With 4 new Limited Edition Cali76 Compact Deluxes<\/a>, huge names added to our artist roster<\/a>, and increased production efficiency resulting in a price drop<\/a>, we’ve had a jam-packed year!<\/p>\n In the past 12 months,\u00a0the market for compressor pedals has sky-rocketed with more and more players understanding the benefits of using a studio-quality compressor on their signal. This boom has resulted in Origin Effects selling considerably more pedals than ever before. Fortunately, our production team has grown and improved efficiency to meet demand and actually lower each pedal’s cost, which we chose to pass on to the customer; our compressor pedals are now more affordable than ever before!In the summer, in conjunction with Pedal genie, we released a trio of Cali76 Compact Deluxe<\/a> pedals with Limited Edition blue and purple artwork. Exclusive to Pedal Genie, these designs have been really popular with players around the world. These designs joined our Blackout and Gold limited editions which were produced exclusively\u00a0for Vision Guitar and Rogue Guitar Shop, respectively.<\/p>\n The summer also saw Origin Effects reach 10,000 pedal sales –\u00a0an impressive feat for a small team still hand-crafting all its pedals in-house. To celebrate we released another Limited Edition Cali76-CD, this time with a Union Jack design to celebrate our British engineering heritage. We only built 250 of these and they sold out within 48 hours!<\/p>\n We pride ourselves on the number of professional musicians who make Origin Effects pedals their compressor of choice for the stage and studio. This year saw even more household names add our effects pedals to their rigs…Radiohead<\/strong> are held aloft by many pedal-addict as leaders in the creative use of effects, so when we heard that Ed O’Brien<\/strong>\u00a0had added a Cali76 Compact Deluxe<\/a> to his studio pedalboard we knew that our pedals were being used to push the sonic boundaries. Hailing just 10 miles from Origin Effects HQ, Radiohead are firm favourites amongst the team so we’re hoping for some backstage passes for any upcoming gigs!!Pete Townshend\u00a0<\/strong>is so iconic that he even has his own signature guitar-moves! Among the vanguard of the British Invasion, the Who<\/strong>\u00a0wrote songs which defined an era including\u00a0My Generation<\/strong> and\u00a0Won’t Be Fooled Again<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Pete’s guitar tech contacted us to say that Pete was interested in a compressor pedal and our Cali76 Compact<\/a>\u00a0fitted the bill. Very cool!Pete Townshend’s<\/b> tech also works with\u00a0Eagles\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0James Gang<\/strong> guitarist,\u00a0Joe Walsh<\/strong>. Joe heard about our compressor pedals and wanted to put the\u00a0Cali76-C<\/a> and the\u00a0SlideRIG-CD<\/a> through their paces. Needless to say, once Joe played through them he never wanted to give them back!<\/p>\n Joe recently became an honorary member of\u00a0The Foo Fighters<\/strong> so perhaps he will introduce the pedals to\u00a0Dave Grohl<\/strong>…Earlier in the year, Prog Rock dignitary, Steven Wilson<\/strong>\u00a0of\u00a0Porcupine Tree\u00a0<\/strong>started using the Cali76-CD. Heavy-hitting bassist with King Crimson<\/strong>, Tony Levin<\/a><\/strong>, used a Cali76-CD in a Reverb.com video and found it so good that he bought one right away! In May British guitarist, Chris Rea<\/a><\/strong>, got in contact looking for a compressor so we hooked him up with a SlideRIG-CD!We also got the chance to meet some our new artists! In September, Simon and Fabs went to meet\u00a0The Killers<\/strong> backstage as bassist,\u00a0Jake Blanton<\/strong><\/a>,\u00a0had just started using a Cali76-CB in his live rig.<\/p>\nAcclaimed Artists Join the Origin Effects Family<\/h3>\n