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Horrothia delivers a killer zingy and vibrant textured Germanium Diodes Edition of its already exceptional Triage Deluxe High-Headroom Transistor Preamp
10+ hour, 1+ min ago (396+ words) Xploration " Curation " Recommendation There was a high level of serendipity in my landing this particular pedal. Tom only made a batch of 3 initially, and #1 and #2 were already pre-sold - meaning that there was just 1 left in play! I came across the…...
RhPf Electronics' Shodhana - a Cutting, Crisp, Bright and Balanced Overdrive - kind of works as a combination of Clean and Dirty Boosts - simple but really potent
1+ day, 14+ hour ago (201+ words) Xploration " Curation " Recommendation The Shodhana is mostly referred to as a 'Balanced Overdrive' as you are most typically balancing the relative output of the Clean / Level and Dirty / Drive sides of the pedal. And as mentioned - your guitar controls are…...
Electronic Audio Experiments' Traynor Bass Amp derived Greathammer Overdrive delivers 50 decibels of killer low-end tone
2+ day, 11+ hour ago (185+ words) Xploration " Curation " Recommendation I came too late to this very recently released pedal - whose first batch is sold out everywhere - including at my good friend's Joe's Pedals in the UK. I'm typically a fan of thunderously Bassy Overdrives - and this…...
Boutique Amps Distribution's Synergy Amps delivers super smart Machine Learning Power Amp Platform to Friedman and Wampler
6+ day, 14+ hour ago (329+ words) Xploration " Curation " Recommendation As we've seen with Tone King sharing Friedman's IR Tube Preamp Platform for its two floor-based-amps, we now get 2 different roll-outs of Synergy's Machine Learning Power Amp Platform for 2 very different audiences. With a full-fat Amp-top / Rack…...
T-Rex release 2 innovative mid-size pedals - The RoomMate D'luxe Tube Reverb, and Fuzztopia Fuzz / Distortion with Blend controls per Channel
1+ week, 11+ hour ago (367+ words) Xploration " Curation " Recommendation The RoomMate D'luxe was announced at NAMM, where the Fuzztopia was out late last year - where I did not manage to fit it into my schedule. It seems very timely now since the RoomMate D'luxe is in…...
Tone King releases Royalist sibling to its runaway successful Imperial Floor Amp - built on Friedman's all-tube IR Platform
1+ week, 1+ day ago (379+ words) Xploration " Curation " Recommendation There is of course a decent amount of sharing between Boutique Amps Distribution brands, and the Tone King Imperial Floor Amp owes everything to Friedman's IR Platform - upon which it is built. Obviously it's been tuned to…...
Thomas Blug îs unerringly close now to a full release of his new state of the art BluGuitar Amp X Analog Amp & Pedal Modeller
1+ week, 2+ day ago (227+ words) Xploration " Curation " Recommendation This is a culmination of a life's work for Thomas Blug - we've seen Amp 1, Mercury and Iridium editions over the years - and it's like seeing an elite watchmaker add further complication to his triple-axis tourbillon watch! You…...
Superlunar's extraordinary SR-01 Multi-Gain Transistor-based Analog Saturation Device is now available at Northern Stompboxes in the UK
2+ week, 5+ day ago (255+ words) Xploration " Curation " Recommendation This was one of my priority targets for last year - where it landed at Northern Stompboxes towards the end of that year - and I was determined to land it as early as possible this year. Controls - Q1 Gain,…...