2 years ...HAPPY BIRTHDAY SBS ...DEC.23/15 to DEC.23/17

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME ....LOL

Well 2 years ago I had a little time on the 23rd and thought I would make a Blog...put down a few Posts to make those out there with talent and ambitions but no money find some pro level pedals for cheap prices.
I intended to do maybe 4 or 5 posts and then move on.
After 2 posts on my first day it went viral.
There are now 55,000 plus of us!!!
There are 236 Posts on the Blog and ALL are still relevant because those that were not were erased and the ones left are kept up to date by updating prices or adding new info or new pedals.
There are many Posts that show all the best pro pedals in a category that are under $100.00 USD
Like the the 35 listings in the post OVERDRIVE-SBS.

VOLUME PEDAL- VALETON SURGE EP-2 ...a cheap problem solver

 VALETON SURGE EP-2 Volume pedal 

So there are a lot of volume pedals and this is not the best.

$50.00 USD

So why am even posting it?
Well it is cheap and passable.
It is also a mini pedal so it does not use up much real estate.

I find it to be invaluable in two ways. I do my best to set my levels to be as loud as I want them. I find (like most players LOL) that I am more likely to be too loud. But once the tune has started this is a quick fix to drop it a notch.

For players that do not use a 'gate' it is damn handy to kill your hiss between tunes.

$45.00 USD
as cheap as $35.00 USD on sale

 VIPER DONNER MINI PASSIVE 
A Valetone re-brand that saves you $5.00 USD







SONICAKE VEXPRESS
Another knock off but at $45.00 USD
The best deal right now is the Donner.

OVERDRIVE- Tube Screamer ...ts808 & ts9 ...what's the difference?

  HOW MANY TUBE SCREAMERS DOES IT TAKE TO FIND  

 THE BEST ONE? 

ts9

ts808

Good ol' Brian has a very nice short video on the difference between the the first Tube Screamer ever made the ts808

       and the second the ts9.                                                                                                                                                       

OVERDRIVE- BAD CAT Siamese Drive Dual Transparent Overdrive ...Whoa!!!

 BAD CAT SIAMESE DRIVE DUAL TRANSPARENT OVERDRIVE 

$150.00 USD

So lets get to the point.

Bad Cat makes some serious amplifiers and now a pedal
Bad Cat takes their focus on quality and value with their amps into their pedal.
Look out Friedman !!!!

Yes just one. LOL
BUT in this one box  you get two identical
Marshall Plexi OD with extended highs & mids that takes the place of the 60's style treble boosters that Page, Iommi and virtually all others of note used with their Plexi.
You even get a choice of colour.
And all for the price of a single pedal made by your average gourmet competitor!!!
WHAT IS NOT TO LIKE ???


    

A nice little demo of an earthling

like most of us ...giving the pedal a workout.

OVERDRIVE-L'CLD I [Caruleum Light Drive] Designed by Shun Nokina (Leqtique) ...Made in Japan!!!

$110.00 USD
TOTAL STEAL!!!

   L'CLD CARULEUM LIGHT DRIVE Made by Leqtique  

...first things first THE DAMN THING IS A MIND BLOWER!!!

I spent hours trying to find this pedal. Stores in Japan with nothing in English had it. But they did not have any way to
communicate how to buy it and ship it.
I did finally find a store that had a few L' pedals and sells internationally so they had an English language tab on their stight ... Blue Guitars. There are 7 OD pedals in the series. Blue Guitars has 4.But not this one!

So it sounds as good as it looks.
The crispest cleanest most transparent OD on the planet
the Definition and Low-Cut knobs can make magic.
It is a very unique pedal!!!
The price in Yen 12019...just short of $110.00 USD.
It has the sound It has a great look
It is 'Made In Japan'
It reeks of quality.
It has a stupidly low price!!!!

Will I buy one...?
Will I find one...?

Maybe ...I wrote to Blue Guitars
and I told them about 'us'. They have
7 other OD's in the series.
All are based off of larger $400.00 USD pedals
ALL sound impressive...all have the same price too.
Yes...come back I may get the 'right' answer.

OVERDRIVE- VEMURAM JAN RAY...and KAREN a Fender Blackace vs.their Marshall JMP

 VEMURAM JAN RAY OVERDRIVE 

From Toyko Japan came the Jan Ray an antique by today's standards. Is it worth it's $375.00 USD price tag.
The goal was to capture the Fender Black Face amp's sound.
It comes in a brass enclosure to provide shielding and eliminate any hum from outside interference. It even comes with a tiny screw driver to change the bias and therefore the overall tone from it's famous mellow and warm tone to something a bit more aggressive.
I mean a bit more. It is the warmest pedal I have ever heard. not necessary the fattest or even sumptuous.
Many players love it. It is the only OD on Pete Thorns
'travel board'.
I for one am not knocked over by it. It is too sweet for me.
Some of my OD's are not overly aggressive but they are not for the Fusion crowd.
It is what it is ...and there is nothing like it.

Alright which of
you guys took my Tele!!!

It is a very high quality unique sound. It has non of the antiseptics of the other Japanese wonder kids ....Free The Tone.

If you love it  ...go for it. Nothing sounds like it!

________________________________________________________________________________

 VEMURAM  KAREN 

The hot pedal is the Jan Ray but it it gets confused with Karen that is a JMP Marshall voiced OD. Worth a listen.
It is true to the original with a great attack but not a lot of sustain.
I would love one for chord work behind the vocals but the price is a bit silly at $340.00 USD
I have others at around $200.00 USD that are as good.
I do like it a lot though!

OVERDRIVE- PETTY JOHN CHIME OD....perhaps the best Vox AC30 yet!!

 PETTY JOHN CHIME OD. 

Well it certainly looks dead cool. It has a choice of clipping to give you some versatility in it's dirt tones and be more then a one sound pedal.
BUT it is the great Vox AC30 sound that makes it worth owning.
Check it out. It has the Vox 'CHIME' thing nailed

The CHIME is one of many clean sounds in the
 PRE DRIVE PEDALS.
They look the same but the one is hand wired at $600.00 USD and the Studio is not at $450.00 USD. They are really just several different fixed Preamp voices with a few bells and whistles to tweak them.

The PETTY DRIVE is yet another pedal Two OD in one box...at a cooling $400.00 USD

The CHIME is I feel a 'BEST OF' OD.
All of the best PettyJohn usable sounds in one box for $225.00 USD

Used in front of one of the small cheap pedal board amps as a preamp or for studio things could be good. But most
players would be happy with the one clean Vox sound and lots of nice OD's

OVERDRIVE-LAWRENCE PETROSS DESIGN LPD Don't Call me Dirty ...get out your credit card there is only one left!

 LAWRENCE PETROSS DESIGN (LPD) DON'T CALL ME DIRTY 



Dare I say it...Shirley LOL
I have Friedman's Dirty Shirley.

Lawrence has this uncanny ability to have an etheral other worldy vibe floating thru his pedals.
His SIXTY 8 is famous for it.
Eytsch ...Mr. Cynical has a SIXTY 8 on his board.

The DCMD is a LTD. ED!
 I ordered mine just a minute ago!!!
Lawrence is like Steve Jobs...he takes a good idea that others may have thought of first but gets it right!!! In fact get's it perfect!!! Dead perfect!!!

So get out your credit card. Those that 'know'
have ...
BECAUSE IT IS A LIMITED EDITION AND IT IS ALMOST SOLD OUT
THERE ARE ONLY 5 LEFT!!!!
There are more then 5 that will read this that will order one...so get moving!!!


Check out REVERB if you want one.



FEB.1/2018
SO WHAT'S THE VERDICT???
So I have have been using my D.C.M.D. for 6 weeks now.
So how does it stack up to the Dirty Shirley (I have one of those too)

The Shirley is more percussive and aggressive.
It has a nice little bump in the low end to simulate a Marshall 4x12 thump.

The D,C,M,D. is richer warmer and with exquisite harmonic detail.
It also has more sustain.
It has a boost that adds a bit of punch which puts it more into Shirley camp.

In the end the D.C.M.S. wins for me. The sound of it with all that richness is
soooo good that I refrain from even turning on the boost. In comparison
the Shirley sound artificial.
I will keep both for now but if I find another pedal I am dying to own of any kind
the most likely pedal to give up it's real estate would be the Shirley.

THIS IS THE KIND OF OD THAT IF YOU GRAB YOUR GUITAR LATE AT NIGHT AND YOU ARE AT HOME WITH EVEN JUST A LITTLE PRACTISE AMP BUT JUST WANT TO JAM
YOU WILL CHOOSE IT OVER ANY OTHER AND DO SO JUST INTUITIVELY BECAUSE THE THING HAS THAT SPECIAL INTANGIBLE SOMETHING THAT MAKES IT MORE THAN JUST A NICE DIRT PEDAL

OVERDRIVE- LIGHTNING BOY Audio Thunder Knob...maybe a game changer???

$189.00 USD

 LIGHTNING BOY AUDIO THUNDER KNOB 

So with one knob and one switch this better be good!!!

It is! Simple with a no bars attitude of designing a real tube OD by using a very high voltage. I mean kill you high. LOL. This pedal is a virtually a simple vintage build tube preamp. Flip it's switch a it's near flat EQ jumps the highs and boosts the crap out of it. LOOK OUT WORLD!!!! I find the OD feature as nice as it is secondary to it's relatively flat frequency response when the boost is off. The sound is fat rich sumptuous and smooth and bordering on crunch.

THE PERFECT PEDAL TO STACK ALL YOUR OD's into ...it will turn them all into the very REAL deal. Yes the 'sacred tone' of TUBE'S !!!
Alternatively it would make an incredible booster in front of your dirt boxes.

Totally hand wired with a 12ax7 tube. these tubes are virtually the guts of any pre in any amp

Marshall...Vox...Fender etc. but can be substituted with other tubes to change the voicing.
For example you can put in a 12au7 which should effectively turn the pedal into a clean 'channel' preamp which would be great if you want to give a solid state amp a tube voicing.
You could even use this in front of one of the very small pedal board amps. Perhaps add a modestly priced graphic EQ and with just 3 small pedals added on your board you would only need a speaker cab to take to the gig. It could also be a cost effective way to go stereo.

At $189.000 USD it is in that range of the seriously competitive pro pedals from $180.00 to $225.00 that dominate the market. So it is the same range as the transistor pedals.This makes it both cheap and viable.

$189.00 USD

Check out the Post OVERDRIVE- MASTER BUILT AMPLIFICATION STONE GROOVE TUBE OVERDRIVE
its on sale for $199.00 USD ... regular price is $349.00 USD
I bought one. The thing is dead awesome!!!

OVERDRIVE: Tsalis AudioWorks Riff Raff...yes another Brit pedal it features a huge rich creamy sound

 TSAKALIS RIFF RAFF MKII 

$220.00 USD

From Greece comes the Tsakalis Riff Raff. A bit under the radar outside of their home range so they are not well known. The Riff Raff has a very fat creamy sound. It sports 2 channels to set up more of a crunch on one side and throw on some more gain for riffs and solo's on the other.                       
Personally I would prefer a smaller cheaper single channel box. I feel  it is not versatile enough to get a lot of use for a second channel.                                                                   
Still it hard not to like such a rich tone.     
The price is quite good for a dual channel pedal.

                                                                                    

OVERDRIVE- WAMPLER Pinnacle Deluxe v.2 ...I avoided this but ????

 WAMPLER PINNACLE DELUXE v.2 

$240.00 USD

Wampler once said he was avoiding making a pedal like this because he thought many modern players were exchanging great tone for just more gain sustain and
a 'Who cares about tone if it tears your face off"
No ...he did not actually say that. LOL
He merely insinuated it.
So after 3 pedals of dabbling in the 'Brown' genre he found he could have his cake and eat it too.
He still manged to remind you that somewhere thru the mist there is a nice Plexi under all 'Formula 1' updates.

My very first Gourmet pedal was a Wampler Plextortion that I bought at the fire sale when it was discontinued.

My big beef with Wampler is although his pedals
seem nearly perfect in so many ways ...somehow the raw soul in an OD's sound has been totally sanitized.

For example I heard this dialed in to clone the CMAT Mod's Brownie. The Brownie is a $139.00 USD pedal.
The Pinnacle nailed it ...sort off ...but it sounded like a Line 6 digital take off of an analog pedal.
I bought the Brownie LOL.

But I would not blame you if you bought one. Well made, looks great, high resale value and versatile.
The Wampler name has still got a lot of prestige. Plus if you hate warts and blemishes in your sound this thing has zero. Yes it is the 'Photo Shop' makeover of a great sound.

Keep in mind you can look at a Photo shop makeover of that perfect looking lady or gent but when you go out the door and see that fine looking earthling next door your pulse raises much faster. LOL

Give it a listen ...I will let Brian speak/play it for himself.

OVERDRIVE- PROTONE PEDALS Reeves Gabrels Distortion ...unbelievably range from near dead clean to Metal

 PROTONE PEDALS REEVES GABRELS DISTORTION ENGINE 

$230.00 USD to $360 USD (for a 'dual' 2 in one box.)

The guy spent 12 years as Bowie's guitarist. A very creative player.
He is quite the opposite of most players with his background.
He spent years at school learning his craft. He can read music like most of us can only read a comic book. He could always pay the bills because he could do any kind of studio work no mater what the style from country to jazz and beyond.
Unlike nearly all players from such a background he never pulls out the endless cliches of such an education with 'this the only way its done right' arsenal.
No ...he is always looking for a new way to approach music. He thru out the RULES before he even went to college.
But he learn them ALL yet stayed true to his mission.
He recently spent a few dollars and a lot of time to perfect the Bigsby ...the whammy he loves and cured it's tuning problems with out having to mess with the look and feel by having made a special alloy steel spring that makes action dead smooth and yet easily pulls it back in tune.
He spent a lot of time with Reverend guitars perfecting the guitar that bears his name and now has worked with Protone to get the exact tone from a dirt box that he likes that has not just the tone but the perfect touch and details in expression to make it 'one' from his mind to the tip of his pick.

So what do we get???

The pedal is all about clarity and precise dynamics to your touch. The tone is not just about the obvious but about how it will fit in the mix of playing with several players or how it will sound in the mix when recording. There is NOT a sweet spot the pedal is usable through out it's entire range. If you were to keep the gain low there is not even a 'HINT' that you ever push it into a maxed out Metal sound. Love it or hate it this pedal is very much a marvel and a superb technical achievement.

OVERDRIVE- OKKO RECTOPLEXXX ...big balz!!! another SBS SCOOP!!!!

$200.00 USD

OKKO RECTOPLEXXX

A VERY NEW pedal by OKKO of Hanover Germany ...first shipment is Dec.13/17.
YOU SAW IT HERE FIRST !!!!

By it's own description this is a CRUNCH box.
In short a medium gain OD. It's strong point is not great sustain but tight punchy rhythms and riffs.
It has an excellent dynamic range since it turns your 9v into 24v to run the pedal. They have done a nice job simulating just the right amount of Marshall 1960 V30 speaker THUMP.

  CONCLUSION  
It is what it is! Another variation on a Plexi. The growl and Thump on the low end is it's feature.
I quite like it but there are a lot of choices.
The best Marshall in a box is Lawrence Petross LPD Eighty7 ....not cheap at $335.00 USD
No one can nail the Marshall sound as accurately as L. Petross as he has several different Marshall pedals and they are all killer!!!

OVERDRIVE- KEELEY Plexi Pedal .....this could be good ???

  KEELEY PLEXI PEDAL PROTOTYPE 

Nice picture? Only picture. LOL
first impressions are good.

Lately I have noticed many demonstrators are using better and better amps. listen to the punch in the low end and the crisp clear highs. Now listen to the clarity and punch on the pedal.
So you get my point. Spend $3000.00 on an amp and a $30.00 Chinese pedal will sound pretty good.

No I am not saying the Keeley pedal is bad. I am looking forward to checking it out more.
The Keeley Metal pedal is up for 'best' at the NAMM in January. I am expecting more from Keeley.
I felt that their dirt boxes in the past were lame at best.
They seem to have a handle on it now.

As for the pedal it is dead simple with the standard level ...gain and tone.
and a little switch that lets you toggle in a punishingly mega db of level.

         
There isn't even a name for it yet ...let alone a price or release date.                                                   

FENDER- ROSEWOOD vs. MAPLE

 FENDER-ROSEWOOD vs. MAPLE 

By now most of you know that do to illegal cutting of rosewood trees certain rosewood is illegal to own.  Anyone with a rosewood neck can have their guitar confiscated at the border of most countries.
Fender charges a premium on rosewood necks and does not use rosewood on MIM guitars.

There is in fact legal and reasonably abundant rosewood in India but exporting and importing guitars is a lengthy and pricey process.Worse still without your own paperwork crossing a border is very bad idea. You can get the required documents but it is a frustrating lengthy and expensive process and being delayed at the border even with the right documentation is a very lengthy procedure.


Some companies are now switching to ebony. Oddly ebony was 'the' wood to have on your guitar in  50's. It was more difficult to work with and much more expensive. Jazz players would poke fun at players with rosewood as it was not considered pro. LOL

Others like Fender are using Pau Ferro. It looks like rosewood but is much harder. in short ...why bother no one is fooled. Some are using ebony. I feel ebony will eventually regain it's status of the 50's. it is just a matter of time.

Gibson during the 70's used maple on the Les Paul's. By a process of baking the wood they turned it dark enough that most player bought the guitars with no idea it was not rosewood.

So what about maple. Many players hate it. They hate the feel of both a very hard and finished wood.

 BUT IS MAPLE ...A BETTER FINGERBOARD 

Well I have 6 guitars 3 in each wood. I find the maple vastly superior. Why?
First it adds a nice crisp snap to your high end.
More important it does not have any drag. ...Drag???  Yes rosewood is very porous and when you bend a note or are using finger vibrato the grain causes friction and kills a better and smoother bend.

Go to 4:20 and let Eric explain his argument in favor of maple.

Like Eric I found this to be true years ago. Bonus! I could buy nice old guitars cheap. LOL
Not only that on many guitars maple just looks dead cool. Especially Black. red and the old 50's blues and greens.

OVERDRIVE- Wampler Thirty Something...is it .the closet pedal to a Vox AC30?

 WAMPLER THIRTY SOMETHING 



It was formerly called the Ace 30 but the name was trademarked & the owner threatened to sue.
It is less of an OD then an analog amp simulator often referred to as modeled sound. Brian has built a Top Boost style treble booster in it and more gain then the amp for better lead work.

So everything from Beatles to Brian May is covered.

Except for it's big footprint it is hard to fault this pedal.                              

                                                                             

OVERDRIVE- WEEHBO Hellfire Overdrive ....with a knob labeled Balls ya gotta love it!

 WEEHBO HELLFIRE OVERDRIVE 

$250.00 USD

According to the Wheebo there is a 'Balls knob. BUT???  LOL 

(check out the old model below)

A very nasty and aggressive medium gain OD.
Raw and rough. Made in Hanover Germany it appears that most of their product are OD's 
They are each meant to capture a different era Brit amp but personally I find collectively they are very disappointing.
They all sound very 'samey'.
There is even a dual version of the Hellfire called the Helldrive with a booster.

This is not say that the Hellfire is not cool. 
It is.
You have level, gain, treble, and middle plus a switch to change  the focus of the mids. Inside are trim pots for presence and bass.

The Hellfire takes the Wheebo sound and distills  it to one perfect little pedal.

BALLS IS STRAIGHT TO THE POINT
IT HAS BALLS BIG TIME
WHATS NOT TO LIKE !!!

OVERDRIVE- MENATONE Mena Watt ...HIWATT stack-in-a-box

MENATONE MENA WATT 

The Mena Tone is Brian Mena's take on a 

60's /70s HI WATT. The sound of the Who at 'Live at Leeds' still considered one of the best live albums ever.
The Mena Watt has one of the heaviest solid low ends of any pedal on the planet. This thing has Balz big time.
At the time everyone followed the lead and dumped their Marshall Plexi for the clearer voice of the HI WATT.
The HI WATT was in effect the first ever gourmet Marshall.
All the parts were audiophile and it had a negative feedback circuit to get rid of speaker distortion.This made it sound fuller.

Please go to the Menatone site for some great sound samples as the only video although excellent was taken down by the the guy that posted it.

                                                                                                       

OVERDRIVE- MR BLACK PEDALS JDS-50 OD ....AC/DC in a box!!!..

$180.00 USD

MR BLACK
PEDALS
JDS-50
OVERDRIVE

The pedal does a very good 100 watt Super Lead Plexi that has the level and the tone controls flat across around 4 and the guitar plugged into the bright channel.

You can push it harder but the sweet spot will
sound like the above set up.

With a hummy you get a very good AC/DC Angus Young sound.

Not a bad sound at all! I think it would stack well too.

Hell the damn sound of the pedal stuck in my head for days. I do not think it is better then
the Menatone Menawatt or the Rothwell Tornado ...they all have a steel string glassy sound. Most OD go for a very warm sound but I love to hear those steel strings come slashing thru.
I love both kinds of sound. LOL
But very few of the kind of sound these pedals make are available.It is ironic that I recently found three.

OK I gave in with 3 great pedals bombarding me with similar sounds I had to have one.
With all my OD's it is always best to get a sound that I do not have and better still will suit the kind of voice that a tune I will write or have written needs.
The key thing is that the attack on this pedal is percussive and has an amazing transient response. In short there is zero delay from hitting the string and hearing it.
No I am not saying you, I or anyone else hears a delay on a great OD ...but we actually do. The result is the attack is softer...it will tend to actually sound like just for a split second we had our high end turned way, way down even thought rest of the sound after it may be quite bright.
THIS GUYS is the main selling point of this pedal.
Now put on the vid and listen for it!!!

So my pedal has arrived ...it is as good as the video makes it appear to be.
My review above has nailed it.
Another pleasant surprise it also does a spot on  Hendrix clean sound. My radio had on Little Wing... a live version to commemorate the tune being 60 years old. Ouch!!
If I did not know better I would think I was hearing the  Mr. Black!   How cool is that.
Sometimes clean is too clean for a part and no mater how clean or transparent an OD you have it is too much.
This kind of thing happens a lot . YES???
Well you can transfer an acoustic guitar part to an electric then put it thru this pedal and without changing your parts or your technique it will give you a clear and clean sounding tune but with a thick rich powerful sound.
This is a 'must have pedal' for anyone.

OVERDRIVE- DANELECTRO BILLIONAIRE Pride of Texas ...surprise !

  DANELECTRO BILLIONAIRE PRIDE OF TEXAS  

Dano's new re-entry into pedals. Dano pedals

$75.00 USD

have been spotty.  Some quite good some crap always cheap but cheaply built too.
A lot of flimsy plastic boxes.

The new line are aiming to keep the quality up.
They are made in robust metal boxes.
One would have to judge the tone as each pedal comes along.
One cool thing is Dano has always gone for an Art Deco late 20's thru 30's look and these are no exception.

The over all sound is reminiscent of a Tube Screamer.

But it definitely sounds much smoother even creamy

The treble can go into the stratosphere but even so it is very glassy not harsh.

Check out 4:30 on the first vid ...you can hear that you have an excellent amount of dead clean sparkle. On pedals like a Tube Screamer and hundreds of pedals based mostly on

 chips with the number '4558' in them the highs are just plain nasty and unusable when  you are doing chord work with gentle strumming and arpeggios.

in short in the lower gain stages the sound is too gritty even fuzzy.

The level is more then ample to act as a boost.

It appears both the treble and bass are active too.

It has that very clean breakup of a mid to late 60's Fender combo like the Twin Reverb

I would love to hear it scooped ...the video available doesn't show you clearly what the bass can do.

Everyone that reviews it seems to agree that it has it's own unique sound and although it is not a 'ts'...it is in that family of sounds.

I think I have solved the mystery.

Pride of Texas? ...how about Albert Collins?

the pedal has a Fender Twin reverb like breakup...

how about Albert Collins choice of amp the Fender Quad Reverb it is in the same family.

...and what about that mystery resonance in the mids?

Well the Quad came with four 12' Eminence speakers custom made for the amp.

they were nicknamed 'tubby' LOL

So the Pride of Texas is an emulation of a Fender Quad Reverb. How cool is that.

I ordered one!!!

OK...HANDS ON

Well my Dano has arrived. The first thing you are going to notice is the box. The fit and finish is stellar!!! It looks great! Trust me it makes the vast majority brand box look cheap. Yes you will be taken back by the casing ..big time.

The sound? Well both vids cover it well ...there are no hidden surprises.

WELL? Maybe one. 

The level this box can put out is about double of even the loudest dedicated booster. So when you try one do not put all the knobs on 12 o'clock. Put the level on 9 o'clock. I had mine on 12 and I could not find any really decent tones I liked. I wasted a lot of time and was beginning to think I had bought a turkey!!!

If you use it as a boost you can have that boost dead clean. Some guys just might leave it on all the time because it puts you clean sound on steroids,

It is a unique sound and many may feel it sterile. It should be easy for most to find a shop locally with one you can try first.

                   

                   

FUZZ- You can buy the best Fuzz of 2017 LOL ...or the Ananashead Silicon Fuzz

 ANANASHEAD   SILICON   FUZZ  

I was reading about a new fuzz that is supposed to be the best for 2017.
So I checked it out.

The Rabbit Hole FX Merkin Fuzz
So I gave it a listen and thought it wan't anything special
but it was not bad.
AND THEN I SAW THE PRICE $239.00 USD
Some of the best classic Fuzz pedals had as little as 7 parts in them.
So I said to myself WHAT THE F. ARE THINKING OF!!!



ANANASHEADS SILICON FUZZ

So I wandered over to the Ananashead site to
see if we can get something that does the big fat low thing but substantially cheaper. $85.00 USD


Surprise ...Surprise a Fuzz that does a 'Merkin' thing but a damn lot more too.
Hand made as well !!!

PART 1
The demo doesn't start at 6 feet under but
...just go to 3:40 to get crushed with the sound.

PART 2

In part 2 you find unlike the Merkin
This pedal is more then a one trick pony.
now listen to the second vid.

SO...
Just skip a trip into McDonalds and a night out
and you can get this fuzz with a sound with more weight then a front End Loader with it's shovel
full of gravel!!!

AC/DC fans ...very bad news

Malcolm Young has just died ...and just a few hours ago ...11/18/2017
from dementia. He was just 64.
Bummer!!!

It was Malcolm who kept the band together over all the years.
Angus sometimes wanted to quit when times got tough.

Even if AC/DC was not even in your top 10 favourite bands ...when they played an AC/DC
tune on your radio. Admit it ...you cranked it up!
 No? 
YES YOU DID!!!                 
 F. the pedals check out the vid.

CHORUS- GNI ASDC Analog Stereo Chorus ...classic sound modern crispness

  GNI ASDC ANALOG STEREO CHORUS  

$275.00 USD

GNI are a Brazilian company that make a very traditional chorus.

They manage to capture that nice crisp sound of a modern chorus but keep the rich sumptuous sound of the classics.

The second switch allows you to set up two different speeds.A beautiful sound. the only downside is that it just a bit greedy when it comes to taking up real estate on your board.

Is the price is a big OUCH ???

      YES ...THE PRICE IS A BIG OUCH!!!!

FLANGER- a barber pole through zero Flanger ...that's OK neither do I ???

 MR. BLACK SHEPARD'S END 

  A Barber Pole through Zero flanger. 

  A WHAT???

  A normal flanger

   sweeps up then down in a continuous cycle.

  Well this one  goes up continually or it goes down continually or you can have the sweep sucked though zero point and it goes nuts. LOL