OVERDRIVE- IBANEZ OD-850 Overdrive ... a Muff ??? 😇

$145.00 USD

 Ibanez 

    OD-850  OVERDRIVE 

This came out in the '70s as an Overdrive in a full 

size enclosure and without a LED and only ran on a 

battery. Maxon reworked a Big Muff and added a 

mass of mid range. In 2016 they brought it back 

as a Mini pedal. The layout is Volume, Tone & Gain.           

        __CONCLUSION__

It is a terrible Overdrive, LOL. However

it is great little Fuzz. I would stack it 

on my modern OD's for that wall of 

sound thing. (Made by Maxon in Japan)

SHOOT OUT? ____ Is the Jan Ray a better Timmy ???

IS DIFFERENT BETTER ??? 

I have always found the Jan Ray to be a Timmy 'cake' 

with gourmet icing. $370 for the Jan Ray and $40 

for the Caline Blue Sky means it has $330 worth 

of icing. WTF !!!! 

I have and use a Caline Blue Sky with the gain 

barely on as an always on pedal. 

  

COMPRESSOR SHOOTOUT ___ 6 Mini Comps

  COMP WARS 

NEED TO KNOW

Universal Audio own the original UREI 1176 
the King of Comps. They still make them. 

Universal Audio also make the Universal Audio 

UA 1176 'pedal' that is a dead on clone of 

their own UREI. I own it and it is killer. 

Most studios use the UA software for a lot 

of their work and the same software is in 

the 1176 pedal.   

 

The SONICAKE Source Comp is a also a
take on the 1176 as well. It is damn impressive.

At $50,00 USD I recommend it out of all these 

mini pedals. Add to that except for the 

Donner the others are a lot more money. 

So check the video and keep this in mind, 😇

 

I have owned the full size Wampler, the Keeley, the Xotic SP 

& the Donner (made by Mooer. Mooer call it the Yellow Comp 

which I have owned since it came out) In short I owned 

all but the JHS which is just another MXR Dyna Comp/Ross 

clone, and I would buy the SONICAKE 😇

 

FUZZ- SONIC GEEK Fuzz Cat ___NEW___Fuzz Face clone, not bad 😎

$65.00 USD

S O N I C  G E E K

 FUZZCAT 

What we get is a take on yet another Fuzz Face.

It is a silicon version and with the voice having 

a small misalignment to the BIAS. The layout is 

just a Level and Gain. Not a problem as a Tone 

can only cut the highs and you wouldn't want to.   

            ___ CONCLUSION ___

It appears to have just one basic sound

but it is fat and gritty & near Tone Bender

V.1 like. Backs off nice and has good 

dynamics. Priced OK. Sounds OK!!!

STEVE STEVENS ___ INTERVIEW ___ __ _

  STEVE STEVENS   

OVERDRIVE- MI AUDIO EFFECTS Cross Over ...the King is dead long live the ...

 M I  E F F E C T S

CROSS OVER DRIVE

$140.00 USD

Before the Fulltone OCD was the 110% must have OD the MI Audio 

was King. They made the MI Audio Crunch Box. Companies like 

MOSKY cloned it and even called it the Crunch OD. To try and regain 

the Crown MI brought out the Cross Over Drive. Both the Crunch & 

the OCD are old school OpAmp pedals. They are more BOSS than 

real tube amp. The Cross Over uses FET transistors. A FET works & sounds like a tube. In short MI were always ahead of the curve. 

                  CONCLUSION __

The Fulltone OCD kept holding its own. 

It has a dash of RAT bite that the players 

even now like. The Cross Over do have 

a following. It is now itself 12 years old.

 

OVERDRIVE- VERMURAM Las Lumas Distortion ___NEW___stunning dynamics!!!!

 VEMURAM

  Las Lunas   DISTORTION 

$450.00 USD

It has finally been released. A pedal I can like because it is  

not 'just' a marketing 'up yours' priced one that is only arguably better than things at half the price.

What we get is in the Brit amp MIAB category that they have

simply label a Distortion. The layout is Volume, Gain, Treble 

Tone/Mids and Bass. A switch gives you 2 voices.

     CONCLUSION __

It sounds impressive and one thing the company 

shoots for is touch sensitive dynamics. They do 

this by providing lots of headroom. The pedals ability 

to give you harmonic feedback even at low volumes 

is damn impressive. In my book that is worth the 

price of admission!!! At the price one really should compare it with the Origin Effects Revival Drive 

Compact for your same $450.00 USD!!