Treasure Chest
Funny Little Boxes has carved out a delightful niche in the UK pedal scene: affordable, personality-packed drives born from YouTube collaborations, built to be gigged rather than displayed. The Treasure Chest is the most collaborative yet — a team-up between FLB, YouTuber Matt Webster of Let's Play All, JSA Effects and SoundLad Liverpool — and it crams two of the most argued-about drive circuits in history into one £99 box. Side one is a JSA-modified Tube Screamer, the eternal green benchmark, tweaked for more output and a less congested midrange than a stock TS. Side two is a Klone — the Klon Centaur circuit that launched a thousand debates — delivering that transparent, sparkly push that makes amps bloom. Each side has its own footswitch, controls and character, and the real fun starts when you stack them: Screamer into Klone or Klone into Screamer covers virtually the entire map of classic drive tones, from blues-jam warmth to cutting solo boost. The monster-guarding-a-treasure-chest artwork (rendered in gloriously lurid comic style) makes the value proposition literal — this is two of the most expensive tones in guitar history for less than a hundred quid. The first batch sold out immediately, continuing FLB's streak of punching far above its price point. For players who want the Screamer-versus-Klon argument settled on their own board, the Treasure Chest is the cheapest peace treaty available.
