Thursday, June 11, 2026

OVERDRIVE- GUPTECH Trou D'Biege TB Drive ___NEW ___Hot Cake ___mini/clone

GUPTECH
Trou D'biege YB Drive
$130.00 USD
This is a mini version of their best seller the Donut. Both are clones of
the famous Crowther Hot Cake that came out in 1976 and is still 
made.
The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain
I always wanted a the Crowther Hot Cake but there is a waiting list 
of about 6 months. The guy that made is about 70 something. He admits it has always been more or less a hobby so you are waiting 
for him to be in a making pedals mood, 😇. Add to that he ships fully insured fast delivery so your shipping etc. could easily add another $100, lol. 
      CONCLUSION __ 
The GUPTECH has the size, the rep 
and the price!!! You can even pick 
the color.   
This is screaming "buy me!!!" 
 
$110.00 USD

DELAY- GUPTECH Chickadee-Lay-Analog Delay ...BOSS DM-2 clone

$110.00 USD
 GUPTECH
Chickadee-Lay-Analog Delay    
The Saguenay Quebec Canadian company with affordable 
handmade clones does a Boss DM-2. 
The layout is Time, Feedback and Echo. 
 
CONCLUSION __
Not much to add. They make quality 
pedals and accurate renderings of
whatever they clone. The price is  
more than fair for what you get. 
 
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The OD in the video is the Trou D'Beinge 
TB drive 9 (mini donut). A killer clone of 
the classic decades old Hot Cake.
Post ...coming ASAP

Wednesday, June 10, 2026

FUZZ/OD- MASK AUDIO ELECTRONICS Part Garden Ge... Swiss Army dirt pedal

Mask Audio Electronics
PART GARDEN Ge 
$285.00 USD
A Fuzzy Drive. Think of Boss DS-1 Distortion but with the warm gritty sound of a Tone Bender. To do that you need a lot of Germanium transistors. They were not used enough by end of the 60's for the manufacturer's to continue making them. The radio and television companies wanted the new silicon transistors. Those that are around are few and far between. In short a good trick is to use just one to color the sound and use silicon for the others. The layout is Volume, Input boost, and Gain. Texture is more gain. A toggle gives you different voices.
CONCLUSION ___
A Swiss Army knife dirt pedal. Great sounding and highly 
useful when the OD's and Fuzz pedals you have are not 
doing the needed thing on some of your tunes.

OVERDRIVE- JUDGE AMPS Judge Drive... Nobels clone made glassy transparent

Judge Amps
JUDGE DRIVER · 
$235.00 USD
The topography says Nobels ODR-1 with a change here and
 
a tweak there. The gain was increased and the muddy bass 
fixed. To my ear the most notable difference is it has more 
even harmonics even symmetrical very much like like the 
Tube Screamer. The layout is from the ODR with Volume, 
Gain and its Width/Spectrum Tone control.
     CONCLUSION ___
I am impressed by how un-ODR it is. It has a
district voice with a transparent chime. Very
mellow without being dark or muddy. I see 
this as a seriously good secondary alternative 
sound but not your main OD. For some it could 
even be an always on pedal.

Tuesday, June 9, 2026

OVERDRIVE- FUZZLORD NAZARETH Octave Distortion ___NEW ___ the devil has a soul !!!

FUZZLORD 
$265.00 USD
NAZARETH ||   OCTAVE DISTORTION  
Mr. Rat is back again, but he gained some weight with a very  
heavy low end and boost circuit pushed to take it up an octave 
like a octave Fuzz but this is not a Fuzz.
The layout is classic best of. Yes ...a Volume Treble, Mid and 
Bass with Boost wired to a second footswitch. 
            CONCLUSION ___
Yes you get all that beyond heavy sh@t but what 
grabbed me is when it's backed off it has a better
amp-in-Box the many boasting of having nailed it. 
It has it all breadth, poke, punch, balz & a 
beautiful earthy character when backed off. Killer!!! 
 

PITCH SHIFTER- KLOWRA Dive___NEW___ high-end quality & features but budget price

KLOWRA
DIVE
$130.00 USD
The company has always focussed on high spec with full features at a reasonable price.
The layout explains what it is about short of me writing a manual. 
The layout is Drop A, Drop B, Glide, Mix, with a button and 
toggle for routing.
 
               CONCLUSION __
It is called Dive because they know the kind of clubs it will 
be used in, lol. Some of their full size pedals are $10 more. 
The price was expected to be closer to $100, WTF. 
To be fair you get your money's worth. 
BIG BUT it has flutters meaning loss of pitch/tuning. 
Not for me!!!