Thursday, March 19, 2026

ENHANCER PRE- SUSHI BOX FX More V.2 ...pixie dust-in-a-box

SUSHI BOX
More V.2
$265.00 USD
It is more of an enhancer than what most of us call a preamp. 
It is not about standard EQ or overloading the amps pre to 
make it distort. It uses 2 preamp tubes. They are similar to 
the usual 12AX7 but with less gain. A 12AV7 and a 12AT7. 
Although not the same the Dr. Z amps have a similar circuit. 
      CONCLUSION __
The objective was to give your sound more sparkle 
and clarity and a slight 3 dimensional overall vibe. 
It does indeed do that. I would prefer that I could 
do this but with a bit more exaggeration. A bit of 
in your face. It can however take a quite good tube
clean amp and make it sound like you spent a
thousand more for audible bragging rights, 😇.

thefineprint
This little sweetheart, the NUX Lacerate uses 
FETS to give it a very similar effect. I like 
that you can get inside the box to give 
a much more exaggerated vibe. 
A $70.00 USD price doesn't hurt either

Wednesday, March 18, 2026

FUZZ- TEACHING MACHINES Fuzzbillion Distortion Device ___NEW ___WTF !!!!

TEACHING MACHINES 
FuzzBillion   

$580.00 USD
The first and probably the last of the electronic devices 
to create audio flatulence ...Just dial in all 11 controls 
& you instantly get a sound even a Shoegazer would 
be challenged to use.
CONCLUSION __
___WTF were they thinking of!!!!
If the average player can not find a great 
sound from a pedal in 5 or 10 minutes max 
it is on its way to the grave yard. 
It takes 1 minute on a Muff or a Tone Bender 
& that's with the lights off ...on a dark stage.

Tuesday, March 17, 2026

OCTAVER- NUX AUDIO NPO-2 Tutti Polyphonic Octave Pedal ___NEW ___impressive!

$100.00 USD
NUX 
 TUTTI 
Exploring the layout tells its story. You get Dry, that blends 
your guitar signal with you octave one.  UP/BSP, it adjusts 
level for octave up plus lets you crate a split point where 
note higher then the setting do not trigger the octave. SUB 
is the level for the bass octave sound. A toggle switches 
from standard Poly mode or Bass or you can set the 
footswitch to momentary.
     CONCLUSION __ 
It has very good natural sound. It does not sound
synth like, but guitar like. Lag time is unnoticeable.
Tracking is dead on. Sonically it is up there with
the very best!!! The price is totally reasonable.

HEADS UP- IS BOSS FINALLY ABOUT TO SUE BEHRINGER ???

 

 ABSOLUTELY NOT !!!!  
 BEHRINGER SUES BOSS 

___ Check it out on THE UPDATER Post!!!  

Monday, March 16, 2026

FUZZ- BALTIMORE SONIC RESEARCH INSTITUDE Impossible Colors ...apparently Not?

BALTIMORE SONIC RESEARCH INSTITUDE
 Impossible Colors  ||| 
$240.00 USD
If this company was a Cancer Research Institute their next
big announcement would be that cigarettes cause cancer, lol.
In short these guys are laying the hype on with a trowel. 
They could win back some respect if they changed the
name to  Baltimore Sonics Flying Circus.
The layout is Volume, Texture messes with the BIAS. 
Voice, which is a Tilt EQ so you do not lose all your lows by pushing up your highs. and Attack allows going from a near
clean click from your pick to something softer but still with
some grit. The Range switch works with Texture as a kind of quantity off ...control. The Depth switch gives you 
dynamics over saturation. the Mode toggle appears to your clipping diode options. This pedal uses a transformer on 
the input for faux dynamics & sag. Nice! 
 
      CONCLUSION ___ 
It is the yet another of the never ending OpAmp wondertoys. 
It has very much a silicon vibe to it and is more Muff than 
Tone Bender. That said there are few basic sounds especially 
the gnarly ones that I find very appealing. The thing is once 
you scoot pass $200.00 USD you want some Oh f.ing WOW!!! 
I am not wowing this one. 
For those in the poverty bracket I again strongly suggest  
a $35.00 USD GOKKO AUDIO JK-61 Mogwai with its OD 
or Fuzz magic toggle.

                     

Sunday, March 15, 2026

OVERDRIVE- AFFORDABOARD 800 Drive ___NEW ___ Marshall JCM800-in-a-Box

$105.00 USD
AFFORDABOARD  
 80 Drive 
Yes, actually made in the UK, and very affordable.
A Marshall JCM800-in-a-Box. The layout is simple, 
Volume, Gain and Tone. 
__
   CONCLUSION __
Yes it also comes in black. It sounds damn good. 
It is very similar to Marshalls own $160.00 USD 
JCM800 pedal. The Marshall does have a bit 
more bite and the lows have some serious balz. 
 

____12 DAYS IN THE UK

 RUL  BRITANI  

OVERDRIVE- ONE CONTROL BJFE Dyna Red Red Dist v.4 ___NEW ___re-issue of a MIAB

$280.00 USD
ONE CONTROL 
 Dyna Red DIST  v.4 
Designed by Bjorn Juhl over 20 years ago. He licensed it to 3 
companies over that time. Bearfoot under 2 owners in 2 different 
cities then to One Control in Japan. It is quite simply his take on 
a MIAB. The layout is Volume, Gain, Treble and Presence. 
___ <>^ quack
             CONCLUSION __
This is v.4. The guy simple has a good ear. 
How close it is to the amp be damned. The 
pedal has been around forever because 
it simply sounds killer!!!

Saturday, March 14, 2026

FUZZ- COLLISION DEVICES FZ Fuzz ___NEW ___Maestro Boss Tone clone

$175.00 USD
 CD     
COLLISION DEVICES FZ 
This French based company merely announces it is a Gated Fuzz, WTF, LOL
It is however a clone of a Maestro Boss Tone which uses 4 cascading silicon transistors. The Gated is created by starving the voltage source. The layout is Volume, Gain and Gate.  
__ <>^  quack
      CONCLUSION __
It makes a very good nasty sound. Thanks to the cascading transistors you can get some low thru 
to high gain sounds. In short it is not just a single sweet spot unit. That said we all find a single
sound on are dirt pedals and tend to move 
nothing but the volume from tune to tune, lol.