DELAY/REVERB- VALETON VDS 1-d __NEW __impressive pro sound __budget price!!!

$120.00 USD

 

VALETON VDS-1d   Delay & Reverb  

Basic 'need to have' Delays and Verbs. Simple old 

school layout.  

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      CONCLUSON 

Very good looking. Easy to use and dial in 

your choices and very well made. Totally 

pro sounds. Cheap!!! Excellent value for 

your ca$h layout. 

 

               

FUZZ- OVALTONE GUITAR EQUIPMENT Ectoplasm Fuzz Mk1 ___NEW ___ killer Fuzz

Ovaltone  GUITAR EQUIPMENT

 ECTOPLASM FUZZ MK l 

$265.00 USD

I can trace this Japanese company back to 2015 and they have 

produced 22 pedals since then. I expect much less are actually 

still being made. Lets just say their site is not very user friendly 

if you speak English. 

This pedal appears to be a Fuzzy/Drive & either OpAmp based or 

it is a silicon Fuzz. The layout is Volume, Tone, Gain and a Bass 

Boost on a top mounted switch for more gain and another to 

kick on a high pass filter to tighten the lows. 

          ↪  CONCLUSION 

The overall sound has a grainy girth with a BIAS thing 

doing a bit of a nice but nasty thickening to the tone. 

It is tight but still pleasantly open. It has some punch 

and a serious sustain. It is mud free even when tuned 

to be super huge extra jumbo monstrously fat, 😇.  

Not much, not to like, except the expected luxury price.

FLANGER/CHORUS- NUX Mini SCF ...TC Electronics 1976 Chorus Flanger clone

NUX

$80.00 USD

MINI SUPER CHORUS   

No secret this is a digital algorism take of a 1976 Analog 

rack mount game changer unit. The layout is a nice simple 

Speed, Width and Intensity with the choice from a button 

between either the Flanger or Chorus.

CONCLUSION __

The company has a rep of either missing the target 

 or nailing the bullseye. They did a stellar job on 

 this one. The original is famous for its near  

 digital like glassy clarity so going straight 

 digital was a perfect match.

 A very good sound for a reasonable price. 

FUZZ- TONECAT Fuzz Au Chocolat ___ NEW ___ Big Muff clone

$80.00 USD

TONECAT

FUZZ AU CHOCOLAT   

If you think soft drink in any country you think Coca Cola and if you think Fuzz you think Big Muff. That said what do you need know??? 

Well this is a one size overkill fits all so lets not go from Triangle 

to NYC models to narrow it down.  

   CONCLUSION 

Tonecat gives you a 'handmade in Australia' and very 

usable effort with killer and fun graphics at a very 

affordable ca$h outlay.

NAM ____ the Amplifier Emulation Game Changer

 GAME CHANGER ?  

 TOM ANDERSON 

OVERDRIVE- OBSIDIAN AUDIO The Devil OD ___NEW ___Tube Screamer on steroids

Obsidian Audio   

  The DEVIL    

$220.00 USD

Metal for decades has used the Tube Screamer as a Boost, with a 73.4 Hz  poke in the upper mids. What is missing is a full EQ of Bass, Mids & Treble to match it to anyone's rig or indeed several rigs consisting of different amps and guitars and even other pedals. To be complete it really needs both a gate and an overall increase of Girth provide to give a voice that adds both lower mids and bass without also adding mud. In short 

the pedal has to be tight.

    CONCLUSION ___

It does all this and though there are others that do none check 

all the boxes and tend to be much more specific in the genre 

and/or sub genre they cater to. still give you the mass 

this does. That said, all are valid. If nothing else this 

would be the ultimate Swiss Army Knife as a second drive.

...yes there is a cheapie, DemonFX Precision Drive make  

   a clone of the Horizon Precision Drive. $45.00 USD  

 

                              

CHRIS BUCK ___ OVERDRIVE SHOOTOUT

 CHRIS PICKS A PEDAL     

Lightning strikes twice !!!

OVERDRIVE- TKOG Oxford Monarch Overdrive___NEW___ Marshall Gov'nor clone

TKOG EFFECTS PEDALS 

 OXFORD MONARCH 

$290.00 USD

The designer of this pedal goes to a great length to detail the many pedals that were designed by using the original and all that followed it. Including well known brands like Wampler, JHS and Fulltone. Even this pedal is not the makers first but more of a deluxe version. Like the original it is a OpAmp with clipping diodes pedal. As I have stressed in the past these can be more easily made cheaply where OD's using FET transistors that are more tube like can as a rule not be. Yes like all pedals there 

are exceptions and some of my favorite OD's use both.

The pedal has 2 channels with one being the OD and the other a Boost. It basically gives you the tools to cover a 

proximity of all the Marshall amps from the JTM 45 thru 

to the JCM 800. 

            CONCLUSION __

 In the real world one turns the knobs on any OD and finds a sound 

 'they' personally like and not one that will get a room of players to 

 say. YES ...that is exactly like a real Plexi etc. etc. So this MIAB 

 is about average for 'sound' in its price range.

Most of us can find at least one killer pro MIAB sound from a $65 Tone City Golden Plexi v.3 

 

OVERDRIVE- GHOST NOTE AUDIO Codename X81 ___NEW___ Valvestate 8100 clone

$260.00 USD

 G H O S T  N O T E   A U D I O 

[CODENAME X81]

Made in the UK. It is a clone loosely based on the 1991 Marshall Valvestate 100 watt solid state amp.

The layout is active Bass, Mids and Treble with Volume, 

Gain & Contour (a mids sweep.) 

A toggle gives you more gain & a button for Boost. 

This is an extremely high gain pedal. 

CONCLUSION |||

 It simply is what it is meant to be. 

 It is punchy, tight with incredible balz. 

 No fizz just smooth all the way thru the highs.

 It is totally over the top but irresistible.

...the iSet Grim Heavy Metal is gritty but does a            reasonable stand in _$30.00 USD (Amazon)