Monday, November 9, 2026

OVERDRIVE- KARDIAN C3H5N309 Nitroglycerin ...Vintage Tweed-in-a-Box

$250.00 USD

KarDian 
C3H5N309 ''Nitroglycerin" 
 
Early 50's Tweed-in-a-Box. MIJ with all the 
attention to detail with quality parts & build 
one tends to expect. 
The layout is Volume, Gain, Bass and Treble.  
      CONCLUSION __   
Small amp??? damn big sound with 
punch and balz to spare. Scary 
good and priced 
fair for what you get!!!  
 

Sunday, November 8, 2026

FUZZ- DEAD AIR Ruin ___NEW ___ BOSS HM2 + Octave Fuzz

$145.00 USD

 DEAD AIR  R U I N · 

Putting a FOXX Tone Octave feature in a BOSS HM2 is not 
a stretch. Same ol' becomes new.
The layout is Attack/Gain, Volume, Texture unleashes the 
Octave effect and Color brings on the HM2 overdrive 
fixed at its most classic Death Metal sound .    
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 CONCLUSION 
What's not to like. A big balzy sound 
at a price that isn't too scary !!!  

 

OVERDRIVE- CONCRETE SOUND LAB Slab ___NEW ___ American Metal

$225.00 USD
CONCRETE SOUND LAB
SLAB ·  
It is meant to go from Low Gain to near Fuzz using a booster circuit to push it over the top.
The layout is Low, High and Gain and tone which seems to 
have a Low pass filter for heavy lows. A Boost control can be turned on by its own foot switch. Level controls all the output. 
     CONCLUSION __
It uses reassuring FET transistors that by nature are 
as tube as it gets & are used in many high end Amp-in- 
a-Box pedals. It is its own thing but borders on trying 
to be the $200 Peavey Rock Master but with more lows. 
    

FUZZ- VAN DIEMENS ANALOG AUDIO DISRUPTORS The Tarkine ...Vox ToneBender clone

V A N  D I E M E N S EFFECTS
THE TARKINE FUZZ
$300.00 USD
This is made in Tasmania Australia by Richard Turner. 
It is based on a VOX V828 and is variation of a Tone 
Bender designed and made by Sola Sound. The pedal 
is wired point to point on a phenolic board. It uses a 
NKT CV7007 and a SFT323 germanium transistor. 
The layout is Volume and Gain. 
     CONCLUSION ___ 
The V828 where only made for 2 years 
as VOX at the time had gone bankrupt.
It has a very open sound that borders 
on an Overdrive.

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Saturday, November 7, 2026

OVERDRIVE- OBSIDIAN AUDIO Death by Preamp Pedal ___NEW ___ High Gain do-it-all

$300.00 USD
OBSIDIAN AUDIO  

DEATH Preamp Pedal  

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The layout is Bass, Mids and Treble. A toggle lets you switch for using as a stand alone Preamp or going through the frontend of your amp. Another control is for Bright and still another is for Contour and it reshapes the Treble control. A smaller knob controls Depth and another adds Presence. It seems more complex than it is but the video is easy to follow.   
 
CONCLUSION ___  
It is definitely one size fits all simply because if it is in your head there is knob or more to find it in the pedal.  If your music and/or gear changes over the years this can dial in that change.  
 

HOW GOOD ARE THEY ??? ____BEHRINGER VINTAGE SERIES PEDALS

 BEHRINGER  

VINTAGE SERIES   

Friday, November 6, 2026

OVERDRIVE- MOVALL MP113 Screaming Twice Retro Edge Dist. ___NEW___Metal Muff?

$40.00 USD
AliExpress w/ free shipping
movall 
SCREAMING TWICE
A gritty Fuzz like high gain OD. No derivative is mentioned but 
it is similar to many that clone a Electro Harmonics Metal Muff. 
The layout is Volume, Gain, Treble, Mids and Bass. A toggle 
lets you choose either a Vintage or Modern voice. 
 
            CONCLUSION ___
The brand is well made & most of their pedals 
give you a pro sound. The price is good. 
That said ...the SHAEVLE Iron Revolt is a seriously 
good Suhr Riot Reloaded clone for $20.00 USD 
on Amazon.

                         

OVERDRIVE- Kz GUITAR WORKS Kz BM Drive ___NEW ___ Brian May-in-a-Box

$190.00 USD

Kz Guitar Works
Kz BM DRIVE
Just dial up a clean sound on your amp and you get an instant Brian May sound with a VOX AC30 with a Rangemaster Treble boost all dialed and ready to go in this tiny little mini pedal. The layout is Volume with a toggle for that bright sound and another toggle for a Tight, Low or Fat. On the left side are 2 screws adjust  another Gain and Tone to get the 'Deaky Sound' that Brian used in the studio. 
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   CONCLUSION __
Dead cool idea. 😇 
What's not to like. 
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Simon Jarret's ___KINGSLEY AMPLIFIERS ___Version 3 Overdrives, even a Jose mod!!!

KINGSLEY   

Tube overdrive pedals made for those tonally 
anal about tone, 😇.
I am seriously considering about getting the 
$435.00 USD Minstrel. It now has a killer 
classic 'Jose' mod triggered by the mode 
switch.
NOTE: pedals at 48:00