OVERDRIVE- CHICAGO STOMPWORKS Blooze Maker...a real Bluesbreaker clone ???

$75.00 USD

 CHICAGO STOMPWORKS BLOOZE MAKER 

Yes ....a Brit made v.1 Marshall Bluebreaker clone! Yes the pedal that John Meyer put on the map. So now they sell for $550.00 USD+.

Stompworks has a long and good rep at making good clones of many classics. Better still they are well made and cheap!

It was formerly sold as the Blue Fox. There is a competitor that calls their company Bluefox so I suspect it is why they changed the name.

The new name is better so WTF. lol

I have heard the original many times. If this is not not dead on it is awfully damn close! First impressions make me think if has more volume which is a really good thing. The highs on the original are weak. In fact it is normal to dime them. The point of this pedals is to be an actual clone.

In short it is!  The video is a lame amateur one but it all we have. 

Go to 5:00 to 1:20

Not much happening but listen carefully to the tone.

It is normal to run the tone much higher than this guy does which gives the pedal a nice spank.

CONCLUSION

I always wanted one. I presently am using the JHS Morning Glory

with every 'new and improved' switch turned off (lol) it is OK but

like all classic OD a B.B. has a 'tone' all its own that in the end can

get lost by any changes. This pedal has not tore out the soul or 

vacuumed off the pixie dust.

I... orderd one!

TWO WEEKS LATER

It arrived!

Damn if it isn't perfect. 

It sounds like the original .

The level or highs on the original were bit weak

but that was fixed without messing with the tone.

I have the hottest of the clones... the JHS Morning Glory

with sh_t loads of extras that I find unusable. Worse yet all

that F.ing around with the design ruined the basic Bluesbreaker 

sound! 

Now I can sell it and have enough money left for 2 more 

Stompworks pedals. The pedals even have a lifetime warranty.

No one offers that unless they nearly never ever need to fix it.

Hey!!! it doesn't get better than that!!!

Ok maybe you find a low gain drive as good.

I have a few myself ...BUT NOT BETTER!

JUST BUY ONE!!!

Did you know that the sacred King of Tone is 

2 modified Bluesbreakers in one box. WTF!!!

A MONTH LATER

I have used it a lot over the last few weeks and I find  by then any warts or nasty but small side affects show up. Other times you hear beautiful subtleties show up that you missed not being tuned into to the tone. Well good news ...zero negatives and even better news the pedal has all those spicy little extras that makes it a very special pedal.