About
gig-fx ethos statement
- To design and manufacture light-weight, road-worthy products to the highest standard of reliability. We use cast aircraft aluminum shells and optical circuitry for example.
- To create different and exciting products that fill niches in the market and add entertainment value.
- To aim at the professional and working musician by maintaining high standards of signal integrity, low noise-circuits and seamless, transparent pedal by-passes.
- To strive to remain in the analog realm. We are not fans of scrolling through patches on stage.
gig-fx Pedals were developed BY musicians FOR musicians. Our innovative design and sounds garnered three patents, an impressive achievement in a very crowded market.
Our first pedal, the Chopper, was voted one of the Top 50 Pedals of All Time by Guitar World Magazine several years in a row.
IMPORTANT COMPANY UPDATE
Since January of 2005, gig-fx has been producing award-winning pedals. We started at a small, high-end manufacturing facility in China and more recently have been assembling pedals in the US.
Going forward, the company will be suspending its manufacturing operation and will now only be
making individual pedals to order. We will also continue to support & repair existing gig-fx products.
Jeff Purchon will be stepping down as CEO, and our chief engineer and co-founder, Bruce Ritz, will be taking over the helm and handling all requests and inquiries, including those for custom adaptations of our existing product line.
These pedals will only be available for direct sale to the public, not from retailers.
Even so, some of our esteemed retailers may still have inventory – including, but not limited to,
the dealers listed on our Where to Buy page.
We deeply value the friendships and partnerships we have made throughout the past eleven years.
We have been truly honored by the patronage of many top artists worldwide as well as numerous
talented and enthusiastic gigging musicians.
Thank you for all your support and the great music we have shared over the years! It’s been quite a ride!
We will be keeping the website alive for the time being.
Background: Who is gig-fx?
Jeff Purchon, Founder of gig-fx, started playing guitar at age 11. Jeff moved from the North of England to London to be a professional musician at age 21. He toured with Noel Redding (ex Jimi Hendrix), Clive Bunker (Jethro Tull) and in his career has jammed / gigged with Robert Palmer, Ginger Baker, Buddy Miles, Steve Holly (Wings) and many others, including one of the NAMM Jams with Buddy Miles, Vernon Reid and Eddie Gouche.
Jeff has recorded in major studios including Abbey Road, Sun Studios (London), De Lane Lea, Roundhouse, Trident, Air London etc. Jeff moved to the US in the late 80’s and he founded and toured with Memphis Train, a Boston-based blues band playing at the Crossroads music festival in Nashville and House of Blues.
These days Jeff still jams in three continents with various bands depending where he is.
Jeff partnered with two distinguished analog design engineers, Antoin Russell and Bruce Ritz (Co-Founder and accomplished keyboard player) who have a life-time experience of analog design and playing music. These days, Bruce is keeping gig-fx alive by hand-building custom pedals and responding to trouble-shooting/repair requests.
The third Co-Founder, Susie Ivins, managed gig-fx Business Operations, Marketing, and Artist Relations.
Manufacturing partners were a Shenzhen-based team, Dong Qi and Jean Yang. They are long-term friends and associates of gig-fx and have partnered with Jeff in various successful electronic enterprises. They are well-versed in analog electronic manufacturing and logistics and their team manufactures to the highest level of international manufacturing quality standards.
