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  • The battle of the Dutchies: the review

    After testing these 2 pedals for a couple of weeks, I can only say that you as a player will be the winner. Both pedals sound very good but are very different as well. As a team, they can get you a huge amount of killer tones. Whatever pedal you decide to buy, you will get a top of the line pedal for sure!

    Both the RR Amps FatDrive and the GuitarSystems DriveTool are related to a certain sought after pedal but they take things into a different direction.  The FatDrive stays closer to the original but were the original works best as a transparent booster, the FatDrive also sounds great as a standalone OD. It can kick any amp into that smooth chewy compression that is very rewarding to play.  It can be very transparent and although it only has a treble control, it provides plenty of tweakability.

    The DriveTool is the love-child of 2 well known pedals with a very different outcome. It can be used as a booster but works better as a drive pedal in my opinion. Tonally, it definitely reminds me of the Red Lama that it is based on but with a couple of twists. The result is a very dynamic and in your face tone that takes no prisoners.When playing alone, I struggled dialing it in but take it to a band/live-situation and it comes alive. With this pedal, you WILL stand out in the mix so you better get your act together!

    I will be posting more in depth reviews of each pedal on effectsdatabase.com in a few days.

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  • Some clips of the RR Amps FatDrive

    Here are some clips with the FatDrive into my plexi with my Tyler Telecaster and Tokai LP.

    The FatDrive works equally well as overdrive as it does as booster, it can seriously kick your amps ass. I recorded 3 clips with each guitar,1st one is for reference and without the FatDrive engaged. The 2nd clip has all controls on 12:00 on the pedal, the last clip has Level and Treble at about 1:00 and the Gain at 9:00.

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  • The battle of the Dutchies: Part 2

    As I posted last week, I am testing 2 Dutch pedals: The Guitarsystems Drivetool Jr and the RR Fat Drive. Different pedals that seem to have a couple of tricks up their sleeve!! Full reviews will be coming soon but I can already reveal that I really love them both. So the only winner in this battle is…ME, as I’m having all the fun playing them!

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  • Musikmesse 2012: the pedals

    Check out Effectsdatabes.com for an overview of the pedals that were released at the Musikmesse 2012. I played a bunch of them and here are my highlights in random order!

    The 3 new Bogner pedals sounded fantastic. You can expect from Reinhold that he won´t release anything up to his high standards and there DELIVERED!  I personally loved the Red one the most but all 3 of them sounded great.  Their price isn´t set yet but will be around or below 250euro. I´m pretty sure these will sell very good.

    Bogner was sharing the booth with Egnater and they also had 2 pedals on display. I really liked the Overdose, very cool layout with an OD and a booster pedal, they can be used independently and you can set the order of them. The Jones control and Tight switch add plenty of versatility!

    The guys from Elmwood already had the prototype of the Woodpecker at the Musikmesse 2011 and were now showing the production version.  It sound big and fat into their new Modena20 head (more about that later). They also had their first distortion pedal on display. It´s still being fine-tuned but it sounded really promising, delivering that Elmwood crunch tone and a lot more. The Distortion should be available later this year.

    TC Electronic added another pedal to their TonePrint range although this one does´t come with a TonePrint-option. From clean to not so clean boost, the Spark Booster delivers a great kick in the nuts. The Fat/Clean/Mid toggle adds a lot of versatility and gets you 3 different flavours.

    And finally there was Paul Lenders/Guitarsystems who were showing their entire range of pedals. A lot of great stuff, my personal standouts were the brandspanking new Drivetool, the Vibetool and the Trebletool. These pedals are easily spotted as the come with their own design footswitch, it looks great works perfect and should give you many years of stomping pleasure.

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  • Gough Electronics Filtron Pro Wah

    The Filtron Pro wah is, at the moment, the only music-related item from Gough Electronics. You can only buy it occasionally on Ebay. So was it worth reviewing this? Oh yes because this unknown and very basic looking pedal has a LOT happening and Gough Electronics needs to be encouraged to produce more!

    Check out what I liked about it at http://www.effectsdatabase.com/reviews/gough/filtron#ixzz1onX4DM5T

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