The Spaceman effects have got it all: killer names, great looks and…yes, they also have the tone to match. The Harmonic Overdrive eve inspired me into recording a small demo!
The full review can be found at http://www.effectsdatabase.com/reviews/spaceman/aphelion#ixzz1onRYy0rr
And the demo:
Poland has been making waves in the MI industry for a while and the Exar Multi-wah brings a lot of control to the table with tone to match. Try it, it has great tones!!
Check out my review at http://www.effectsdatabase.com/reviews/exar/3/mw03#ixzz1onRCKpM8
Originally a 1970s pedal, the Chuck Collins Harmonic Percolator is still around and is one of those quirky pedals with great tones. It’s silly big to today’s standards but the tone will make you forget about that. It sounds as big as it is!!
Read my glowing review at http://www.effectsdatabase.com/reviews/chuckcollins/harmonicpercolator#ixzz1onQwN700
THe Honey Bee Overdrive was on my must-try list for a while. I lived up to my expectations and then some! As a low gain OD or as a booster it delivered the goods. There was only 1 downside, I had to give it back.
Check ou the full review at http://www.effectsdatabase.com/reviews/bjfe/hbo#ixzz1onQVGO1X
Although not strictly a pedal, Vox has been making effects for a LONG time and this needed a review. I first had to find out how it worked and then had a lot of fun playing it!
Check out the full review at http://www.effectsdatabase.com/reviews/vox/jen/v809#ixzz1onQ6sqEm
The EHX Germanium OD has everything to become a winner but I have some complaints about it. This could be much more! No complaints about the tone though!
More info at http://www.effectsdatabase.com/reviews/eh/xo/germaniumod#ixzz1onPoLKTs
A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure to review El Musico Loco’s Honky Dong, a simple but great sounding booster pedal. You can read my review of the pedal here.
When I was looking into the brand while writing the review, I discovered that El Musico Loco is actually located in Spain and, much to my surprise, they were only 5 minutes away from where I would be spending my holiday in early September. So I shot off an email to them to see if we could arrange something to meet up in Spain.
Because of the damned “communication problems” it took us until the final day of my holiday to actually meet face-to-face. We had in fact already seen Rose, Chris wife, perform in a beach bar a couple of days earlier, but didn’t meet Chris yet. So we met up around noon for lunch, beer and a lot of talking about gear, bands, the music business, living in Europe, etc, etc.
Chris talked about how he came to live in Europe, touring the world with his bands, meeting a lot of interesting people, living in Germany for a while and finally settling in Spain. Spain is definitely a nice place to live, and as weird as it may sound to us for somebody to move from the US West coast to Europe, it all made sense. We talked about his pedals, how he started out repairing musical equipment for a local store and ended up starting El Musico Loco.
Exciting times are coming for them as they have just got a deal with a distributor, their pedals are finding their ways into the world of some well known bands and things are moving ahead in general. Chris talked a bit about some upcoming pedals and got me all excited to get my hands on them because the guy has some great ideas for sure.
I always say a day is a good day if you can do something interesting or meet some interesting people. That day definitely was a good one. It was great to get some insight in how El Musico Loco came to happen, talk about upcoming pedals etc. Chris is a great guy to hang out with, we had an awesome afternoon and often laughed our asses off. Have a look at their profile on this site or their website, it recently received a massive update and you can find all the info about the El Musico Loco pedals!
A new company to me and I get to test out a couple of their pedals. Although it is my least favorite, it still delivers good tones. But do these really feel and sound amp-like?
Check out my review at http://www.effectsdatabase.com/reviews/catalinbread/sft#ixzz1onPEHOyI
The WIIO from Catalinbread delivered more then I thought it would and it stacked up (pun intended) to be a winner. Watch out doing the Pete-style windmills though!
Check out my review at http://www.effectsdatabase.com/reviews/catalinbread/wiio#ixzz1onP0QzVn
The Formula N°5 was the eye-opener of the Catalinbread pedals and my favorite of the bunch. It delivers as promised and had me scratching my head in a good way.
Check out the full review at http://www.effectsdatabase.com/reviews/catalinbread/formula5#ixzz1onOigh4X
