Respected local audio craftsmen
Christopher Benson of Benson Amps
and Steve Harmon of Synthrotek joined
forces to form Harben Audio, and have
thus far released a handful of excellent,
handbuilt, yet very affordable, effects
pedals. The company’s Synesthesia is
one of the best sounding and most
versatile Colorsound Overdrive clones
on the market, maximizing the potential
of this time-tested circuit so that it can
be used effectively as a clean boost,
sweet overdrive, filthy fuzz, or even a
very musical sounding, easy-to-tweak
EQ. Harben also builds the Good Vibe,
an optical true pitch vibrato pedal that
is based on the legendarily beguiling
vibrato circuit contained in vintage
Magnatone amplifiers. It is delicious.
“maximizing the potential of this
time-tested circuit so that it can
be used effectively as a clean
boost, sweet overdrive, filthy
fuzz, or even a very musical
sounding, easy-to-tweak EQ.”
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