THE SARASOTO GUITAR SHOW 2026 ___ Shredder's Journey

 SAME SHOW DIFFERENT VISIT  .|  

NAM PLAYER- SONILAB Stomp Station Pro ___NEW___ tailored for live use

Final Version 2 NAM OpSys 

All the digital Amp formats sound good if not even the same to the listener. One is know buying features and small to massive libraries and either minimum to beyond editing that 99% of all buyers never use or indeed want to.

In a blindfold comparison between Modeling, Capturing/Profiling and NAM the most accurate is NAM. Because NAM can created on a computer most players have access to and the program software is 

free it has a library donated by uses in the thousands and thousands.

In short no matter what amp you want someone has done what in your opinion is the best and it is free.

NAM has 2 faults. Outside of EQ you can do little to change it. It has little touch sensitivity. It can follow the loudness of your touch but not nuances in color that can artificially be created by a high end Modeler.

Think of it like this, NAM, Profile and capture are photographs of sound. modelers are paintings.

The big deal with NAM at the moment is V.2. The creator says there will never be a v.3. it plays v.1 sounds and it simply is all about making NAMM more user friendly to both creators and users. 

Plus it uses less memory to store sounds. 

 

FUZZ- MXR Slash Octave Fuzz ... Shag Fuzz clone + sub octave

  MXR 

Slash OCTAVE FUZZ   

$180.00 USD

Take the discontinued Stomp Under Foot Shag Fuzz and 

add a sub-octave and you have the Slash Signature Fuzz. 

It is still hanging in since being introduced in 2012.

The layout is Volume, Tone, Gain, Octave Up and Sub 

Octave. A button puts the clean octave thru the 

Fuzz circuit. 

CONCLUSION ___

No complaints outside of the damn huge size of 

the enclosure. It literally give you 4 usable 

sounds with the 2 octave voices.

OVERDRIVE- KEELEY Tube Drive ___LEAK___a real tube pedal ...not coming until Aug.

K E E L E Y 

TUBE  DRIVE

Is this  Keeleys take on a B.K. Butler 1974 Tube Drive Or is it a Klon 

with a tube in it ??? Rumours abound.  

It will work on the world's favourite choice the 12AX7. 

For lighter distortion a 12AT7 or 12AU7 will work. Having experimented myself the 12AU7 is good on Bass guitar but otherwise it sucks, LOL.

            CONCLUSION___  

So what you see is what you get. There are no pics, prices, specs or features published yet. 

It is all a 'wait and see'. 

ACCURATE APPRAISAL OF GIBSON & FENDER LAWSUITS & A PROBABLE OUTCOME

 SUE THEM!!! 

This is a Must Watch Video. It dispenses with the emotional content. 

It covers the economic history of guitar sales starting with the last 

half of the 20th century & shows how this has all happened before.

It always ends with the management that sued all but destroying 

the brand and losing major market share. 

 

  

__GEORGE STOUMBOULOPOULOS __RICK BEATO __INTERVIEW EACH OTHER __

      STROMBO vs. BEATO 

FUZZ- EXPRESSO FX Germanium Fuzz Mini ___NEW___sound? killer ...price? kill-ya

$300.00 USD

 Expresso   FX

Germanium Fuzz Mini

It appears to have started life as a Fuzz Face complete with 

antique NOS germanium transistors in this case Mullard 1442 

plus all the expected capacitors and resistors from its era. 

added to that is a tweak here and another there.

The layout is Volume and Gain. 

 

                   CONCLUSION __

Does it sound great ??? Of course. 

Is it worth $300 ??? Of course. 

...or maybe not?

____ THE PEAVEY ERA Pt.1 ___ EVH

 EVH & PEAVEY

SNEAK PEAK ___ FENDER Version 2 Pedals ...looks promising ???

   · FENDER ·

          VERSION 2

The first ones came out 8 years ago. 

These have had a total overhaul 

and even new enclosures.

THE PELT ...is a silicon Fuzz with an octave effect. 

Muff meets Super Fuzz.  

____

Santa Anna ...their idea of a hot rod Fender amp 

like a MESA Boogie. 

____

PUGILIST ...a take on American hot rod Brit Amps 

 

Sweetwater are taking pre-orders. There are 

no videos.  They all sell for $230.00 USD ea. 

FUZZ- SUNHAUS Geological Fuzz ___NEW___ understated yet assertive

sunhaus

Djandek Geological Fuzz

$160.00 USD

Made by Marcus Skinner in Australia. Definitely an engineered Fuzz. 

Every control has a totally controlled range. In short finding a sweet 

spot is easy. It is more akin to dialing in an overdrive than a Fuzz.

The layout is Volume, BIAS, Blend adds cleans and Slump gates the 

input for those voltage starved 'velcro' tones with just a bit of spit 

and sputter. The pedal is buffered so you will not have any 

impedance headaches.

            CONCLUSION __

It is not a clone but it is a silicon Fuzz and borrows from 

them all. A great first Fuzz as it is as controllable and 

fuss free as a 3 knob overdrive. Oddly in spite of not 

being unwelding it has a lot of character & personality. 

It has vocal quality to its voice. Impossible not to like.

FUZZ- FARMER FACTORY EFFECTS Horny 66 ... Fuzz Face clone, a serious contender

$225.00 USD

 · FARMER FACTORY  EFFECTS

HORNY 66·

A Germanium Fuzz Face from France,😇. Always 

room for one more.

The layout is Volume, Gain, BIAS and toggle for 

more gain.

            CONCLUSION ___

We get a well crafted pedal using NOS transistors with upgrades in gain and 

a BIAS control and with a nice push 

with the extra gain. The price is fair, 

Certainly a contender.