GOODBYE WASHBURN ????

NUNO  SAYS  GOODBYE 

after 35 years

Say hello to Nuno Guitars.😇

 

    

GUITAR SUMMIT 2025___ Walkthrough with Andertons

WALK THRU, TOO, by 2  

 

GUITAR SUMMIT 2025____ the SCHECTER BOOTH

 SCHECTER GUITARS    

OVERDRIVE- WESTMINISTER FX Seth Morrison 2716 V.2___NEW___ Duel/Rec-in-a-BOX

WESTMINISTER EFFECTS

Seth Morrison

2716  DISTORTION  V.2

$170.00 USD

If you do not know the name he is the undisputed King of Christian  

Metal music. His regular rig is Dual/Rec. In fact he is sponsored by MESA/Gibson.

He has a permanent band but this is his fly rig as he is often called to 

one niters that appear to me to be charity gigs. The pedal is designed 

to mimic his modified MESA. 

The layout is Volume, Gain, Treble, Mids, Bass and Prescence.

            CONCLUSION ___ 

It sounds damn impressive. The pedal has nailed the modified 

amp for feel and sound. That said the $155.00 USD

Aris Effects Spec-Defier must be considered and compared. 

It has stupid level of balz and bite and is not just a fat sound 

but a huge sound. 

FUZZ- THE BRITISH PEDAL COMPANY The Zonk Machine ...a wannabe ???

WARNING:

Back in 2014 this company were dealing with cease and desist letters from lawyers of several of the 

British Pedal Company's products. Buyers found out that the company were selling these to us when 

they did not have rights to the names and that the circuits and parts were not to spec to the originals. 

Andertons stop selling them yet even know they are still on the dealers list. In short buyers beware!!  

$440.00 USD

THE  

   ZONK  MACHINE

This pedal was Hornby Skewes take on a Tone Bender v.1. It was modified enough to be its own thing. Not many were made. However because the company had many other music products that were available in many countries. If nothing else they had no competition. The only other pedal that was available for you to buy in many countries, was the original Maestro Fuzz Tone. 

            CONCLUSION ___

This a clone in the original box's enclosure. It does NOT 

use NOS transistor or it would be a very important point 

written into their sites listing of features. 

The price is obscene!!!

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One of the best Zonk clones is the BLAMMO 

and it covers the 3 versions of the originals. 

$170.00 USD

GUITAR SUMMIT 2025 ___ EarthQuaker Devices ...a bullet proof Tone Bender

"Only130 bucks"

   EARTHQUAKER DEVICES

The new mini Tone Bender v.2 clone is just that. It has no crazy, or for guys 

like me, useless mods. It merely has a few warts/flaws of the original fixed 

on the internal design to make it an instant plug and play. The mini means 

you can squeeze it on any board. 

If you are not a Fuzz guy but want a shot at it a small Muff looks safe and 

it is. BUT! The damn little thing gives you a second choice. I would without hesitation in your shoes get this!!!   

GUITAR SUMMIT 2025___ IBANEZ BOOTH

IBANEZ   

 

GUITAR SUMMIT 2025___ Marshall booth has tiny huge surprise!!!

MORE SURPRISES   

GUITAR SUMMIT 2025___ HILS GUITARS ___very, very impressive

HILS GUITARS

Surprisingly high quality budget headless guitars. The company is like Sire Guitars with great attention to detail and quality control. Unlike other company's that only sell direct they also sell thru the stores so you can try them out and get parts and warranty service. Headless guitars primarily use their own custom specialized parts so if you have a problem you have to use them. Unlike a Strat with dozens of companies making whammys and bridges with headless you have zero options. If a saddle or a tuner etc. needs replacing your guitar is unusable without it so an online only brand is a very high risk purchase. 

I predict this brand will be here to stay. They check all the boxes.

 

FUZZ- KURO CUSTOM AUDIO Akuma Fuzz ... Impressive!!! checks all the boxes!

KURO CUSTOM AUDIO

AKUMA

$200.00 USD

The company appears to lean if not specialize in heavy type Doom 

dirt pedals.

The layout is Volume, Treble and Bass. The 'Int' knob is a mystery although my guess it is a BIAS control. Other than to say it sounds

very much like it is using silicon transistors it does not seem to be identifiable. It is a bit nasally which it is not typical of a Muff. Bender/Fuzz Face minus the germanium transistors ...think I.

 

 CONCLUSION__

What's not to like. It is massive, powerful and has losts of balz. 

It has plenty of poke and punch. The graphics are excellent. 

It captures a gothic vibe without the beyond trite damn skulls, demons etc.

 .

GUITAR SUMMIT 2025___ anything Metal !!! and some not, lol

METAL 2025 |||

 

DRUM MACHINE- BEAT BUDDY 2 Drum Machine Pedal___NEW___this is your next pedal

$500.00 USD

SINGULAR SOUND

BEATBUDDY 2

Lets first get the basics out of the way.

First your timing sucks!!! Secondly a metronome will not help because the sound goes NO-NO-NO-U-R-Still-F-ing-Crap.

With a drum machine it says "LETS ROCK". 

It makes practicing literally twice as much fun. You start to feel you are having fun NOT even bothering to improve. 

BE WARNED A drum machine has side effects ...some players without noticing find they just keep getting better. One guy got so bad he 

had to buy a pricy new guitar because he felt he earned it, LOL.

      THE EXTRAS

You find out just by recording with your phone, where you need

to fill out parts. Even more likely when to give them space. 

You learn to create built in dynamics. You know when and how

go from sparse to busy and light to heavy.

CONCLUSION__

The damn thing costs a fortune!!!! WTF

It is because for one thing you can use it on world class recordings. Your audience will 

want to know your drummers name. Fact ...for a start 99% of your audience 

doesn't play guitar, LOL.

It hasn't got any serious competition. Everything else is aimed at Hip Hop, Electronica 

or Polka bands. Or heaven forbid real Drummers that use it as a toy or as second 

drummer to play along with them. Using computer downloads things etc. is a 

total pain and uses up hours of your time.  

 

 

If you have no choice then get what I have now. 

The $159.00 USD Alesis SR16 it has remained unchanged since 1990. The sounds are fine even for recording bit its Lo-Fi tech makes the sound just muddy enough not to want to use it on a recording

I would want to sell. Even so it is on several Def Leppard records. Used they go for $100.00 USD. 

GUITAR SUMMIT 2025___Line 6 HELIX XL

LINE 6 HELIX XL 

 

GUITAR SUMMIT 2025 ____ toys for the Rich & Nefarious or just plain mad

           What-cha-ma-call-its and do thingies     

GUITAR SUMMIT 2025____ an ENGL for $850.00 USD

 ENGL 

Amplification || 

 

ALL OF THEM ____CIDADEL ELECTRONICS ____SERIOUSLY GOOD PEDALS

$250.00 USD

CITADEL ELECTRONICS

Sandiago Alvarez and  Tommi Otsavaara set out to make some serious sh@t. The company is in Hong Kong but I need not explain why.

I chose the Particle Drive as an overview product. First it gives you a ballpark of the pricing. It also shows you their approach to features 

and controls. The pedal is a high gain MIAB. A toggle lets you chose 

3 fixed voices. The pedal lives or dies by them. You then get Volume, 

Tone and Gain the classic controls for a simple tweak. Who doesn't 

need a noise free OD? Yes you get a gate. 

...I will give all these pedals their own review as new demos arrive. 

   But for now we have an excellent quick look at all the pedals.

GUITAR SUMMIT 2025 ___ HARLEY BENTON ___ with Vega-Trem

  HARLEY BENTON

      

HARLEY BENTON