ROMADevices
$250.00 USD CONVICTION Overdrive
A handmade old style hardclipper OpAmp pedal like the
RAT or the Boss DS-1. In short it has a raspy high gain
sound that if really pushed borders on Fuzz.
The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain.CONCLUSION ___
It well made with hole through tech and good
parts. It has nice raspy mid pushed sound. It
could pass for a Fuzz if and when needed.It ain't cheap and it takes a lot of real
estate on your board.
HAGERMAN
GAMMA RADIATION
$130.00 USD
This is NOT a clone of anything. What else uses 7 silicon transistors for a hand made overdrive with a 5 year warranty?The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain. The magic is in the Energy knob. It acts somewhat like the old Rangemaster giving you a lot of poke in upper mids and highs.CONCLUSION ___It sounds like a tube amp that makes a great crunch or when pushed more you get an irresistible growl or go on further &
it heads into Metal-ville. It has loads of character & personality enough to be its own thing. At the price you can afford to be wrong, 😇.
It is on my list for Pedal of the Year.
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MLCMARK L CUSTOM GUITAR ELECTRONICSELEVATION
It is a basic Silicon Fuzz Face. It has been produced for 6 years.
$300.00 USD
Based in Poland this company is better known for their $5000
high gain tube amps. In short they make some serious sh@t.
The layout is Volume, Gain and Tone. A rotary switch gives you
4 voices to choose from.
CONCLUSION ___There is no denying the build and components are serious poop.
It is a very modern take with a bit of Overdrive vibe on some
settings but you can get the real deal old school Fuzz Face.
Both are good.
I use both but I am very much a Germanium Tone Bender guy.
That said I do have a similar type of FF. I have the SolidGoldFX
If 6 Was 9. At $290.00 USD the price is really not better. But,
with 5 knobs & a toggle it is a tweakers delight.
The bottom line for the MLC ??? ...it is a damn good pedal!!!
and he was indeed influenced by the new kid that came out. The Big Muff.
His is was NOT a clone. It has a very non-Muff fat mid range. Oddly it sounds
scary close to the new Joyo Tiny Huge Fuzz. This is a serious balzy ripping
Pro Fuzz. Not some compromised budget sounding effert. At $40.00 USD
it says buy me. I have one and just plain love it.
JET O
thefineprintEvery owner says the same thing. They can notpart with their Jet Guitar because the neck hasa killer feel.Designed in Slovenia. Made in China. Shipped toSlovenia for meticulous setup & final inspection.
$290.00 USD
GIZA ·
DVA
It is basically the JFET Pre from a Green Matamp
120 amp on one channel. The other has both a
DOD 250 and a BOSS DS-1 running in parallel.CONCLUSION ___
Just getting all that to even work in onebox is impressive. At the price it is a lotof commitment even if it works great butis simply too crazy. Love it!!!
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JHS PEDALS
MORNING GLORY CLEAN
$180.00 USD If anything this is damn close to version 1 of the pedal. I doubt that
no matter what Josh says he could not miss that the Browne
Amps Carbon was all about from day one making a Blues Breaker
pedal that was as transparent as possible. My Carbon is my most
used pedal because when I want a Clean sound I always have it on.
The layout is Volume, Gain, Tone and clean to add even more clean
back into the dirt and compression.
CONCLUSION _____
I had and used the Standard model with the toggle for
2 years. I hated it. If I set it up really clean it had artifacts
that sounded like little glitches. At best it sounded like a
crap clone of a Zen Drive!!!
OK ...If I had this Clean pedal I probably would have
never moved to the Carbon. But even so it is not
better than my Carbon.
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Black Mass
$200.00 USD
1312 Distortion
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Not another RAT pedal?LOL.The layout is Volume, Gain and Filter/Tone. A rotary switch
gives you 8 different clipping diodes from LED to Germanium,
Silicon, MOSFET and combinations.You can turn on an internal switch if you wish to run it at 18v.CONCLUSION ___A Rat is a Rat. Everyone should own one. I have a basic RAT
mk2. I am sure there are a few extra noises we could all use
in this one. Well, maybe, 😇
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$100.00 USD |
olinthus
PILLBUG
Yes that is a normal size pick beside it, lol. Note the pic with
the top of the pedal. An adapter cable comes with it for your
in and out and a 9V adapter input. The whole surface is on
a hinge at the top. Basically you just press down on the word 'compressor to click it on and off.
It is based off the classic ROSS Comp and the BOSS CS-2.
CONCLUSION ___
It sounds very much like a Keeley and is equallyPro sounding. If you use a pedalboard switcherits size would not be an issue. (Road Case is not included)
(Road Case)
eavesdropper
Dr. Square
The pedal is built in HTH? Houston Texas, lol.
$150.00 USD A hardclipper OpAmp OD using clipping diodes
It is based on the 1977 DeArmond Square Wave Distortion Generator that used the same OpAmp
as the DOD 250 Pre. & MXR Distortion +.
The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain. A toggle
cuts the highs and another boosts the lows.
NOTE:Dearmond supplied all the 50's small budget U.S. guitar brands with PU's. In those days
the brands like Gibson would not sell even the local repair guys PU's. If your Gibson PU
died you had to send back the guitar to a Gibson authorized repair guy. He would keep
your old PU and put in a new one. DeArmond got smart and realized there was a market
for small shop techs and DIY guys who would buy PU's. Having a monopoly and staying
cheap does not foster great tone. A few times the guys designing things got creative
and/or even lucky with a PU, etc. They soon found there was a market for anything
cheap or even anything that was an alternative to only perhaps one other choice.
The Square Wave checked those boxes.
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CONCLUSION __This is one of those pedals that a song writer might
use. It has plenty of character when laid back in the
mix, or when pushed has a somewhat trashy garage-
band nasal vibe that might plug a hole when nothing
else will. It has an unpretentious cool. The price
is reasonable.
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