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Well, tastes change, and while I love my RAT, I felt like I needed something less compressed and sweeter in response. The obvious answer was a local brand I like and trust... of course, I bought this red pedal second-hand due to practical reasons.
I'll have clips later, but I'll give a short written review of it:
The Moo Kalei Red Distortion is one of the three signature distortion pedals of the local guitar Mr. Moo. He worked in collaboration with Shark to make a dirt pedal based on the tones he had back when he used an ADA MP1. It's a really meaty, middy pedal that sounds quite nice, sustains great, and is not too shrill nor too dark.
There are four controls: level, gain, color, and tone.
- Level controls the output, and as expected of Shark Effects, the pedal is freakin' loud. The settings in the pic is slightly above unity, and about as much as I'd use in a band mix.
- Gain controls the clipping, which goes from warm overdrive to howling fuzz
- The Tone control is probably a passive tone, as there isn't much change after 12 o'clock, and it doesn't take care of all the high frequencies.
- Color controls a certain frequency, and changes the character of the pedal. Counter-clockwise, the pedal gets smooth and round, clockwise and the pedal gets barky and aggressive.
And what I REALLY love about this pedal is that it isn't picky or particular about which guitar or amp it's used with. It's also good in live situations, but I haven't used it there yet.
I'll have clips later, but I'll give a short written review of it:
The Moo Kalei Red Distortion is one of the three signature distortion pedals of the local guitar Mr. Moo. He worked in collaboration with Shark to make a dirt pedal based on the tones he had back when he used an ADA MP1. It's a really meaty, middy pedal that sounds quite nice, sustains great, and is not too shrill nor too dark.
There are four controls: level, gain, color, and tone.
- Level controls the output, and as expected of Shark Effects, the pedal is freakin' loud. The settings in the pic is slightly above unity, and about as much as I'd use in a band mix.
- Gain controls the clipping, which goes from warm overdrive to howling fuzz
- The Tone control is probably a passive tone, as there isn't much change after 12 o'clock, and it doesn't take care of all the high frequencies.
- Color controls a certain frequency, and changes the character of the pedal. Counter-clockwise, the pedal gets smooth and round, clockwise and the pedal gets barky and aggressive.
And what I REALLY love about this pedal is that it isn't picky or particular about which guitar or amp it's used with. It's also good in live situations, but I haven't used it there yet.
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