ginormous
Understatmentologist
Thanks to the generosity of Larry (Stratman), a forum friend, I got a really cool gift for Christmas last year. There's a wealth of sounds available, and it's not hard to handle.
The case is strong steel, and the rubber feet are stout. Construction is solid; the foot treadle (for the wah/volume/pitch bend effects) has a nice travel and it even accomodates my American size 15 foot.
It's got a preamp section with "tweed", "high-rec" (think recto) and other voicings. The control layout is straightforward, there's gain for days, and the effects are fine examples of Boss pedals.
I installed the batteries, tweaked it a bit, found a compatible power supply (the Boss factory model wasn't available, but I got one with the proper voltage, polarity and amperage for a decent price) and hit some gigs.
I could have gone on for days, exploring the various presets, but for a cover band bar gig I found some out-of-the-box settings that worked well. I'm still getting into how clean this is -- not a blanket muffling my sound, and the noise level (or lack thereof) gives me a reason to smile.
edit: What sells it for me are the wah (I tuned the peak a little higher, and got the Maestro Boomerang 'theme from Shaft' sound I've been looking for) and the univibe sound (a decent clone, without a photocell... amazing!).
I'm diggin' it big time! Just what I needed. Thanks, bro.
The case is strong steel, and the rubber feet are stout. Construction is solid; the foot treadle (for the wah/volume/pitch bend effects) has a nice travel and it even accomodates my American size 15 foot.
It's got a preamp section with "tweed", "high-rec" (think recto) and other voicings. The control layout is straightforward, there's gain for days, and the effects are fine examples of Boss pedals.
I installed the batteries, tweaked it a bit, found a compatible power supply (the Boss factory model wasn't available, but I got one with the proper voltage, polarity and amperage for a decent price) and hit some gigs.
I could have gone on for days, exploring the various presets, but for a cover band bar gig I found some out-of-the-box settings that worked well. I'm still getting into how clean this is -- not a blanket muffling my sound, and the noise level (or lack thereof) gives me a reason to smile.
edit: What sells it for me are the wah (I tuned the peak a little higher, and got the Maestro Boomerang 'theme from Shaft' sound I've been looking for) and the univibe sound (a decent clone, without a photocell... amazing!).
I'm diggin' it big time! Just what I needed. Thanks, bro.
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