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Death By Audio Fuzz War: The Underground’s Wall-of-Fuzz Standard Issue
Death By Audio Fuzz War: 2010 origins, Supa Tone Bender roots, full specs, verified players like Ty Segall, plus tone recipes and buying advice.
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Death By Audio Echo Dream 2: The Echo That Fuzzes You Back
The Death By Audio Echo Dream 2 is a lo-fi modulated delay with a fuzz on its output. History, specs, verified players, settings and FAQ.
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Death By Audio Rooms: The Reverb Oliver Ackermann Built For Himself
The Death By Audio Rooms is a stereo six-algorithm reverb built around one man's obsession. History, specs, verified players, settings and FAQ.
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Catalinbread Belle Epoch: The Echoplex That Never Needs a Tape Change
The Catalinbread Belle Epoch recreates the Maestro Echoplex EP-3 in stompbox form. History, specs, verified players, settings and FAQ.
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Catalinbread Echorec: Four Playback Heads, One Stompbox, and the Delay Pedal That Thinks in Rhythm
The Catalinbread Echorec rebuilds the Binson four-head drum echo as a stompbox. History, specs, verified players, program settings and FAQ.
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Catalinbread Formula No. 55: The 5E3 Tweed Deluxe, Rebuilt Part For Part, and Why It Behaves Like an Amplifier Instead of a Pedal
The Catalinbread Formula No. 55 rebuilds the 5E3 tweed Deluxe preamp as a JFET pedal. History, specs, controls, settings and honest player research.
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Catalinbread Katzenkönig: The Cat King That Bolted a Tone Bender MkII to a RAT
The Catalinbread Katzenkönig grafts a silicon Tone Bender MkII onto a RAT output stage. Full specs, controls, tone recipes, honest player facts and FAQ.
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ZVEX Box of Rock: One Man’s Favourite Amp, Nailed Shut in a Painted Box
The ZVEX Box of Rock turns a maxed 1966 Marshall JTM45 into four knobs and a 50x boost. Specs, settings, verified players and buying advice.
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ZVEX Super Hard On: The One-Knob Pedal That Made Boutique Boost a Thing
Inside the ZVEX Super Hard On (SHO): the 5-megohm MOSFET boost used by Muse, Josh Homme, Billy Gibbons and Steve Albini. Specs, settings and buying advice.
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Way Huge Green Rhino Overdrive MkV: The Smallest Rhino in the Herd, and the Most Misunderstood
The Way Huge Green Rhino MkV packs a Tripps-designed Tube Screamer variant into a Smalls box. Full specs, verified players, tone recipes and buying advice.