I bought mine when they first came out to get the solo sound to Kid Charlemagne, and it nailed Larry Carlton's solo! It's been on my " A " list ever since then. That pedal does not mind being " stacked " with others. It helps to have the preamp with it, but I don't since they came out with the " Twimble " that incorporates both pedals in one. If you were into Björn Juhl, the mastermind behind
BJFE Guitar Effects you'd know about the Simble. The company is located in Sweden, and was founded in 2000 by Björn Juhl. "BJFE" stands for Björn Juhl Förstärkarelektronik. Pedal types include distortion, overdrive, "vibe", compression, and equalization. Due to the limited production and handbuilt nature! .BJFE pedals are all handmade by BJ and his wife Eva Juhl paints the lettering and pictures. BJFE pedals typically follow a "color" naming scheme, and an adjective to describe the sound. Custom shop models are usually painted by Donner Rusk (aka "Donnerbox") in the USA. Custom shop ones are really good and you will double you money on em if your into that angle.
BJFE drive pedals designs also tend to lend themselves well to "stacking", or cascading several pedals in successive order. Björn has written a guide on this. Also, the drive pedals typically are dynamic in nature- showing different EQ or distortion depth as the input guitar level changes. For example, the Honeybee overdrive may sound nearly clean with guitar volume at the lower range, but gritty and overdriven with the guitar volume at its maximum setting. A little cut and pisste' gents.
Björn was asked by his BJFE pedal distributor, Harri Koski, to consider designing amplifiers. Björn was fairly busy building and designing pedals for the BJFE line, and did not have the time to also build amplifiers. It was suggested a new company be created where Björn could design the effects and amplifiers, but they would be constructed and distributed under the name
Mad Professor Amplification. These are pedals and amplifiers designed by Björn but not hand built by him. I got all my BJFE's from Harri in Sweden. I have especially good luck stacking a Red Rooster Booster into/ with a Honey Bee! I got the "skinny" on em from knowing Ken Fisher of TrainWreck fame and anything Kenny said I went out and pursed right away. The Gold Horsey " Short Tail " Klons were another of his tips when they came out!
BearFoot is another guy selling his designed pedals on Ebay and I imagine Jule gave his blessings, I'm not actually sure.
This is a primer of sorts of the BJFE pedals and history, if you can, at least try them, you won't be wastin ya time even if there not as palatable to ya ears as mine. Now, Go YE Forth And Multiply Tone ……
