Another month filled with strong releases! Too many for me to cope with in short order. I’m still waiting for my Chase Bliss Big Time to land - and Strymon goes ahead and launches the Timeline MX - which is of course also on my list. AC Noises launches its killer Continua, just shortly after I landed my Purr-ting in a similar category. And Native Audio launches the killer In The Water - not too long after I landed my Hotone Verbera. All pedals have specific target slots, and I always want to ...

So this brand made its debut at last year’s Music China show - back in October. As sometimes happens - this event quite passed me by, but I’ve been alerted to it recently via a spate of new demos.

This isn’t quite as exciting a proposition for me as the recently featured Sonisfact - where I’m wanting all 4 of those, while here the one of most interest to me are the Golden and Silver Legacy Pedals. The 18-segment LED Superkick Booster is also pretty cool, possibly there is 4 here I could get...

I think everyone knows the story by now - how Josh somehow mistakenly included the wrong Clean/Boost Channel in the original NOTADÜMBLË pedal - the BBC-1, rather than the ’A Box Later’. While that’s been rectified now - along with a number of additions which appeared on Cosmodio Instruments DLX Mod, and Blammo’s TNYDÜMBLË.

JHS have done a brilliant exercise in upgrading the original - which now also includes a TRS FX Loop for the Clean / Boost side - so you can insert all manner of other ...

May has been a little bit of strange month - lots of delays really, and waiting for pedals to land.

As inevitably happens most months - much was delayed this month, and I was unable to complete some of the larger articles - they will need to wait until next month, there’s certainly lots of projects in progress. Where new and imminent arrivals kind of scuppered several intended projects - hopefully they can be completed in June.

The first event I’m attending this month is tomorrow - as a micropub ...

One of my favourite super-versatile overdrives get a new edition / makeover - to bring it up to date with the latest design phase of Colortone Pedals. The Parasite gets its name from the definition of its unique JFETs - which are described as ’... sizzling with parasitic feedback’.

4 JFETs make up the core soundstage - which is further served by wide ranging Active Post-Drive Low and High EQ’s, as well as the super smart Pre-Drive Bright Boost and Bass Boost stitches - where the latter is ...

Many are not aware that TGT11’s Sebastian Nylund and Björn Juhl are the very best of friends. In fact Björn Juhl’s BJFE Pedals were at the root of the formation of the TGT11 Store. Sebastian was the original dealer and outlet for BJFE, and remains The key resource if you’re looking to acquire one of those pedals.

I assisted with the introductions between Joe Light and Sebastian - where Joe is one of my very first  and oldest friends in this sector. Each of those had killer brand ...

So in my previous TODP features - on the Main ’Tube’ Modules, and Clipper Boards, I detailed all the different options available and how I ended up with the Germanium Dual Clipper and Green Fetzer circuit on that version. Those were my favourite pairing. With the Blue Pentode Mixer Module + Single Schottky Clipper my very close second favourites. Those 2 pairs of boards seem to be perfect for each other - and perfectly balanced in output profile.

The Germanium clipping weirdly only works ...

January has been a bumper start for the year - with lots of killer arrivals - especially the DSM & Humboldt Dumblifier which I’ve been hugely impressed with.

Also my most formidable NAMM coverage to-date - where I only started work properly on the 8th of January - but have managed to do 60 articles since that time - which is a record of course, as is the week of 20 posts.

I feel I covered all the key moments - and mixed up new and old in my usual inimitable fashion.

There was ...

You may recall that the last time I did a Mad Professor roundup I still had 3 long-term targets remaining - that I was hoping to land somewhat opportunistically.

And just recently my good friend Joe Light had a pristine second-hand Sky Blue available on his Joe’s Pedals store - which I snapped up at a great price. And while looking around for my other 2 active Mad Professor targets - I was given an offer on a near pristine Double Moon too - at a price that I could not refuse. So in quick ...