OVERDRIVE- BEHRINGER ZENTARA MINI PEDAL ___LEAK!!!!

BEHRINGER ZENTARA   MINI PEDAL   

As usual we get a deliberate leak and will 

get a teaser every week but we will not 

get a pedal for months.

FUZZ- REEVES AUDIO Z-1 S-Type ___NEW ___ OUCH!!!!

$630.00 USD

REEVES ELECTRO

Z-1 S TYPE MK1 ZONK MACHINE 

Well another of Reeves ingenious Fuzz pedals. This time we get a 

take on the Zonk Machine. A pedal that borrowed from the early 

Tone Bender around the time that the Fuzz Face came out but 

did so in its own unique way.

      CONCLUSION ___

As per usual exorbitantly pricy.

He really should open a shop with a small team 

just like the Mad Professor do to to make a line 

of through hole pedals that are under $300.00 USD.  

 

NEED TO KNOW ___ most beginners amps are a steal ???

 JUST ANOTHER CHEAPIE PRACTICE AMP ??? 

$100.00 USD

 VOX  AC Mini 

It is a simple fact When you start out if you loved your first amp then why not buy the same brand when you 

get your next intermediate or if you are like me I 

jumped up to a pro.

The only way for a manufacturer to do this is to sell 

their beginners amp for the same or better price than 

the competition. Then the only way to do that is to 

come as close to giving it away as possible. In short 

it is exactly what our perfect example did. In short the 

Vox mini is a steal. Vox won't make a nickel on it.

OCTAVER- KLOWRA Budding Bloom Series Leap Octaver__NEW__gimmick or godsend

$105.00 USD

KLOWRA

LEAP OCTAVER

A bit heavy on the gimmicky side but the specs are adequate. 

The layout is Octave up and Octave down, and a control to 

blend in the guitar's straight signal.

A toggle gives you a mid boost or both a choice of highpass 

or low pass signal allowing you to cut either highs or lows. 

The footswitch has a latch feature to bring it on and off 

for short phrases.

C.ONCLUSION __

 The price is reasonable for a good tracking & lag free Octaver. 

 For most it is a pedal that is usually used sparingly so it not 

 taking up too much real estate on your board is ideal.

OVERDRIVE- Pedal PalFX PAL808 TS-Overdrive v.2 ___NEW___ Tube Screamer clone

$185.00 USD
shipping incl.

 Pedal PalFX 

 PAL808 

 TS-OVERDRIVE V2

All parts are upgraded to a premium grade. You have that classic 

layout with Volume, Gain and Tone. However you have a toggle 

with 3 choices of clipping diodes. Another gives you 3 voices. 

One is even an exceptional Blues Breaker sound.

     CONCLUSION ___

Pedal Pal units always over deliver. They are so good you 

soon forget you own them as you are always obsessed by 

others pedals that have be caressed  and dialed to some 

minute degree or they sound completely wrong. In short 

Pedal Pal are always a bullet proof choice.

OVERDRIVE- LONELY MOUNTAIN SOUNDS Riddermark... Marshall JCM 800 pre

$220.00 USD

 Lonely Mountain  Sounds

Riddenmark  MARSHALL JCM PRE-AMP 

 

A small builder in the rural mountainous NSW area of Australia.

What else would they have but a MIAB pedal???

The layout is Volume, Bass, Mids, Highs and Gain 1 & 2. 

 

CONCLUSION ___

Like most MIAB pedals it sounds very good. Is it the very best?  

I find myself thinking for a high gain take on a MIAB you might 

well just get the Tone City Wild Fire for $60.00 USD.

CHINESE GUITAR MAKERS STRIKE BACK ___2027 could be the beginning of the end.

 IT AIN'T BUSTED  

 ...BUT ITS BADLY BENT 

OVERDRIVE- AWSTRUCK AMPLIFICATION Highland Discrete OD___NEW___all-in-a-box

$245.00 USD

Awestruck Amplification

 H I G H L A N D |||   DISCRETE OVERDRIVE

A silicon based transparent OD that can be as clean as a clean 

boost but cranked moves into a low gain Fuzz. The layout is Gain, 

Level and Tone. A toggle gives selects Tube Screamer like 

symmetrical or tube like asymmetrical dirt. Another 

adds either a Mid or Treble boost.

                         CONCLUSION ___

As a boost or even an always on pedal or 

a transparent drive it offers a lot of useful 

functions. It could simply be the  Swiss 

Army Knife in your pedal toolbox.

 

COMPRESSOR/OD- SUPERCOOL Spritz Saturator ___NEW ___surprisingly very good :-)

SUPERCOOL 

SPRITZ !  saturator    

$180.00 USD

From Peterborough Ontario Canada comes Jamie Muir and his wife Carissa with a line of pedals that are very left of center that one suspects suggests shoegaze but are not at all. They are however unique and dare 

I say musical. Yes you could in a Americana Indie bands when backed 

off could use this pedal as an always on.

MXR invented the Dyna Comp the OTA Comp that re-invented the wheel of compression. Do not get me wrong it was not an improvement of the best but it was a circuit that could be made affordable and worked really well with a guitar. If it had been used for vocals it would have been laughable. Just this week Keeley brought our a new comp that sounds killer and is still based off of it. These days if one makes a clone one starts with the Ross Compressor a very early clone of the MXR as it, without digressing too much is a noticeably smoother sound. 

This pedal starts here but adds a low gain very tube sounding FET overdrive.

             CONCLUSION __

The pedal speaks for itself. It fits like a glove for a lot of tunesmiths 

and songwriters who in all probability never see the guitar as a tool 

for pompas theatricality. In short this is not a probable tool for 

the shredder but a must have for others.