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USERS & ABUSERS

Kris Farrow

Josh Grider Band/Micky & The Motorcars/Little Brave
Indigenous Donkey, Fat Penguin, Black Lung, Rootless Tree, Chelsea Nights, Miss Turpentine, Street Fighting Hamster, & Farrow Moans (custom)

"My mind never stops working. I can't sleep at night- I rarely have a moment's peace in my own head. The smallest things merit intense scrutiny. When it comes to my tone- the medium through which I express myself and make a living- I fuss over it day after day. I evaluate it every night on stage. What I've learned is that I don't care who makes it or what it looks like, if it sounds amazing, that's what I want to use. My pedal board now consists almost exclusively of Old School FX pedals."

Adam Odor

Grammy Award Winning Engineer/Producer/Reckless Kelly (bass)
Invisible Robot, Chelsea Nights, Black Lung, Rootless Tree, Miss Turpentine & Street Fighting Hamster

"Using and abusing. That's what I do. I might be sitting behind a console for 16 hours or I might be airborn off a drum riser across the stage, it doesn't matter. I use and abuse. And the equipment I use and abuse needs to serve 3 functions:
1. Sound incredible
2. Built to last
3. SOUND INCREDIBLE
The Departed guys one day showed me these new pedals made in Texas. I grabbed a few they had and started playing. Next thing I know I'm a caveman clubbing my prey with bass tone out of my Street Fighting Hamster, getting rediculously smooth velvet bedding out of Miss Turpentine, getting way too intimate with my Chelsea Nights, and changing every vocal tone you've heard on my albums with the Invisible Robot.
There's not even a choice to make. Grab some Old School FX. It's time to step up your tone"

Jackson Parten

Jackson Parten Catastrophe/Court Nance Accident/Sam Sliva & The Good
Indigenous Donkey, Fat Penguin, Invisible Robot, Rootless Tree, Chelsea Nights & Miss Turpentine

"If tone is a journey, then I have seen the light at the end of the tunnel. The first time I heard an Old School FX pedal my ears took note. The first time I played through one, I was hooked. I had chased ever rabbit down every hole and at the end of the day, I was left wanting. Old School FX really creates the tone my ears want to hear and allows me to connect to my rig as if it is an extension of my creative self. I liken it to tonal Nirvana. Now go play one!"

Javi Garcia

Javi Garcia & The Cold Cold Ground
Beelzbub Boost (custom), Fuzz Face (custom), & Chelsea Nights

"If you wanna build something strong, you’ve got to have the right tools for the job. Even if your intentions are to tear something apart; the phrase still holds true. For me creating a song and parenting it through out the course of my life involves these extremes. I use Sam’s effects as tools to do things my amps, guitars, harmonicas, and hands can’t do alone. And quite frankly, Sam’s effects help me get the job done.

"In today’s market, industrialism has buried the quality of everything from dope to vegetables. And it has bled over to tone. Cheaply made amps and effects are rushed through the assembly line as fast as possible to increase profit. Sometimes never even touching human hands till they are packaged. Making a well-made product out weighs the cost of making money. And the majority of musicians gobble that shit up. I needed more and found it with Sam’s effects. I prefer someone obsessively tweaking, soldering, stressing, listening, losing sleep, building, tearing apart and rebuilding, until it’s right. Sam does just that. And the results for his labor are simply amazing. I currently use a custom boost, 2 custom fuzz pedals, and a custom tremolo. I’ve bled, sweat, stomped, recorded, and kicked them. They don’t stop. They enhance your tone, rather than drowning it. They’re consistent. They’re built to work. They’re built to adapt. And they’re built to last. What more can I say?

"In short, if you don’t give a shit about your tone, these pedals are not for you."

Drew Kennedy

Chelsea Nights

"Sam cares about one thing, first and foremost-- tone. Sure, that's what you'd expect, right? He owns and operates one of the finest boutique instrument effects companies in the United States. Trust me-- it sounds stupid to say, but a lot of guys out there are constantly working to make their products cheaper to manufacture, or to make them look like something straight out of stock car racing. Sam works hard-- incredibly hard-- but with Sam, tone is all that matters. TONE. It occupies his thoughts, and probably his dreams, too (though I'm not qualified to take the statement that far with definitive confidence). When you plug into one of his Old School FX pedals you know you're going to get the best sound you can possibly get, and that's why I trust Sam, and Sam alone when it comes to my gear."

Josh Grider

Josh Grider Band
Fat Penguin, Rootless Tree, & Miss Turpentine

"Simply put, I went from bad tone to great tone. I had used cheap, stock pedals until Kris Farrow and Drew Kennedy turned me on to Old School FX. I have a Rootless Tree, a Fat Penguin, and a Miss Turpentine. I've only really been gigging on electric guitar for a few years so I'm still in the early stages of my tone quest, but those three pedals really stepped my game up in a big way. Thanks Sam!"

Little Brave

Miss Turpentine & Black Lung

"Old School FX is my go-to when it comes to pedals, even for keyboards. If I want any kind of effects pedal, I will always seek out an Old School FX pedal."

Matt Noveskey

Blue October, Orb Studios (Austin, TX)
Invisible Robot, Fat Penguin, & Street Fighting Hamster

Kevin Butler

Test Tube Audio Studio (Austin, TX)
Fat Penguin, Miss Turpentine, & Street Fighting Hamster

Donny James

Black Bone Child
Indigenous Donkey & Street Fighting Hamster

Justin Green

O Conqueror, The New Mars
Rootless Tree & Miss Turpentine

Kevin Webb

Kevin Webb, Stoney LaRue & The Arsenals
Black Lung, Miss Turpentine, Invisible Robot, & Street Fighting Hamster

Mike McClure

Mike McClure Band
Indigenous Donkey, Fat Penguin, & Chelsea Nights