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This pedal is basically packed of features, yet surprisingly simple, well designed and thought of FOR US GUITARISTS! You just KNOW this has been designed by a player.
There are 2 gain channels and a clean boost.
The level control is master for both channels, you may not like that, but more on it later.
Single tone control for both channels too.
Gain 1, gain 2, boost.
Input
Output
Included power cable.
And that is it. Yes it takes one power plug but trust me, that's not even a price to pay for it.
First things first... Set the tone at halfway, find unity gain, set both gains around 9 oclock and try channel one...
This is the most harmonically rich pedal I have ever tried. Some pedals need some mods, or to be pushed a little, same with some amp channels, valve or not. But this baby right here... this is the real deal folks. This is GOOD. The gain is pleasant to the ear, the overall tone is also quite bright but not badly so.
Channel 2 sounds exactly the same, but with a tiny bit more gain.
I set channel one at 9oclock and 2 at 2 oclock. Channel one is just that little bit less loud, but not badly so. It's not an inconvenient. Less gain and it would start to be though. But you have a clean boost
So it's possible to set her up to have 2 very different gain levels.
The pedal is also very responsive to dynamics and CLEANS UP VERY WELL!! That was the NICE surprise about this. I got a very nice clean tone with the volume lowered on the guitar on channel 1. Quite useful.
Channel 2 has more than than most people should need as well. I can chug on it, so you can chug on it
Pinch harmonics are way easier than with any other pedals, especially on the unwound strings.
The tone control is very well designed. Takes you from bassy and big to bright and cutting, as opposted to bassy and muddy to bright and obnoxious There isn't a bad position.
Oh... the pedal is very bassy. Not much in the mud or that annoying overwhelming bass, but more in a kind of growl that's very...well you get what I mean.
Basically no matter how hard you try to be picky, there isn't any real flaws in either channels. Sure you could add level trimpots, individual EQs and whatnot but that's not the point. The point is to have a professional, simple but versatile unit that reacts like an amp, and wow, kudos for that!
Oh the boost is dangerous, don't step on it
Hehe joking. But it gets very loud. Now I'm picky about boosts but this one feels perfectly transparent to me. I set the level to 9 oclock for a little level boost.
I use the pedal as a preamp
If it's in your pedalboard you can still use it as your main sound through a PA or poweramp or whatever you want.
To sum up: :naughty:
PS: Lack of comparison with any other famous pedal, amp or anything is totally voluntary, I can't judge on that. But I CAN say it's a fantastic pedal and fantastic tones.
Also some people have complained about the switching... I don't really get it. One switch turns it on, one toggles between channels. No central LED = gain one. So you can actually swap gain channels when the pedal is OFF which I find real good and handy.
Also the input is buffered. There is thankfully no true bypass on there.
This pedal is basically packed of features, yet surprisingly simple, well designed and thought of FOR US GUITARISTS! You just KNOW this has been designed by a player.
There are 2 gain channels and a clean boost.
The level control is master for both channels, you may not like that, but more on it later.
Single tone control for both channels too.
Gain 1, gain 2, boost.
Input
Output
Included power cable.
And that is it. Yes it takes one power plug but trust me, that's not even a price to pay for it.
First things first... Set the tone at halfway, find unity gain, set both gains around 9 oclock and try channel one...
This is the most harmonically rich pedal I have ever tried. Some pedals need some mods, or to be pushed a little, same with some amp channels, valve or not. But this baby right here... this is the real deal folks. This is GOOD. The gain is pleasant to the ear, the overall tone is also quite bright but not badly so.
Channel 2 sounds exactly the same, but with a tiny bit more gain.
I set channel one at 9oclock and 2 at 2 oclock. Channel one is just that little bit less loud, but not badly so. It's not an inconvenient. Less gain and it would start to be though. But you have a clean boost
So it's possible to set her up to have 2 very different gain levels.The pedal is also very responsive to dynamics and CLEANS UP VERY WELL!! That was the NICE surprise about this. I got a very nice clean tone with the volume lowered on the guitar on channel 1. Quite useful.
Channel 2 has more than than most people should need as well. I can chug on it, so you can chug on it
Pinch harmonics are way easier than with any other pedals, especially on the unwound strings.
The tone control is very well designed. Takes you from bassy and big to bright and cutting, as opposted to bassy and muddy to bright and obnoxious
There isn't a bad position. Oh... the pedal is very bassy. Not much in the mud or that annoying overwhelming bass, but more in a kind of growl that's very...well you get what I mean.
Basically no matter how hard you try to be picky, there isn't any real flaws in either channels. Sure you could add level trimpots, individual EQs and whatnot but that's not the point. The point is to have a professional, simple but versatile unit that reacts like an amp, and wow, kudos for that!
Oh the boost is dangerous, don't step on it
Hehe joking. But it gets very loud. Now I'm picky about boosts but this one feels perfectly transparent to me. I set the level to 9 oclock for a little level boost.
I use the pedal as a preamp
If it's in your pedalboard you can still use it as your main sound through a PA or poweramp or whatever you want.
To sum up: :naughty:
PS: Lack of comparison with any other famous pedal, amp or anything is totally voluntary, I can't judge on that. But I CAN say it's a fantastic pedal and fantastic tones.
Also some people have complained about the switching... I don't really get it. One switch turns it on, one toggles between channels. No central LED = gain one. So you can actually swap gain channels when the pedal is OFF which I find real good and handy.
Also the input is buffered. There is thankfully no true bypass on there.
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