So you wanna get revenge on your neighbors for playing their Lionel Ritchie records way too loud and at 45rpms at 8 in the morning? Wanna give grannie the fright of her life as you vibrate her false teeth the whole way across the mosh pit? Think you can achieve world peace as you bring down CNN with some ballistic six-string action?

Well the Sobbat DB-1 Drive Breaker effects pedal just might be the monster to make your dreams come true. This pedal rocks - especially for single coil pickups, and its’ four knobs make it as easy as something really easy to deal out a range of sounds as wide as Britney Spears. We really love the way this pedal splits out control of the bass and treble frequencies. It sounds better than my dogs dinner!

I wrote a bit about Sobbat in the last post. If you can’t be bothered reading that, Sobbat is a little company based in Kyoto, Japan who have been making spanking effects pedals since 1995. They rock. If you want to hear some sound samples of the Sobbat DB-1 Drive Breaker in action check out the DB-1 page at the Sobbat website. Or, I found this video of the DR-1 in action on youtube: Sobbat Drive Breaker DB-1 Test.

We have one up for sale on ebay if you are interested. The current price is US$129 and the page is here: Sobbat DB-1 Drive Breaker Stomp Box. Enjoy!

Sobbat is a small boutique style Japanese manufacturer of high quality stomp boxes and effects pedals. Founded in the former Japanese capital of Kyoto in 1995, Sobbat has built a reputation for making some really fine pedals that are being used by some of the big names in the guitar world today for both live performance and in the studio. Satisfied Sobbat shredders include Richie Kotzen, Steve Vai, John Jorgenson and if you listen to their live performances or their recorded music you should be able to discern their Sobbat sound.

The Sobbat website - www.sobbat.com is in both English and Japanese. It is pretty rough but has lots of sound samples that are well worth checking out. I guess it is a good thing they make effects pedals rather than websites!

Here are a couple of links to videos for your viewing pleasure from the Sobbat website:

DB-1.ST Clean with Strat 1

DB-1.ST Clean with Strat 2

Sobbat make the following pedals and the following links will take you to the pages for each effects pedal:

Drive Breaker 1
Drive Breaker 2
Drive Breaker 3
Drive Breaker 4
Drive Breaker Bass
Fuzz Breaker 1
Fuzz Breaker 2R
Fuzz Breaker 3
Fuzz Breaker 4
Phase Breaker 1
Phase Breaker 2
A/B Breaker 1
Glow-Vibe

Sobbat is well worth checking out if you are looking for professional sound quality at reasonable prices. Their web site has details on how to buy their effects pedals and prices range from around US$140 to US$210. Nice!

The Cranetortoise Double Distortion DD-1 effects pedal is a contemporary stomp box made in Japan by Albit. They have been making pedals since 1980, and the DD-1 is one of their most impressive.

The makers have a short video of the DD-1: Cranetortoise Double Distortion DD-1 video.

They retail for 24.675 yen including tax here in Japan, but I found one for auction here: Cranetortoise Double Distortion DD-1auction. The current price is about half the retail price so it is a great deal!