Luke Duke
PRSlustologist
I got a Banzai Cold Fusion a week ago from Terry (thanks man!) and just thought I'd put up a little blurb about it.
http://www.banzaieffects.com/Banzai-Cold-Fusion-Overdrive-pr-17670.html
First let me preface this by saying I've wanted a Klon Centaur for a few years and have been offered one of the OLD silver ones, but used these things command the same prices or HIGHER prices than new ones, so I've never got one. I tried a Klon for the first time when i got my Dr. Z and that's been almost 4 years ago.
I've never been very happy with any other pedal, like the times I've used a Klon. The closest I've got to that nirvana has been my SD pup booster, but I really didn't like all the highs being boosted on evry setting, I wanted some control over the highs.
Christian got his Cold Fusion a few months back after hearing they were similiar in effect to a Klon he told me I should try one out. Now look at my location on the left....do you think there was a Banzai dealer I could get one from locally? :smack: Anyway he harped on me until i was pretty convinced to look for one.
Like I said I got it Monday and have been absolutely enchanted with it since. As the link said it can do a pretty clean boost or add some additional dirt. On top of it all though I've got myself a tone control.
All of that said...whether it's a Klon copy, a similiar effect from a different source, whatever. It is a GREAT pedal. It melts into your guitar signal so it's transparent, but also present at the same time. To play is to believe.
Plugged into my Champ with the tone a 10 o'clock and the volume and gain at 9 o'clock the champ gets NASTY on 4 and 5. If it had a bigger speaker it would be downright SCARY! Very very cool.
Plugged into the Z I'm able to replace my SD pup booster and Boss SD-1. To get the breakup I wanted at lower volume level I'd run both in tandem. Using the Banzai gave me more low end because the SD-1's are notorious for lopping off the low end of your signal. But it has approximately the same amount of grit, maybe a bit less.
Plugged into my Seal Modded Marshall gave with the volume and gain controls both set at anywhere between 9 o'clock and Noon makes for a thicker sound and many MANY more harmonics. I honestly felt like a better player. Crank them up past noon and you get a thickness boost AND some additional volume.
I used the pedal at a gig on Saturday and another guitarist described my tone as soulful. So that's a big plus too.
This pedal often get overlooked it seems but I highly recommend you guys giving one a try sometime.
Luke
http://www.banzaieffects.com/Banzai-Cold-Fusion-Overdrive-pr-17670.html
First let me preface this by saying I've wanted a Klon Centaur for a few years and have been offered one of the OLD silver ones, but used these things command the same prices or HIGHER prices than new ones, so I've never got one. I tried a Klon for the first time when i got my Dr. Z and that's been almost 4 years ago.
I've never been very happy with any other pedal, like the times I've used a Klon. The closest I've got to that nirvana has been my SD pup booster, but I really didn't like all the highs being boosted on evry setting, I wanted some control over the highs.
Christian got his Cold Fusion a few months back after hearing they were similiar in effect to a Klon he told me I should try one out. Now look at my location on the left....do you think there was a Banzai dealer I could get one from locally? :smack: Anyway he harped on me until i was pretty convinced to look for one.
Like I said I got it Monday and have been absolutely enchanted with it since. As the link said it can do a pretty clean boost or add some additional dirt. On top of it all though I've got myself a tone control.
All of that said...whether it's a Klon copy, a similiar effect from a different source, whatever. It is a GREAT pedal. It melts into your guitar signal so it's transparent, but also present at the same time. To play is to believe.
Plugged into my Champ with the tone a 10 o'clock and the volume and gain at 9 o'clock the champ gets NASTY on 4 and 5. If it had a bigger speaker it would be downright SCARY! Very very cool.
Plugged into the Z I'm able to replace my SD pup booster and Boss SD-1. To get the breakup I wanted at lower volume level I'd run both in tandem. Using the Banzai gave me more low end because the SD-1's are notorious for lopping off the low end of your signal. But it has approximately the same amount of grit, maybe a bit less.
Plugged into my Seal Modded Marshall gave with the volume and gain controls both set at anywhere between 9 o'clock and Noon makes for a thicker sound and many MANY more harmonics. I honestly felt like a better player. Crank them up past noon and you get a thickness boost AND some additional volume.
I used the pedal at a gig on Saturday and another guitarist described my tone as soulful. So that's a big plus too.
This pedal often get overlooked it seems but I highly recommend you guys giving one a try sometime.
Luke
