WHICH PEDAL SOUNDS BETTER ????

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DELAY- FENDER Mirror Image Delay ...bulls eye!!!

F E N D E R

 MIRROR IMAGE DELAY 

$230.00 USD

Time goes by. This pedal is 8 years old. About the time when

chips that put Strymon on the map became cheaper as another generation had replaced them so those chips became yesterday's chips which allowed the mid priced pedals like this Fender to sound like Strymon pedals. 

      CONCLUSION ___

This is not an ambient style pedal. We get the basics,

Tape sounds, analog sounds and a good basic digital sound. Modulation is needed to emulate Tape sounds so Fender

has extended its range to add chorus sounds to any

voice you pick.

The bottom line is Strymon like quality for a price 

many new Fuzz or Overdrives now cost.

DELAY- JOYO JF-33 Analog Delay ...MXR-118 clone ...surprisingly good!!!

JOYO  JF-33 

AnalogDelay

A take on the MXR-118 Analog Delay. A monster pedal that

plugged right into a wall socket. It was made from 1976 to

1984.The layout is Time, Mix and Repeat.

        

$35.00 USD

        CONCLUSION ___

The MXR is very organic and a just a bit raspy compared 

to the smaller pedals that we discuss more as the classics. 

Those however were pedals of the 80's from Maxon/Ibanez 

and Boss. It was however on a lot of records over its time. 

The MXR-118 was replaced by the MXR Time Delay. It was 

an instant flop, As for the Joyo there are no comparison 

videos. It was not until 2008 that MXR made the Carbon 

Copy. In short the Joyo is MXR-ish but not enough to call it 

a clone. The important thing is it has a Pro sound and is on 

a lot of boards. You get a lot of pedal for your $36.  

...Class! Dismissed 

FUZZ- GIGAHEARTS FX Siliface ___NEW ___Fuzz Face clone

$160.00 USD

GIGAHEARTS |FX

SILIFACE  

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A good ol' very to the point Fuzz Face clone from

Manchester UK. I love the simple graphics taken 

straight of the round casing original. The layout 

is Volume, Gain & BIAS.

           CONCLUSION ___

Nothing really new It is just a straight to  

the point clone with no beep ups or 

major surgerys.  

It is like that old hammer in your toolbox.  

Not too exciting but does the job every 

time. Rough and ready!!! 

MODULATION- BOSS MD-200 ...all the basics in one box

$275.00 USD

 

BOSS MD-200  

MODULATION PEDAL 

You get 12  modulation effects and memory for 4 of those set to your settings. The Specs are 32 bit 96kHz. Any better would be pointless for the range and detail of a guitar signal. You get a Chorus, Vintage Chorus, Flanger, Phaser, Vintage Phaser, Classic Vibe, Vibrato, Tremolo, Rotary, Auto Wha and Slicer/Overtone. 

You get Mono & Stereo outputs and an expression pedal input. The usual foot switches take care of on and off and for Tap and preset changes. 

 

   CONCLUSION ___

I am anal about Analog sounds even though with modulations 

I use them for a sprinkle of spice here and there and a but of 

fatting on clean sounds. My only serious beef is you cannot 

stack 2 or 3 pedals. It is just one sound at a time. It has been 

on offer for 6 years because without anyone passing it by for 

spec it covers decades and decades of tunes right up to to 

new hits in the present. You get Boss reliability. it will

definably hold its value.  

 

     

'HOW MUCH' GOES TO THE GUY IN THE DEMO? ___ WHAT IS EVERYONE BUYING?

WHATS ...WHAT??? 

HOW MUCH?

For example if a Youtuber recommends you buy from 

Sweetwater and you punch in a code the YouTuber 

gets a commision on the sale.  It varies by the both 

the product and the store. Amounts in general are 

from 5% to 20%.

DO I MAKE MONEY?

Debatable? 5 times in over 10 years I was gifted a pedal for praising a pedal or the builder. 

In all cases I have first finished the review, paid full money to buy the pedal in it and then 

was offered a different  free pedal in gratitude. I said thanx but no thanx. 

They sent it anyways. It was always a pedal I would never use. I gave them away😇 

My site thrives because I can not be bought. I can call a sh*t pedal sh*t   ...or an overpriced 

pedal a rip off. I also recommend similar or clones at a fraction of the price.

I will be 80 on my next birthday. I completely live on a small pension that gives me 

$20,000 a year.  

 

WHO BUYS WHAT ?  

I was surprised by the diversity. Some guys are focusing on guitar gear others just Guitars and amps or more than not a mismatched collection of anything and everything. Most are hobbies and if the like pedals most are not on a board but a bookcase. One week they get an Overdrive and on another they get a golf club.  

 

I sold my 59' Les Paul

FUZZ/OD- ATLD PEDALS Kush 2026 Green ___NEW ___ Fuzzy Drive

 ATDL  PEDALS  

 Kush 

$160.00 USD

When you use an old school Distortion topography and 

put in FET transistors or an OpAmp you get a Tube sound. 

Add in germanium or silicon clipping diodes and you get 

a Fuzz/Overdrive cross breed. It is nothing new but it all

literally doubles the possibilities. From Dublin Ireland we 

get just such a pedal. The layout is Gain,Volume, Treble

and Bass with a welcomed toggle with a high pass filter to tighten the sound. A Boost floor switch adds great punch. 

      CONCLUSION ⃟ ⃤

It sounds like a good Fuzz stacked on 

to beef up a good OD. It is definitely 

worth a good look. If it fills a 

'I Need' spot? Go for it.