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Sunday, October 6, 2024

SHOOT OUT____ NANO CORTEX vs. ToneX PEDAL

SHOOT OUT !

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...actually I find that the NANO has more detail in its sound in spite of
the specs.
I think IK Multimedia will bring out a full featured top specs ToneX pedal.
It could happen at any time. It will likely still be under a $1000 but be a
game changer with potential to be #1 with those looking for the best.

FLANGER- Caline CP-76 So What Flanger... full featured, good specs

Caline CP-76 Flanger

SO WHAT

$35.00 USD
A company that has made a thousand pedals. Just 3 years back on

their site they had about 70 pedals. Some they have made for at

least 15 years. As a rule the ones made in the standard old

Hammond B type enclosures are best.
This is a full feature unit with a layout of Width, Speed,

Regeneration and Delay.

CONCLUSION ___

This is the real deal. I am confident they are using the reissued Panasonic BBD chips. They not just have a good sound they are not too noisy. Very few companies that offer a full line of pedals make a Flanger let alone a full featured model. They are hard to get right. Done right they are rich sounding but otherwise can sound like Star Wars on a bad day.

Saturday, October 5, 2024

OVERDRIVE- DOLLAMO D4 Distortion... a poor man's Fortin NATAS, dirt cheap!!!

DOLAMO D4 DISTORTION

$25.00 USD
The Dolamo brand is made by Caline. A few of their dirt pedals are dead on the others are crap. They lack any harmonic detail. The D4 is one of those few exceptions,😏. Be forewarned Dolamo make a D5 and D9 Distortion so it is confusing.
I think this is a generic stab at getting a contemporary Metal pedal for the player that wants to 'Chug'. It has however, probably by luck, have caught the vibe of the Fortin NATAS amp. They are famous for this amp but also make a pedal of it.

CONCLUSION___
It is impressive, a bit noisy but impressive.

If part of your thing needs this kind of sound

then go for it. If it is your whole focus than

check out the Fortin or the Solar CHUG.

...at the price it is hard to say no, ordered one from TEMU lol.

Friday, October 4, 2024

OVERDRIVE- MEZZABARBA Even Drive_NEW_tubes!!! ...serious sh@t !!!

MEZZABARBA
C U S T O M A M P L I F I C A T I O N
-EVEN DRIVE

$900.00 USD

The company are known for their very high end amps. Yes, we can expect a quality pedal. We can also expect their 'Ferrari' like pedal comes with a 'Ferrari' price.
The layout is Level Tone and Gain. It has a toggle with two modes

of Crunch and Distortion. The footswitch toggles between the modes.

CONCLUSION___
The specs read like it was made for a mission to Mars
complete with gold plated connectors. It is not a hybrid
unit made to replace a Modeler with ir cabs and any
interfaces needed for direct to a live board or for

direct recording etc. It is a dead killer pedal but

at any price it may be too little too late.

Thursday, October 3, 2024

OCTAVER- ELECTRO HARMONIX POG 3_NEW_killer but, kill-ya $ |alternatives? YES

$645.00 USD
electro-harmonix POG lll
POLYPHONIC OCTAVE GENERATOR

The first POG was a very good seller. The really big seller was the Micro POG. It is a double B size pedal we think of as for a double pedal box with 2 footswitches. To be fair it came out before the

mini pedals arrived from Mooer. I will skip the layout etc. as it would be longer than a manual, lol.

CONCLUSION ___

It does everything and then it does more. It borrows from the
classic analog Synths of the late 70's. If you want a great unit
with a few extras they make the Pico POG that
is smaller than a mini pedal for $240.00 USD. If you want
the one that you have for years heard on recordings you can
get the micro POG at $245.00 USD. DO NOT BUY the
Nano POG in the standard B size enclosure. It sounds thin.

_HIWATT_ HISTORY___ and a peak & demo of all the NEW amps

HIWATT

All of them!!! In many ways the best cleans on the planet. It has balz to spare.

Clean beside a Dumble it makes the Dumble sound really thin and gutless yet

it keeps very good articulation.

...I had the 50 watt for a few years in the early 80's.

OVERDRIVE- VEXED BRAIN Repeated Death... Rat, plus, plus

VEXED BRAIN

$150.00 USD
REPEATED DEATH🕂

Very much a company focused on Doom and related genres. The pedal appears to be a Rat pedal but it includes a boost

and an Octave circuit as well. Not entirely new even with all that as Earthquaker for one has over the years offered several variations on the theme but at a much higher price point.
The layout is Boost, Level, Tone, Gain, Octave and

a toggle to chose from 3 clipping diodes

CONCLUSION ___

It sounds impressive, is full featured

but laid out intuitively and very

reasonably priced.

Tuesday, October 1, 2024

_THE UPDATER_OCT 2024_NEW GEAR NEWS_UPDATED 24/7

THE UPDATER

OCT 2024

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MY MONTHLY RANT
Nothing but election news, election news, election news!!! Damn! If Trump loses it won't stop. He will start campaigning for the 2008 election!

THE GOOD NEWS
Summer is over and the all the companies have new product to sell us since many of us will be indoors most of the time. We got the Neural DSP Nano Cortex. The perfect Modeler.

No one outside of the critics wants to program the damn things so know you afford one of two big boys highend units/sounds cheap.
LPD Pedal's Lawrence Petross is after 8 years of selling 99% from his home to Americans is selling his killer pedals to all of Europe via Thomann😇

ALL ABOUT 'FAKE'

I am 77 and over the years I would go to the movies every 5 to 10 years to see a SciFi film where even those that hated SciFi would go to see and hear a film that the latest tech made them feel that what they experienced look 100% real. It wasn't and 5 or 10 years later everyone was amused that what they saw in the past then looked totally fake. Over time anything 20 years old was laughable.
It is the same with Modelers. I often heard the latest and felt that because I did not own one maybe my sound from a tube amp is embarrassing.
Recently I found I can identify a real amp from a Modeler in seconds. In short....