DELAY- KLOWRA Rilum___NEW ___ multi-head Tape style Delay

KLOWRA 

RILUM

$130.00 USD

Hotone started out as a nano pedal maker and kept morphing to various budget digital effects and are know known primarily for their great sounding but more important 'User Friendly' modelers. No manual needed.

Anyhow they decided to take a side road and make some budget but very high spec pedals under another name. The layout is Lag Time, Feedback, Mix, Rate, Heads Volume and Lo-Fi.

The video is a virtual manual so I'll let ol' Mike explain.

    CONCLUSION __

It is damn impressive with both its spec and price.

It is not a specific clone which we all often get hung 

up on. I include myself. If you want to dabble in 

a little Shoegaze or Star Wars yet still get some

great conventional sounds ...they are all there. 

 

PREAMP- TONE KING The Royalist ___NEW___ all tube, goodbye modeler ;-)

$600.00 USD

 Tone King

R o y a l i s t PREAMP

Get your MIAB Pre but with 3, 12ax7 tubes. It gives 

a whole new meaning to the phrase 'Get Real'

You get the JTM45 and the big boy of classic PLEXI 

the Super Lead. Yes the Stack of all Stacks!!!

CONCLUSION ___

Between Friedman or Tone King for your Pre. Add the Wampler Pedalhead a totally convincing tube amp sounding & responding power amp and you have your real tube thing the size of a modeler complete with 

everything need to link to a Sound Reinforcement rig. 

 

    

OVERDRIVE- BROWNE AMP Alkene (Nashville OD)___NEW___ Nobel OD-1 clone ...plus?

 Browne AMPLIFICATION 

$230.00 USD

 ALKENE 

Browne got put on the map when they released their double pedal the Protein with a Nobel OD-1 stacked on a Bluesbreaker. So enters Alkene & the Carbon. The secret is their knack to take a classic and make it more transparent and near 3 Dimensional. They are killer when backed off to really improve a clean sound or pushed to keep the total vibe of both your guitar and amp. Many guys found they loved one side. I was was one of the many. In fact I was first inline for the Carbon/ Bluesbreaker, LOL. With the Alkene everyone is happy getting the one they wanted, lol.

The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain. A toggle lets you switch between symmetrical and asymmetrical clipping. It is such an obvious idea that I am amazed others have not featured it. An internal switch increases the gain if you are more into a bit more aggression. 

           CONCLUSION ___

My Carbon is my most used OD. That said I use it for a clean 

sound or stacked on other OD's so even I almost do not think 

of it as an identifiable sound. It is like the hammer in my 

tool box. Boring but 110% needed. I expect many guys will 

use the Alkene in a similar way. In short an always on pedal.

___ NEED TO KNOW ___THE HISTORY OF THE GIBSON ES-175 ___

   GIBSON ES-175    

      

   

____VALETON LOFT MINI PEDALS___ accurate clones of Boss pedals___ re-released

VALETON LOFT  

These are neither dumbed down or improved they are part for part 

clones of all the classic old Boss pedals. I have the CH-10 Chorus 

which is literally the most famous of all Chorus pedals the 

BOSS CE-2. I am more than happy with it.

The absolute best prices are at Only Pedals. The Chorus is $90.00 USD.

DELAY- HUNGRY ROBOT PEDALS The Moby Dick ___NEW___ Tape Delay for a mad man

$275.00 USD

 HUNGRY ROBOT PEDALS

The Moby Dick | 

The unit is stereo in and out. It has delays you can 

tap differently for either side. Control over the wow 

and flutter via modulation and you can control the tape/age wear and stretch. It has a separate 

control for double tracking.  

CONCLUSION __ 

Your choice,you can add many twists to a basic delay  

or go totally Star Wars & Shoegaze. 

OVERDRIVE- LPD LTD. Sixty8X___NEW___ 10 Year Anniversary of 'the essential' MIAB

LPD PEDALS

$240.00 USD

SIXTY8X

The first serious and successful pedal Lawrence Petros brought out 

was the SIXTY8 and it put his brand into the 'Must Haves' when it 

came to a MIAB. 

In those days you could even order yours as a mini pedal. I got 

mine in the mini format 

asap after seeing Phillip McKnight review it on his show. He loved his 

so much he got 2. I still use my mini 68 every damn day!!! the layout 

is Treble, Mids, Bass, Level, Presence and Gain. Hold down the switch switches channels. In side you can boost one over the other.

CONCLUSION ___

Arguably not cheap but worth every penny spent. Get 

one of each of the 4 LPD MIAB pedals. All are not just 

good but necessary!!!

 thefineprint

MXR Phase 90 fans will appreciate that I have the original version

of the SIXY8 with ...the script logo, lol.

LOVETONE PEDALS ___ The pedals that Behringer already just made 3 clones of...

 THE LEDGENDARY LOVETONE    

Behringer already has made 3 which are a near dead 

on look to the originals. Will they do 2 more?

 ...below are the Behringer versions  ...all have a Post. 

FUZZ- SOUNDBOX WORKSHOP 1975 Fuzz ...Muff-ish

soundbox workshop

$160.00 USD

1975 FUZZ

This is a clone of a clone. The makers friend had a nondescript Muff he found used from some came and went builder. The topography was certainly Muffish but it had an added mid 

control that gave it less a sagging scoop but more of a

wall of sound. The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain with

Shift that reshapes the mids. 

           CONCLUSION __ 

Small builders and indeed a Fuzz by nature can 

be less something that checks all the right boxes

but regardless gives you a box with a personality.

This is such a box.

JUST FOR FUN- ALL THE 50 WATT FRIEDMAN AMPS

 FRIEDMAN 50x4   

OVERDRIVE- LAND DEVICES Hunter Stereo Distortion___NEW ___ OpAmp high gain OD

L A N D  D E V I C E S

H U N T E R  DISTORTION

First lets get rid of the stereo nonsense. This is not 2 sounds going to 2 different places. it is used to represent blending cleans into the distortion circuit. Rare for guitar pedals but all but totally standard for Bass players dirt pedals. the unit is an OpAmp hardclipper much like a Boss SD-1 or for that matter many Boss dirt pedals. Dimed it passes as a Fuzz.

            CONCLUSION ___ 

The old school casing and simple graphics 

and with a head turning red paint job is very appealing. (it also comes in ...yawn ...black). The overall sound is good if hardly new. The clean bend is damn useful. It is not worth $300. $250 tops.

WHEN GIBSON MADE A BUDGET BRAND- 1965-70

 Kalamazoo KG- 

FUZZ- ASHDOWN ENGINEERING Dr.Green by Hayden| Hairy Tongue.....

Ashdown Engineering

Dr.Green by Hayden

 THE HAIRY TONGUE

$40.00 USD

This U.K. company has been in the amp biz since 1985. 

Not said? ...but the Dr. is probably a very simple single transistor 

circuit based on 1976 Electra MPC Dynamic Distortion Circuit.

The original is a tiny module that plugged into a receiving input 

built into a guitar. It is extremely dynamic and is often borrowed 

as a front end boost in dozens of otherwise completely different 

dirt pedals. So this is yet another.

            CONCLUSION ___

The sound in itself is not necessary ideal. It is all 

about the feel. Many of the best pedals  tweak it

and sold as boosts. They use clipping diodes on 

input not like 99% of all other pedals on the output. 

That all said this one has nailed it at its best.

Handmade & $40.00 USD 

____KING OF TONE vs KING OF TONE ____

    OLD KING OF TONE vs. CURRENT KING OF TONE

BUFFER/BOOST- SONICAKE Sonic Buffer Master ___NEW___ yawning improves sanity

$30.00 USD

SONICAKE⇕  

Super Sonic Master

A buffer simply turns your guitar signal into a microphone one. 

It rejects interference from signals near by that create hum & 

it allows you to send your sound for about 50 feet as it goes in 

and out of pedals without losing highs or lows. A boost can make 

up for great sounding PU's with a weak output like all vintage Fender. The 12dB Boost on the booster in the circuit is no 

doubt a very clean FET OpAmp

     CONCLUSION __ 

This is pedal that the day you plug it in you are convinced 

it does sweet F-all. You leave it as your always on for a  

couple of weeks. You thing it is not doing anything and 

pull it off your board. You are shocked to find your amp 

sounds like someone just through a heavy wool

blanket over your speaker.