Tone Report Weekly Issue 131 | Page 8

NOW PLAY THIS POWERED BY EFFECTS DATABASE ➊ BANANANA DELIVERS THE NIRVANANA SYNTH Guitar synth lovers rejoice: Bananana Effects gives us the Nirvanana, a guitar synthesizer pedal capable of transcending up to four octaves above the original signal. The synth sounds have a very pulse-width type feel to them, making the Nirvanana sound like an FM-type synth from the ‘80s. There’s an onboard footswitchable sequencer along with an arcade button that resets the action. ➊ ➋ KEELEY ENGINEERING PAYS TRIBUTE WITH THE BUBBLETRON Robert Keeley’s latest and greatest takes its cues from the groundbreaking Maestro FSH-1 Filter/Sample Hold, an envelope filter with a switchable sample-and-hold mode that was and is an incredibly far-out sound. Of course, it wouldn’t be a Keeley pedal without tons of extras, and the Bubbletron adds a dynamic phaser and flanger, both based on other vintage units. ➋ ➌ SVISOUND UNLEASHES THE OVERZOID OVERDRIVE ➌ 8 Combining an unimpeachable penchant for killer aesthetics and tone, SviSound’s OverZoid drive has an internal charge pump to bump the voltage up to an unparalleled 24 volts for supreme headroom. A three-way toggle switches between clipping modes, ranging from hard clipping to none at all for a nice, uncompressed drive tone. NOW PLAY THIS // Buzzworthy Gear