Sunday, July 26, 2026

OVERDRIVE/FUZZ - MISSING LINK AUDIO Zepptone___NEW___ Page-in-a-Box, LOL

$280.00 USD
MISSING LINK AUDIO  ZEPPTONE 

Yes it is a MIAB but it even lets you click on the Tone Bender Fuzz to nail the records it was on. 
The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain for the amp and Level 
and BIAS for the Fuzz. A toggle to add Body and another 
Shift to switch to choose either, or both. 
       +++
           ___ CONCLUSION ___ 
Damn impressive recreation of Pages early 
sounds. If you splurge on this one  all the 
SB/Steals visitors will will forgive you, lol.😇

Saturday, July 25, 2026

FUZZ/OVERDRIVE- ARC of LIGHT Radium ____ Fuzzy drive ????

$340.00 USD
 ARC   OF   LIGHT 
RADIUM
Not much to add. A French company making the proverbial gourmet handmade 'cork sniffers' dream pedal. 
The layout is Volume and Gain. 
 
CONCLUSION __
How does it sound? Very good? Are there any 
problems. Yes it is $200.00 USD overpriced.
If I had a Fuzz to sell, lol. I would be ashamed. 
 

OVERDRIVE- TONE CITY Golden Plexi V.3 ___NEW ___killer MIAB cheap!!!!

 TONE CITY 
 GOLDEN PLEXI 
$65.00 USD
This has been with us since 2022 and v.1 sold thousands over 
that 14 years.
In a shoot out competing with 15 other high gain Amp-in-a-Box 
pedals it took first place. V.3 has v.1 in this new version but a 
flip of the switch you can go from old school to a modern high 
gain MIAB sound. The layout is simple with Volume, Tone and 
Gain & a toggle for the 2 voices. 
          ___                         
     CONCLUSION ___
With its mini size and killer sound it is 
no-brainer to have even if it is just for 
another option on the corner of even 
a small board. 
 

Friday, July 24, 2026

____HIGH GAIN SHOOT OUT ...Guess??? ...Guess again?? and again

 HIGH GAIN SHOOT OUT


BIT CRUSHER- CATALINBREAD Jimothy Bit Crush___NEW___ Limited Edition

 catalinbread
$175.00 USD
JIMOTHY BIT|CRUSH · 

A basic Bit Crusher and is on sale as a Limited Edition.
The layout is simply Degrade and Mix. No it is not based  
on some old classic because there isn't one, lol. 
         __ CONCLUSION __
They sound their best with a Fuzz stacked on 
them.  
The JHS Series 3 is as good & $100.00 USD.  
I would checkout the Sonicake Wave 
Crush $45.00 USD 

OVERDRIVE- PEDALBORN Raven Overdrive___NEW___ heavy but articulate?

 PEDALBoRN 
RAVEN O V E R D R I V E
$135.00 USD
Adding a clean sound to blend in with a Overdrive is not new 
but there are so few I can not even think of one. When it is 
done it has its own knob/pot to add it. This however uses a 
clean blend as its fixed voice. Most of the dirt is in the lower 
mids and lows which are heavily saturated and blended in. 
The result is a heavy sound with lots sustain and definition 
and clarity on every note. The layout is Volume, Gain 
Treble and Bass.
            CONCLUSIoN
This pedal is damn impressive. I can't even 
think of another truly similar. It is well made 
with a high end understated look. I can not
find even some lint to pick.  
...the video is well done and the reviewer is new so subscribe  

FUZZ, BOOST & OD- WARM AUDIO Dirty Boy Jr. Pedals___NEW ___ LEAK??? WTF!!!

WARM AUDIO    
DIRTY BOY Jr.   

$180.00 USD
Back in the 90's Poisons guitarist Blues Saraceno used Dirty Boy pedals. Oddly enough they were made for him by his father Alex. Soon players like John Frusciante, 
Neal Schon, Tom DeLonge and Phil X wanted them.
Sooo ..Alex went into business and over the years he produced 20 pedals. These 3 by Warm audio are distilled from taking the 'best of.' Back then handmade at $350.00 USD a pop they were loved but were hardly best sellers.  
____
At the moment Danny Gomez owns the brand but he too makes them one 
at a time, old school and on a prepaid order 
biz. So the Warm pedals are a licenced deal. 
 ____ 
CONCLUSION 
Well Warm Audio makes some very good sh@t but they do a fake leak for every new 
pedal. It takes as long as 3 months before I can get a good video of any single product. 
With one pedal on release day one chain of stores was selling the pedal for $125.00 
more than the price on the site WTF!!! 
When I pointed it out they gave me a hard time. To be fair I do not mention them 
as they not only apologized but put my name and Stomp Box Steals on their store site.  
These pedals all sound more the same than different. The Overdrive is the best of the lot. 
It does have some character.
That said ...WTF, I am not impressed!!! Mostly hype!!