Demo: Source Audio Soundblox 2 OFD Bass microModeler

Demo: Source Audio Soundblox 2 OFD Bass microModeler

Pedals And Effects has previously covered the Source Audio Soundblox 2 OFD Guitar microModeler and, to round it all out, we are covering their Bass microModeler.  As ingenious as their guitar pedal is, this bass overdrive-fuzz-distortion pedal is an all-in-one bass grinder.

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Pedal Review: Mantic Effects Vitriol Distortion

Pedal Review: Mantic Effects Vitriol Distortion

For those of you who are not familiar with Mantic Effects pedals, let me warn you, they are not for the subtle and timid sound designers. Mantic Effects is a go for the throat pedal company that creates effects that can transform instruments into sonic weapons! Mantic Effects are really not trying to reinvent the wheel…they have abandoned the wheel for jetpacks!

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Demo: Wood Cutter by Big Ear

Demo: Wood Cutter by Big Ear

I have owned several Rat distortions by ProCo including the famed ProCo Rat LM308 model, but I will tell you that Big Ear's Wood Cutter smokes them all. I always found the Rats to be bottomless and noisy, sometimes with no clarity, or unusable high mids for bass. If you have ever had a love for distortion but were never truly satisfied with your Rat, look no further. 

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Review: DOD Distortion Wars with Metal Maniac & Thrash Master Distortion pedals!

Review: DOD Distortion Wars with Metal Maniac & Thrash Master Distortion pedals!

Nick Reinhart is one lucky musician because he has such generous fans and friends who hand him free DOD pedals! Pedals And Effects are huge fans of the old DOD pedals from the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s and, of course, the new updated DOD versions. Well, when someone is given pedals as gifts, we feel obligated to at least do a video featuring the pedals, so here are DOD’S FX58 Metal Maniac and FX59 Thrash Master distortions!

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