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The infamous Klon. We’ve all heard about it, a lot of us have played one or heard it live, and a couple fortunate souls actually own one (not us). For the majority of us gearheads who don’t have $1500+ to spend on one pedal, we look elsewhere to find that signature tone, which brings us to today’s featured pedal: the Klone. There are many of these floating around out in the effects world, and we decided to take a...

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Here at Pedal of the Day, we’ve been diggin’ the stuff that Pedal Monsters has been putting out for a while now, having reviewed the Bright Lights, Mad Hatter and White Lightning overdrive pedals so far. This time around, we’re excited to switch it up and move into a different pedal category altogether: REVERB. The older brother of the one-knob Well Reverb, this one features a few new options, but has the same...

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Boy, I never realized it, but there are a LOT of options to choose from when it comes to an overdrive pedal…just kidding, I knew that years ago, as did you, but they’re still fun to play and review, regardless of how many there may be to choose from! We’ve review a couple of drives from Pedal Monsters (the Mad Hatter, the Bright Lights) and they’ve been really nice pedals, so we thought we’d check out the...

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The famous “Bluesbreaker” amplifier made by Marshall in 1962 is one of the most sought-after guitar sounds on the planet, one of those tones that players are always searching for. Sometimes, a pedal comes along that really nails a certain sound, and a tone from a certain era of guitar stardom. The Mad Hatter Overdrive from Pedal Monsters seeks to re-create that illustrious Eric Clapton tone, and does a pretty damn good...

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Tired of the same old overdrive? Then you should probably check out the Bright Lights Overdrive pedal from Pedal Monsters. They’ve taken the basic overdrive blueprint and put a spin on it, basically. No boring copy of a Yeller or Rodent or Muph, the Bright Lights is an overdrive full of originality and great tone. Simple controls = fun pedal to use, in my book, and 3 knobs plus 1 toggle switch is about as simple as they come....

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