SUBTLY SUBLIME. Price: $100 new (Ando Effects) The May Drive is the first real outing from Ando Effects. It is a colourful chunk of a unit that will easily disrupt any aesthetic mediocrity on a board, but what does it achieve sonically? Well, it’s first important to understand exactly what The May Drive offers, and how it got there. Here goes… According to James, Mr. … Continue reading Sponsored Review | Ando Effects The May Drive
ALL THE BELLS AND WHISTLES Price: £65 used (eBay) When I realised I was going to win the auction of the Boss OD-20 on eBay, I looked around the internet to get a feel for pedal community’s opinion of the thing. I was surprised to find that the OD-20 is a divisive pedal – some out there consider it to be a great shortcut to … Continue reading Review | Boss OD-20 Overdrive
PHENOMENAL, IN THIS LIFE AND THE NEXT Price: £130 new (Endorphin.es) In the 2012 film Avengers: Assemble, Chris Evans’ Captain America (a man raised in the early 1900s and now living in the 21st Century) looks at a broken engine on a futuristic flying aircraft carrier in dismay. When Robert Downey Jr.’s Iron Man asks for a review of the damage to the engine, a … Continue reading Sponsored Review | Endorphin.es X Andrew Huang Ghost Pedal
FUZZY GOODNESS Price: £130 new (Pedal Tree Effects) I have already covered my dislike of fuzz pedals and fuzz as an effect in other posts, however I am once again here waving a white flag of surrender in my review of the Borke Fuzz, by Germany’s own Pedal Tree Effects. The Borke fuzz by Pedal Tree is a formidable little unit that spits in the … Continue reading Sponsored Review | Pedal Tree Borke Fuzz
WE HAVE LIFT OFF! Price: £100 new (Fuzzbeard Industries) I don’t like fuzz pedals. I don’t like fuzz as an effect in general. I grew up as a guitarist surrounded by Hendrix fans who only saw value in Hendrix and who sneered at my (and my friend’s) punk leanings. Fuzz is the sound of a legion of boring idiots and their boring children watching the … Continue reading Sponsored Review | Fuzzbeard Industries Riff Launcher
Price: £185 new (AIB Custom FX) This pedal was lent to me to review by the generous and awesome Jamie from Jamie’s 1 Take Wonders. Go and check out his Instagram! Customers of A.I.B. Custom FX should be under no false pretences as to the target audience of the company. ‘Pedals for Doom Death and Chainsaw Grind’, reads the banner that sits atop the A.I.B. … Continue reading Review | A.I.B. Custom FX Draugr
HITTING WITH THE OL’ ONE-TWO C-C-C-COMBO… Price: £88 (new) / £50 used (eBay) The second I laid eyes on Fender’s Pugilist Distortion pedal, I had to have one. The chunky-yet sleek shell (reminiscent of Iron-Man’s armour sans the hot-rod red) made me feel like I was looking at something that wanted to fight me, and possibly bite off my ear. The Pugilist stood out to … Continue reading Review | Fender Pugilist Distortion
Author’s note: this is a guest review. The views expressed in this review are those of the author. All links to the author’s products, channels and interests have been approved by the moderators of this blog. The Vita Fuzz is truly a “Rare Guitar Pedal”, a past-era U.S.S.R. Soviet built pedal in Riga, Latvia. It looks to be something from the 1970s based on aesthetics … Continue reading Guest-Review | Vita Fuzz
I first encountered Belcat pedals when I bought their PHS-605 phaser pedal (which I love) on a whim from eBay. So when their fuzz came across my search results on eBay, I saw its distinct shape and thought, why not? I bought this pedal due to its aesthetics more than its function. You see, while I am absolutely 100% aware of the importance of fuzz … Continue reading Review | Belcat R-Fuzz
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