$145.00 USD DISCORDANCE ELECTRIC
GRUNGE MUFF
This is all about a guy in Oroville California beavering away making
many different pedals that are rather unusable to all but a few
Shoegazers.
One day he may only make usable boxes for the average player?
Perhaps like this Muff? The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain.
CONCLUSiON ...
Perhaps we have another Josh Scott on his
way up. Is this a promising extra high
gain Muff? The build quality is a mystery
but WTF. The price is not crazy.
WAY HUGE
JUMBO FUZZ
SWOLLEN PICKLE XXX
$200.00 USD
This is Jorge Tripps latest take to celebrate 30 years. All thebells & whistles he could he could think of were added over
all those years. That said, he did in keeping with the times
beefed up the transistors.The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain with an added low andhi boost. A toggle adds more compression.CONCLUSIONYes it started with a Muff and a look at allthe others 30 years ago but there have beencountless changes to make it a monster at thesame time giving it the control and manageabilityof a good Overdrive.
$230.00 USD
TONEWAVEPRESETDesigned & made in Portugal. From the get go the aim was an
always on pedal to give you a transparent better clean or light
Crunch sound. The heart of the unit is a JRC4558 OpAmp.
Best known for making a Tube Screamer a Tube Screamer.The layout is Pre/light mid Boost, DRV/ Gain, Volume & Cut.CONCLUSION __Aimed at flatpicking, fingerpicking & strumming.with a light compression for sustain and a lotof presence. The sound, dare I say is ...pretty,delicate and airy. Perhaps we can we settle
on refined ??? 😇
$25.00 USD
AliExpress
w/free shippingMOSKY AUDIO
BLUE DELAY
A simple clone of the Mad Professor Deep Blue Delay. The layout
is Delay, Repeat and Level.You really should have an Analog Delay even if just to set for a
single repeat slapback single repeat. It can really fatten your
sound and it can even sub as a Reverb.
CONCLUSION __
I have had the now defect $23 Mighty Sound M5
on my board for 8 years. If it died I would scoop
this. I use it for a doubler even if I put it thru
another delay for some echoes. At the price of a
meal at your local cheap cafe, then why not???
BENSON
GERMANIUM BOOST |
$200.00 USD I love boosting with Germanium tones. That can be done with
transistors or diodes. Transistors create the most dramatic sound
but are very unstable. They can react radically to room temperature. They will sound different in a cold room then a hot room. Heat is the enemy. Secondly germanium often means weak highs. With a Fuzz
they exaggerated gain adds rich harmonics that will compensate
adding highs since overtones are highs. In short a backed
off Germanium Fuzz can be a better boost as just a boost can be
muddy.Benson have unique way of controlling the temperature of the transistor/diode by using heat to keep it at a fixed temperature
then biasing the pedal to sound best at that temperature.
That said it can still have problems with enough highs unless
getting them by overloading another diry pedal or the amp itself.
CONCLUSION ___
All that said I still love what a Germanium voice
does for my sound. I have a Fuzz, a Compressor
and a Booster that all use Germanium that I love.
LIVTRAVELRIX NAM Amp & CAb Simulator
Well it has as I predicted happened. What the world loosely
$45.00 USD
AliExpress (shipping incl)
calls Modeling has reached a new bottom. Entry level has
hit the Behringer prices.
You get an old school familiar Layout, Volume, Gain, Treble,Mids and Bass. You get 9 amps & it can download new ones
from anyone's free NAM sample/library.
...the video fills in the gaps
CONCLUSION __
It is brilliant. It gives the $ 'finger' to the Modeling world. NAM started out as just using software on your PC and in the last 2 years many manufacturers either made a box
or added it to the other formats they are known for as an option. It is more so than others as good as the software
to have, buy or get free
from hundreds of sources. In the right hands with well
chosen sounds this will produce world class results.
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