As a guitarist whose radical effect experimentations changed the sound of guitar playing forever, My Bloody Valentine's Kevin Shields is a man who knows a thing or two about fuzz pedals. It's no surprise, then, that his expanded reissue of the Fender Blender, the Shields Blender, sold out its limited run almost instantly.
Shields added two key features to the Blender: footswitchable sag and octave circuits. The octave circuit, in particular, makes sense thanks to Shields' prolific use of the Octavia.
