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Audio Kitchen finally releases its Moof Filter - a killer take on the Mutronics Mutator, featuring equally rarefied parts

All of us who attended Doug Tolley’s 4th Witney Pedal Party event last November witnessed the final prototype of the then code-named ’Mu-Filter’ - which has mow picked up the ’Moof’ moniker! That ...
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Key 12A*7 Preamp Tube Types and Characteristics

It’s been a while since I did my Key Power Amp Tubes Overview - back in April of 2024. I always intended to do a follow-up feature for the most typical PreAmp Tubes. I just needed the right catalyst / ...
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Hagerman's Mini Pentode Tube-Powered Tubifier Buffer Pedal is an essential Tone Enhancer for all Digital and Solid-State Rigs

Boss and Strymon have for a long time included a JFET Input Stage to enhance the output of their digital pedals. The JFET warms up the signal and opens it up a little more - adding a touch more colour ...
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Nobels continues its winning streak with Stereo Mini Pedals - with its new classic 3-Mode Reverb - with Spring, Plate and Hall voicings

I first spotted this on Gear News - where it turns out just to be an announcement, as these don’t start shipping until the middle of October. They are however already up for pre-orders on Thomann! And ...
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Wyatt Audio's mid-size Kozel Fuzz is a killer sounding really special weapon's grade Muff take with a slew of smart features onboard

I was super impressed with Wyatt’s Heiress Fuzz that I reviewed last week - a fantastic sounding Fuzz Face take with Transistor switching on the Q2 Stage - with a really potent output. The Kozel ...
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2 quirky and unique green circular enclosure superb sounding Mode-Switching Fuzzes - the Blue FX Devices Piluxx, and Talisman Audio GP7 Soviet Gas Mask Canister Fuzz

So I’ve reviewed both of these within the last fortnight - they were both picked up at the relatively recent Brighton Guitar Show, while I had ordered the Piluxx just a day or two after the Leeds ...
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Pedal Pawn builds an even better Tube Screamer - the Black Glass Mod Overdrive Pro TS-808

Pedal Pawn has some serious pedigree with Tube Screamers - you might say they’re something of a Tube Screamer expert! And this is essentially their 3rd variant, following the Texan Twang, and the ...
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Old Blood Noise Endeavors further enhances its Beam Splitter Triple Tracker Overdrive / Distortion, now in improved V2 Editions - Shadow, Cool and Warm

OBNE bills this as ’Further Adventures in Trereo’ - meaning Triphonic essentially - or having 3 outputs (one per Gain Section essentially). This is a really cool parallel multi-stacking gain machine - ...
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King Gizzard's Stu Mackenzie collaborates with JAM Pedals to recreate his signature Tiny Amp sound - courtesy of the Tiny Amp Destroyer Triple-Gain-Stacking Pedal

A few years back Stu picked up a few cheap tiny solid state practice amps from his local Cash Converters pawnshop ($20-$30 each!). This included the Max Music Guitar Amp model featured in the below ...
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Becos FX's CompIQ Pro Mini is a Mighty Blacmer VCA Studio Grade Compressor with Hard and Soft Knee Compression, Dynamic Fast and Slow Attack and Release, WET>DRY Mix, and Feed ...

So I finally complete my Becos FX CompIQ Pro Compressor Trifecta, which started with the Stella, was followed up by the Yuna, and is now fully rounded out by the most diminutive Mini Pro Edition in ...
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Summer School Electronics' lates is the fine gold hued Double Major Dual Channel Klone Overdrive - with both Hard and Soft Clipping

A simple idea - beautifully elegantly executed! This is one of the most attractive Summer School pedals to date. Some of that brand’s pedal aesthetics are a little ’scrap book’ in nature. While the ...
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My superb sounding Boss DS-1 Distortion with Twin Drive Mods has landed!

It turns out that I’m quite a fan of these Twin Drive Mod types - this is my second of that ilk after the Twin Drive OD-3. These are Japanese Mods made by more than one party, I’m not sure who did the ...