So I finally tried one out today. I couldn't decide between necro-bumping an old thread or adding a new one to the pile but in the end I thought it best to let some arguments stay dead so I started a new thread where we can start NEW arguments. But I digress.
Long story short, I liked it!
I expected it to be more along the lines of an overdrive pedal and it's really got enough gain to be a distortion pedal. You can use it as both, though. It reminded me of an OCD but a tad less juicy sounding and more percussive with less compression, which I thought was super cool because it really lent a good amount of definition to legato playing and responded well when you dug in hard.
I played it with my Music Man and an SG through a JVM, for the record. It did work very well with that amp right off the bat and dialing it in just made it more so.
When using it as a stand alone distortion pedal through a mild crunch or clean channel was very classic rock sounding. With the gain up it was really easy to get some near-infinite sustain going, and not the type where it shifts into the higher harmonic, just that infinite propulsion you get when frequencies are just right. Think Europa by Santana.
Using it as an overdrive on a boosted amp did raise the noise up someone but it added definition on the top and body on the mids. There was some slight low-end rolloff but you can dial around that.
All in all a fun pedal! I'd like to see how it compares to the KTR.
Long story short, I liked it!
I expected it to be more along the lines of an overdrive pedal and it's really got enough gain to be a distortion pedal. You can use it as both, though. It reminded me of an OCD but a tad less juicy sounding and more percussive with less compression, which I thought was super cool because it really lent a good amount of definition to legato playing and responded well when you dug in hard.
I played it with my Music Man and an SG through a JVM, for the record. It did work very well with that amp right off the bat and dialing it in just made it more so.
When using it as a stand alone distortion pedal through a mild crunch or clean channel was very classic rock sounding. With the gain up it was really easy to get some near-infinite sustain going, and not the type where it shifts into the higher harmonic, just that infinite propulsion you get when frequencies are just right. Think Europa by Santana.
Using it as an overdrive on a boosted amp did raise the noise up someone but it added definition on the top and body on the mids. There was some slight low-end rolloff but you can dial around that.
All in all a fun pedal! I'd like to see how it compares to the KTR.
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