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Crazy Tube Circuits Triptychon review – this might be the most ambitious dirt pedal ever made

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€299/£269/$359, crazytubecircuits.com A triptych is a painting with three panels, so you might assume the Crazy Tube Circuits Triptychon is some kind of three-in-one pedal .

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