GUESS WHO'S BACK. It's us, the 'Taterheads, and we have what you've been waiting for this whole time: a review of the high-end, special-made, blah blah blah we have an old, beat-up Rocktron Rampage, which totally lives up to its name. Summer is over, folks. Winter has come!

Gear used:

2013 Gibson SG '61 Reissue

1995 Fender Stratocaster

Hughes & Kettner Dual EL84 Statesman

Shure SM57

Audix i5

Geraniums, germaniums, great flowery fuzz. What is the Twin Bender? Essentially, two iconic fuzz circuits in one unit accompanied with major modern upgrades that fix some of the finicky issues with putting old-school fuzz pedals on the boards of today. Tim is a great guy making some great stuff, so enjoy us being obnoxious!

Gear used:

1995 Fender Stratocaster

2013 Gibson SG '61 Reissue

Fender Precision Bass

Marshall JCM800

Shure SM57

Due to unforeseen circumstances, we were not able to record a pedal demo this week. Instead, as our little baby podcast turns 21 episodes old, we were forced to turn our eyes within, remembering all the great pieces of gear that, for whatever reason (probably rent and bills), we had to let loose. Grab a tissue and get ready to mourn alongside us during this week's memorial service for the pieces that have gone before. Godspeed.

Gear used:

None. Only gear lost…..

This is another episode we recorded a little over a month ago and completely forgot about, which is a shame, especially since you can find these on reverb.com for about $40! With three different drive modes, we put this in the budget-friendly/multi-purpose category. And while it doesn't necessarily nail any of the territories exactly as advertised, all three voicings and useful and pretty fun to play with.

Gear used:

1995 Fender Stratocaster

2013 Gibson SG '61 Reissue

Fender Jazz Bass

Vox AC30

Shure SM57

On this very special (read: late) episode of Rotator, you get to meet Chance's girlfriend Mikala, who since taping this episode has been upgraded to fiancee. Celebrate good times, c'mon. As for the pedal, the Blue Box is, well, a blue box. And that's exactly what it sounds like. Blue and boxy! Is it a fuzz? Is it an octave? Is it a space machine? Hard to tell, but we did our best.

Gear used:

1995 Fender Stratocaster

2013 Gibson SG '61 Reissue

Fender Jazz Bass

Vox AC30

Shure SM57

An overdrive pedal modeled after…….. a projector?! Genius. Not to get too cliche here, but this might be the single most #musical overdrive we have demoed. Allergy attacks/weather alerts couldn't stop us from bringing you the purest tones we could get out of an impressively useful dirt box. Enjoy.

Gear used:

2003 Fender American Telecaster

2009 Gibson Les Paul Traditional

Fender Precision Bass

Stulce Amp head

Marshall 2x12 cabinet

Sennheiser MD421

Sennheiser e906

We finally did it; we broke the 1-hour threshold, even after some major edits. We just had so much fun, we never wanted the episode to end, ya know? In all seriousness, this pedal is fun, functional, but probably not family friendly. \m/ Also, Chance forgets more riffs than he remembers.

Gear used:

2003 Fender American Telecaster

2009 Gibson Les Paul Traditional

Kauer Arcturus Bass

Stulce Amp head

Marshall 2x12 cabinet

Sennheiser MD421

Sennheiser e906

LPD 87

Congrats to John Pepe on winning the Old Blood Noise Endeavors Haunt Fuzz from last week's episode!!

The stereo setup didn't work, the cabinet was rattling, and Sister Kelly gone and locked herself out of the church office. But gosh dime it, we still finished the episode. And we're happy we did because we may have finally given in and accepted the idea of a "transparent overdrive." Trust me, that took some work.

Gear used:

Fender Blacktop Telecaster

1995 Fender Stratocaster Special

1964 Fender Bandmaster

Fender P Bass

Marshall 2x12 cabinet

Sennheiser MD421

Emerson Em-Drive Transparent Overdrive

Strymon Dig Digital Delay

GIVEAWAY! If you want a chance to win the pedal we use in this episode, go like our Instagram account @rotatorparty and tag a friend who loves pedals in the picture we post for this episode! The winner will be randomly selected this Saturday (May 12). Special thanks to The Jared for donating this pedal.

Knobs and switches and split-splat-patty-whack giva-dogga-fuzz. There are far more sounds in this pedal than we could discover in one sitting, but we did our best to capture this thing's array of juicy flavor.

Gear used:

2009 Gibson Les Paul Traditional

1995 Fender Stratocaster Special

1964 Fender Bandmaster

Marshall 2x12 cabinet

Sennheiser MD421

Old Blood Noise Endeavors Haunt Fuzz

A little delay from the Strymon Dig Digital Delay

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It took us a while to find the sweet spot, but once we did, we were hooked on this budget-friendly overdrive. If you want an affordable drive that can essentially turn a Blues Jr. into a 70s Marshall Superbass, getcha a Bad Monkey. And did we mention it cleans up well? Besides all our tomfoolery, if it's good enough for the great Phil X, who are we to argue?

Gear used:

2009 Gibson Les Paul Traditional

2000s Gretsch 6122 Country Gentleman

Stulce low-watt, EL84 head

Marshall 2x12 cabinet

Fender Blues Jr. III

Sennheiser MD421

Sennheiser e906

Digitech Bad Monkey Tube Overdrive

T.C. Electronics Hall of Fame Reverb