OVERDRIVE- SOULDiM Crazy Tone Distortion... RAT ??? Black Rat

$21.00 USD
AliExpress

SOULDiM 

  CRAZY TONE   

Distortion 

This is a re-branded Mosky Black Rat. Neither are 

a true Rat. Souldim are more honest. They just sell

it as a high gain Overdrive. The layout is simply 

Volume, Tone and Gain with a toggle labeled 

Voice which is a mids boost. 

   CONCLUSION __ 

It is is a very good sounding 

grungy high gain overdrive. 

Dead cheap!!! 

OVERDRIVE- SHAEVLE Blue Tuber___NEW___ did it missed the target???

$25.00 USD
Amazon

 SHEVELE

BLUE TUBER    LSS-02

WTF... some say it is a Tube Screamer, others a Bluesbreaker still 

others a Blues Driver. If you had all 4 pedals in a row all 4 would 

sound totally different. The closest is the Boss Blues Driver as it 

like this pedal has a bit of a harsh biting edge. 

 

   CONCLUSION __ 

What it is ...is an OpAmp hardclipper that can 

be cut back to lighter gain but is primarily a 

medium gain OD. As simply its own thing it 

is a well made and good sounding pedal.  

    ...and double dirt cheap!!! 😯

FLANGER/DOUBLER- MXR Flanger/Doubler ___NEW___clone of their own 70's rack...

 MXR 

flanger/doubler · 

$335.00 USD

Yes a sort of reissue. I won't do the layout or I would 

be re-writing the manual. Basically a Flanger delats 

the clean signal then modulates between the clean to 

the delay and back, The delay is tiny so the signal can 

be looped back in so you are flanging the already 

flanged signal, Doubling is simply a variation 

of a slap back delay.  

    CONCLUSION ___ 

The feature are in many ways no big deal in this 

digital era. The whole big deal is its warm analog 

sound. It simply sounds damn impressive.

PREAMP- CATALINBREAD Crooner ___NEW___ clone of RCA BA-31 broadcaster

catalinbread

   CROONER   

$260.00 USD

The RCA BA-31 was one of a very few preamps designed for 

broadcasts in the early 60's. It was meant to make even the 

human voice coming out of a cheap radio sound good. It had 

EQ, campanding etc ,etc as a fixed voice with a minimum 

amount of tweaks and for the most part was an always on 

piece of kit. Wampler put a UEI OpAmp in it to add more 

muscle as it was never made originally for a an electric  

guitar new kind of dirt pedal. 

            C ONCLUSION __

It is what it is. There are a few old school preamps 

never meant as a guitar pedal out there . They are 

all a 'thing'. In short they add sugar or spice. You 

like a flavor or you don't. 

I have the JV Effects Transmission but its spice is 

putting cutting bite on the voice for very low budget 

small time/local radio broadcasters. Unlike the Crooner 

it is not a sweetener but more of a hot taco sauce.

SHOOTOUT .... 4 ___DUMBLE-in-a-Box, Box? ...who gets knocked out?

 DUMBLE   

WHATS THE DIFFERENCE ???

MARSHALL AMPS ?              FENDER AMPS ?

DO ALL NAM Multi Effects Sound the same???

 ARE ALL ORANGES, ORANGE?  😎 

                                                              

"You may like one better than the other

 but the real amps are not in the comparison''

___ ARE MODELERS DEAD? ___ NOW WE HAVE NAM ???

 IS NAM THE GRIM REAPER? ·  

 

OD/FUZZ- TONE CAT Sir Fuzzington___NEW___ Surprise!!! ...We're home!!! 😎

$250.00 USD

TONE CAT

SIR  FUZZINGTON  | 

Another quirky wonder from the 't-cat', in Melbourne Australia. We get a take on a Marshall JCM 800-in-a-box with a silicon Fuzz Face as its mate. The layout 

has a Volume, Gain. Bass, Mids and Treble for the 

MIAB and Volume, Gain and bus fare for the Fuzz.

  | | |  CONCLUSION __

As per usual we get a larger then life but 

very appealing take on the genre. The 

package is all fun but the sounds are 

serious sh*t.

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SHOOT OUT ___ VALETON GP-5 vs. TONEX One

 VALETON GP-5  vs. TONEX One

Readers will know I have always been a Tube Amp and Pedalboard player. At 80 I have finally given in to a Tube Pre with a digital amp for portability but kept my Marshall Plexi for special gigs etc.

All that said with any rig one needs a back up for emergencies or even to have a Tube amp or Pre serviced.

I have only just ordered the Valeton. I really only need one single good sound as I have always used a Marshall with just one channel. One sound with a Marshall set to a light Crunch. No Verb or Delay and certainly no effects.  

                  CONCLUSION 

If you are simply substituting an amp and pedals 

I feel the $70 Valeton will do the job. If however you 

are backing up a full featured Modeler or big money 

facsimile than $150 Tonex may seem to have the edge. 

        ...what makes choosing hard is 

               there are no bad choices.  

       

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        MAKE YOUR NOWN NAM AMPS?   DIY for dummies?

  Keep in mind the Royer mic in the video is pricy at about $1600.00 USD 

  but the Shure SM57 is about is $110.00 USD. 

  Good results can happen with just a Shure. Hundreds of famous players 

  have insisted to only use a 57 when they made there famous recordings. 

  Or use a budget ribbon mic or Omni's that can sub for the Royer. 

  If you just do the head you can simply go direct.  

  Of course if it just need to get your own amps you can rent or borrow.

 

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MAKE YOUR OWN SERIOUS VALETON GP-5 PRESETS 

A deep dive into making your own presets by knowing the basic roots of modifying 

that can be a bit time consuming ...but not confusing or frustrating.