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flooded with countless overdrives and distortions, the next logical step for designers has been to pivot toward stompboxes that mimic celebrated amplifiers. Universal Audio, Friedman, Soldano and others have successfully released amp-in-a-box pedals that sound convincingly close — if not identical — to the tube counterparts they represent. Not to be late to the party, newcomer Victory Amps has released their V1 Pedal Series —

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