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Beetronics releases Wannabee Beelateral Buzz dual Klone and Bluesbreaker pedal

April 1, 2024 · 4 sources

Beetronics has released the Wannabee Beelateral Buzz, a dual overdrive pedal built around Bluesbreaker and Klon Centaur-inspired circuits¹². Guitar World reported the release on April 3, 2024, and said the pedal was available to order that day¹. Guitar Pedal X noted the project was first announced on April 1, among April Fool content, and that the pedal was in wide dealer distribution by the time of its April 9 article³.

Each of the two circuits has its own footswitch and controls for Honey (gain), Taste (tone) and Volume³⁴. The Klone side's three-way switch sets the clean blend, and the Bluesbreaker side's switch sets a mid boost, flat or low end boost voicing³¹⁴. An order switch selects Bluesbreaker first, both in parallel, or Klone first³.

Control	Klone side	Bluesbreaker side
Knobs	Honey (gain), Taste (tone), Volume	Honey (gain), Taste (tone), Volume
Three-way mode	No clean blend / Medium blend / Full blend	Mid boost / Flat / Low boost
Footswitch	Dedicated	Dedicated

Beetronics describes the pedal's routing as a way to stack the circuits:

"When chaining one circuit into another, simply crank up the volume on the first to push the second into a thrilling buzz of distortion."

Beetronics, via Guitar World¹

Guitar Pedal X reported a US price of $299 for the Standard edition and $399 for Custom Editions, with the pedal available from the Beetronics webstore and international dealers³. Guitar World and Guitar.com both gave the price as $299¹².

Guitar Pedal X's Stefan Karlsson wrote that the pedal "seems a little vanilla to be a full-fat Beetronics style pedal," but that "there are several smart touches here which make it worthy"³.

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