UNDERDRIVE- MAD PROFESSOR Evolution Orange Underdrive ...reissue

$200.00 USD

 · MAD PROFESSOR · 

  Evolution Orange Underdrive

The best way to understand this would be to put it in an original Fender Tweed amp. They do their thing set really hot and distorted creating a 

fat distorted mid sound. So you would put this on set the pedal to a 

lower volume with a bit of a scoop and you would get a nice kind 

of Fender Deluxe clean sound. It is literally a reverse OD taking 

dirt away instead of adding it. The Layout is Volume, Treble & Bass. 

The mid is more about cutting then boosting. 

            CONCLUSION __ 

You could also use it stacked on a Fuzz or a hot Overdrive. 

It could be used as a way of pulling back on too much dirt 

while some vocals were happening etc. It is a good problem solver. In effect it is kind of an extra amp channel. 

 

MODULATOR- HAMPSTEAD SOUNDWORKS Redwing Modulator___NEW___ Perfection?

HAMPSTEAD

REDWING 

$465.00 USD

It is is stereo, it does not miss a trick and it is 

...best of all ...Analog. The price us frightening!!! 

With 8 knobs and 5 toggles I will not do a layout. 

I would have to copy the whole manual.   

          CONCLUSION __

It is a to die for modulation pedal. 

Yes you could by an entry level 

'Pro' guitar for the same $ 

No I wouldn't  I would get my 

modulation one at a time from 

makers who nailed one type 

perfect. MXR for Phaser, E-H for 

Flanger etc. Yes when finally 

happy I would perhaps spent as much.

FUZZ- MASK AUDIO ELECTRONICS (MAE) Maybe Duel Octave Fuzz ...majorly usable!!!

$280.00 USD

MAE

 MAYBE? 

The good news is this has been around for 5 years and if was crap 

it would have gone bye-bye. It is certainly not a clone of a specific 

classic. Yes it borrows from them all just like the styling on your  

family car. 

The layout is basically Volume, Tone, Gain and Boost. Toggles ... 

1.- is Gate 

2.- switches transistors in & out 

3.- is BIAS 

4.- is Octave boost 

     CONCLUSION __ 

Yes a bit Doomy, lol. I love in spite of having 

some balz it can lay back so you can use it 

behind a vocal. A treat for the song writer. 

 

OVERDRIVE- PAST FX OG-1 ___NEW___ BOSS OD-1 with case candy!!!

 PastFx  

OG-1

$250.00 USD

Many many guys once they buy a Past FX pedal are back for another. 

These pedals capture the original sound very, very close, yet they 

really do improve anything on the original that may drive you nuts. 

I had a real Boss OD-1 and loved its punch but the volume control 

was not smooth. When you got it almost where you wanted it, it was 

locked into that same level. Not quite loud enough until suddenly it jumped up too high. Once I hit the sweet spot it lost  

its lows and there wasn't an EQ to tweak to fix it. 

The layout straight away tells you it has  the Volume & Gain of the 

original but added the needed tone control. A switch for presence 

allows you to cut the highs and keep the bass but add the sparkle 

so it is not going to get too dark. 

With the SD switch you can get usable if not dead on clone of the 

SD-1 and with the SYM switch you can get a Tube Screamer thing. 

           ፨  

      CONCLUSION ___

The Past FX has fixed all the problems with the Boss.

The second circuit is really just a free dessert. It gives

you the a very usable Boss SD-1 plus a basic Tube

Screamer. All this would not matter if the OD-1 

voice was not nailed but it has the original NOS 

OpAmp and bingo!!! ...WTF love it!!! 

   

THE BEST PEDAL OF 2025

THE BEGINNING OF THE END  

An Overview 

2025 was really the year of the Modeler coming of age.

Modelers are quite simple computers that make sound.

Compared to even a cheap cell phone they are crude. 

Yes the software from the pioneers was and is complex 

and extremely time consuming. The BIG BUT is  the  

topography to make even the software is freely available

even though the free part of it will be argued. 😇 

 

The $80 Valeton GP5 put a lid on Modelers being precious.

If this was used to make a recording by one of the super 

stars who was famous for using a pricey modeler  

and no one new ...the guitar playing fans would be 

admiring the players great tone. 

 

My argument is that the humble analog pedal 

is the Stradivarius sound of a 'Sound-from-a-Box.' 

The modeler is a disposable carbon fiber & stainless 

steel violin 'Sound-from-a-Box.' 

A modeler of today is second best to one that comes 

out tomorrow. A great analog pedal that is decades 

old is still the best, not second best.   

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THE BEST PEDAL OF 2025 

This year there is a tie. One company made an OD with fine harmonic detail through its whole range of low to high gain. The other has accurately reproduced the Fuzz box that became the first game changer. Both are very small independent handmade makers.

 

RhPf Electronics Mosferato  #1  

It is is an Overdrive that can go from low to high gain. It uses FETS which as most know are the gods answer to a convincing Tube/Valve sound. It has definition through its  whole range and sustain the does not feel compressed even when playing at bedroom volumes. It has a rich amp like character yet it is not suggestive of a particular brand of amp. It allows for tweaking to the highest detail. It is the Swiss Watch of OD's. oddly enough it is made in Switzerland, LOL. 

 

It is 110% a cork sniffers pedal but not the cork sniffers price.   

$180.00 USD 

...check out the May 24, 2025 for more.

TOL RED Germanium Fuzz #1    

Let me point out the small stuff first. It comes in a heavy steel enclosure that could go right through a wall if you tossed it and still work. The enclosure has that lovable sloped top of all vintage Fuzzes. It claims to be a Tone Bender Mk2 complete with vintage NOS transistors. So this is what you do. You take a real $1400.00 USD Sola Sound Tone Bender Mk2 and set it beside the TOL RED and you A/B them in a blindfold test. You then choose which one is the real Tone Bender. You have one minute to decide so you better have a coin to flip as you have just bet your guitar you can tell. Because WTF! You know it will be a guess! 

LOL.

I bought mine NEW for $130.00 USD 

...checkout June 12, 2025 for more

THE RUNNER UP

EARHQUAKER Devices Barrows Fuzz 

It is loosely based off of a Tone Bender but it has the vibe, sustain and control of a excellent Overdrive.

If anyone asked me to pick them a dirt pedal and I new zero about their needs, their tastes or their budget I would tell them to get this, bulletproof little Fuzz. $130.00 USD

...check out Sept. 22 & Sept. 29 for more 

BEST OF THE CHEAPIES

SONICAKE Trio Rider 

Nothing complicated, just a very, very excellent Klon.
In fact 3 Klons. The Silver of which about 30 were 

made. The standard Gold and the Klon Version 2 

the KTR. I hated the Klon, I had several, lol. 

But this I love, & especially the Silver. 

The damn thing is $50.00 USD. 

$200.00 USD ...will not buy you better!!!  

 

FUZZ- FARMER FACTORY EFFECTS Fuzz-Tone___NEW___ Carlsboro Fuzz-Tone clone

FARM FACTORY EFFECTS · 

FUZZ TONE

$230.00 USD

In 1966 carlsbro a small Brit amp company brought out a Germanium Fuzz they knowingly called a Fuzz Tone without any rights to the name. it was not although the basic topography was needed to experiment with to get something going. Oddly enough with some creative trial 

and error and some luck they came up with a usable noise from their three OC71 transistors.

Farmer Factory of Douelle France is the builder have done a take on it. The layout is Volume and Attack. Attack affecting the tone primarily by tweaking the BIAS. 

           CONCLUSION __

It has a half decent sound. It is broad 

open and gritty but with an evenness 

close to an OD.