___NAMM 2026___ THE BEST AFFORDABLE GUITAR ....killer neck

 JET      O     

 

thefineprint

Every owner says the same thing. They can not 

part with their Jet Guitar because the neck has 

a killer feel.

Designed in Slovenia. Made in China. Shipped to 

Slovenia for meticulous setup & final inspection.

OVERDRIVE- GIZA DVA ___NEW___ Maytamp Pre, DOD 250 & BOSS DS-1-in-a-Box

$290.00 USD

 GIZA ·  

DVA  

 

It is basically the JFET Pre from a Green Matamp 

120 amp on one channel. The other has both a 

DOD 250 and a BOSS DS-1 running in parallel. 

   CONCLUSION ___

Just getting all that to even work in one 

box is impressive. At the price it is a lot 

of commitment even if it works great but 

is simply too crazy. Love it!!!

OVERDRIVE- JHS Pedals Morning Glory CLEAN___NEW___for me? 100% improved!

JHS PEDALS

MORNING GLORY CLEAN 

$180.00 USD

If anything this is damn close to version 1 of the pedal. I doubt that 

no matter what Josh says he could not miss that the Browne 

Amps Carbon was all about from day one making a Blues Breaker 

pedal that was as transparent as possible. My Carbon is my most 

used pedal because when I want a Clean sound I always have it on. 

The layout is Volume, Gain, Tone and clean to add even more clean 

back into the dirt and compression.

     CONCLUSION _____

I had and used the Standard model with the toggle for 

2 years. I hated it. If I set it up really clean it had artifacts 

that sounded like little glitches. At best it sounded like a 

crap clone of a Zen Drive!!!

OK ...If I had this Clean pedal I probably would have

never moved to the Carbon. But even so it is not 

better than my Carbon. 

 

OVERDRIVE- BLACK MASS ELECTRONICS 1312 Distortion ... Rat clone plus

$200.00 USD

Black Mass 

1312 Distortion 

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Not another RAT pedal?LOL.

The layout is Volume, Gain and Filter/Tone. A rotary switch 

gives you 8 different clipping diodes from LED  to Germanium, 

Silicon, MOSFET and combinations.

You can turn on an internal switch if you wish to run it at 18v. 

CONCLUSION ___ 

A Rat is a Rat. Everyone should own one. I have a basic RAT 

mk2. I am sure there are a few extra noise we could all use 

in this one. Well, maybe, 😇

____ORLANDO GUITAR SHOW 2026 ____ 'WOW prices' ....on some used guitars!!!

 ORLANDO GUITAR SHOW 

   

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___NAMM 2026____ BEST OF >>> MANY THINGS <<< OVERLOOKED BY OTHERS

 BEST OF !!!              

COMPRESSOR- OLINTHUS Pillbug ___NEW___ smaller than a Tic Tac candy dispenser

$100.00 USD

 

olinthus

PILLBUG 

Yes that is a normal size pick beside it, lol. Note the pic with

the top of the pedal. An adapter cable comes with it for your 

in and out and a 9V adapter input. The whole surface is on 

a hinge at the top. Basically you just press down on the word 'compressor to click it on and off.

It is based off the classic ROSS Comp and the BOSS CS-2. 

 

            CONCLUSION ___ 

It sounds very much like a Keeley and is equally 

Pro sounding. If you use a pedalboard switcher 

its size would not be an issue. (Road Case is not included)  

 

(Road Case)

OD- EAVESDROPPER Dr. Square Distortion___NEW___ DeArmond Square Wave clone

eavesdropper  

Dr. Square

$150.00 USD

The pedal is built in HTH? Houston Texas, lol.

A hardclipper OpAmp OD using clipping diodes 

It is based on the 1977 DeArmond Square Wave Distortion Generator that used the same OpAmp 

as the DOD 250 Pre. & MXR Distortion +.

The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain. A toggle 

cuts the highs and another boosts the lows. 

NOTE:

Dearmond supplied all the 50's small budget U.S. guitar brands with PU's. In those days 

the brands like Gibson would not sell even the local repair guys PU's. If your Gibson PU 

died you had to send back the guitar to a Gibson authorized repair guy. He would keep 

your old PU and put in a new one. DeArmond got smart and realized there was a market 

for small shop techs and DIY guys who would buy PU's. Having a monopoly and staying

cheap does not foster great tone. A few times the guys designing things got creative 

and/or even lucky with a PU, etc. They soon found there was a market for anything 

cheap or even anything that was an alternative to only perhaps one other choice. 

The Square Wave checked those boxes. 

               ____

    CONCLUSION __ 

This is one of those pedals that a song writer might 

use. It has plenty of character when laid back in the 

mix, or when pushed has a somewhat trashy garage- 

band nasal vibe that might plug a hole when nothing 

else will. It has an unpretentious cool. The price 

is reasonable. 

 

                                

___THE UPDATER___FEBRUARY 2026___NEW GEAR NEWS___UPDATED 24/7

THE UPDATER 

FEBRUARY 2026

Separate those pedals that are a steal from those that are stealing from you 

at any price

IF IT IS WORTH KNOWING IT WILL BE HERE FIRST

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MY MONTHLY RANT

Well all the buying at the pre tariff price gear has been sold so anything from now on is at the new Mount Olympus prices!!! The good news is enough tariff money is being collected to cover the interest on a bill passed to to let the rich have their big tax break with zero extra to pay down any debt, WTF.  

 

TIME OUT TO SHOUT

It occurred of doing this nearly every day for 10 years and with over 4,100 + pedals and 3 times that in videos for everyone to check out I have no need not to once a month give you my 2 cents on anything I tripped over in the last 79 years.  

 

In the 70's I met a world famous painter. He had most of his paintings in one of the worlds famous galleries. Beside all paintings is a post saying the date of his birth and either a date of death or a blank space for it. ...His has a note note saying Whereabouts Unknown. One day he just disappeared as he could not make a living to support his family. He went into Real Estate with a group that buy very cheap land and pay politicians to get the land rezoned so they can flip it to build on. The graft money paid is 99% of the time in cash. Further cash is paid to politicians going all the way up to the top. Everyone knows what is happening so there is zero need to meet in secret. Just friendly lunches in public places with locked attache cases left behind for the politicians security to scoop up. I tell you this to make a point. All politicians are owned it does not matter what the party is. These big time Real Estate guys have enough to give to both the party in power and the one that is not. 

 

I literally had a famous world leader answer my question. I asked him how he stayed in power for decades. He said "Something for the Needy & something for the Greedy." then smiled and left the room. 

Now all I just said is true but over simplified. It is all very complicated but ingenious. My point is on occasion when I am talking about many things I know what I am talking about. I am also not taking sides. I am merely suggesting you choose the one with it not ALL for the greedy and merely lies for the needy.

 

 TOYS FOR THE OLDER BOYS 

 

Some old, some new but all are cool !!!                        

WAMPLER pedalhead

This a 4.75'' by 3.75'' small pedalboard power amp that puts out 60 watts RMS a side in stereo. The same as a Marshall 100 watt stack!!! It not only sounds like a real tube amp it reacts and feels like one. In a shootout Danish Pete of Andertons fame got it wrong. He thought the Wampler was the real tube amp. It uses 'machine learning'. Which not only gets the sound and feel right but sorts out whatever speakers you plug into them and gets the ohms right. It is even easier to set up then a real Tube amp let alone a Modeler. Ideally you use a Tube Pre like a Friedman IR-X but any Amp-in-Box pedal will do.

 

T C ELECTRONIC Gauss Tape Echo 

It is an 8 year old clone of the MXR EchoPlex pedal. Both are analog and both sound very good. EVH started his career with the original real Tape EchoPlex but in  latter 

years he switched to the MXR. I use one but at $210.00 USD when the T.C.Electronic  

is $110.00 ...

UPDATED JAN .6 2026

I will take no back talk!!! 

Get back here as soon as the boss is gone!!

There will be more sh@t you need to check out!!!

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