preamp pedals!

[Chistopher]

What does "lacks character" even mean.

[Mincer]

What does "lacks character" even mean.

It is one of those phrases that sounds like it means something.

[Supernautilus]

What does "lacks character" even mean.

I pulled that comment from a YouTube review. The reviewer felt it was a little generic sounding.

It’s always tough with this kind of thing though. So much depends on the reviewers rig, setup, recording etc. On my end, there’s YouTube compression and stuff to deal with. I’ve bought pedals before that sounded significantly different than the demos I listened to. It’s always a dice roll lol.

[Aceman]

This is not even a thing now.

Choose the amp style / Preamp of choice and Cab Sim box that works for you.

I don't know of any tube based things- but I do use a POD Go these days...and honestly, my little Mooer JCM900 is pretty good.

[Supernautilus]

I got my Palladium in yesterday and wanted to share some thoughts for anyone interested. This is my first and only Seymour Duncan pedal, so I was very eager to try it out and report back.

The first good thing I can say is that this unit doesn't sound like it's trying to mimic anything. It's definitely doing its own thing, which is good. It doesn't sound like any of my other pedals, which is nice because I was looking for different colors to broaden my palette.

The unit also sounds great in general. A really nice distortion with a nice grind to it. At low gain settings it still sounds good, as opposed to some pedals where the sound just drops out if you lower it too much. And then there is plenty of gain if you crank it. It doesn't get out of control though. I'm not too enthused about the boost function. But then, I'm not a fan of integrated boosts anyway, and I hadn't really planned on using it.

The EQ is powerful. I'm still trying to get the hang of the interactive nature of it, and dealing with some controls that overlap in functionality, like the Bass/Resonance or Treble/Presence controls. It'll probably take a lot more tweaking to find the settings that I really like.

The only real con I can think of is more of a mechanical issue, which is that the pots are very easy to turn. Like, they have almost no friction. Which makes them really easy to bump. I don't know if this it intended, or perhaps I just got a bad unit. This pedal is desk bound though and won't be going under my feet. So, I'm not too concerned about it. If I was using it live, it could become a problem though.

So yeah, I'll be keeping this one. At least for now hehe. I might try to record some tracks with it this weekend to see how it sounds in a mix.

[Mincer]

Thanks for the review! I think it might help others make a decision about the Palladium.