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Cool new gear: Orange Dark Terror

So new gear announcements have started to come out in line with Musikmesse 2011. I’m a big fan of low wattage high gain valve amps, so I was very excited to see Orange Amps release a new product right up my alley. The Dark Terror is a familiar silhouette, with …

Goosoniqueworx Seventh Heaven distortion – review

Goosoniqueworx is a small effects pedal manufacturer from Singapore. The Seventh Heaven is a high gain twin channel distortion pedal with a bit of a difference. Rather than using diodes to clip the signal the Seventh Heaven utilises cascaded JFETs to achieve high gain distortion very similar to a high …

MI Effects Crunch Box Distortion – review

The MI Effects Crunch Box Distortion is MI Effects take on high gain hot-rod British amp distortion. It offers a strong mid-presence that is commonly associated with Marshall amplifiers, and a wide range of gain is on tap. It may be small, and seem like it has a fairly limited …

MXR Smart Gate – review

In the world of high gain modern rock and metal a noise gate/suppressor is essential. Playing with loads of distortion typically results in a lot of excess noise. You need something to remove this hissing and buzzing, and with some styles you want a complete cut that noise gates can …