Sunday, November 26, 2023

OVERDRIVE- BIONIQUE AUDIO Chimera MK3 ....80's -in-a-Box ..it kicks some serious butt!!!

$130.00 USD
BIONIQUE AUDIO  
CHIMERA MK3 
The pedal is a Marshall Guv'nor with a MXR Distortion + acting more as a
boost in the same box.
The layout is volume, Gain, Treble, Mids and Bass with a toggle to boost the gain. 
     ....<>^
CONCLUSION ___
Damn if this does not kick some serious butt.
Add to that you can not whine about the price.

the fine print
The pedal is made by a small builder in Quebec Canada, so are the GUPtech pedals.
Let me tell you about Quebec. It is twice the size of Texas. The official language is French although most can speak English too. They have their own music scene. It is not unusual to go into a club where Stateside you might get a pretty decent band playing covers. In Quebec the band are monter players and are usually playing their own tunes and the crowd are acting like Metallica showed up by surprise. You then leave and walk a block away and another club has the same thing happening and the crowd are screaming out for their favorite tunes that the band wrote. I was so impressed I seriously considered moving there. No sh@t.
The vibe everywhere is very European. In the clothing shops you see styles that in about 3 years you will see in the States but in Quebec this is normal. The culture loves and supports creativity. 
So you can see why  you get small pedal companies when players are open minded and looking for the new not just the same old. The prices reflect a culture more interested in the quality of life over the quantity of acquisitions. The language creates a bult in isolation that blocks them from the high consumption pressures of a massive commercial force convincing us our value is only as big as our bank account.

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