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THE UPDATER

October 2026 

 

I separate the pedals that are a steal from

those who are stealing from you at any price

IF IT IS WORTH KNOWING IT IS HERE FIRST !!! 

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MY MONTHLY RANT

Damn elections. There should be a law. Anyone wanting to be head of the country when elected has the people vote online every year yo decide if he stays or gets fired. If he gets fired the loser of the election becomes the new leader. If he gets fired a year later, 2 new candidates can run. The perfect leader can last a lifetime. 

A bum gets the boot in a year. 

 

TIME OUT 

___The site went crazy all month. Last year about 1,500 of you guys showed up every day. Now it is 15,000. I think it is because everyone is worried about money and/or whether or not Russia or Iran or China or even America itself will be the catalyst for WW3. People come here  as a diversion. A pedal can be bought or even saved up for by anyone. buying online and waiting gives anyone something positive to look forward to. Keep in mind players from all over the globe come here daily. Even counties like Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore visit in large numbers.

 TOYS FOR THE OLDER BOYS

some old, some, new, all cool !!!

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                                           UPDATED/10/01/2026

 

WTF!!! It's the middle of the night!!!

come back tomorrow for more sh*t!!!

 

NAM- ZOOM Neurig Amplifier Emulator & FX ___SNEAK PEAK___A1 first impression's

 ZOOM  NEURIG 

$300.00 USD 

Yes yet another NAM pedal with added effects. Like all ZOOM boxes you get well a made 

unit with a pro sound & a lot if not every feature. Nothing less than a manual with 

any of what gets lumped together as a Modeler is ever simple or user friendly so a good video is a must. 

                  CONCLUSION __ 

The good news is that most of us are near a fairly large venue like the 

Guitar Center have stocked Zoom products for years. You can 

go down and get a hands on. 

 

 

PROMISED UPDATES? 

The first is a program so you can make your own NAM sounds. Off course if you 

just want to download free ones???  There are 700 thousand to choose from ???  

No that is not a typo. 

OVERDRIVE- DARK DEVICES White Distro___NEW___ love it!!!

$250.00 USD

 DARK DEVICES   

WHITE DISTRO 

From Harry a new builder in Rochdale UK. A builder with  

an old school approach. Not a slavish take of an old amp 

or pedal but a unit that adds to your sound. 

You get more headroom even at high gain and more 

sustain at any level.

The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain and a toggle 

to choose how much Gain. 

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                        CONCLUSION ___ 

The thing is scary good!!! 😇

 

OD's- EARTHQUAKER Plume Jr. & Plume Jr. MOSFET___NEW___Tube Screamer clones?

EarthQuaker Devices 

Plumes Jr. & Plumes Jr. MOSFET  

$130.00 USD

They say it is not a Tube Screamer but a famous green pedal, WTF!! All brands love to re-invent the Tube Screamer. because the ts is the biggest selling pedal of all time. Even a crap one will be a big seller. It is usually the biggest seller for any brand. The original was not bought for an OD but for 

a booster with a mid poke at 723.4 Hz. If that is what you want buy an Ibanez TS9. King of the poke!!! 

CONCLUSION ___

All of the many Plumes over the last 7 years are really part of the family of medium Gain OD's. and not ts pedals. They actually sound very good except they are thin sounding. The new Mini's added a Bass boost on 

a toggle. For me without it would be a deal breaker. 

In short I can recommend this pedal as very good 

sounding Mid Gain OD. The MOSFET model sounds 

more Tube like but the standard will have more bite. 

 

OVERDRIVE- KING TONE - The Soloist Mini ___NEW ___ SRV-in-a-Box

KingTone 

 S O L O I S T 

$200.00 USD

Jesse Davey started King Tone in 1999 because in spite of having the 

rep of being the next SRV, playing in a blues band did not pay all his 

bills. Having been taught by his Dad at age 10 to build electronic 

device's making pedals was a perfect fit. For years he has split 

between his shop and touring.

Ten years ago he made a double pedal the Duelist which is a Tube 

Screamer on one side and a BluesBreaker on the other. This is the 

Tube Screamer side. The layout is Volume, Tone and Body which 

adds fattening Low mids. Internally a switch adds Glass. 

It nails the SRV chime.

                  CONCLUSION ___

The short video speaks for itself. The guy playing 

it is the guy that built it ...Jesse Davey himself. 

Apparently his live shows are mind blowing.

DELAY/REVERB- VALETON VDS 1-d __NEW __impressive pro sound __budget price!!!

$120.00 USD

 

VALETON VDS-1d   Delay & Reverb  

Basic 'need to have' Delays and Verbs. Simple old 

school layout.  

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      CONCLUSON 

Very good looking. Easy to use and dial in 

your choices and very well made. Totally 

pro sounds. Cheap!!! Excellent value for 

your ca$h layout. 

 

               

FUZZ- OVALTONE GUITAR EQUIPMENT Ectoplasm Fuzz Mk1 ___NEW ___ killer Fuzz

Ovaltone  GUITAR EQUIPMENT

 ECTOPLASM FUZZ MK l 

$265.00 USD

I can trace this Japanese company back to 2015 and they have 

produced 22 pedals since then. I expect much less are actually 

still being made. Lets just say their site is not very user friendly 

if you speak English. 

This pedal appears to be a Fuzzy/Drive & either OpAmp based or 

it is a silicon Fuzz. The layout is Volume, Tone, Gain and a Bass 

Boost on a top mounted switch for more gain and another to 

kick on a high pass filter to tighten the lows. 

          ↪  CONCLUSION 

The overall sound has a grainy girth with a BIAS thing 

doing a bit of a nice but nasty thickening to the tone. 

It is tight but still pleasantly open. It has some punch 

and a serious sustain. It is mud free even when tuned 

to be super huge extra jumbo monstrously fat, 😇.  

Not much, not to like, except the expected luxury price.