THE PIPERS CALL  As one of the few of great guitarists of the past it is always fascinating to hear something new. This is certainly stylistically in keeping with Dave's love of a bit of the theatrical but surprisingly it is a good solid tune not some gobbled together bits and pieces passed off as a pathetic rendering from someone pass ed his best before date ..read more

   That Pedal Show-Today  Robben Ford showed up on the show today and talked gear. I figured many of you guys would love to hear from him  first hand. He has all but retired his Dumble in favor of  the Little Walter amps ..read more

AMPLITUDE TONEX ONE $180.00 USD PREVIEW This is a total surprise. Amplitude were a Pro software company before they made any pedals. It is why they have such high quality sounds.  It has 20 presets of amps, cabs and effects. You can download all that the full size unit has and edit as well and you get free software to do it. Yes and it is capable with interface to make your own models. In short it does all the 'Must Have' of what the full size model does and with the same quality of sound.   I will update ALL day as new videos and info comes out ..read more

SUMMER SCHOOL ELECTRONICS  The CLASS REUNION $180.00 USD Once I read thru the gobbly goop I was lucky enough to figure  out we have a Green Russian Muff and a Tube Screamer. It is 2 of the companies pedals combined into one pedal.  The layout has a Gain and Tone for each pedal. Volume is for both sides and Blend determines which side is loudest. Both sides have a silicon clipping diode and LED for overkill distortion.   CONCLUSION ___  A lot of noises good and bad. The ts side is a bit thin using the silicon di ..read more

MAD PROFESSOR  Silver Spring Reverb $220.00 USD This is now by Reverb chip generations a golden oldy. It came out in 2012.  Old chips at best can have some character to the sound like a pedal with germanium transistors. They can however have some nasty analysing distortion. Robben Ford is a big fan. It is basically just one algorithm needed and used to create a Fender/Accusonic type Spring Reverb.  The layout is Reverb, that controls the dry wet mix, Tone and  Time which is the length of the decay.  CONCLUSION ___ ..read more

CALINE CP-53  FUZZY FACE ||VOODOO OCTAVE $30.00 USD Another good ol' Octave Fuzz. Don't ask. Some are a take on the original or take on an American copy or indeed the MIJ Boss that is still not on offer even though Boss did an accidental release of it and pulled it the next day. Rumors were it was the covid thing stopping production. Voodoo Labs had a Fuzz for about 20 years but it is a sub octave Fuzz. The Caline compares well with the Joyo Voodoo Octave  Since you asked the Joyo is $35.00 USD. Check out the Post on the Joyo. The layout is Volume, Tone, Gain a ..read more

COUCH ELECTRONICS  Bakers Dozen $215.00 USD A new company from builder designer Slobodan in Slovenia. It is his take on a Bluesbreaker. Yes the enclosure looks like a B.B. The big little surprise is  it is almost the size of a standard Hammond 1590B  box. Same height but a tad wider. Dead cool!!! The layout is as expected a Volume,Tone and Gain.      [][] CONCLUSION ___ Pulled back it sounds very much like the Marshall original but pushed it has a  gain stage borrowed from an old MX ..read more

$215.00 USD free for U.S. shipping CATALINBREAD StarCrash  Fuzz Yes our old friend the Fuzz Face .The Layout tells us what is the same ol' and what is different. You get Level, but Gain is dimed and the Tone is gone. You get instead of a BIAS control that will alter Gain and bring down highs and you get a Low pass filter to tighten unruly lows.  CONCLUSION ___  It is a very good sounding Fuzz but it ain't no Fuzz Face   $215.00 USD SideArm Overdrive  A Tube Screamer where they took the 1K poke and pulled it ..read more

WAY HUGE  Smalls  SUPA-LEAD  Overdrive $150.00 USD This is the MKlll version. It is meant to be a take on a pedal with great tube amp like qualities.  One guy that bought on Reverb said in his personal review that it is harsh and shrill. Yes! I thought, but it could be worse, ? The layout is Volume tone and Gain. CONCLUSION ___ If I had to say what it basically sounded like in one polite word I would say Rat. No it is NOT a Rat but it has a very aggressive rip your face off near Fuzz thing going on. The formal term is it is a Hardclipper ..read more

$22.00 USD AliExpess/free shipping MOVAL Pandora Comp  It is an optic compressor. It uses light to control the opening and closing of its signal. Unlike the famous MXR Dyna Comp it triggers fast and very smoothly.  The only downside is they tend to kill some highs so traditionally they have  always included an EQ to put them back. Diamond created an ingenious  use of using LED light to do the job. Before Diamond Optic Comps were notoriously expensive and unreliable.  The layout is Level, Comp amount and that important EQ ..read more