Tone Report Weekly Issue 138 | Page 24

DOD SUPER AMERICAN METAL Yet another in the line of DOD’s questionably colored noise boxes comes the “SUPER AMERICAN METAL”. The jarring dark pink color and file-cabinet label look make this one really stand out. ELECTRO-HARMONIX TONE TATOO I think I have to go no further than the words “Analog Ink” to describe this one. Damage Control Demonizer There are a few pedals in the Damage Control line, and they are all equally bulbously rotund. While the idea of sporting vacuum tubes anywhere in the signal path is a good idea in my book, the rest of this pedal looks like it was designed by Hasbro in the early 2000s. Also, can somebody tell me what the hell a Bionic EQ is supposed to be? T-REX VIPER VIBE This looks like a pedal that was designed straight off of Gearmanndude’s famous boot. While the sounds are definitely interesting, snakeskin print is a questionable, glasseslowering covering for anything, let alone a guitar pedal. 24 TONE TALK // Pedals from Another Planet: A Few of the Strangest Pedal Designs Ever Conceived, Part II