Reviews Archive
Bearfoot FX Honey Bee OD
Finally! I have waited years for this to happen; Bjorn Juhl's (BJFe) Designs are now available not only more regularly, but also a at a much cheaper price thanks to a new collaboration with Don Rusk (Donnerbox) who is a bit of a legend and known figure in the...
Bob Burt Clean Boost
Bob Burt is a famous guitar speaker cabinet maker from the USA who shot to acclaim amongst guitar pedal enthusiasts when he launched a short run of Clean Boost and Overdrive pedals several years ago. Sadly in the UK Bob’s name is not a one frequently brought up in...
Bob Burt Overdrive
Regular readers of the site should now be a little familiar with Bob Burt (after reading the Clean Boost review earlier this year) but for those who aren't Bob is a renowned guitar speaker cabinet maker in the USA who branched out into the effects market a while back...
Digitech CM-2 Tube Overdrive
The Classic voicing gives you a nice, smooth, TubeScreamer-type overdrive. If you think Stevie Ray Vaughan you will be in the right ballpark.
EHX Big Muff Pi
The Big Muff Pi is one of those pedals that has been around for ever. Labelled as a Sustain box it is essentially a cross between a Fuzz and a thick, full Distortion. Mine is a re-issue. There is a LOT of variety in the Big Muff series over...
EHX Linear Power Booster
The Electro-Harmonix Linear Power Booster is part of the conveniently compact sized Nano series of pedals. It’s one of the most budget friendly boost pedals on the market, but still made with premium parts and made out of cast metal alloy without finish or polish, which gives it a...
Fulltone OCD (V4)
The Fulltone Obsessive Compulsive Drive (or OCD) is a modern classic. It is considered as one of those 'must-try' pedals and after just a few moments of playing with it, it is easy to see why.
Ibanez FZ-7 Fuzz
The Ibanez FZ7 is part of the Ibanez 7-series of affordable stomp boxes. It is slightly larger than the standard Boss form factor and the Ibanez Classic series pedals, has an all metal housing, a lever switch with a latch release for easy battery access, and a Boss-like electronic...
Ibanez TS-9 Tubescreamer
There is a nigh on infinite amount of information out there about the tubescreamer and its various models, so instead of giving a full breakdown etc. I intend to talk of my opinions about the TS-9, which is a re-issue by the way, and my experiences with it.
Marshall The Guv’nor
This thing absolutely delivered the Marshall tone in a box with a lot of tonal variety and being the first release of a thoroughbred Marshall pedal there was a commensurate surge of attention at the time.
Modtone Dyno Drive
A simple three knob design, as with most overdrives, Tone, Level, and Drive, makes anyone feel at home straight away. It has pretty good looks, in my opinion anyway.
Nady TD-1 Tube Distortion
I only heard of the Nady TD-1 for the first time a few months ago when a friend told me that the original TD-1s had been a secret weapon of the late, great, Shawn Lane, who’s tone (and playing) I completely admire. Over the next few weeks I eagerly...
RAT Turbo RAT
Three simple controls control the mayhem – Distortion (speaks for itself) Filter (more like a presence control than a dedicated EQ control) and Volume (again, the function is obvious) but it’s worth bearing in mind that all the knobs affect the tone to some extent.
TC Electronic Dark Matter Distortion
The Dark Matter Distortion is part of the new Tone Print series of effects pedals. Unlike most of the other pedals in this line however this is NOT a digital effect, and therefore also does not have the new toneprint technology.
TC Electronic Mojo Mojo Overdrive
The Mojo Mojo Overdrive is part of the new Tone Print series of effects pedals. Unlike most of the other pedals in this line however this is NOT a digital effect, and therefore also does not have the new toneprint technology.
The Rock Lock
Every now and again I see a guitar product that makes me think: 'Wow, why hasn't this been thought of before??' The Rock Lock, which is the first product from the Rock Lock Company' sits firmly in that bracket. Such a simple, intuitive design that really could help prevent the...
Valvette Custom Drive
he Custom Drive is the debut pedal from new company Valvette. The company is located here in the UK and is a one-man operation, the great mind of Johan Maertens. This is one of the second batch of Custom Drives and I eagerly awaited the day I got to...
Wampler Ecstasy Overdrive
Wampler are famous for fantastic, high-end stompboxes but the Ecstasy is one that doesn't get a great deal of attention when you compare it to some of Brian's other stuff such as the Triple Wreck or Pinnacle. Hopefully after reading this review of my experiences with it people will...
Wampler Triple Wreck
The Wampler Triple Wreck is the full production version of a pedal Brian Wampler made 100 units of earlier this year. The unit proved to be so good (and popular) that Brian decided making the pedal as part of his regular product line, but with a few tweaks on top...
