What IS The Fairfield Circuitry Roger That? | Secret Weapons Demo & Review

Is it a white noise generator, a JFET overdrive, or something altogether new? The Fairfield Circuitry Roger That is, at the very least two things; wonderfully unique and absolutely not for everyone. The kind of effect that rewards patience and curiosity. This may not be for you. That's completely fine. But if it is, accept no substitutes.

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Signal Path:
Bondi 2026
Benson Boost
EAE Limelight
Fairfield Roger That
Chase Bliss Gravitas
Strymon Timeline
Strymon Bigsky

Timecodes:
00:00 Intro Song
02:05 Review
10:54 Sound Samples
11:40 Dry and Drive (The Normal Stuff)
14:48 The Weird Stuff

Recorded in Universal Audio LUNA

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[BounceChord]

This is what my studio sounded like after we got solar panels installed and before I got a power conditioner. I guess that was an aesthetic all along.

[LoVeAmBiEnT]

Mark is a wordsmith Describes things in the most interesting way. Love it.

[emilyharpist]

Great video! This pedal really is wild!

[AfferbeckBeats]

This is a very interesting pedal, but perhaps too niche for most people to ever buy even if they are into it. You can stumble on pleasant noise like at around 17:15 but it's still a bit harsh to really be a usable accompaniment. Makes me wish it had high and low pass filters to really thin it down to be a more subtle addition to a soundscape. I think ultimately I wish it was more like the Shallow Water, but for noise.

[s.w.matteo]

I love this thing more than most things.

[iosifkalpaktsoglou]

Although it shines on drum machines/ synths way more than it does on guitar, it is very interesting when placed in the fx loop of a good analogue delay or the fx loop of an envelope filter, or the fx loop of a reverb or the fx loop of something like ehx attack decay.

[thomasseaton]

The Fairfieldiest Fairfield thing I’ve ever heard. Awesome

[kenjanssen]

Been watching RT videos today. This is the best at displaying the feature interactions, and mojo.

[dovepaige]

this and the Shallow Water are the 2 Fairfield Circuitry pedals i need

[heartofodds]

So nice to know there's someone who cares about the obscure minutiae at least as much as myself.

[alexfletcher]

Unruly in the best possible ways! Sounds great here!

[bestguitarpedals]

Well this is for sure not a pedal for everyone. Fairfield Circuitry is one of my favourite pedal builders. The Shallow Water, Meet Maude, Barbershop and Randy's Revenge are some of the best pedals out there. I never thought I would say that I would skip a Fairfield Circuitry pedal, but this is the one.

[eyesintheskies]

Reminds me a bit of the wmd Geiger counter!

[eyesintheskies]

Intriguing 🧐 I only have the long life & it is one of my all time favourites.

[magicmorris]

Honestly, even if I'm never able to affort these pedals - still coming here for the absolut FIRE intro songs (and the review). Funfact, just watched the intro song in 1.5x speed (carried over from previously watching a painfully slow tutorial). DO YOURSELF A PLEASURE and watch the intro again on 1.5 speed. This just hits different!

[sunlounger]

I like the drive section... is it based on the barbershop?

[carlosalexandre-wcwh]

why is your big sky display scrolling the names, mine is fixed.

[AhrenField]

Hey totally intrigued by the look of you video- there’s something strange about the frame rate or something? It almost makes you look cgi

[saltstream]

That's some mad pedal you got there Mark. I was always told to avoid Out Of Phase. Not sure this will be a best seller. BTW I always love your pedal reviews. Keep them coming!

[Subtronik]

You seem a little crazy… but I guess that’s what an artist is 🧐