Tag: guitar gear review

  • Mad Professor Kosmos Review: Ambient Reverb Without Menu Diving

    Mad Professor Kosmos Review: Ambient Reverb Without Menu Diving

    The Mad Professor Kosmos is a discontinued ambient reverb pedal with 11 programs, shimmer sounds, freeze, swell modes and reverb-plus-delay textures. It is simple to use, but it can still go beautifully over the top when you want those big ambient guitar sounds.

  • Keeley Dark Side Review: Fuzz, Delay and Modulation

    Keeley Dark Side Review: Fuzz, Delay and Modulation

    The Keeley Dark Side is a fuzz, delay and modulation workstation built around a very obvious Pink Floyd-inspired sound world. My unit is the older first-generation model, so it looks and works slightly differently from the newer V2, but the core idea is still the same: thick fuzz, warm tape-style delay and swirling modulation in…

  • Caline Pure Sky Review: Budget Transparent Overdrive

    Caline Pure Sky Review: Budget Transparent Overdrive

    The Caline Pure Sky is a simple, affordable transparent-style overdrive that still makes a lot of sense. With low to medium gain, separate bass and treble controls, and a surprisingly usable sound on both guitar and bass, it proves that a practical overdrive pedal does not always need to be expensive.

  • NUX Mini Studio Review: Tiny IR Loader, Big Surprise

    NUX Mini Studio Review: Tiny IR Loader, Big Surprise

    The NUX Mini Studio is a tiny IR loader and cabinet simulator that keeps things refreshingly simple. It works well for direct guitar recording, but the real surprise was how much it improved the plugged-in sound of my acoustic guitar.

  • Is the Orange Rocker 32 a Good Pedal Platform?

    Is the Orange Rocker 32 a Good Pedal Platform?

    The Orange Rocker 32 is not a neutral pedal platform, and that is part of the charm. It takes fuzz, boosts, overdrives and stereo effects well, while still adding that slightly fuzzy Orange character to everything.