I purchased a Surfyman pedal about a week ago and received it today. The unit is very attractive and solidly built. I have been wanting something that would achieve a Fender Showman preamp sound for a while now and I was very happy with the Blossom Point but hoped Surfy Industries would make something a little more fleshed out. My prayers were answered at NAMM this year so I knew I had to have one. The inclusion of the Surfy Trem circuit, a headphone output, and the attractive layout all just adds to the appeal for me. I was able to spend about an hour and a half with the unit tonight utilizing the headphone out as well as running it into the effects loop of my Quilter Superblock US. Both sounded wonderful. It has all the fat, juicy bloom and clarity of the blossom point but lets you take that compression and gain both lower for cleaner and leaner sounds, and higher for pumped up overdriven sounds. The headphone output works better than I could have imagined. The lack of a cab sim sort of worried me a bit but whatever mojo they have going on sounds great to my ears. The Vint EQ setting adds a scooped but clear sound that I found myself using more than the standard setting. The drip of my SurfyBear Metal was very prominent with the headphone. I also ran the superblock into my Quilter Blockdock 15 and was getting a lively, classic sound that was exactly what I was hoping for. I will have some more time this weekend to put it through its paces and at higher volumes. I will try and touch back with more feedback if I get a chance. I highly recommend this unit for those looking for those classic surf amp tones in an affordable and fully featured unit.

I got mine last week and used at a 3 hour gig over the weekend. Put it at the end of my pedal chain and ran it into a Quilter 101R and JBL K130. Live, it sounds pretty dang close to my 62 Blonde Bandmaster, the audience certainly wouldn't have known the difference. I hadn't used the SurfyTrem before this and I wasn't very satisfied with the previous pedal options for Harmonic trem. I've been switching between a keeley verb o trem and catalinbread Paredolia. They sounded OK live but at home or recording they always came off as sterile and phony. Something about the attack just doesn't compare to the real deal. I was blown away by the Harmonic trem on the Surfyman. The attack and organic-ness I get from the 62 Bandmaster is all there on tap.

With some slight adjustments to the Presence knob you can really get some substantial drip without turning your rig into a trebely ice pick. And when pushed, that classic breakup is there.

I really dig this pedal.

I had it running into the front. Bass at 5, Mid at 1 and then Treble at 6 1/2. Of course as soon as I got home from the gig I saw Surfy Joes video where he ran it into the effect return... I gave that a shot and it was even easier to dial in. So I will be running it like that from now on.

I am really glad to hear that the headphone section is so good. With a SurfyBeat Reverb in front, this sounds like it could be a terrific headphone amp for home use.

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Yes. OUT is instrument out. There is QR code on the side of the box that will take you to the manual. Here is the link here as well:

https://www.surfyindustries.com/downloads

http://www.satanspilgrims.com
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Satans-Pilgrims/8210228553
https://satanspilgrims.bandcamp.com/
http://www.surfyindustries.com

One thing I don't get is what the Quilter is doing in that setup. Like, if the Surfyman is already an amp in itself, what is the Quilter doing? Just acting like a PA?

rockndawg wrote:

I haven't order mine yet, but I went to see Surfer Joe yesterday. He was using his into a Surfybear Classic and Quilter using his normal Sparkle Jazzmaster and his tone was probably the best surf tone I personally have ever heard.
He was actually Great period, fun show.

That’s very exciting to hear, because I will be seeing Surfer Joe for the first time in Nashville in late March. I was super stoked to see he was going to make it to my neck of the woods this year.

SixStringSurfer wrote:

Honest question, how is this better than my Brownfacer pedal? I don’t use tremolo, so that is not a factor. Is this like my Brownfacer on steroids? Does it get closer to brown Showman territory.

Please remember, I own an all original 1962 Fender Showman amp. I am very interested in the SurfyMan, I just want to know exactly what it is. If I buy one, I will use it with my Quilter Tone Block 202.

I will preface this by saying I have not played a Blonde Showman but I’ve owned a silverface Twin and played some similar amps. I also know what I want to hear from amps and this gets me exactly where I’ve been wanting for a long time and does it for a great price, in a small full featured package, and sounds and feels the way I want it to. I feel like this is definitely more of an amp style preamp than the Blossom Point/Brownfacer. The added controls let you go less and more compressed, as well as achieve more gain than the BP. If you are wanting something that is lighter, smaller, safer to gig with than your real Showman, I feel like this is an excellent choice. Might not be a necessity but I feel you would dig it. Surfer Joe is touring with his into his Tone Block 202 now.

Yeah, no worries! To be more precise in the question you asked in comparing the Blossom Point and the Surfyman, I feel like the Blossom Point’s purpose is to add a major element of the Showman sound, the juicy compression and fatness when you have the volume up past 6 or 7, whereas the Surfyman is actually recreating the full tone stack, the Trem circuit, the full gain range from clean to overdriven, as well as different output options and a headphone output for silent surfy practice. It’s doing way more work to give you the experience of playing through a Showman, where the Blossom Point is giving you an integral part of that sound you can add into a lower volume or more sterile amp. I love the Blossom Point and think it is a great choice for lots of people but I was hoping for something like this from Surfy Industries that expands and improves on what they started with the Blossom Point. I promise I don’t work for Surfy Industries, I’m just a big fan