OVERDRIVE- CRAZY TUNE CIRCUTS Rapture ___NEW ___ one stumble but no fall

crazy tube circuits

rapture   

$215.00 USD

Once upon a time not so very long ago CTC brought out the Triptych  pedal. Basically all the Tone Bender Fuzz variations and a basic MIAB 

to put them thru. 

The general consensus from those that tried it was WOW what a 

great amp. The secret is a toggle adds a bit of modulated swelling. 

The company simply pulled the OD out of it for this pedal. 

They added a bit of headroom to open it up but that's about it. 

           CONCLUSION __

Lets just say I expect one day begore long the Triptych 

will disappear off their site as the bad ol' Fuzz part is 

at best mediocre and should be put back in the closet. 

However the Overdrive in it is indeed total killer. 

The good news is everyone can now live 

happily ever after, 😇.

OVERDRIVE- FENDER Pugilist v.2 ___NEW ___ impressive

$230.00 USD

FENDER 

PUGILIST  DISTORTION V.2

It appears to be a one size fits all heavily modified Amp-in-a-Box. 

The layout gives you 2 channels each with a Volume, Tone and Gain. 

A toggle lets you route the signal path. Another toggle allows for Bass Boost. Switches beside the in/out jacks let you choose buffered or bypass, Scoop is on another as is a switch 

to match the input to match a HB, single coil or active pickups.

      CONCLUSION __

The unit has a very open fat sound with a lot 

of girth and with a lot of edge on the attack. 

Above all it has some balz. Love it!!!

V.1 from 2018

____ JOHN MEYERS OVERDRIVES ____ COMPARED

 COMPARE  SOMETHING     

I respect all good players but have never been a fan of J.M.  When it 

comes to sound he likes dark sounds that to me border on very muddy

without any sustain. Worst of all they have no overtones or rich sumptuous 

harmonics. A few guys with different but excellent tones are Hendrix, SRV, 

Santana, Knopfler, EVH, Brian May, Gilmour and last, and my fave  

Bernie Marsden, best known with Whitesnake.

Bernie Marsden's
The Beast 59 LP

____ MADE IN CHINA ____ GUITARS ____ LITERALY MILLIONS

 MADE IN CHINA   

REVERB- NOBELS REV-mini ___NEW ___ understated genius, high spec, cheap!!!

Nobels  REV-mini

$100.00 USD

A basic idea. Make a Pro Reverb cheap by giving you 3 basic sounds 

that are in 99% of all Pop or Rock hit tunes that you need and if you 

need to on the odd occasion want the Footgazer Star Wars stuff buy another pedal since you cannot go Star Wars to no reverb at all as 

it sounds weird. So this Nobels becomes your always on Verb. 

The layout is Size, Blend and Tone. You get Spring, Plate 

& Hall which covers all the 'must haves'.

            CONCLUSION __

It delivers the goods. All the sounds sound 

totally Pro and are voiced for tunes to lay 

in the background not for theatrical 

soundtracks. Priced right on the money. 

Likely a permanent fixture as an always on.

FUZZ- MMK ELECTRICS Green Dot___NEW___ VOX Tone Bender Mk3 clone

$200.00 USD

MMK ELECTRICS

GREEN DOT  Mk3 1968 BENDER

I must get right to the point. Our buddy in Alaska is giving 

us the 'REAL DEAL'. The original was made by Sola Sound 

for Vox but only for one year in 1968 because Vox UK went 

out of business. The layout is simple with just a volume 

and tone control.  

             CONCLUSION __   

The sound speaks for itself and $200 

is reasonable for a virtual accurately 

replicated sound.  

   ····· 

     

FUZZ- ENDURING AUDIO Burgess ___NEW___ high gain Fuzzydrive

ENDURING AUDIO

BURGESS 

$130.00 USD

What if you took the schematic for the Big Muff but put in the 

EQ tonestack of the VOX AC30's Top Boost? Apparently the 

Burgess would be created. The layout gives you Gain and 

Level with a toggle giving you a classic sound or something 

more modern and in in your face.

     CONCLUSION __

We get a great up market look with tasteful graphics 

and classic MXR style knobs in a basic Hammond 

1590B enclosure. The tone is high gain & massive 

The Vox bit keeps the sound from getting dark or 

muddy. Add to that it is not the usual same old 

clone. All this with a small price on the menu. 

...not even a tiny piece of lint to pick.   

OVERDRIVE- AMPLIFIED NATION Bigger Bloom___NEW___ Dumble-in-a-Box

Amplified Nation 

  BIGGER BLOOM    

$380.00 USD

You must not grumble just because it is another Dumble,😇. This company makes faux dumble amps that cost as much 

as a real Dumble. So perhaps they can clone the sound 

better than most. The layout is Volume, Tone, Gain & Level.

          CONCLUSION 

Maybe they nailed it? Maybe they didn't.  

The sound is killer. The price is high enough 

in some countries to buy yourself a skillful 

hitman who too is arguably a killer as well.  

·····

OVERDRIVE- CORNERSTONE Gladio Mk3___NEW___Dumble-in-a-Box ___impressive

 Cornerstone 

 GLADIO   D O U B L E   P R E A M P

$355.00 USD

This has been a hugely successful Dumble-in-a-Box 

unit that several variations were made into both single 

and/or double pedals. At which time this was dropped 

and players cherry picked one of the niche variations 

that most nailed the superhero they emulated... BUT? 

Many guys like me were more concerned to dial in

their own perfect sounds. It is intuitive but I will let 

the video explain the layout or I would have to copy  

the manual, lol. 

            CONCLUSION

The extra high headroom and the Clean blend 

are to me its most exciting new features.  

They have always been very pricy. BUT? They have 

not raised them and lesser pedals have rocketed up  

past them. You get good value for your ca$h.