It's really down to luck that the Interfax HP-1 Harmonic Percolator wasn't forgotten decades ago. This was an ultra-indie job made by a chap in Milwaukee called Ed Giese, later lifted to mythical status by an association with Steve Albini.

Now, I like Albini because he's a maverick nerd (plus he recorded Tweez, Surfer Rosa and the first Owls album), but it seems he doesn't actually use Percolators much. Well, maybe if he had a Zander Cafetiere he'd find more use for it - because this thing goes way beyond simple clone status.

I don't even touch the gain and tone controls in this video - they're left at noon - but I hope you'll agree there are lots of unique and tasty distortion textures to enjoy here, not all of them fuzzy or splatty.

(Guitar is a Gordon Smith GS Deluxe Semi-Solid.)

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