REDSEVEN
A M P L I F I C T I O N
LEVIATHAN
A small amp builder who offers a 2 12AX7 tube
$700.00 USD
pre primarily borrowed from his amps.The layout has 2 channels of full EQ of Treble,
Mids and Bass with Gain and Level.It has a Gate a 4 presets and a Boost.
16 IR's give you direct out.
CONCLUSION ___Damn pricy but everything is handmadeand uses the best parts. A alternative tothose expected to show up with a Modelerwho if like me want one perfect realtube tone.
MIND MONKEY EFFECTS
$280.00 USD
WHEN I GROW UP OVERDRIVE
Basically built as a tube Preamp using FETS as tubes.
When done right it is always the closet to a real tube amp.
The layout is Volume, Blend, Gain and a toggle to go from
a Low Gain to a healthy Medium Crunch plus.CONCLUSION __
It is its own thing. Very amp like but not characteristic
of a brand. Pulled back it can act as a very good boost.
For guys into a Blues or Americana thing it could even
be an always on. It has a lot of character with definitely its own vive.
FENDER TELECASTER
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NOTE: I will Post Pt.2 here as soon as Anderton posts it.
Mozztronics
EM-1 ECHO MACHINE
$185.00 USD
An Australian company that takes great pride in NOT cloning. They also produce nothing but either excellent pedals or indeed total killer pedals. The layout is has
both a Dry volume and Wet volume control to go with
the usual Feedback and Delay. It has Modulation. You
get a toggle for high or low level of Modulation and a
Rate and Depth control.
CONCLUSION ___
The unit uses the old PTA 2399 chip that uses vintage DDL tech but has a killer ADA that gives it the clarity but with a very warm analog sound.
It was designed for their Karaoke Machine that sold literally a
million as it sounded the best but was also cheap. The result is
detailed voicing but with the warmth of a really good Analog Delay.
⃣⃝ DONNER
UMBRIA Ruben Wan Signature
DISTORTION
Ruben Wan plays uninspired insipid Pop music
$66.00 USD
but can play a few Jazz clichés. A Sesame Street
George Benson? 😇
The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain. A toggle
lets you choose either Rumble or Classic.
CONCLUSION ___
This is one of the most mediocre OD'S
I ever reviewed. It is dark and muddy
without any highs in the classic setting.
In the other position it is thinner than
a hair on your head, tinny, even strident.
WTF were they trying to achieve?
Sonic flatulence!!!!
thefineprint
WTF!!! this pedal is labeled as a Distortion. A Ratis a Distortion. If this is a Distortion than aKlon is a Heavy Metal Doom pedal.
COLORTONE PEDALS
P A R A S I T E
$200.00 USD
Nothing game changing. It is a one size does all. Their blurbmentioned Dumble in the same sentence as an OCD????A Dumble amp uses the same topography as Marshalls JTM 45. That said it is not some studious replication of an
exact amp like a JMP 50 or JCM 800 etc, etc. but WTF. It is quite impressive.
This is in effect version 4, V.1 was released in 2019, 😇The layout is Level, Gain, Treble and Bass with a toggle which emulates the resonance of basic single 12"cab or a 4x12 half stack. Another toggle brings on Brite which mimics a Marshall bright cap channel.
CONCLUSION __
It is simply a damn good Brit OD and the cabresonance thing is always welcomed but seldomadded. It has balz, that in my book puts it near
the head of the pack. That said since you will
always ask.My recommended MIAB is the $200.00 USDPedalPalFX PAL800 Gold Overdrive V.4.
...if the house is on fire & you can just grab one pedal 😇
JHS 3 SERIES |
B I T C R U S H E R
WTF is it??? ___Think of it like this. When 'Moving Picture' were
$100.00 USD
invented it was just that. The camera took a constant stream of
or individual pictures than when run past eye at a good speed &
many or them created an illusion of movement. Digital takes 'bit' pictures. If you take or use too few and blend it with the guitars
signal you get digital Distortion sounds. The tone is bright like a
Silicon transistor Fuzz but gritty like a Germanium Fuzz.
So think of it like a new kind
of Fuzz.
CONCLUSION ___
Nothing new but modern tech makes iteasy to control so the signal can be filteredin a out or shifted in pitch etc. etc, etc. So?
It isn't ... All Shoegaze.
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