Plenty of pedal news to cover in this weeks edition of the Double Scoop!
Your top flavors this week are:
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Analog Mike, the creator of the of the King of Tone, has teamed up with the MXR Custom Shop to release a special mini version of his highly sought after King of Tone. The Duke of Tone is one half of the King of Tone and Analog Mike says you can run two Duke’s and basically have a KoT. Pre-Orders have started over at Sweetwater and will begin shipping on October 1st.
The MXR x AnalogMan Duke of Tone is $149.99 at Zzounds
Click Here to watch the Dunlop release video with Analog Mike.
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Despite the amazing news of the MXR/AnalogMan Duke of Tone release, Analog Mike has expressed disdain in a now deleted Instagram post about finding fake parts in his latest batch of King of Tone pedals. These pedals were ready to ship and would’ve cleared up the wait list quite a bit, but have been pulled to have the correct parts added to them. Despite increasing the wait time for this latest batch, it does show the dedication Mike has for his craft.
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1981 Inventions has released a new colorway of their DRV pedal that is available for pre-order now. The 1981 Inventions DRV is a clear and warm mid-range drive pedal that has a vintage heart. The retro flavored DRV will begin shipping around September 15th.
You can pre-order this DRV colorway here
Check out The Knob Shoppe’s selection of overdrives here
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Dinosaur Jr. guitarist and long time Big Muff user J Mascis has partnered with Electro-Harmonix to release a signature Ram’s Head Big Muff based on the 1973 EHX V2 Violet Ram’s Head Big Muff. J Mascis uses the Big Muff as his “always on” pedal and considers it a core part of his sound.
This custom edition Big Muff is available for $131.50 from Reverb
To learn more check out the Reverb video with J Mascis here
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I’m starting a new section where I pick out my favorite guitar from the Gibson Mod Shop. If you don’t know, the Gibson Mod Shop takes factory seconds and customer returns, mods them, and puts them up for sale here. The guitars listed there move fast and this particular one is no longer available. My pick this week was the 70’s reissue Explorer they modded to have a P90 in the neck, a Tortoise Shell pickguard, and a stellar silver “burst” finish.
