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Tuesday, April 21, 2026

OVERDRIVE- MUIR AUDIO DESIGNS Silicon Steel Overdrive ...transformers do ???

MUIR AUDIO DESIGN

SILICON STEEL

overdrive ᓇ

$265.00 USD
The electric guitar started life being amplified by tubes so the

vocabulary like any instrument was developed by a their tone.

In short a tuba does not play violin parts, it just wouldn't sound

good, lol. The tubes themselves distorting the harmonics is the

big factor but it is the transformers especially the huge heavy

one on the output that is the icing on the cake.
It it is not a big jump to create that harmonic kick in the butt

putting a small transformer in a pedal to add more harmonic

boost. Rupert Neve put them in his famous boards for just this

purpose. In fact one for every channel to vary the crunch.

Muir's first pedal was a transformer pre/EQ before he added the

extra gain found in a pedal.

The layout is Volume, Gain, Treble and Bass.

CONCLUSION __
If it were not for the transformer this pedal would

be near totally transparent. Love it or not???

It is damn effective.

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Bogner had Rupert Neve design him the Lynhurst Compressor.
Amazing but at $100 more than a Keeley it did not sell at all and

was discontinued after just one year but was offered for3 years

to get rid of the pedals. Too bad as it is totally 110% killer!!!

Monday, April 20, 2026

FUZZ- MMK ELECTRICS Fireweed Fuzz _NEW _ impressive 'Fuzzy-Drive'

$150.00 USD

MMK ELECTRICS
FIREWEED FUZZ

A small builder from Alaska gives us an Electra Distortion circuit with an

added FET circuit which gives us a 'Fuzzy Drive'. The Layout is Volume

but has an internal switch for a darker mellower tone.

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CONCLUSION ___

It has very good sound. It sounds like a good Fuzz

stacked on equally good overdrive. Reasonably

priced for a handmade.

FUZZ- NO NAME Fuzz _NEW _ $13.00 USD & sounds good :-)

NO NAME

$13.00 USD
FUZZ

Do not ask, LOL. Not the first nor the last. In the past unlabeled

pedals were factory seconds but those were forever ago and were

hand assembled. This would be machine made with tiny surface

mount parts like a TV set or a radio etc.
The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain with a toggle that scoops

the Mids.

CONCLUSION __

These come and go on both AliExpress and Temu.
It is not a clone just a basic beginners circuit. My
guess it is an OpAmp using the LED pilot light as
its clipping diode. It sounds quite good. A Fuzz is
all about maximum distortion so cheap parts
adding theirs can be an asset, LOL.

Sunday, April 19, 2026

OVERDRIVES- YERASOV RS-10 & BC-10 Distortions ...impressive!!!

Yerasov AMPS

This company has been making amps and later pedals since 1953. The 2 pedals that caught my
attention are the RS-10 full range gain & the BC-10 high gain drives. Both have been around
for 12 years. They do have new pedals but not surprising with wars and political unrest there
are not any videos.

$120.00 USD ea.

YERASOV

RS-10 & BC-10

Distortions
Both pedals are hardclippers.The RS layout is Volume, Gain, Low cut, Bass and Treble and

a toggle for a Bright. The BC10 Volume, Gain, Bass, Mids and Treble.

CONCLUSION __

Handmade with seriously good parts.
Both pedals have punch, definition and
clarity. The price is very good. All in
all damn impressive.

Saturday, April 18, 2026

OVERDRIVE- SHAEVLE Jump Distortion _NEW _ $21.00 USD :-)

$21.00 USD
SHAEVLE
Jump LSS-03
A MIAB? EVH? WTF??? Brit flavored Crunch? Yes.
The layout is Volume, Gain and Tone.
It comes in a small nifty enclosure in a trendy
flat orange color.

CONCLUSION ___

All said it is a passable Brit flavored OD

that can squeak onto the first rung of the

Pro ladder at a small or smaller price, LOL

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...there is a Shaevle YouTube site with over produced
videos of all their pedals. The Metal pedal merits a listen
when the ''Searching for Tone' who does the above Jump
video gets to it. The other pedals vary from mediocre to
total crap!!!
I was surprised at just how bad the modulation pedals are.