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, 😇.

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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

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.

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!!!  

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.

                     

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

$105.00 USD

AFFORDABOARD  

 800  Drive 

Yes, actually made in the UK, and very affordable.

A Marshall JCM800-in-a-Box. The layout is simple, 

Volume, Gain and Tone. 

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   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

 RULE   BRITANIA   

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. 

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             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!!!

FUZZ- COLLISION DEVICES FZ Fuzz ___NEW ___Maestro Boss Tone clone

$175.00 USD

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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.  

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      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.