___ ARE MODELERS DEAD? ___ NOW WE HAVE NAM ???

 IS NAM THE GRIM REAPER? ·  

 

OD/FUZZ- TONE CAT Sir Fuzzington___NEW___ Surprise!!! ...We're home!!! 😎

$250.00 USD

TONE CAT

SIR  FUZZINGTON  | 

Another quirky wonder from the 't-cat', in Melbourne Australia. We get a take on a Marshall JCM 800-in-a-box with a silicon Fuzz Face as its mate. The layout 

has a Volume, Gain. Bass, Mids and Treble for the 

MIAB and Volume, Gain and bus fare for the Fuzz.

  | | |  CONCLUSION __

As per usual we get a larger then life but 

very appealing take on the genre. The 

package is all fun but the sounds are 

serious sh*t.

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SHOOT OUT ___ VALETON GP-5 vs. TONEX One

 VALETON GP-5  vs. TONEX One

Readers will know I have always been a Tube Amp and Pedalboard player. At 80 I have finally given in to a Tube Pre with a digital amp for portability but kept my Marshall Plexi for special gigs etc.

All that said with any rig one needs a back up for emergencies or even to have a Tube amp or Pre serviced.

I have only just ordered the Valeton. I really only need one single good sound as I have always used a Marshall with just one channel. One sound with a Marshall set to a light Crunch. No Verb or Delay and certainly no effects.  

                  CONCLUSION 

If you are simply substituting an amp and pedals 

I feel the $70 Valeton will do the job. If however you 

are backing up a full featured Modeler or big money 

facsimile than $150 Tonex may seem to have the edge. 

        ...what makes choosing hard is 

               there are no bad choices.  

       

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        MAKE YOUR NOWN NAM AMPS?   DIY for dummies?

  Keep in mind the Royer mic in the video is pricy at about $1600.00 USD 

  but the Shure SM57 is about is $110.00 USD. 

  Good results can happen with just a Shure. Hundreds of famous players 

  have insisted to only use a 57 when they made there famous recordings. 

  Or use a budget ribbon mic or Omni's that can sub for the Royer. 

  If you just do the head you can simply go direct.  

  Of course if it just need to get your own amps you can rent or borrow.

 

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MAKE YOUR OWN SERIOUS VALETON GP-5 PRESETS 

A deep dive into making your own presets by knowing the basic roots of modifying 

that can be a bit time consuming ...but not confusing or frustrating.

OVERDRIVE- DRUNK BEAVER XR Series OD-1 ...in Wysoka Poland they do it right!!! 😎

$90.00 USD

DRUNK BEAVER  XR SERIES       OD-1   OVERDRIVE 

A very good take on the long defunct BOSS OD-1. It only had 

one great sound. It did not have a Tone control. It also did not  

have enough output level. Your clean sound would be louder 

than the pedal. WTF.  

           CONCLUSION __ 

The D. Beaver fixed the level & Tone but it still has 

that only 'one' sound, LOL. But trust me once you used 

it, you are hooked on it forever. 

The sound is fat, chunky & growls. It has some balz!!! 

Gotta love it!!!

DELAY- DOD Drag Analog Delay ___NEW___ in fact so new the paints wet!!!

$230.00 USD

DOD DRAG   

ANALOG DELAY 

 

A heavily modified Rubberneck Analog Delay. In fact it can do 

modulation, pitch dives, bend, freeze, glitch and strutter effects.

The layout is the classic Time, Level Repeats & a rotary knob 

for the other effects. It does up to 750 ms. in normal mode 

but in Rubberneck mode it can do 1.5 seconds. 

CONCLUSION __ 

       Impressive !!!

FUZZ w/ MODULATION- LATERN MANUFACTURING Malus Dimensional Fuzz ... Why ???

$220.00 USD

LANTERN MANUFACTURING

MALUS  DIMENTIONAL FUZZ

A basic silicon Fuzz with stereo modulation.

The layout for the modulation Rate, Depth 

and Bend which I expect is pitch and then...  

Volume, Gain and Tone for the Fuzz. 

 

   CONCLUSION __

Making motorboat sounds soon gets 

tiresome and without some foot control 

or the the 'Bend' it us not realistically 

usable. WTF!!!

VALETON GP-5 ___ AMP & CAB SIMULATOR ....plus PARACHUTE!!!

 VALETON  GP-5   

$70.00 USD

There are 2 basic types of amp & Cab Simulators. Modeling which component construction and others that capture/profile that use recording. NAM is the 

3rd kind of tech that uses recording. Its plus is it has near zero lag. Its flaw 

is it is not malleable its actual sound can not be altered. Arguably it nails the 

amps sound but that sound must be recorded right. That like all systems, is subjective. After now just over a year it is generally agreed that if the very 

best is a 10 this unit can pull off a 9+.

SUMMARY- the units audio can create a 100% Pro sound capable of being used 

as a replacement sound for a high end guitar amplifier in a live performance 

or a recording situation.

 __CONCLUSION __

For a start it can be used with headphones for personal practice, learning 

and simply pleasure in most environments at any time day or night. It can 

be used for both your home studio or even pro recording. It can replace the voice of any guitar amp that is available allowing you to have a sound you 

find at minimum acceptable in all situations where portability do to travel 

demands it. Above all it can be a backup when your preferred amp dies 

or is unavailable.

WHY ME?  

I just ordered one as my rig suddenly went down leaving me without a  

suitable option. There are many videos but only this one gives you all 

50 presets so you can see if one or more of its presets does the job of 

cloning your present rig so you are ready for an emergency. 

Add to that there are hundreds of free new amps etc. and 50 spots 

to save them so you can find find one.