If I had to count the actual amount of dirt pedals I've tried over the last decade it would certainly be an embarrassing number. The Pet Yeti is in my Top 3, if not my favorite, of all the ones I've tried. It is so versatile and so open and retains clarity even in higher gain settings. It can do boost, it can do light OD, medium, high, fuzz...An absolute classic in the making and more folks should give it more attention.

Got the two Transformer Boost pedals I ordered last week. It sounds amazing and feels expensive. With single-coils, it adds body and authority to Strat and Tele pickups, delivering harmonic richness without pushing your amp into unwanted breakup.

Placement matters - After a fuzz, the Triad transformer and germanium stage act like an analog master bus, rounding off fizzy, abrasive transients, while the Low Cut knob trims woolly sub-bass. Before a low-to-medium gain overdrive (JHS Morning Glory, Analog Man King of Tone, Chase Bliss Brothers AM, Greer Lightspeed, Paul Cochrane Timmy), it feeds germanium harmonics and iron weight into the overdrive's clipping diodes for thick, singing lead sustain. Here the Low Cut shapes low-end saturation, keeping the low E tight and percussive.

You don't need to crank it - With only Output Level and Low Cut knobs, it's tempting to assume the transformer only comes alive near full output. It doesn't:
1. The iron shows up early - Around 10:30–12:00 on the Output Level, the pedal starts to breathe. Notes round off, harmonics bloom, and the signal feels more charged, all well short of the full +18 dB.
2. Letting the lows through adds weight - With the Low Cut at 7:00–9:00, more bass and low-mids hit the transformer for a warmer, thicker, more physical feel.
3. It responds to your guitar's volume knob - The germanium front end reacts to your pickups, so rolling back the volume changes how hard the transformer is driven. You can move from clean shimmer to saturated bloom from the guitar alone.

Transformer Boost vs. Hudson Broadcast - I also own the Hudson Broadcast, the obvious comparison. Both use a Triad transformer, but the Broadcast leans toward gritty, raspy console breakup, while the Transformer Boost is rounder, smoother, and more hi-fi, more of a harmonic-saturated tone sweetener. They're complementary, not redundant. The Transformer Boost acts like an extension of your amp, making it feel like your amp, only better. The Broadcast acts like a second voice: punchy, gritty, and vintage-console flavored.

The Transformer Boost is an outstanding "more better-er" pedal--the kind of pedal that enhances your tone and makes your other pedals sound "more better". Overall, I'm very pleased with the Transformer Boost and glad I got one for each of my pedalboards.

At this point any release from Alexander Pedals is essentially a must-buy. Matthew continues to be one of the most creative forces in this space, always coming out with something new, interesting, and unique. But we're here to talk about the Velvet Noise!

My go-to mono reverb is the Mr Black Bloodmoon. As someone who mostly works in stereo, I've always wished Mr Black would make a stereo version (the Eclipse just isn't the same). Well, here we are. I've run the Bloodmoon, the Pladask Elektrisk Draume, the Champion Leccy Swan Hunter, the Chase Bliss Dark World, and a handful of other mono reverbs through the Velvet Noise, and they all resulted in absolutely beautiful sounds. Obviously, this won't turn your mono pedals into actual stereo, with different processing on each side, but it's as close as we're ever going to get. You'll lose just a bit of bottom end in my experience, but this just results in an even airier space.

I've also tried a few other pedals, such as delays, a chorus, and a lofi pedal or two. My favorite pedal type to pair with the Velvet Noise is definitely anything that thrives in the space created. I thought a wall of sound Big Muff through this would be interesting, but with the loss of low end, it ended up sounding a bit shimmery and thin. In and of itself, this was an interesting sound that could be used intentionally to great effect, in the right time and place. But this is not a doubler pedal, so this was expected. Still, I had to try! I did the same with other types of dirt like a Rat style pedal, and a Moth Electric Regalis. Lower gain sounded better to my ears, but again, time and a place for everything.

One thing I haven't done yet is to run stereo pedals through it. Now that's going to be fun!

Great experimental toolbox. In combination with other pedals like for example strange Reverbs and analog delays or even more granular ... it gives endless exploration to discover. Built very well. Even if there so many also nice software around, its really nice to manipulate in realtime, thats why i love it most for.

Sure, there are other pedals out there that can do reverb and granular trickery. But the Ricorda gets all the details right and offers effect order flexibility to make this pedal so powerful. The freeze and loop functions almost add a sevond pedal inside the same enclosure. Really great!

The Dawner Prince Boonar V2 is absolutely awesome. It captures that rich, atmospheric Binson Echorec sound while remaining easy to dial in and practical enough for a modern pedalboard. The repeats have incredible depth and character without getting muddy, and the multi-head combinations create everything from subtle ambience to huge, hypnotic rhythmic delays. It sounds especially great for Pink Floyd tones, but it is far more versatile than that. Beautifully built, inspiring to play, and easily one of the best delay pedals I have owned.

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Stellar fuzz!! Loud, gnarly, and alot of fun. The touch pad offers an awesome studder effect and great for noise. Highly recommend!

I’m using this pedal for drone like resonance, and it is put in a relatively front position in terms of the signal chain. Try it with muffs after and you might find a very dreamy sludge sound.

Also very fast shipping from SoundShoppe.

Actually very versatile if you keep the main settings low. Love the pressure pads added to my tool bag

Like everything from Ezhi and Aka it's a crazy fun wild pedal that can be normal but where's the fun in that? It loves to be played with and tweaked. I highly suggest picking one up!

Love all the different tones I get out of this pedal. really like the distorted tones.

ezhi&aka make some of the most inventive pedals out there. (“Out there” being the operative phrase.) They describe Running for 78 as producing the sound of a skipping CD player - as in when you’re running for the #78 bus. But that sells this pedal short. To my ears, it is the corrosion on your tin can telephone. It’s sun spot interference in the signal of the cosmos. It’s fizz and rust and rattle. And it is beautiful. It takes the cleanest of signals and returns them as if they’ve lived a life of hard knocks and hard-won wisdom. A fantastic tool in the sound shapers kit.

Great, heavy fuzz with a subtle octave effect. With the octave turned up, oscillation shows up to produce a dynamic texture. Fantastic for a bit of controlled chaos. Shoegaze-friendly for building a wall of sound.

I love the Dawner Prince Boonar. The pedal is small and provides many useful and lovely tones that bring moments of joy.