Joe Gore Porkolator
The “Porkolator” name may riff on the Interfax Percolator that inspired this beastly distortion. But it’s got more fangs than any boar, and the playing experience is akin to the caffeine rush that follows a mug of high-octane Turkish. Few pedals are this punchy and savage, yet still so responsive to guitar-volume attenuation. It’s a killer distortion alternative—and likely to replace a few pedalboard sacred cows.
$189 street
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