LPD Pedals releases 2nd iteration of its Lucent Boost Overdrive BluesBreaker derived pedal
So in a similar way to yesterday’s Caroline Wave Cannon Zero being the best version of that pedal to-date - the same can be said of LPD’s Lucent Boost Overdrive, the second of that variant, and in fact the third Lucent iteration overall.
Lawrence makes no secret of the fact that this is a BluesBreaker derived circuit, but a highly modified and evolved one at that. Some seems to be surprised by the dual boost action, but this is not as uncommon as you might think, my recent All-Pedal Devil’s...
The Flower Pedals Dahlia Dual Analog BBD Full Stereo Delay has landed, and it's everything I hoped it would be
The Flower Pedals Dahlia was originally announced towards the end of November last year, and I’ve been intending to get it in ever since - ideally somewhat opportunistically - while certain prevailing priorities always seem to have gotten in the way. It would have been good if I had made use of a Labour Day discount - but I had other priorities on at that time, so in the end I paid the full wedge - plus all those exorbitant import fees! My recent 10 Pedal Challenge was the main pressure this ...
Life is Unfair collaborates with Boston Manor on Bad Machine weapons-grade Hyper Fuzz evolution - including Independent Boost, and with HM-2 and MT-2 accents
Life is Unfair’s Grindle has birthed a monster gain machine here - which at its core is a totally killer improvement / evolution of Boss’s FZ-2 Hyper Fuzz, while it delivers a full gain range from Boost, through Overdrive, Fuzz / Octave Fuzz, and onto High Gain Distortion / Fuzzstortion. This is a general all-rounder gain machine, while most will use it for its more aggressive side no doubt!
This is a genuine collaboration between Grindle, and Mike Cunniff from the band Boston Manor - each ...
Caroline Guitar Company releases best ever 3rd Generation Zero Edition of its Wave Cannon Superdistorter
The Wave Cannon has long been on my wishlist, alongside Caroline’s Shigeharu Octave Fuzz. It seems the time is right for the Wave Cannon - now in its best ever iteration, and kind of returning more to its original 2010 roots versus the more divergent MKII edition.
Philippe Herndon launched the Caroline Guitar Company back in 2010, and the Wave Cannon was its very first product - a heavily modified and evolved ProCo Rat with more shaping and gain-range.
The nearest I had come to owning ...
Fjord Fuzz's new Dovre Sustaining Fuzz-Verb has been specially engineered for dynamic live performance
Named after a famous mountain range in Norway, the subject of Edvard Grieg’s ’Hall of the Mountain King’ and home to 6 millennia of civilisation. The Dovre combines the Spring Reverb voicing from the recent MIME II pedal with Daniel’s 7th and most satisfying take on the Silicon Fuzz Face circuit. We have had variations of the Fuzz Face across 3 generations of Berserk Fuzzes, and across the Kvasir, SOL, and Måne. Where Daniel now believes he’s arrived at the most dynamic and flavoursome version ...
Chase Bliss unveils CLEAN Dynamic Studio Grade Dual Stage Stereo VCA Compressor with Movement and smart extras
A company that never does things by halves - Chase Bliss has supposedly been working on this circuit for a few years now - bringing extra dynamics and movement to the normally rather utilitarian compressor format.
This is a full Stereo Dual Stage VCA Compressor / Limiter - with an amazing feature set - that’s going to take people / players a wee while to adapt too. This is far from you regular compressor - while it can perform that basic function with aplomb! You can also place it at either...
Tavysh Effects' HARM Multi-Gain Machine combines EQ, Harmonics and Saturation for the ultimate 12 Degrees of Saturation Pedal
When I first glimpsed the HARM pedal - it very much appeared to me to be the full-fat embodiment of my ’12 Degrees of Saturation’ Methodology. Now that I’ve been road-testing it for 3 weeks, I can absolutely vouch for its potency, versatility, and prowess - its range of coverage is extraordinary!
This is the one compact pedal that can pretty much cover all your gain needs. That’s not to say it wholly accurately 100% replicates every gain pedal, while it most definitely gets well beyond the...
The Swindler Effects Red Mountain is a highly potent Stereo Harmonic Tremolo with some unique and handy features
The Red Mountain is my 29th Tremolo, my 13th Harmonic style of tremolo, and one of just 4 stereo Tremolos - alongside the Flower Pedals Sunflower, Kinotone Sparks, and Walrus Audio Monumental.
This one has been on the wishlist a while - as for a long time it was a little ahead of the curve in terms of its advanced features, but other pedals have since caught up. Overall the Red Mountain is still a compelling option.
It has a few less Waveforms than most - but a cool Stutter / Kill ...
Wassup Nerds!? Second Show Highlights from the BIMM Institute in Bristol
So we were back in Bristol once more for the superb Wassup Nerds!? 2 Show - much expanded and in new BIMM Institute Venue in the Stokes Croft area of that city. Said area, is a little way out of the centre of the city, and consists mostly of take-away restaurants seemingly, a few pubs, and is heavily saturated with Vegan and Vegetarian options - so will likely suit the more fussy eaters!
Unusually for me, I hadn’t done any research on that area in advance - where for my lunch break - I ...
The 10 Pedal Challenge - Mini and Large Enclosure Varieties
So I said I would expand the scope of the 10 Pedal Challenge to Mini and Large Enclosure variants if the original was well received. And in indeed that seems to be the case - with several readers encouraging me in particular to do the Large Pedals Edition.
So of course I’ve done the 2 remaining categories - Mini and Large! The Large Pedals were pretty much all obvious choices really and that board largely suggested itself. It was the Mini Pedals version that took the most cogitation!
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