OVERDRIVE- DRUNK BEAVER XR Series OD-1 ...in Wysoka Poland they do it right!!! 😎

$90.00 USD

DRUNK BEAVER  XR SERIES       OD-1      OVERDRIVE 

A very good take on the long defunct BOSS OD-1. It only had 

one great sound and it also did not have enough level. When 

it was dialed in to sound its best your clean sound would be 

louder than the pedal. WTF.  

           CONCLUSION __ 

The D. Beaver fixed the level problem but it still has 

that only one sound, LOL. But trust me once you used 

it, you are hooked on it forever. 

The sound is fat, chunky & growls. It has some balz!!! 

Gotta love it!!!

DELAY- DOD Drag Analog Delay ___NEW___ in fact so new the paints wet!!!

$230.00 USD

DOD DRAG   

ANALOG DELAY 

 

A heavily modified Rubberneck Analog Delay. In fact it can do 

modulation, pitch dives, bend, freeze, glitch and strutter effects.

The layout is the classic Time, Level Repeats & a rotary knob 

for the other effects. It does up to 750 ms. in normal mode 

but in Rubberneck mode it can do 1.5 seconds. 

CONCLUSION __ 

       Impressive !!!

FUZZ w/ MODULATION- LATERN MANUFACTURING Malus Dimensional Fuzz ... Why ???

$220.00 USD

LANTERN MANUFACTURING

MALUS  DIMENTIONAL FUZZ

A basic silicon Fuzz with stereo modulation.

The layout for the modulation Rate, Depth 

and Bend which I expect is pitch and then...  

Volume, Gain and Tone for the Fuzz. 

 

   CONCLUSION __

Making motorboat sounds soon gets 

tiresome and without some foot control 

or the the 'Bend' it us not realistically 

usable. WTF!!!

VALETON GP-5 ___ AMP & CAB SIMULATOR ....plus PARACHUTE!!!

 VALETON  GP-5   

$70.00 USD

There are 2 basic types of amp & Cab Simulators. Modeling which component construction and others that capture/profile that use recording. NAM is the 

3rd kind of tech that uses recording. Its plus is it has near zero lag. Its flaw 

is it is not malleable its actual sound can not be altered. Arguably it nails the 

amps sound but that sound must be recorded right. That like all systems, is subjective. After now just over a year it is generally agreed that if the very 

best is a 10 this unit can pull off a 9+.

SUMMARY- the units audio can create a 100% Pro sound capable of being used 

as a replacement sound for a high end guitar amplifier in a live performance 

or a recording situation.

 __CONCLUSION __

For a start it can be used with headphones for personal practice, learning 

and simply pleasure in most environments at any time day or night. It can 

be used for both your home studio or even pro recording. It can replace the voice of any guitar amp that is available allowing you to have a sound you 

find at minimum acceptable in all situations where portability do to travel 

demands it. Above all it can be a backup when your preferred amp dies 

or is unavailable.

WHY ME?  

I just ordered one as my rig suddenly went down leaving me without a  

suitable option. There are many videos but only this one gives you all 

50 presets so you can see if one or more of its presets does the job of 

cloning your present rig so you are ready for an emergency. 

Add to that there are hundreds of free new amps etc. and 50 spots 

to save them so you can find find one.

SYNTH- MERIS Autobit X ___NEW___ not the usual Wowie Zowie Crash & Boom

meris

Outobit X 

$600.00 USD

This is their flagship model with the best of 2

 previous models. They claim it is 80's inspired. 

Perhaps, but it takes modern digital to make it 

track a guitar and to do so much. Much of it is 

standard current Shoegaze & Star Wars norm. 

However ...they have nailed a use of glissando 

and pitch shifting into an imposing musical and manageable brilliance.

     CONCLUSION __ 

Impressive. One can even write tunes 

with it. It is not just for sound effect 

crashes and booms. 

 

PREAMP- TUBESTEADER Gainlord ___NEW ___ convincing real Marshall from a box

$350.00 USD

 TUBESTEADER

   GAINLORD 

It is not unlike the FRIEDMAN IR-X or the TONE KING 

Royalist. You get a pedal when teamed up with pedal- 

board amp you get the same portability as a Modeler 

without giving up the sound of your stack.  

           CONCLUSION __

If the Tone King is a 10 out of 10 then this 

is a 9 and the Friedman is a 7. Add to that 

the obvious. You can pay as much or more 

for dozens of MIAB transistor pedals. Add 

to that it is the cheapest of the 3 tube pre's.

 

  

IR LOADER- TC ELECTRONIC Impulse... a parachute if your amp dies ??? YES!!!

 tc electronic 

IMPULSE  IR LOADER

$110.00 USD

What is it? It crates the sound of a speaker cab and/or an amp 

pushing that cab with it. It can go direct to PA board at a gig 

replace a mic on your cab, It can go direct to a pro or home 

studio setup to do likewise. bit I am interested in it as a pedal 

guys alternative to a Modeler which has this built in. I recently 

had my rig go down. It is a Friedman IR-X tybe preamp. It goes 

into a straight studio type power amp into a single 12"celestion 

speaker cab. I simply used a pedal EQ pedal as a preamp going 

into a similar SHIFTLINE A+ Cab Zone IR box into my amp

and carried on, getting 

all sounds from my pedal board. No problem.

                    CONCLUSION __

This has a sonic spec as high as the best. Others 

equal have more features but WTF you do not need 

them to get shades of grey in the tone. The 12 key 

sounds in this were made by Celestion. If they can 

not get a good sound then who can. The BOSS IR 

2 pedal is twice the price and is good but not even 

close to being better.