$200.00 USD
AQUA-AUDIO
Sarcasm Cranked Distortion
A basic old school Distortion pedal. No it is not a clone
of anything. It has the expected Volume, Gain and Tone.
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It looks simple enough but it delivers
a near transparent sound especially
on the attack. You get killer definition.
It has survived 12 years by word of
mouth sales and they do not show
up used. Why??? 😇
OPFSX
ELECTRIC VIBE PHASER
This is a classic analog old school Phaser but with features you only
$210.00 USD
find in high end digital modeling.You get the basic Level, Speed and Depth but 4 other toggles that
can change the envelope of the waveform.To understand this shape thing think of the envelope of a piano.
It goes from full loud to a slight decay, then sustains then fades
away. In contrast an organ goes full loud then sustains at the same
level then goes completely off. So this pedal can create shapes as different as the shapes that tell your ear if a guy is playing a piano
or an organ. Remember a Phaser is half effect and half your plain
vanilla clean signal so the piano/organ thing will not be as
startling but it is good to know what's going on to choose the
right sound for a specific tune.
CONCLUSION ___
Features do not make your tone sound great if the basic
signal sucks. Fortunately this pedal would sound killer
if set to sound like an old MXR Phase 90.
Thorn S O U N D L A B S
SILVER SPURS
$245.00 USD
Thorn tells us this is a Marshall Silver Jubilee-in-a-Box. The layout
is Volume, Gain, Damping that I expect is a high pass filter to tighten the lows. A headroom control give you a more open sound by
increasing the operational voltage. Then Bass, Mids, Treble and Presence.CONCLUSION ___
Many feel that the Marshall S.J. was a beefed up JCM 800.
Oddly it was it's own thing but with a nod to the first Marshall,
the JTM 45. Like most of the Amp-in-a-Box pedals they swim
or sink because they simply sound great, or not. This has
good beefy balzy punchy sound. I quite like it.
$550.00 USD
Thorpy FX
R E D A C T E D
The Fuzz side of is likely based on a Tone Bender. The Boost is a
good ol' Rangemaster. The layout for the Fuzz is Volume, Gain
and BIAS. Boost is the volume for the amount of it and Range
picks where in the mids you choose to boost.
CONCLUSION ___
Like all Thorpy pedals it sounds very
good. But do you get $550.00 USD
worth of goodness???
LPD PEDALS
SUPERNODE
DUAL OVERDRIVE
For a start half of this pedal is from the LPD Seventy 4.
$300.00 USD
A take on a '74 Marshall. I have v.1 of that pedal and
for years it has been my go-to #1 pedal. I love it and
I have no lint to pick. Killer MIAB.The other half of the pedal is take on a Nobels ODR 1. Nashville's favorite low to medium gain pedal and
often just a booster.CONCLUSION __
On a small board just this ans a good Fuzz
and away you go. Your dirt problems are
solved.
Vintage PEDALS
13 pedals are to be introduce over the coming months.These 4 overdrives
are a look at the first pedals to arrive. They are from $50 to $70 USD.
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PART 2 ...MORE OF
PART 3 . . .11/21/25 The BEST OF
FUNNY LITTLE BOXES
1991
This UK company makes OD and other pedals where they capture the guitar sounds found of famous recordings. In this case we get Pearl Jam's first LP
$160.00 USD
from 1991. since that sound was a Marshall we get a MIAB but with a very specific sonic vibe.The Layout mimics a PLEXI's functions. There are two Gains to cover the
dual inputs on the amp. One is a dark sound and the other is a bright
sound. You then get a Volume and Treble, Mids and Bass EQ.
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I must admit this is a very fresh approach. It gives
you a take that could work with many of those that
grew up imitating the band to learn their craft.
SKETCHY SOUNDS
$120.00 USD
the THICKNESS
It is a 2 transistor octave Fuzz cleverly fixed at a sweet
spot in the mids to give you poke. The layout is a simple
Volume and Feedback that operates the octave. A second
footswitch kicks in overkill octave squealing.
CONCLUSION __
Not to pricey for a made in the USA pedal.
It is not so weird you couldn't use it in a few
tunes but you can get a lot more milage from
for example the good ol' $30.00 USD
Behringer Super Fuzz Octave Fuzz.
thefineprint...there is a very fine line between genius and stupid
$175.00 USD
DRUNK BEAVER
Trainer TS-100
An old school class A/B solid state guitar amp could have had
balz but not the dynamic feel of a good tube amp. This old 70's
Yorkville Sound Traynor amp was a big exception. D.B. has
given us a pedal that cloned its pre and the results need a listen.The layout is Gain Volume, Bass and Treble.
CONCLUSION __This is one seriously fresh sound.At full gain you get a clean soundwith total balz!!!Not another f.ing 'Same Old'.
LEKATO
DS-2 CRAZY DIST.
The company is best known for its wireless. In fact I
$30.00 USD
have gone through the so-called best brands.
The $35.00 Lekato WS-70 NEVER drops out or picks
interference noise. Yes, it sounds great, but I digress, lol.
This is their Boss DS-1 clone. Oddly enough the Boss was
a clone of the ProCo Rat, lol. The layout is Volume, Tone
and Gain with a toggle to cut lows.
CONCLUSION __I owned a Boss SD-1 and hated it, I found itbuzzy and thin. I am fairly certain this Lekato
mini pedal is not a rebrand. The sound is beefy
and fat with a nice mild scoop. Not bad!
TONE CITY
TAPE MACHINE V.2 DELAY
It is a take on an analog Dunlop EchoPlex. The layout is the same. You get Level, Repeat and Time. There isn't any Tap Tempo feature but the real tape echos did not have any either. It is not meant for ambiance or Shoegaze,
$60.00 USD
Star Wars or doing tricks playing along to the pulse.
CONCLUSION __
I own both the Dunlop EchoPlex and the UAFX
Orion digital clone of the EchoPlex. I use both
everyday. I like the UAFX for cleaner sounds
and the Dunlop for higher gain sounds. That said
the Tone City is in the ballpark so if you like it,
go for it.
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