So the JAM Pedals TS808 take gets another spin around - moving the High Gain option from toggle-switch to Second Footswitch, while we also get a new potent ’No-Diode’ clipping mode - which is a little louder and punchier.

Controls - Level, Gain, Tone, Clipping : Asymmetrical / No-Diode, High Gain Footswitch, Engage/Bypass Footswitch.

I’m sure most don’t necessarily think they need another Tube Screamer variant, I myself have several already. While this is an undeniably cool and handy ...

We get a cool 60’s Hendrix inspired purple oil-on-water design across classic hand-wired Marshall Amp Head, Cab, and matching Dunlop Fuzz Face pedal.

One for those with deep pockets - as this will cost you £3,800 in the UK where they are hand-wired / made, €4,400 in Europe, and $5,000 in the USA. Had I unlimited funds and space - I would possibly spring for one of these cool editions. While I’ve always been a combo guy really - and a 2-amp stereo guy too - with Marshall style on the Left ...

This is a weird one - as I quite liked the look (and sounds) of the Vintage Pastel Edition of the Dirty Birdy in particular. Seemingly an SMT Silicon Transistor Fuzz with at least 3 Transistors onboard (Q3!), and 2 Diodes (D2!) - with excellent playing dynamics and superb guitar volume gain cleanup.

All good things in my book! And the ’Airline’ ticket price is super appealing too at $99 / £75. They advertise ’worldwide shipping!’ - where I got as far as checkout - before being blown out of ...

Most intriguingly the ’Analog Kid’ moniker seems to hint at a fully Analog Chorus (I know it’s the title of a 1982 Rush single!), while there are no ’analog’ details in the text description - no mention of Analog or BBD - besides in the name of this pedal - so presumably the Dual LFO Chorus Circuits are generated at least in part via digital means.

Regardless of the pedal’s provenance, this is a really cool take on a Chorus - with two independent channels that you can control independently ...

This has been all over social media as of late, and I do generally enjoy the Kalimba format - I use mine quite a lot with my Boss RC-600 Loop Station - it’s a great instrument for looping and tweaking on-the-fly. And I had long considered the £275 Lottie Canto Colour Palette take on the Kalimba - which adds 8 effects to the core Kalimba - mine just has the output jack - which works very nicely with my wireless system. While Bastl Instruments’ take is a whole other category. Essentially the ...

I own 3 ToneX Ones to date, actually possibly 4 even, and while I always managed to get pretty decent tones out of them - they were also a source of significant frustration for me.

I had gotten used to the onboard control topology which can get complex as you have secondary and tertiary controls on every knob and switch! - you can read about that in my ’Satch Tonex One Edition Pedal Overview’ - where I dive into the tiniest of details. So the pedal is pretty decent, while it was always ...

I’m lagging a little behind on these now - as Hotone has delivered a second excellent pedal for its Neon Collection / Series - an equally cool looking Freqlux 3-Voice Pitch-Shifter with a tonne of features onboard - including 200 presets slots, with 100 superior factory presets already loaded.

I still need to land the Hotone Verbera Convolution Reverb - where its high current draw initially put me off a little (rated @ 1000mA) - but I was later corrected - as that high current number was ...

Fender evidently likes this licensing malarky - and adds Godzilla to its brand collaborations. It’s had a lot of success with Hello Kitty over the years, and this is another Japanese collaboration that really makes sense! Japan’s Toho Co currently owns the copyright and all rights to the Godzilla property - so there is a licensing fee to them within the $149 / £145 price tag!

This is a limited edition, and the USA Fender Allocation is already gone, with the UK one running low - but some ...

These 3 new pedals bring the JHS 3 Series roster to a very versatile 19 units. These 3 are a little more left-field and adventurous than the rest - and largely an acquired taste. I have a lot of time for Bitcrushers and Glitch Delays - and own a few of those varieties, while I’m a little less au-fait with Ring Modulators. Ringmods for me are often tremolos or vibratos gone wrong - but there are some handy examples of those which blend in gain and other complementary sounds to make more musical ...