$175.00 USD
ThunderTomateOVER-DRIVE+ rev G
Made in Spain for 25 years. This appears to be v.3. The first
had 2 knobs, the second 3 & both were painted green. They
point at being half booster pedals and dare I guess???
Over boosted Tube Screamers, 😇.The layout is Level, Tone & Gain. A toggle lets you select
one of 3 voices.
CONCLUSION ___The voices go from cleanish low gain/boost tomedium gain to a harsh high gain. The soundsare not very transitional. I can't see whoits aimed at.
FruitFX
CloudDriver
A handmade pedal from Long Beach California. It is a Low
$150.00 USD
to Medium Gain OpAmp OD. Similar to the Boss SD-1 OD.
The layout is Volume, Gain and Tone. Another control, Clear
lets you blend in cleans.CONCLUSION __
It is what the industry classifies as a transparent OD.
The basic topography for all these pedals starts with
a Tube Screamer. Once you choose a different OpAmp
and clipping diodes you head into a Boss SD-1 & then
further up the gain levels into more distortion. FruitFX
takes the opposite route by using a HiFi OpAmp that
is dead clean to start with so you have more of a Boost
pedal with EQ.
The 'Cloud' sounds surprisingly good. It could even be
an always on to add some serious life to your clean sound.
Reasonably priced for a MIA pedal.
$180.00 USD
BESERKER ELECTRONICSMoldy Peach __ ROYAL FUZZ DRIVEThe pedal has been around for 5 years. This is basically a v.3.The 'Royal' at best is simply grasping mediocre & tacky marketing.The pedal is a hardclipper OD, much like a Rat OD blended witha Fuzz. The layout is really Volume, Gain, and Tone with a Blendcontrol for OD with Fuzz.CONCLUSION ___The overall sound has a nice organic and chunky soundwith a lot of character. The kind of pedal one expects inan Indy-Alt band. In spite of the childish marketingI quite like the pedal.
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yesterday effects
$180.00 USD jimi / jimmy
A simple but fun premise. Put Jimi Hendrix's Fuzz Face
in the same enclosure with Jimmy Page's Tone Bender
MkII. The layout is easy. Both Fuzz sounds have been
hardwired in the box as 2 presets. You just toggle
which one you want. Twist your Volume & Gain knob and ...
CONCLUSION ⃞
Well ...the only video is not what you or anyone
who ever heard any Fuzz pedal expect.There is a fine line between genius and stupid.Your choice, 😇
USdreamNEW FUZZ |For a start it is an OpAmp Big Muff. US Dream is an online
$25.00 USD
on AliExpress w/free shipping
store that sells kits. It appears they simply get the kits
assembled. Printing on the circuit board simply says Fuzz
Factory. They make a lot of Fuzz pedals and most have
4 knobs so which one is a mystery. Since they all have a
BIAS control simply hard wiring the BIAS without a knob
is no big deal.
CONCLUSION ___The reviews from buyers are all positive.A few have opened the pedals and arepositive about the build.To no surprise there are not any videos.
That said the biggest kit maker in China
is Landtone and the pedal in the video
looks exactly like it & has identical OpAmps.
The video with the Landtone has a short
demo at the end. (13:00)
The pedal sounds damn good !!!
Thermion
POWER DRIVE Power Bolt Series
This company from Albacete Spain have been at it since 2012.
$150.00 USD
Back then there wasn't an English site. I bought their MIAB and
used it for a few years.
They only recently got into a few new pedals. It was worth the
wait. The new line is just as well made but compact and cheap.The layout is a nice simple Volume, Tone, Gain & a toggle to
switch from a classic to a modern voice.
CONCLUSION
These guys do not clone and their stuff is like Crazy
Tube Circuits, always really well done and with
small surprises that work.
Saying this pedal is tube amp like is a cliche. BUT!
If nothing else it sounds like a pedal with a couple
of real 12AX7 tubes in it!!! Best of all it has a
very organic grainy character that just grabs me!!!
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