Saturday, July 11, 2026

OVERDRIVE- MAD PROFESSOR Royal Blue ___NEW ___ a pedal with over-more

 · MAD PROFESSOR · 
$375.00 USD
R O Y A L  B L U E 
O V E R D R I V E · 
This is their the Sweet Honey Distortion on steroids. It is all
about more. More gain at the end of the travel of the Drive 
and more dynamics with ones pick attack. 
           CONCLUSION ___
More is not always better. The pedal is very difficult 
to control getting ones years of expression in their 
picking hand to adapt to the pedals over sensitivity. 
Also the higher gain is not pleasing but somewhat 
harsh. If you want what it boasts you are far better 
off to get their Sweet Honey where tone and 
dynamics are in balance. 
 
thefineprint
The Joyo JF-36 Sweet Baby is 
a excellent take on the MAD P. 
Sweet Honey. I have one and love it.
$40.00 USD

Friday, July 10, 2026

OVERDRIVE- MISSING LINK Afterburner___NEW ___ Billy Gibbons-in-a-Box ...Bigtime

$180.00 USD
 MISSING LINK AUDIO 
AFTER BURNER   
Yes it is a MIAB but actually the sound of the Afterburner 
and Recycler records. The amp was a Marshall Lead 12
 with a Celestion G12H 100 speaker. The layout is Volume, 
Tone and Gain. 
 ___
CONCLUSION ___
They simply nailed the sound & it is killer. Backed off 
you get a high gain sound & pushed it is a near
germanium Fuzz like break up. Did I say it was killer? 
I should have, 😇

OVERDRIVE/COMP KEELEY Red Nectar___NEW___ Tube Screamer clone w/Comp

K E E L E L Y
$180.00 USD
RED NECKTAR |I 
Quite simply a Tube Screamer but with germanium diodes 
and a Compressor +. The comp is the world's biggest seller. 
I have one myself and it is quite simply a real workhorse. 
It gets the job done. The OD is the old Keeley Red Dirt Tube Screamer clone.
                 CONCLUSION __    
The video is garbage. They put an ocean of reverb 
on it and turned the switch to a setting labeled Quicksand to maximize the mud. 
I have bought better sounding OD's for under $25. 
......on a final note it seems that 
            it is a guitar center exclusive?  


Thursday, July 9, 2026

OVERDRIVE- LYTT EFFECTS Benny the Jet ...maybe a Pre for your Fender Deluxe?

$175.00 USD
Lytt Effects 
Benny   THE JET
There is not much about this. My best guess is it is an OpAmp 
hardclipper loosely based on something like the early Boss 
pedals. The layout is Volume, Gain, Treble and Bass. 
A toggle chooses between 3 voices with different gains.
           Conclusion __
The pedal has very full rich lower mids. It does not 
sound very genre specific however it has a Bluesy, 
Americana vibe. The builder sees it as an always 
on kind of pedal used with an ol' school Fender 
clean amp to move it into some crunch.  
 

OVERDRIVE- JUDGE AMPS Judge Kilor ___NEW___ Harmonic Percolator clone

$240.00 USD
JUDGE AMPS
JUDGE KILOR |||
Bob Judge from Somerville MASS. USA has been making amps 
and pedals since 2019. This is his take on a Harmonic Percolator. 
A hardclipper pedal with both vintage germanium and silicon 
transistors to get the tight punchy sparkle of Silicon added 
with the warm earthy gritty germanium tone.
The layout is dead simple, Volume and Tone, The voice is 
fixed to a sweet spot.
      ___CONCLUSION ___
The cool thing is the Perc's unique voice. A nice
change from the classic only germanium Brit 
sounds or the American Muff/silicon sounds. 


thefineprint
..the electro-harmonix EHX 
Percolator is as good as the best
& only $100.00 USD

OVERDRIVE- LOVEPEDAL Zendrive 2 ___NEW ___ the Zendrive with a 12ax7 tube

$475.00 USD
 Lovepedal 
Zendrive|2 
It is quite simply the Zendrive but with a 12ax7 tube.
The layout is as expected Gain, Voice, Tone and Volume. 
      ___
    CONCLUSION ___ 
It certainly sounds like a Zendrive, LOL.  I was 
expecting it would sound noticeably different 
That said if you are going thru a tube amp 
I don't see any serious difference. Except 
for perhaps the price,😇.