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So I've had my G4 for about a year now. It feels like less time, but it did spend some time off my board while I was going through a bit of an oh-I'm-fine-with-Plexi-levels-of-gain phase. The thing is, though, the Revv will actually do those tones. (As long as you roll the volume on your guitar way back, but who's paying attention?) Bang the strings, and it crunches more, but the sustain isn't what you'd get from a roaring Plexi. That's okay. I'm really loving having this pedal back as an option. And it feels like many more options than just one.
In a past life, I had a Blackstar HT-5, and I was intrigued by the ISF control and its ability to change the character of the mids. At the time, I thought it was pretty drastic, but the G4 will do tight, high-gain Marshall or big-ass Recto sounds easily. I always assumed the Recto got its bottom end from the power amp, but hearing it happen through the same pedal that can do Marshally tones proves there's more than one way to skin a cat. And the power amp part of that is pretty critical, because going through the frontend of the amp like any other distortion pedal sounds unbelievably bad. Total bees-in-a-can nastiness. But use it as the preamp it is, and it's glorious.
Regardless, after a year, I can safely say it's still a monster, still extremely versatile, and once again a lot of fun to play.
In a past life, I had a Blackstar HT-5, and I was intrigued by the ISF control and its ability to change the character of the mids. At the time, I thought it was pretty drastic, but the G4 will do tight, high-gain Marshall or big-ass Recto sounds easily. I always assumed the Recto got its bottom end from the power amp, but hearing it happen through the same pedal that can do Marshally tones proves there's more than one way to skin a cat. And the power amp part of that is pretty critical, because going through the frontend of the amp like any other distortion pedal sounds unbelievably bad. Total bees-in-a-can nastiness. But use it as the preamp it is, and it's glorious.
Regardless, after a year, I can safely say it's still a monster, still extremely versatile, and once again a lot of fun to play.
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