King Gizzard's Stu Mackenzie collaborates with JAM Pedals to recreate his signature Tiny Amp sound - courtesy of the Tiny Amp Destroyer Triple-Gain-Stacking Pedal

A few years back Stu picked up a few cheap tiny solid state practice amps from his local Cash Converters pawnshop ($20-$30 each!). This included the Max Music Guitar Amp model featured in the below video/s - which is seemingly an OEM amp which carries various labels - solid state, and around 10W in output. The net effect of such small amps being almost no headroom - which means they crunch up and distort very easily and early on - and generate a pretty grand and dirty output - which belies their tiny origins.

That Tiny Amp has been featured on the last 3 or 4 King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard albums, and this limited edition JAM Pedals collaboration seeks to emulate and expand on that blown up tiny amp sound - hence the Tiny Amp Destroyer Pedal!

Stu would typically use one or two JAM Pedals Boomster Boosts in combination with his Tiny Amp, and so JAM and Stu - have recreated and evolved that within a single triple footswitch multi-stacking gain pedal.

The Tiny Amp Destroyer has 3 channels essentially - the dirtier / higher-gain : Gain 1 Channel, and the somewhat cleaner and lower-gain : Gain 2 Channel. The middle footswitch then allows you to engage a further Treble Booster - so you can dynamically and on-the-fly ramp up through several gears of gain - by using those footswitches in various combinations.

Controls - Gain 2 Level, Volume, Magic (Voicing) : Tiny Amp / Stock, Gain 1 Level, Active Bass, Active Treble, Notch (Scoop), Treble Booster Master Volume, Lower Gain1 Footswitch, Treble Booster Footswitch, Higher Gain 2 Footswitch.

This is a really fun project, with a suitably arresting and vibrant King Gizzard style artwork.

Obviously the size of this pedal is somewhat governed by its 3 footswitches - so this is a large enclosure. I don’t typically go for those, and I’m already fully booked up for this month as far as budgets go! But I could definitely see myself owning one at some stage - if the fates allow!

This is supposedly a limited run release - while I don’t see any number limit or specific order window. So I’m not 100% clear on how many will be available and for how long!

Pricing seems to be about right at - €369 / £319 - I’m sorely tempted here, but it can’t be this month!

Available direct from JAM Pedals, and imminently at leading International Dealers presumably!