The Guitar Magazine – September 2019

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Greek effects brand

Tsakalis AudioWorks

has been making decent

boutique pedals for

a few years now, but the

company’s Six BOD, which

launched at the start of 2019,

marks them out as a brand to

watch if you’re after variety

and versatility. That’s because

the Six isn’t just a single

overdrive: it offers three

of the most iconic drives

ever in one enclosure – the

King Of Tone, the Timmy

and the Bluesbreaker. If

Tsakalis can repeat this feat

with other classic circuits, all

our boards could be about to

get a lot smaller...

6

‘Lab coats by day, classic

guitar tones by night’

is the mantra of the

ultra-boffins at Canadian

effects brand Nanolog. Created

by actual scientists, Nanolog’s

impressive drive pedals ditch

the silicon and germanium

shooting match in favour of

‘quantum tunnelling’ and

‘molecular electronics’. In truth,

we’re not sure we could explain

the science if we tried, but in

effect, the company is using

nanotechnology to subvert

50 years of distortion-pedal

circuitry in the quest for better

tone. What more do you need?

5

Making one must-

try effects pedal is

impressive, but two?

Jon Ashley of Aussie

company Bondi Effects first

struck gold with the Sick

As, a supremely versatile

overdrive pedal that offers

two blendable voices with a

powerful EQ stack and 18V

operation for extra headroom.

Then, he followed that up with

something totally different,

but just as impressive – the

Art Van Delay is a 1800ms

all-analogue BBD delay, that

also offers MIDI control and

preset storage. One of the most

interesting circuit designers

around today.

8

Rock Your Repaired

Amp is the brainchild

of self-confessed

perfectionist Shane

Logan and you’re probably

familiar with RYRA thanks

to the company’s sensational

Klone pedal – perhaps the

most authentic-sounding

and impressive take on the

Klon Centaur to date.

Shane claims the quality of

RYRA’s pedals is a result of

his no-compromise approach

to build quality and component

selection, but he’s clearly a

bit of a wizard, too, as his

expansions into other classic

overdrive and fuzz circuits

can attest.

TSAKALIS AUDIOWORKS

TSAKALISAUDIOWORKS.COM

NANOLOG AUDIO INC

NANOLOGAUDIO.COM

BONDI EFFECTS

BONDIEFFECTS.COM

RYRA

THEKLONEPEDAL.COM

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