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Keeley Electronics rolls out 3 more killer combos in its 4-in-1 Series - the Blues Disorder, Angry Orange, and Super Rodent

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Following in the wake of the very well received Noble Screamer (ODR-1 + TS808), and Muse Driver (AT / RK Modded BD-2), we now get 3 more in the same series - all at once.

 

The Blues Order covers Marshall Blues Breaker and Fulltone OCD voicings, the Angry Orange has EHX Civil War Muff and Boss DS-1 Distortion flavours, and the Super Rodent mixes up the Boss SD-1 Super OverDrive with ProCo Rat Distortion.

 

As before you get to mix or match the Tone Stack and Clipping Character of each ...

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With the left switch on ’+’, and the right switch on MKII this wonderfully richly textured Distortion sits somewhere between a Keeley-modded DS-1, a Rat, and a Big Muff. It reminds me a little of the long discontinued Boss PW-2 Power Driver - which was the closest that Boss ever got to a Muff distortion. The Onederbolt has a little more edge and bite than all of those and a very unique breakup texture.

 

I talk about 4 gears of operation in the title - which means that with the left switch on...

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2024 February Pedal-Chain Update - Episode II - Triple Tremolo Flutter

Blues Driver Style OverdriveBoostBoost and OverdriveDistortionDriveDrunk BeaverDumble Style OverdriveFuzzGreer AmpsHotone EffectsKeeley EngineeringLoop-SwitcherMad Professor EffectsMetal DistortionModulated FuzzModulationOctave FuzzOverdrivePedal ChainPreAmpReeves Electro Guitar PedalsSilicon FuzzStone Deaf EffectsTone Bender Style FuzzTremoloTubescreamer Style OverdriveTubesteaderVictory AmpsVox Style DistortionWinnipeg Electrical Co+-
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February can often seem a rather odd month after the hustle and bustle of NAMM Show January - where a lot of new stuff always gets announced - while increasingly outside the NAMM schedule - but certainly in and around it! Projects delayed from the previous year often get released in January, but this year those kind of seem to be more spaced out - with some not feted to happen until March / April. February always seems slow compared to January, and that sometimes extends into March too before ...

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God City Instruments' Brutalist is a great sounding throaty distortion with super smart controls

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This is the first time I’m covering a God City Instruments pedal - I’ve come close before as there are other intriguing pedals on its roster - but this is surely its most intriguing one. Supposedly this Brutalist has been 10 years in the making - and there have been previous iterations of this family of effects - including the most recent BJR Compact.

 

The Brutalist as it says in the title - is beautifully textured throaty distortion with 2-Band Baxandall EQ on the main Bypass footswitch - ...

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My 9 favourite Greer Amps Compact Gain Pedals Capsule Collection is complete

Best of BrandsBoostBoost and OverdriveDistortionDriveGreer AmpsKlone and Transparent OverdriveOverdriveTimmyTweed Style Overdrive+-
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This is a project that has been going on for a while. I was just missing the Soma ’63 Vintage Preamp and the Sucker Punch High Gain Distortion - both of which I managed to source recently at relatively reasonable prices.

 

Out of this collection of 9 - quite a number are now discontinued - the Supa Cobra Overdrive and the entire bottom row - Hammer Distortion, Little Samson Overdrive / Distortion, and Sucker Punch High Gain Distortion.

 

I’ve always considered Nick Greer to be the King of ...

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Brand new Drunk Beaver Webstore is now live and active on Drunk-Beaver.Rocks

Big Muff Style FuzzBlues Breaker Style OverdriveBoostBoost and OverdriveChorus and VibratoDelayDigital DelayDistortionDriveDrunk BeaverFuzzFuzz-Drive and FuzzstortionGermanium FuzzModulationOpAmp FuzzOverdrivePhaserPreAmpRat Style FuzzSilicon FuzzTone Bender Style FuzzTubescreamer Style Overdrive+-
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I’m delighted to report that my friend and yours Vitalii Bobrov - of Drunk Beaver fame - at last has a proper website / webstore for his pedals - DRUNK-BEAVER.ROCKS - where his full current range of 19 pedals can be purchased - of course when in stock.

 

All these pedals are made in relatively small batches (20 or so at a time) and when there is high demand as there often is - then stock clears out very quickly and then there is typically a wait of around 3-4 weeks before more stock is ready ...

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Zoom release a compelling 200-Flavours Compact Gain Workstation - the MultiStomp MS-200D+

BoostBoost and OverdriveDistortionDriveDrive WorkstationDual-DriveFuzzMetal DistortionMulti-DriveOverdrivePreAmpZoom FX+-
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As soon as I saw this I thought - ’mini Boss OD-200’ - at least in concept. Zoom effects are fully DSP as far as I’m aware - so we don’t get a JFET input section like on the Boss and Strymon Hybrid / Digital gain pedals - while there should still be plenty of interesting flavours to be found here. The Bixonic Axentrix and Mooer Model X Preamp X2 were both instrumental in convincing me that you can get really decent gain voicings just from digital - also the Neunaber Neuron - all stand-alone ...

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Boss BD-2 Blues Driver-ology - Originals, Derivatives, and Adjacents!

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This rundown has been a long time in the making - having been iterated many times over, and changed as recently as this last Tuesday - when Keeley brought out its Muse Driver - Super AT Mod replacement!

 

Readers will know that I’ve cited the Keeley Freak Fuzz Modded BD-2 Blues Driver as my favourite all-time overdrive pedal, and be extension - the Blues Driver circuit and variations of it are my own very favourite gain tones. Some gravitate towards Tube Screamer, others Blues Breaker, Timmy ...

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My Sinvertek N5 MGAT-1 Golden Era DS99 Hyper Preamp has landed!

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Wow - what can I say! The original N5 MGAT-1 was already my favourite distortion of all time - so I initially thought that this was going to be a sort of sideways step from that with more specificity to reach certain key classic era Marshall tones more easily and more precisely - and it certainly does that. While Mr Wu has kind of blown me away again - as this is incredibly a further improvement over the already exceptional MGAT-1.

 

The MGAT-1 Golden Era seems a little bit more poised and ...

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Pelican NoiseWorks reissues and refreshes its 50/50 Dual DOD250 style Overdrive 60 Cycle Hum Collaboration

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Readers should know that I collect the more extended range DOD250 style overdrives - and I’ve long had the original 50/50 in the collection - where it initially emerged in 2017 I believe. So it’s good news for everyone who missed out on one of those then as we now have a reissue of this in a very slightly smaller enclosure with a flush back-plate and momentary and latching footswitches.

 

The core circuit and functionality is unchanged - so probably not worth getting if you already have one -...

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