CHORUS- MAESTRO Comet Chorus ... is it a re-invention of their 60's Phase Shifter ???

COMET CHORUS

$60.00 USD
Sweetwater price

In the late 60's Maestro made a very early tech Phaser not so 

unlike the 1974 MXR Phase 45 that is still in production. The 

old Maestro was meant to give the player a Rotary speaker 

vibe. I bought one myself because of that. The Comet uses 

a Chorus topography to do that but better. The layout is Depth, 

Speed and Mix with Toggle to switch from Chorus to Rotary.

     CONCLUSION __

Yes these days you can get really convincing Rotary 

effects and Phasers that swish like a jet engine. But 

for a vocal accompanying type sound this is killer. 

It gives you a wall/blanket of sound that lays back 

in the mix but never disappears whether you use

Chorus or its very pleasing Rotary. So is the new price!!!   

     NOTE:  

Prices were 3 times and on some sites still are. One site said 'discontinued'.

Amazon took me to a Maestro on-line site with the cheap price. I suspect 

Maestro have moved to direct sales plus a key store or 2 in each country.  

 

ATTORNEYS BREAK DOWN FENDERS, ___LEGAL CLAIMS?

 ON THE STRAT ?  |||||||||

OVERDRIVE- WALRUS AUDIO Fundamental Drive ...damn impressive!!

$85.00 USD

WALRUS AUDIO

FUNDAMENTAL

DRIVE 

Walrus does not say but at the price it has to be a hardclipper 

OpAmp clipping diodes pedal like many of the Boss pedals or 

even starting out with the Rat.

The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain with a 3 way switch 

to choose from 3 different voices.    

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    CONCLUSION __

The 3 voices are very usable. The crunch however 

is its workhorse and is worth the price of the pedal.

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. 

In the real world we will all take that $748.00 USD 

and buy an incredible excellent guitar. 

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.