Amazing Guitar Effects Hand Built in Small Batches in the UK with Vintage and NOS Components, a Sprinkling of Angel Dust, and a tonne of Mojo.
Hello Sailor Effects is a one-man operation in the shape of Joe Halliday, who it's fair to say has spent a lot of time honing his craft while serving at sea in the Royal Navy.
The name and images which Joe uses start to make a lot of sense once we understand his past in the Royal Navy and the fact that he named "Hello Sailor Effects"as such because of a tattoo he got on his shoulder whilst drunk. In fact, if you take a look at many of his pedals, which often have sailors' tattoos on them, I think we can assume that a lot of those sailors were probably drunk too!
The one in the picture above is my personal Abby Road Fuzz, a Fuzz Face style pedal which I love. You can hear it in action in the video further on.
I think the finish is just beautiful and the image of a tattooed, pissed off looking Alice is just wonderful. There's something pretty satirical going on there, which really gels with me.
In fact, I also have a FreeRange pedal of his, which is his Kossoff Drive and a Rangemaster circuit in one enclosure, and that is stunning too!
Check it out:
Right, let's get into it - here's a list of the pedals Joe generally makes. I say 'generally' as he does throw a curve ball every now and then.