Thursday, November 12, 2026

OVERDRIVE- MUSONTEK Dream Castle Overdrive ... Tone City-ish

$65.00 USD

Musontek
 Dream Castle 
Not a lot of info. A Chinese company that retails online from the Czech Republic with 10 assorted pedals, 😇.
it is a high gain OpAmp Overdrive with a low gain to American Metal 
vibe for the voicing. The layout is Volume, Gain and Tone. One toggle 
gives you a classic or modern voicing and another levels of gain. 
    CONCLUSION __ 
The quality and price is in the Tone City pedals league. 
So in general this and I expect their other pedals are 
worth a look. The video will have to suffice as others 
go from poor to farcical,😒.

Wednesday, November 11, 2026

FUZZY DRIVE- BENSON AMPS Jeez Fuzz ___NEW ___heated up ???

Benson
$280.00 USD
 JEEZ  Fuzzy/Drive
The company invented the idea of heating up germanium transistors inside the pedal to keep a stable warmth so their temperature does not drift and make the sound unstable. This pedal is half Fuzz & half OD. The blend can give the strengths of both. The layout is Volume, Tone & Gain. 
             CONCLUSION ___
The grit & breadth of germanium the 
germanium transistors adds serious 
fatness and the OD/Boost gives it 
great tightness and sustain.
A winner!!! 
 
 
   

REVERB- MARLA AMPLIFICATION Howling Hound Spring Reverb & Tremolo ___NEW ___

$340.00 USD
Marla Amplification
Howling Hound
Spring Reverb & Tremolo
The real deal!!! The layout is ...Reverb has dwell 
and Mix and the Tremolo has Rate and Depth. 
   CONCLUSION __ 
This is a no compromise unit.  Yes there 
are quite passable digital pedals. BUT? 
But if you go all the way you can not go 
totally small & get this good.

OVERDRIVE- TONECAT Rat Trap V2 ___NEW ___one guess???

$180.00 USD
TONECAT
RAT TRAP V.2 Distortion 
Yes another take on a Rat pedal. The layout is Volume, Gain 
and Tone. A toggle gives you the Standard plus a Low and 
High gain voice.
           CONCLUSION __
Not bad at all but not bad is everywhere. 
That said their Fuzz Au Chocolat is a killer 
Big Muff for $80,00 USD. 
...check out the Post Oct. 27/2026 

OVERDRIVE- ROSHI PEDALS Seji ___NEW ___ Toshiki Soejima Signature/Fusion OD

$355.00 USD
RoSHI PEDALS
SEJI || 
What we have here is a MIJ signature pedal for Toshiki Soejima 
a Fusion player that gigs the globe. 
It covers everything from low to medium gain with transparent 
sounds. 
The layout is Volume, Gain and Tone. There is a toggle for 
Compression, another for Mids and a third for Bass. 
     CONCLUSION __
It is what it is. It borders on being a Boost with a 
shot of dirt. All about shades of grey. It is very 
lean and focused. Primarily Genre specific. 

Tuesday, November 10, 2026

OVERDRIVE- BROWNE AMPLIFICATION Unit-13 ___NEW ___ massive sound!!!

BROWNE AMPLIFICATION
UNIT-13   
$360.00 USD
The company bring out a pedal about every 2 or more years quite simply because they are anal about as perfect a sound 
& feel as possible. Their pedals start like many with a classic then take it to a pedal that is miles from the original but with the same vibe but without a piece of lint to pick. They do 
not say but it just has to be 2 RATs in this box. 
      CONCLUSION __
They make the cleanest and most transparent of 
all Blues Breakers so I should not be surprised 
they have made the most massive of a RAT 
of all time. 
 
         

FUZZ- HARDWARE FIXATIONS Chern Yephe ___ NEW ___ Muff-less ???

$100.00 USD
HARDWARE FIXATIONS
CHURN  YEHb · 
A Doom or Sludge treat. They have simply omitted EQ from the 
circuit of a late model Russian Big Muff. This results in the full 
range of the signal getting through with an equal amount of all 
frequencies. The layout is simply a single volume knob, 😇.
           CONCLUSION __
Something anyone can use if stacked on another Fuzz or 
especially an overdrive for a massive sound. The price 
is OK especially as only the Mr. Black Doom Stick is an 
equivalent & it is $140.00 and at the moment it is not
in production.

FUZZY DRIVE- CAVE PEDALS Pit Bull ___NEW ___ a pedal with a lotta bite!!! :-)

$120.00 USD

 

CAVE PITBULL || 
Angus makes 21 pedals all dead simple. A few do not even 
have a knob. Most come in a raw aluminum casing with a 
simple sticker. The Pitbull is vaguely Muff like with twin 
circuits in the box and a gate with trim pots to set it 
up to your rig. The layout is a Volume knob, 😇.
CONCLUSION 
  What's not to love. Just one big 
  overkilled biting (pun intended) sound
  and a price I can live with.