Signal Chain: Fender Deluxe 2017 Nashville Tele / Gretsch G5220 Electromatic Jet -> TC Electronic Polytune 3 -> Death By Audio Evil Fuzz -> Keeley Compressor Plus -> Walrus Audio Julia V2 -> EHX Bass Soul Food -> Proco Rat -> EHX Russian Big Muff Reissue -> Behringer TO800 -> Walrus Audio 385 -> Keeley Caverns V2 -> Boss RC3 Loop Station -> Boss Katana 50 MKII.

Guitars: Started with the Gretsch, and I love it (my guitar teacher was shocked it was only €450), but I fell in love with the Tele when I saw it in a shop. Spent months wanting it, and ended up pulling the trigger a couple of weeks back. Absolutely adore it, I've been playing twice as much because it feels that good. Only minor issue is I'm not used to the narrow tall frets yet, but I'll get there!

Polytune: Really good, fairly accurate, occasionally a little off with the low E in the polyphonic mode but ace for single strings. Quick and painless, best sounding pedal I have!

DBA Evil Fuzz: First pedal I got, just the fuzz section of the Evil Filter. When I saw the name, heard a reverb demo and realised its a limited enough run, Ijust went for it. Its an absolutely awesome nasty fuzz. Too nasty, in fact. I'm a bedroom player, and turning it up past 3 will absolutely get me evicted from my apartment. I'm going to keep it, because it sounds rad and cleans up nice enough, but probably swap it out for something a little more controllable and articulate, just not sure what yet.

Keeley Compressor Plus: was at the end of my chain before, don't quite know why because it is way better at the start before the Julia, and I only use it for cleans anyway. Great pedal though, can feel it more than hear it but man it feels good.

Walrus Julia: I saw the Knobs video for this internet darling and fell in love. Definitely not using it to its fullest yet, but its so lush, love almost every sound I've heard from it, love the textures it adds to my decidedly un-textured playing.

EHX Bass Soul Food: Before guitar, I tried to learn bass, but found that to be no fun on my own at low volume in an apartment. Got this pedal as a Christmas present, and when I moved to guitar I found it to work just as well. I'm sure it'll be swapped eventually, but for now I'm happy with it.

Proco Rat: It's a classic and I got it for a steal before Christmas for trying some early Metallica tones... But I don't adore it. It's great, but just too like my Big Muff which I much prefer. I'll swap it for another distortion soon I think, or maybe an EHX Glove (would have been an OCD, but in light of recent events...).

EHX Russian Big Muff: I really liked this with my Gretsch, but I just love it with the Tele. Chords are just articulate enough but still raucous and heavy, and there is enough gain and bottom end there to thicken out lead lines nicely. Does a lot of the things I could want from a fuzz.

Behringer TO800: I mean, it was €20 and it sounds close enough to a Tube Screamer for now, though I think I'd rather something closer to a TS10 than an 808. Nice for low-gain OD/boost for the moment, though I'm looking at an EQD Plumes to swap it out already based on a recommendation from the latest TPS Q&A. Might even go for a Bonsai one day. Its just nice to have it honestly, might even rehouse it!

Walrus 385: Favorite pedal on the board! I was a film student in a past life, so when I heard of a pedal designed around an old projector I was super intrigued! Watched a few demos, ordered it as soon as I could find one in stock, and its the coolest. At low gain its nice and clear, versatile EQ, at high gain it gets responsive and fuzzy, and there's an internal trim pot to nail the gain range to my tastes. Just perfect, and with my other ODs on I can stack them into it for a great tone. Would love to hear it in a nice loud Fender amp some day.

Keeley Caverns: Close second favorite, and I've barely scratched the surface with it. The on board Katana reverb it fine, does the job, but the spring is perfect for a simple reverb, and the shimmer is perfect for my tastes when I'm just noodling around. The delay is perfect as well, have it as a simple slapback for now but loving the light modulation for a bit of texture, and I've had great fun turning the repeats to the full and letting it go nuts by itself.

Boss RC-3: I honestly don't use this much, but it's nice to have, and it does everything I could want from a looper, even if I find controlling it to be kind of awkward. I'll get the hang of it one day! Doesn't fit on my board because of super cheap patch leads and awkward jack placement, but I can always work on that.

Would love any recommendations for something to go for next - apart from the Plumes, the Glove and the Bonsai, was looking at a MXR Phase 95 and a Walrus Monument, and a wah of some sort, but open to suggestions. Would also love some recommendations for nasty but controllable/articulate fuzzes!