___TONE CITY ___7 ALL NEW PEDALS ___2 are KILLER !!!

 TONE CITY    

$135.00 USD ea.

The company has the rep of making 100% pro kit for budget 

prices. Most are Mini pedals but lately some are double pedals 

& now they offer 3 in good ol' Hammond 1590B type enclosures 

with high end parts. The standouts are notably the Blue Crystal a seriously good Dumble pedal and the Green Tube an Ibanez TS10 with a deliberate fine tuning to give you an authentic SRV sound. 

     CONCLUSION __

I still do not have a modern take 

on a Dumble.  J. Rockett do the 

Dude and the H.R.M. Both are

very good but this is their equal, WTF!!!

FUZZ- BLAMMO FX The Goodbye Kitty __Re-release __Shin-Ei Companion Fuzz clone

$145.00 USD

BLAMMO FX

 THE   Goodbye Kitty · 

The original 'gated' Fuzz known Stateside as the UniVox Super Fuzz. 

When pushed hard the sound cuts off with a virtual something 

just hit the wall vibe, lol.

The layout was simply Volume and Gain on the original but 

we get a handy, dandy Tone control on the Kitty.

     CONCLUSION __

Like the Tone Bender and Big Muff a Super 

Fuzz is much needed tool to have in your 

basic Fuzz collection.

A great whimsical look, and a fair price.

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The $30.00 USD Behringer Super Fuzz is a dead on 

clone of the BOSS Hyper Fuzz which is a clone of Shin-Ei

too. It sounds great but it not as fat and is a bit harsh.

It is however is different enough to have both it 

and the more authentic BLAMMO

____ MOZZATRONICS ___ ANDREW MCDONALDS' ___6 Best

Mozztronics     

OVERDRIVE- BLAMMO ELECTRONICS Shrew___NEW ___ a Rat clone

$155.00 USD

BLAMMO! ELECTRONICS

SHREW 

Blammo have always been all about taking the classics and adding a 

bit of punch and edge. The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain. Clip lets 

you blend the basic germanium clipping diodes with LED's giving you 

grit and gore mixed to your taste. A much needed Gate is added by 

a click of a button.

     CONCLUSION __

Everyone does a Rat. The perfect crossbreed  

between an overdrive and a Fuzz. This is in the 

middle between a basic clone and an all out 

hard clipper with a reasonable price.

MODELER- POSITIVE GRID Spark Pedal Amp & Effects___NEW ___ for Prince or Pauper

 Positive Grid Spark PEDAL 

$200.00 USD

A portable hands on budget Amp & Effects rig for 

the mobile player. Very much like the Line6 POD. 

The hands on Layout is Gain, Modulation, Volume, Delay and Reverb.         

CONCLUSION __ 

Being an early pioneer of budget Modeled 

amps that sold at analog pedal prices it 

was both impressive yet stuck in a category 

of 'great but not pro'. The thing is the sounds are indistinguishable from even some of 

the top line Modelers. So use with any idiom is 

possible both on its own or on a pedalboard.  

___         

_____ ANDY TIMMONS' ____TOP 5 Vintage Pedals!!!

ANDY's FIVE    

OVERDRIVE- TZT Mr. Brown 5x50 ___NEW___ 5150-in-a-Box

 TZT 

Mr. Brown  5x50    

$85.00 USD
AliExpress/shipping included

A PEAVEY 5150-in-a-Box or a stripped down 

MXR clone. The layout is Volume, Gain, Tone 

and Presence.

    CONCLUSION __

As the guy in the video said this is not 

an MXR clone. It is however a good OD. 

That said the MXR are exceptional which 

to be honest I was surprised. None 

of them sound like Eddies amps but since 

I have never been a fan or a student of the style I just judge Rockstar pedals by the sound. 

 

 

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The Sonicake Cowboy is a Dimebag 

pedal  It has a bit heavier gain but 

covers the same kind of tunes and 

it is $40.00 USD.

OVERDRIVE- DRUNK BEAVER MD-1 Metal Mind ___NEW___BOSS MD-2 Metal Zone clone

DRUNK BEAVER   XR Series   MD-1

  METAL MIND  

$90.00 USD

The defunk Polish brand Exar did both the MD-03 and the MD-04  

which was their take on the Trash Metal Boss MD-2 Metal Zone 

pedal. The D.B. version borrows from all into a nice neat package. 

The layout is comprehensive but complete. It has Level and Gain 

with active Bass, Mids and Treble. 

     CONCLUSION __

The look is understated and yet very functional with 

the clock like divisions for the knob settings. The 

overall vibe is a hot rodded Marshall thing with 

a near cocked Wah mid boost. The harmonic detail 

is impressive the mids are neither melted or even

smeared. Impressive. The price is bang on!!!