SNEAK PEAK ____GIGAGAIN EFFECTS ____ 3 OF THEM!!! ____5 more to come!!!

GIGAGAIN PEDALS    

AS ALWAYS  

I will review each of the 8 separately  

when they pop up.

OD- CAT'S FACTORY AT-2220 81-110 Distortion ___NEW ___AKRIA TAKASAKU Signature

$748.00 USD
not a typo

CAT'S FACTORY

AT-2220 81--110 Distortion

>>> Did you read the price & growl WTF! >>> I repeat, WTF ???

The spec is non-existent ??? The layout is Volume, Tone and 

Gain. A toggle gives you 3 different gain stages.

           CONCLUSION ___

It sounds killer!!!

Is it worth $748.00 USD? No but it was not meant to 

sell. It is a marketing scheme. With millions of pedal 

buyers the wealthy will buy one as a paper weight to 

put on their $10.000 desk and hold it up to their

friends that like them are hobbyist players & boast. 

Maybe a few hundred will sell and then it will be mysteriously sold out.

OVERDRIVE- MEZZABARBA CUSTOM AMPLIFICATION Bluestorm ___NEW___ Che bello!

$350.00 USD

MEZZABARBA CUSTOM AMPLIFICATION

BLUESTORM

Pierangelo Mezzabarba  started his company in 1998. 

The main products are big 'bucks' high gain classic 

Brit style amps. 

They make a couple of pedals. This is Blues Rock player 

Eric Steckel's high gain signature OD.

The layout is Volume, Gain and Tone.

    CONCLUSION ___

The pedal's supposed voice is to capture his 

amps sound. Other then that I can not find any 

info. The pedal has a BOSS Blues Driver vibe.   

...the $40.00 USD Joyo Bright Day is a killer take on the Boss.

ELECTRO-HARMONIX PEDALS __ NOW!

 ELECTRO-HARMONIX     

 NEW,OLD & IN BETWEEN 

OVERDRIVE- JSA Effects Nightingale ...Marshall Bluesbreaker meets Boss Blues Driver

 JSA EFFECTS 

N I G H T I N G A L E

$170.00 USD

The goal was to get the best of the sound of a Marshall BluesBreaker 

and a Boss Blues Driver. My guess it was to use the topography of the Marshall but the unique OpAmp of the Boss.

The layout Level, Gain and Tone and add Presence to get that bright 

bite of the Boss.

            CONCLUSION ___

It is definitely a fresh sound. There is nothing to compare it

too. It simply become an OpAmp Overdrive that you either 

love or not. The company makes the Hot Toddy which does the same thing with blending the Boss Blues Driver with a good ol' Timmy for an even nicer price of $140.00 USD. 

...I reviewed that one in Aug 2023 so check it out and compare.

OVERDRIVE- GIGAHEARTS FX January Overdrive ...Timmy/Jan Ray clone

GIGAHEARTS|FX

JANUARY  Overdrive

$175.00 USD

From Manchester UK, we get another transparent OD. 

This time the inspiration came from the Timmy but 

even more so from the Jan Ray a beefed up Timmy.

The Layout has Treble, Bass, Gain and Level. A toggle 

lets you choose from levels from silicon clipping diodes 

wired to be symmetrical like a Tube Screamer and the 

3rd is asymmetrical using a schottky diode. This type 

of distortion is more like a BOSS OD. A small knob 

can add a gritty gain. 

            CONCLUSION __

It definitely has a Timmy vive. I do not hear 

any down side but I do not hear anything to

abandon my very accurate Timmy v.1 clone 

the $30.00 USD Caline Pure Sky. 

 

OVERDRIVE- MENATONE PEDALS Thundering Revival Mini ....Mr. Big Balz

   MENATONE's   

THUNDERING 

REVIVAL

$170.00 USD

Menatone have been making handmade pedals since 1996.

The first biggie was the Red Snapper and since then instead 

of just new versions there have been spinoffs. The Snapper 

was very like a Tube Screamer yet a bit more transparent 

and it had bite that you could add that gave it poke and 

definition. This one is the last in the line of ever increasing 

versions that has a massive low end yet keeps the mids full 

but not overbearing.

The layout is simple with Volume Tone and Gain.

            CONCLUSION <> <> <>

Damn impressive. The pedal has girth, poke and

balz to spare. It also stacks well but only needs a

clean sound to do its thing. I know of no comparison 

to get its sound other than to stack a Fuzz, an OD

and an EQ. Add to that it does not eat up any real 

estate on your board. 

CHORUS- ACE TONE ELECTRONICS CSW-01 California Swirls ___NEW ___ :-) or :-(

$145.00 USD

  A C E T O N E 

 California Swirls 

Basically a good old fashioned clone of an analog bucket 

brigade Chorus. In this case the tech is in all probability 

borrowed from any or all of the Boss Chorus pedals.

The layout is the Speed of the modulations, then a knob 

to sweeten and pump up the overtones and finally a mix 

between your clean sound and the effect.

     CONCLUSION ___

It looks cool, sounds very good, and is priced 

reasonably. Although ???

It us not unlike the $60.00 USD NUX Reissue

Series Analog Chorus. I have had the original 

NUX version for years. It is the same but it 

came in yellow,😇