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Polarbear Effects' latest Drowner Fuzz/Crush/Reverb Ultimate Shoegazer - absorbs the Ascender Delay and adds a Fuzz Gain Control

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I have the earlier version of this - in fact the earliest 2021 V1 version I believe. Since then I think there have been 3 further editions. The online manual refers to V3, while that is already out of date - so presumably this latest version is a V4. Very much confirmed as a V4, the V3 was out in February of 2023. Those where smaller, mostly cosmetic refinement - while the V4 is really quite significantly different.

 

For this Ultimate Edition, Polarbear’s Darko has essentially absorbed his ...

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9 more notable Brazilian Pedal Brands

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So in the wake of my ’9 Notable Brazilian Guitar Pedal Brands’ article I had a lot of people contacting me (as intended!) to tell me I’d overlooked this and that brand. The first mentioned was obviously Cachalote Audio which I liked so much that I did a separate article on that.

 

While altogether we had another 9 notable brands suggested - to include in this separate feature. In fact there are even more - including StarDust Electronic Art - where I’m waiting until I get enough suggestions to...

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The original Spaceman I first came out in 2013, with the much larger Sputnik II materialising in 2017, and then the mid-size Sputnik III arriving a few years later in 2020. I missed out on the Spaceman I upon its original release, but picked up a pristine Red Cyrillic version of that in 2018 - which eagle eyed reader will note is my favourite American fuzz (vis-a-vis The Fuzz Pedal Olympics!).

 

I had the opportunity to get the Sputnik II at the time of release, but always felt that its ...

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Fender ramps up its Sanrio Hello Kitty Kawaii Collaboration - celebrating 50 years!

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Who doesn’t like a bit of Japanese Cutesy Kawaii Culture. Fender certainly does - and has been onboard with Sanrio and Hello Kitty now for half a century.

 

This latest release obviously comes just in time for the Christmas season - in fact I would imagine a few princesses will be waking up to one of these guitars on Christmas Day. And Japanese princesses have even more to be excited about - as you can see in the overview video below - with some unique product available in Japan!

 

While ...

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Jamie actually teased the concept of this pedal at the fairly recent Camden GuitatGuitar EQD Showcase Event - where I met Jamie and Julie for the very first time.

 

Jamie explained that IDLES guitarist Lee Kieran was a significant fan of the long discontinued Grey Channel (Dual DOD250 style Overdrive / Fuzz). I guess the conversation evolved into reviving that pedal in some sense but in essence taking it on a wholly different trajectory for its second channel. ...

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Introduction to the intriguing new and innovative Los Angeles Pedal Brand - Hangman fx

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These Hangman fx pedals have been doing the rounds somewhat of late - both Emily Hopkins and the Superfunawesomehappytime chaps received bumper care package of these fairly recently. And Intheblue’s Shane Diiorio and Mike Hermans have at least one apiece.

 

I do hope Guitar Pedal X can be more involved at the front of these sorts of brand launch events. I mustn’t grumble really - I do get included in many a release schedule, and plenty gets sent my way - but weirdly I still feel like I’m ...

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My Danelectro Legacy / Vintage Fuzz Trifecta is finally complete!

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I made a post very near the start of this year - which featured mostly the same visual, now a little more refined - where I indicated a desire to land the latest Nichols 1966 variant. Intriguingly Danelectro picked up on my visual and used is a couple of times on their social media - so I thought I was surely in for a discount on the Nichols 1966 - the third in the series. But no - despite some gentle nudging - Danelectro weren’t about to offer me an ounce of generosity - win some loose some as...

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On Poland's Independence Day - Drunk Beaver pays homage to legacy Polish brands EXAR and PUE - with its New Affordable XR Series

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This is part of a long term project for Vitalii, where he’s sourced and circuit-traced most of EXAR’s Legacy Series pedals, alongside the odd one from lesser known smaller Polish brand PUE.

 

In a move sort of mirroring Boss’s opening 1977 salvo of 3 Original Compact pedals of OD-1, PH-1 and SP-1 pedals, from Drunk Beaver for 2024 we have two classic EXAR circuit replications & enhancements, alongside an evolved take on the PUE Sustain Filter Fuzz.

  • OD-1 Over Drive from EXAR Series 1 [OD-1
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Introduction to rising Brazilian Pedal Brand - Cachalote Audio

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When I did my recent ’9 Notable Brazilian Guitar Pedal Brands’ overview - a reader noted that I should have included Cachalote Audio also (Sperm Whale in Portuguese!) - which at the time was wholly unknown to me. They do have worldwide ambitions though - having an English language Website also, and a presence on Reverb.com - which I noted previously is fairly rare for Brazilian brands - who mostly seem to keep themselves to their native MercadoLivre Marketplace.

 

In any case - having been ...

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Reeves Electro's Autumn / Fall Special 24 Hour Pre-Orders Waitlist Wednesday starts as soon as you see this post!

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It’s that time again! When you can freely pre-order every and any Reeves Electro pedal in the catalogue within a 24 hour window - without having to partake in a small batch lottery!

 

The headline for this occasion is the return of the Big Box BlackHatSound Pro - housed in a MKIII Tone Bender style Enclosure - where only 20 of those are available - everything else is Unlimited in numbers!

 

Also the Plus Overdrive is absent on this occasion with the 183 Sound sort of in its place for this ...

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