GADGET- MOOER Prime M2___NEW ___ a Rockman for the present

$220.00 USD

MOOER PRIME M2

An all in one Toy. It is a Modeler, Looper and Drum Machine with a sound quality that could in a pinch get you through a gig. A song writing and practice tool and undeniably a lot of fun. It does everything very well.

On the down side anything it has there are other choices that choose to do just one thing like a Looper or a Drum Machine or indeed a Modeler with a much, much more Pro sound or/& function. Other units that are primarily headphone units are far cheaper and totally 100% Modelers are too.

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If I wanted a toy I would buy the VALETON GP-50. 

It Is a NAM Capture style Modeler. The sound can 

easily sub for an amp adequate enough to use in 

a world class studio to go on a world class recording 

with its 110% Pro sound.  $130.00 USD

OCTAVE - JHS Double Dragon ___NEW ___ surprisingly unusable ....<>^

$180.00 USD

JHS PEDALS

Double Dragon  

It is an old school monophonic octave pedal. You can not play 

chords and half the notes that you will want to play will glitch 

and make you sound like you just learning to play, LOL.

   CONCLUSION ___

The yellow enclosure with red knobs is dead cool.

There is a fine line between Genius and just Stupid. 

I have reviewed over 4,000 pedals.

You have at minimum hundreds of better pedals

to spend your money on. 

Hey! ...Cheer up!!! You just saved yourself $180.00 !!!

DELAY- KLOWRA Rilum___NEW ___ multi-head Tape style Delay

KLOWRA 

RILUM

$130.00 USD

Hotone started out as a nano pedal maker and kept morphing to various budget digital effects and are know known primarily for their great sounding but more important 'User Friendly' modelers. No manual needed.

Anyhow they decided to take a side road and make some budget but very high spec pedals under another name. The layout is Lag Time, Feedback, Mix, Rate, Heads Volume and Lo-Fi.

The video is a virtual manual so I'll let ol' Mike explain.

    CONCLUSION __

It is damn impressive with both its spec and price.

It is not a specific clone which we all often get hung 

up on. I include myself. If you want to dabble in 

a little Shoegaze or Star Wars yet still get some

great conventional sounds ...they are all there. 

 

PREAMP- TONE KING The Royalist ___NEW___ all tube, goodbye modeler ;-)

$600.00 USD

 Tone King

R o y a l i s t PREAMP

Get your MIAB Pre but with 3, 12ax7 tubes. It gives 

a whole new meaning to the phrase 'Get Real'

You get the JTM45 and the big boy of classic PLEXI 

the Super Lead. Yes the Stack of all Stacks!!!

CONCLUSION ___

Between Friedman or Tone King for your Pre. Add the Wampler Pedalhead a totally convincing tube amp sounding & responding power amp and you have your real tube thing the size of a modeler complete with 

everything need to link to a Sound Reinforcement rig. 

 

    

OVERDRIVE- BROWNE AMP Alkene (Nashville OD)___NEW___ Nobel OD-1 clone ...plus?

 Browne AMPLIFICATION 

$230.00 USD

 ALKENE 

Browne got put on the map when they released their double pedal the Protein with a Nobel OD-1 stacked on a Bluesbreaker. So enters Alkene & the Carbon. The secret is their knack to take a classic and make it more transparent and near 3 Dimensional. They are killer when backed off to really improve a clean sound or pushed to keep the total vibe of both your guitar and amp. Many guys found they loved one side. I was was one of the many. In fact I was first inline for the Carbon/ Bluesbreaker, LOL. With the Alkene everyone is happy getting the one they wanted, lol.

The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain. A toggle lets you switch between symmetrical and asymmetrical clipping. It is such an obvious idea that I am amazed others have not featured it. An internal switch increases the gain if you are more into a bit more aggression. 

           CONCLUSION ___

My Carbon is my most used OD. That said I use it for a clean 

sound or stacked on other OD's so even I almost do not think 

of it as an identifiable sound. It is like the hammer in my 

tool box. Boring but 110% needed. I expect many guys will 

use the Alkene in a similar way. In short an always on pedal.

___ NEED TO KNOW ___THE HISTORY OF THE GIBSON ES-175 ___

   GIBSON ES-175    

      

   

____VALETON LOFT MINI PEDALS___ accurate clones of Boss pedals___ re-released

VALETON LOFT  

These are neither dumbed down or improved they are part for part 

clones of all the classic old Boss pedals. I have the CH-10 Chorus 

which is literally the most famous of all Chorus pedals the 

BOSS CE-2. I am more than happy with it.

The absolute best prices are at Only Pedals. The Chorus is $90.00 USD.

DELAY- HUNGRY ROBOT PEDALS The Moby Dick ___NEW___ Tape Delay for a mad man

$275.00 USD

 HUNGRY ROBOT PEDALS

The Moby Dick | 

The unit is stereo in and out. It has delays you can 

tap differently for either side. Control over the wow 

and flutter via modulation and you can control the tape/age wear and stretch. It has a separate 

control for double tracking.  

CONCLUSION __ 

Your choice,you can add many twists to a basic delay  

or go totally Star Wars & Shoegaze. 

OVERDRIVE- LPD LTD. Sixty8X___NEW___ 10 Year Anniversary of 'the essential' MIAB

LPD PEDALS

$240.00 USD

SIXTY8X

The first serious and successful pedal Lawrence Petros brought out 

was the SIXTY8 and it put his brand into the 'Must Haves' when it 

came to a MIAB. 

In those days you could even order yours as a mini pedal. I got 

mine in the mini format 

asap after seeing Phillip McKnight review it on his show. He loved his 

so much he got 2. I still use my mini 68 every damn day!!! the layout 

is Treble, Mids, Bass, Level, Presence and Gain. Hold down the switch switches channels. In side you can boost one over the other.

CONCLUSION ___

Arguably not cheap but worth every penny spent. Get 

one of each of the 4 LPD MIAB pedals. All are not just 

good but necessary!!!

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MXR Phase 90 fans will appreciate that I have the original version

of the SIXY8 with ...the script logo, lol.

LOVETONE PEDALS ___ The pedals that Behringer already just made 3 clones of...

 THE LEDGENDARY LOVETONE    

Behringer already has made 3 which are a near dead 

on look to the originals. Will they do 2 more?

 ...below are the Behringer versions  ...all have a Post. 

FUZZ- SOUNDBOX WORKSHOP 1975 Fuzz ...Muff-ish

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$160.00 USD

1975 FUZZ

This is a clone of a clone. The makers friend had a nondescript Muff he found used from some came and went builder. The topography was certainly Muffish but it had an added mid 

control that gave it less a sagging scoop but more of a

wall of sound. The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain with

Shift that reshapes the mids. 

           CONCLUSION __ 

Small builders and indeed a Fuzz by nature can 

be less something that checks all the right boxes

but regardless gives you a box with a personality.

This is such a box.

JUST FOR FUN- ALL THE 50 WATT FRIEDMAN AMPS

 FRIEDMAN 50x4   

OVERDRIVE- LAND DEVICES Hunter Stereo Distortion___NEW ___ OpAmp high gain OD

L A N D  D E V I C E S

H U N T E R  DISTORTION

First lets get rid of the stereo nonsense. This is not 2 sounds going to 2 different places. it is used to represent blending cleans into the distortion circuit. Rare for guitar pedals but all but totally standard for Bass players dirt pedals. the unit is an OpAmp hardclipper much like a Boss SD-1 or for that matter many Boss dirt pedals. Dimed it passes as a Fuzz.

            CONCLUSION ___ 

The old school casing and simple graphics 

and with a head turning red paint job is very appealing. (it also comes in ...yawn ...black). The overall sound is good if hardly new. The clean bend is damn useful. It is not worth $300. $250 tops.