What's the first boutique pedal you owned?

[Laganlad]

Keeley modded my TS9dx.

 

[whateverdude]

Subdecay blackstar and tonefactor nebula. Don’t remember the year.

Don’t worry I can’t remember what I had for lunch yesterday, lol

 

[BobbyFudge]

Durham CrazyHorse...got it 12 years ago. Still gets lots of use.

 

[dmutter]

Either Keeley Comp or Fulltone Fulldrive 2

 

[highgeer]

TC Electronic Chorus/Flanger in 1992. Back then it was definitely boutique.

mike

 

[71strat]

Mu Tron Bi Phaser

 

[whateverdude]

Mu Tron Bi Phaser

I always wanted one

 

[ripgtr]

Kingsley jester. Still have and use it all the time. Like it so much got 2 more of his pedals

 

[HBob]

This one:

Still have it.

One of my first and still have it! Great pedal. Tried a couple others from Lovetone and just kept the Big Cheese and Meatball.

 

[JmpOne]

I guess my Mesa V-Twin, if it's considered sufficiently boutique.

 

[Sparadrap]

Most likely a Timmy.
It's a good pedal but I don't regret selling it.

The dirt pedals I keep on taking on the shelf are the AnalogMan Sun Face and EQD Crimson Drive (all germanium goodness). Just received the MP Big Tweedy today, but it doesn't come close.

 

[rc3797]

Caroline Meteore. Never thought I’d want a reverb pedal so much, but it’s been a mainstay on my board for 5-6 years now.

 

[RomanAlbert]

Fulltone Fulldrive II Mosfet

 

[SubApathy]

If you consider modern (surface mount) JHS "boutique" I purchased their Cheese Ball pedal late in 2019.

If you don't, I got my hands on JHS Sweet Tea v2 prototype around the same time. It has through hole components and was built without surface mount tech.

 

[Count Blackula]

ZVEX Box of Rock
then JHS modded DS-1 ... amazing

 

[HAL 9000]

Prescription Electronics Experience in swirl finish.

This but regular version, in the 90s. Hated it, and sold it pretty quickly. It just didn't sound good through my '63 Vibroverb reissue (which I wish I had kept).

 

[cubistguitar]

Maybe the Demeter Compulator, I wanna say around 2000

 

[sharbono]

Fulltone Fulldrive

 

[kidvox]

Fuzzhugger Ground Swell, got it off of Craigslist. I just wanted a cheap overdrive pedal to play with besides a DS-1 I had.

 

[BobChuck]

HBE Germania