Tuesday, July 28, 2026

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!!  
 

Monday, July 27, 2026

FUZZ- SHAFTESBURY Duo Fuzz___NEW____ a recreation that is Duo too!

$320.00 USD
 SHAFTESBURYS
DUO FUZZ 
There are 2 of them. The Heritage Edition that comes 
in the Jumbo casing and a compact model, the Duo. 
Not surprising it is ThorpyFX that actually make them.

$480.00 USD


CONCLUSION
This was Shoegaze even before 
anyone wore shoes. Even so we all 
need at least one these over the top 
dirt pedals. It is what it is and does a good job of it.



OVERDRIVE- CALINE Enchanted Tone ...a Dumble? ...apparently so

$40.00 USD
 Caline 
ENCHANTED TONE 
This has been around for 5 years. Back then everyone 
had a Dumble pedal. No 2 real Dumble amps were alike 
and neither are the pedals, 😇.
The layout is Volume, Gain and Filter (tone control with 
added presence)
              __CONCLUSION __
It is effective in the low to medium gain 
with clarity, and breadth. On the other 
hand it lacks any serious punch or full 
long sustain. Very pleasant but very 
timid too.


TREBLE BOOSTER- MYTHOS Cestus ... classic Rangemaster booster

$160.00 USD
 M Y T H O S  P E D A L S
 Cestus · · · 
Before we had the Tube Screamer the Rangemaster took its place. 
Brian May and Tony Iommi had one on all their classic records. 
Page bought one the day he got his first Marshall. The layout is 
simple. You have a toggle to pick if you want the classic high 
or a lower mids frequency.
            CONCLUSION ___
It gives you cut and a singing quality in the upper mids 
but without the Tube Screamers honk. Unlike a normal 
clean boost it really adds something more than level 
or just overloading the front end of your amp


Sunday, July 26, 2026

OVERDRIVE/FUZZ - MISSING LINK AUDIO Zepptone___NEW___ Page-in-a-Box !!!

$280.00 USD
MISSING LINK AUDIO  ZEPPTONE 

Yes it is a MIAB but it even lets you click on the Tone Bender Fuzz to nail the records it was on. 
The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain for the amp and Level 
and BIAS for the Fuzz. A toggle to add Body and another 
Shift to switch to choose either, or both. 
       +++
           ___ CONCLUSION ___ 
Damn impressive recreation of Pages early 
sounds. If you splurge on this one  all the 
SB/Steals visitors will will forgive you, lol.😇

Saturday, July 25, 2026

FUZZ/OVERDRIVE- ARC of LIGHT Radium ____ Fuzzy drive ????

$340.00 USD
 ARC   OF   LIGHT 
RADIUM
Not much to add. A French company making the proverbial gourmet handmade 'cork sniffers' dream pedal. 
The layout is Volume and Gain. 
 
CONCLUSION __
How does it sound? Very good? Are there any 
problems. Yes it is $200.00 USD overpriced.
If I had a Fuzz to sell, lol. I would be ashamed.