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$100.00 USD |
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PILLBUG
Yes that is a normal size pick beside it, lol. Note the pic with
the top of the pedal. An adapter cable comes with it for your
in and out and a 9V adapter input. The whole surface is on
a hinge at the top. Basically you just press down on the word 'compressor to click it on and off.
It is based off the classic ROSS Comp and the BOSS CS-2.
CONCLUSION ___
It sounds very much like a Keeley and is equallyPro sounding. If you use a pedalboard switcherits size would not be an issue. (Road Case is not included)
(Road Case)
eavesdropper
Dr. Square
The pedal is built in HTH? Houston Texas, lol.
$150.00 USD A hardclipper OpAmp OD using clipping diodes
It is based on the 1977 DeArmond Square Wave Distortion Generator that used the same OpAmp
as the DOD 250 Pre. & MXR Distortion +.
The layout is Volume, Tone and Gain. A toggle
cuts the highs and another boosts the lows.
NOTE:Dearmond supplied all the 50's small budget U.S. guitar brands with PU's. In those days
the brands like Gibson would not sell even the local repair guys PU's. If your Gibson PU
died you had to send back the guitar to a Gibson authorized repair guy. He would keep
your old PU and put in a new one. DeArmond got smart and realized there was a market
for small shop techs and DIY guys who would buy PU's. Having a monopoly and staying
cheap does not foster great tone. A few times the guys designing things got creative
and/or even lucky with a PU, etc. They soon found there was a market for anything
cheap or even anything that was an alternative to only perhaps one other choice.
The Square Wave checked those boxes.
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CONCLUSION __This is one of those pedals that a song writer might
use. It has plenty of character when laid back in the
mix, or when pushed has a somewhat trashy garage-
band nasal vibe that might plug a hole when nothing
else will. It has an unpretentious cool. The price
is reasonable.
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THE UPDATERFEBRUARY 2026
Separate those pedals that are a steal from those that are stealing from youat any priceIF IT IS WORTH KNOWING IT WILL BE HERE FIRST
MY MONTHLY RANTWell all the buying at the pre tariff price gear has been sold so anything from now on is at the new Mount Olympus prices!!! The good news is enough tariff money is being collected to cover the interest on a bill passed to to let the rich have their big tax break with zero extra to pay down any debt, WTF.
TIME OUT TO SHOUTIt occurred of doing this nearly every day for 10 years and with over 4,100 + pedals and 3 times that in videos for everyone to check out I have no need not to once a month give you my 2 cents on anything I tripped over in the last 79 years.
In the 70's I met a world famous painter. He had most of his paintings in one of the worlds famous galleries. Beside all paintings is a post saying the date of his birth and either a date of death or a blank space for it. ...His has a note note saying Whereabouts Unknown. One day he just disappeared as he could not make a living to support his family. He went into Real Estate with a group that buy very cheap land and pay politicians to get the land rezoned so they can flip it to build on. The graft money paid is 99% of the time in cash. Further cash is paid to politicians going all the way up to the top. Everyone knows what is happening so there is zero need to meet in secret. Just friendly lunches in public places with locked attache cases left behind for the politicians security to scoop up. I tell you this to make a point. All politicians are owned it does not matter what the party is. These big time Real Estate guys have enough to give to both the party in power and the one that is not.
I literally had a famous world leader answer my question. I asked him how he stayed in power for decades. He said "Something for the Needy & something for the Greedy." then smiled and left the room.
Now all I just said is true but over simplified. It is all very complicated but ingenious. My point is on occasion when I am talking about many things I know what I am talking about. I am also not taking sides. I am merely suggesting you choose the one with it not ALL for the greedy and merely lies for the needy.
TOYS FOR THE OLDER BOYS
Some old, some new but all are cool !!!
WAMPLER pedalheadThis a 4.75'' by 3.75'' small pedalboard power amp that puts out 60 watts RMS a side in stereo. The same as a Marshall 100 watt stack!!! It not only sounds like a real tube amp it reacts and feels like one. In a shootout Danish Pete of Andertons fame got it wrong. He thought the Wampler was the real tube amp. It uses 'machine learning'. Which not only gets the sound and feel right but sorts out whatever speakers you plug into them and gets the ohms right. It is even easier to set up then a real Tube amp let alone a Modeler. Ideally you use a Tube Pre like a Friedman IR-X but any Amp-in-Box pedal will do.
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I will take no back talk!!!Get back here as soon as the boss is gone!!There will be more sh@t you need to check out!!!
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Hertitage Ascent+ H137 P90
$625.00 USD
$290.00 USD
O N E C O N T R O LShades of Green O.D. DeluxeIt started life as a beefed up Tube Screamer. Slowly itbecame transferred over the decades to a full range OD.The layout is Volume, Gain, Bass and Treble witha boost control at 2k and 4k.CONCLUSION ____
Not your grandads Tube Screamer it can be
used from a clean boost to a medium gain
OD all the while keeping a transparent vibe
to the sound.
Super Cool pedals
$300.00 USD SMOKING IN THE BOYS ROOM
The Seattle Grunge pedal ??? At any rate you get an OK hardclipper distortion pedal going thru a Chorus.CONCLUSION __Perfect for the guy that keeps his pedals on a bookshelf instead of a board. You can call up a sound on a Sunday morning to kill time as you wait for your buddy to pick
you up to go to the golf course, 😇.
Thorn S O U N D L A B SMagma
This is a new kid on the block. They have been introducing
$245.00 USD the nine pedals on their site one at a time about every couple
of months or so for a year. The dirt pedals all have a similar layout.The Silver Spurs is a bit of a take on the Marshall Silver
Jubilee and this seems like that pedal with a hot rodded
high gain channel. The layout is Volume, Gain, Damping, Headroom, Bass and Treble with Mids having a quasi
parametric sweep. Lastly a much loved Gate.CONCLUSION ___It is damn impressive though one may go nuts picking
this over the Silver Spurs MIAB if you lean more to an
EVH vibe than a Sabbath with a bit of gloom.
$345.00 USD
ELECTRONIC AUDIO EXPERIMENTSGREATHAMMER____It is loosely based from 60's Traynor Bass Master ampused for both guitar and Bass.The Layout is Volume, Tone, Gain and attack which boosteverything above 1K. A toggle gives 2 levels of scoopedmids.
CONCLUSION ___Well it has balz and girth. The highs have anice poke. In spite of the high end partsI find the price obscene!!!
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