Saturday, July 4, 2026

FUZZ- SUNHAUS Ballam Dirt Fuzz ___NEW ___ a parachute!!! ...a downsizer too,

$170.00 USD
Sunhause 
Ballam Dirt Fuzz ·  
A one size fits all low gain silicon Fuzz probably based on a Muff. 
It has a Dave Gilmour vibe to it. The layout is Volume, Clean a 
toggle labeled Weight adds heavy but usable Lows.
       __ CONCLUSION __
It not only is a killer Fuzz but backed off all the way it 
is a killer boost. add more and it becomes a crazy good hardclipper Overdrive. 
Very few guys could not get through a gig with this as 
their only pedal. I can not think of another pedal better 
for a parachute than this one.

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I can think of maybe 3 or four cheaper pedals you could get. 
But you would need all of them to do what this can do and do it better.

FUZZ- FARMER FACTORY Moon Face ...Fuzz Face clone

$215.00 USD
 · FARMER FACTORY EFFECTS · 
Moon Face|  
A French company that does the classics keeping close 
to the original vibe and only fixing something if by today's 
expectations needs a push. Yes the classic BC108 transistor 
is still the heart of it.
The layout is Volume, Tone and a  toggle kicks in 3 levels of 
Gain. A BIAS control is adjustable inside the casing to tighten 
the sound or add a bit of Velcro.
 __CONCLUSION __
A welcome choice for a must have 
type of Fuzz on your board. 
 

OVERDEIVE/Peramp- ANALOGWISE Freerange ___.a wolf in ...

ANALOGWISE PEDALS
F·R·E·E·R·A·N·G·E
$185.00 USD
It is quite simply a germanium transistor Pre-Amp. That said 
it can be pushed into an OD or even harder you get a Fuzz. 
The layout is Volume, Gain and a Rotary switch lets you 
choose between 6 voices. A toggles brings in a Treble or Full boost for the first 3 voices and the last 3 has its own boosts. 
     ___ CONCLUSION ___
It looks like some pedal for the cork sniffers 
and faux Jazz players, LOL The damn thing 
can tear your face off. It is not a clone but 
its own thing. Love it!!!

Note: This Pre came out as a box before a pedal. Same unit but just a different format. 

Friday, July 3, 2026

OVERDRIVE- MOVALL Cryonic Distortion ... Boss DS-1 clone ??? or rodentia?

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CRYONIC DISTORTION
$50.00 USD
Several sources say it is a BOSS DS-1 clone other say it is a Rat. But, since a BOSS SD-1 is based on the ol' RAT who cares,😇.
The layout is Volume, Gain and Tone.
 __ CONCLUSION __ 
It is definitely a very high gain pedal. On the up side it does 
a great wall of sound with near endless sustain. It gets rid 
of the hiss and fizz that the Boss has. The lows are very weak  
to the point if you go for all lows the output can be lower 
than your clean sound. Then there is the always on Gate 
that you can love or hate.
Big But! It could be stacked on a good OD with a rich Crunch 
but only modest sustain but great tone to take a pedal 
you already own into Never-Everville.


Thursday, July 2, 2026

FUZZ- LATERAL PHONICS Knife OD & Fuzz ___NEW ___ Fuzzy Drive w/bad paint job :-)

$300.00 USD

LATERAL PHONICS

Knife OD & FUZZ
A proverbial gourmet cork sniffer brand of Fuzz. Of course 
it uses NOS Germanium transistors. Why would you ask,😇??? 
OK, OK so it uses one of them. Another is Silicon. 
Hence its Fuzzy Drive approach. 
 
__ CONCLUSION __
It sounds great. That said I would take my 
Movall Galactic Groove that is a Fuzzy Drive 
and stack it on one my MIAB pedals for as 
good or better sound.

$55.00 USD

OVERDRIVE- MOVALL MP-320 heavy Thunder ...Swedish Metal-in-a-mini-Box

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Heavy Thunder 
$25.00 USD
This company was started by a pedal designer with his wife 7 
years ago and decided to release his own brand. Like all 
independent builders had to depend on word of mouth. They 
made a quality pedal for a fair price. In these hard times they 
are selling dead cheap to survive. 
What we get in this little package is one size fits all Swedish 
Metal. Thank you Boss & Electro Harmonix OD. 
The layout is Level, mids and Gain. A toggle gives you 
more gain an even more,😕!
__CONCLUSION __ 
It does the job!!! I have a few similar 
heavy hitters myself but if I didn't 
...mine would be on order

Wednesday, July 1, 2026

GRAPHIC EQ- JOYO 6 Band Equalizer ...6 years as a best seller


$35.00 USD
  JOYO  
  6  BAND  EQUALIZER ||| 
Joyo were one of the first to literally clone pedals. Some were
good but not always impressive. Others like this are 6 years old 
& are still a bestseller. They have fans that have had them on their boards all six years. It is very accurate clone of the MXR Six Band EQ.
   __ CONCLUSION __
The Joyo was based off of V.1 of the MXR. Current 
MXR EQ's are V.2. Both MXR versions have a mild
distortion but the old ones had a sweeter tone.
In short the Joyo has that sweet tone. 
The price on AliExpress includes free shipping says "buy me, buy me"!