sag, and a three-position Tone switch. The Sag control reduces supply voltage to the circuit's amplifier sections, imparting progressively compressed, brownish saturation at lower settings to simulate a tube amplifier's power supply sag under load. The three-position Tone switch provides three levels of treble cut for voicing. The Millennium version added the Tone switch to the original three-knob Barbershop.
- sag
- saturation
- compressed
- overdrive
- treble
- boutique
- cut
- natural
Genres the Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop is commonly used in
- Classic Rock
- Country
- Blues
- Americana
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Alternative
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag. - Blues Rock
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Inferred from shared tonal signals, not a stated genre tag.
Amps that pair well with the Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop
Peavey Classic 30 II 2-Channel 30W 1x12 Combo
Peavey
34% matchPeavey Classic 30 II 2-Channel 30W 1x12 Combo's warm balances out the bright tone
Blackstar HT-5R Series HT-5R 5W 1x12
Blackstar
31% matchRun Blackstar HT-5R Series HT-5R 5W 1x12 after it and the bright edge settles into something more warm
Synergy SL2 Module
Synergy
tonal matchRun Synergy SL2 Module into that transparent platform and it finally gets some high gain
Orange Little Bass Thing
Orange
tonal matchWhere this leans bright, Orange Little Bass Thing answers back warm
Fuchs ODS II Custom 25/50 Combo
Fuchs
tonal matchWhere this leans bright, Fuchs ODS II Custom 25/50 Combo answers back warm
Blackstar St. James 100
Blackstar
tonal matchThe transparent tone has headroom to spare — Blackstar St. James 100 gives it high gain to fill it with
Blackstar Series One 200
Blackstar
tonal matchBlackstar Series One 200's high gain fills in what this transparent tone doesn't make on its own
EVH 000
Evh
tonal matchInto a transparent tone, EVH 000 brings the high gain it's missing
Pedals that stack with the Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop
Soldano SLO
Soldano
18% matchRun Soldano SLO into that transparent platform and it finally gets some high gain
Electro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff
Electro-Harmonix
18% matchElectro-Harmonix Green Russian Big Muff's smooth balances out the bright tone
Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere MKII The Analog Leslie Simulator
pedal
15% matchPut Hughes & Kettner Tube Rotosphere MKII The Analog Leslie Simulator after Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop in the signal chain, clear of Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop's own gain stage
Vox Valvenergy Silk Drive
Vox
14% matchVox Valvenergy Silk Drive's own smooth character is the real reason this is worth trying
Boss DD-3 Digital Delay
Boss
11% matchBoss DD-3 Digital Delay's transparent voice goes after Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop in the signal chain — it's not there to compete with Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop's own saturated character — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Eventide Modulated Delay
Eventide
10% matchKeep Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop's saturated voice out front: Eventide Modulated Delay goes after Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop in the signal chain so its modulated voice doesn't muddy it — goes in the amp's FX loop (or last, into a clean amp)
Suhr Eclipse
Suhr
tonal matchInto Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop, Suhr Eclipse is right at home: it's built around a clean amp's front end
Beetronics OV-LE-Uva
Beetronics
tonal matchBeetronics OV-LE-Uva is voiced for a clean amp's front end — Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop gives it exactly that
Alternativessee all similar tone character →
Crazy Tube Circuits Orama
Crazy Tube Circuits
73% similarityShared character: higher_gain, boost, compression
Dunlop MXR Timmy Overdrive, sold as Dunlop CSP027
Dunlop
72% similarityShared character: amp, boost, treble
Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster
Dallas
72% similarityShared character: amp, pick_attack, boost
Boss BD-2W Blues Driver Waza Craft
Boss
72% similarityShared character: amp, pick_attack, boost
Warm Audio Dirty Boy Jr. Overdrive
Warm Audio
72% similarityShared character: boost, sag, pedal
MXR CSP039 Duke of Tone Overdrive
Dunlop
71% similarityShared character: pick_attack, boost, compression
Analog Man King of Tone
Analog Man
71% similarityShared character: amp, boost, treble
Wampler Tumnus Deluxe
Wampler
71% similarityShared character: amp, pick_attack, boost
Crazy Tube Circuits Stardust Overdrive
Crazy Tube Circuits
71% similarityShared character: higher_gain, boost, classic_rock
Fulltone Fulldrive 2 MOSFET
Fulltone
71% similarityShared character: amp, boost, pedal
Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive
Boss
71% similarityShared character: gain_control, boost, pedal
Catalinbread Formula 55
Catalinbread
70% similarityShared character: sag, compression, pedal
See all alternatives to the Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop (cheaper + boutique) →
Questions people ask
What are good alternatives to the Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop?+
The closest matches in character are the Crazy Tube Circuits Orama, the Dunlop MXR Timmy Overdrive, sold as Dunlop CSP027, the Dallas Rangemaster Treble Booster.
What pairs well with the Fairfield Circuitry The Barbershop?+
Strong matches from rig and tone-complementarity evidence: Peavey Classic 30 II 2-Channel 30W 1x12 Combo, Blackstar HT-5R Series HT-5R 5W 1x12, Synergy SL2 Module — Peavey Classic 30 II 2-Channel 30W 1x12 Combo's warm balances out the bright tone.
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