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The Oxblood Distortion

HIPKITTY THE OXBLOOD DISTORTION What We Say: The Oxblood Distortion is designed to sound like a cranked up, lower wattage British tube amp so I am thinking lower wattage Marshalls and Voxs perhaps? According to HipKitty you could ’swear there are tubes inside this pedal,’ so my interest is immediately...
Posted 02 Jun 2010 | HipKitty | 0 Comments

The Java Distortion

HIPKITTY THE JAVA DISTORTION What We Say: The Java Distortion is a dual channel gain pedal offering anything from light, crunchy overdrive to full-blown fuzz sounds and everything in between. It is also designed to clean up very well when the volume knob of your guitar pedal is rolled back....
Posted 02 Jun 2010 | HipKitty | 0 Comments

The Glaze

HIPKITTY THE GLAZE What We Say: The Glaze is an original circuit from HipKitty designed to improve clarity whilst providing an amp-like overdrive and boost, which in turn is designed to push your preamp section into natural, singing sustain. Sounds like a good idea. What They Say: ”…The Glaze is...
Posted 02 Jun 2010 | HipKitty | 0 Comments

The Cream Distortion

HIPKITTY THE CREAM DISTORTION What We Say: This is HipKitty’s attempt at creating an amp-like pedal. All of the pedal manufacturers have done this, is HipKitty’s any different? Well for one HipKitty DO make real tube amps so they have a pretty good knowledge of the circuitry involved. The clips on their...
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The Chameleon

HIPKITTY THE CHAMELEON What We Say: The Chameleon is quite a unique boost / overdrive in that it was designed primarily to go into the effects loop of a tube amp and push the power tubes a little harder into that lush power amp breakup. This was also done to...
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The Caffeine Boost

HIPKITTY THE CAFFEINE BOOST What We Say: The Caffeine Boost can also apparently be used as an overdrive pedal, so my immediate reactions were to think along the lines of the Xotic BB Preamp. However, this does not seem the case. After checking the clips it seems that The Caffeine Boost...
Posted 02 Jun 2010 | HipKitty | 0 Comments