Charles Saufley

Charles Saufley is a writer and musician from Northern California. He has served as gear editor at Premier Guitar since 2010 and held the same position at Acoustic Guitar Magazine from 2006 to 2009. Charles also records and performs with Meg Baird, Espers, and Heron Oblivion for Drag City and Sub Pop.

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Charles Saufley

Electro-Harmonix Pico Shimmer Cosmic Reverb Review

“Shimmer reverb” undersells the ability of this little pedal to deconstruct time and tone.

Squier Paranormal Troy Van Leeuwen Telecaster XII Review

A rock-solid, stable, and sonically satisfying electric 12-string that won’t break the bank.

Death By Audio x Rainger FX Amp Crash Review

An unholy fusion of amplifier, overdrive, fuzz, time, and chorus effects yield savory sounds and twisted feedback textures.

Strymon TimeLine MX Review

A monstrous, multi-faceted echo machine delivers incalculable permutations of cool delay, albeit with a mighty price tag.

Seward Park Electric Maravilla Review

Germanium transistors and a relatively unique architecture add up to a flexible, naturalistic, and sometimes freaky preamp.

Dawner Prince Eclipsa Review

David Gilmour’s Animals-era rotary speaker sounds live on in a lovingly crafted and eerily authentic-sounding homage to the Yamaha RA-200

Electro-Harmonix EHX Percolator Review

Vox VFZ-1 Fuzz Review

A silicon take on classic Tone Bender MK 1.5 architecture is enhanced by flexible controls.

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Charles Saufley

“Shimmer reverb” undersells the ability of this little pedal to deconstruct time and tone.

A rock-solid, stable, and sonically satisfying electric 12-string that won’t break the bank.

An unholy fusion of amplifier, overdrive, fuzz, time, and chorus effects yield savory sounds and twisted feedback textures.

A monstrous, multi-faceted echo machine delivers incalculable permutations of cool delay, albeit with a mighty price tag.

Germanium transistors and a relatively unique architecture add up to a flexible, naturalistic, and sometimes freaky preamp.

David Gilmour’s Animals-era rotary speaker sounds live on in a lovingly crafted and eerily authentic-sounding homage to the Yamaha RA-200

A silicon take on classic Tone Bender MK 1.5 architecture is enhanced by flexible controls.