Finally Played The Satchurator Pedal

Yngwiestein

Yngwiestein

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I played it through a broken Mesa Boogie Lonestar. The 2nd channel was broken but the clean channel worked perfectly. Before I get into the pedal let me tell you about the amp. It was on a very clean setting. Mesa amps are a lot like Fenders just in case you don't already know. The cleans are very clean unless you have the gain all the way up, which is how I had it set. With that setting the amp still doesn't sound overdriven. Very clean.

First off, the pedal didn't remind me of a DS1 at all. It has a whole different character. It's capable of a good amount of distortion. The more switch adds a little gain and beefs up the sound. The tone control was kind of subtle.

Overall impression: good definition, responsive but thin.

The pedal has a sweet spot at 3:00 on the gain dial, 1:00 tone & level 1:00. Besides being thin, it does not do a good job of mild overdrive. When you lower the gian it sound flat and less dynamic. If you put this pedal up against a Maxon OD820 it would sound like a Marshall MG compared to a 1959 Handwired in my opinion.

It sells for $129 but worth $79 unless you are out to cop Satch's tone. I'm not going to buy it. All this being said, it's not a bad pedal. It sounds pretty good in fact but it has shortcomings.

Rating: 7 out of 10
 
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what were you smoking that made you think a broken amp would be a good template for testing a new pedal on? my guy is out so if you could hook me up it would make my night.
 
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With all the good $200 OD's out there you can find used for the same price as another cheapo signature pedal, I know where my money would go.
 
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Yngwiestein said:
Joneser have you played an OD820 yet?
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Just demoed it, and yeah, I think it's a greatly overlooked OD pedal. I sure wouldn't mind having one.....maybe I should buy Curly's.

The dirt boxes I currently own are the first version Klon Centaur, CS Fulltone white FDII, T.Rex Mudhoney, and Dunlop Hendrix Fuzzface. I love them all, but wouldn't mind having a Maxon OD820, Fulltone OCD version 3 or 4, Carl Martin Plexitone, and Lovetone Eternity. So many good ones out there, it's almost redundant to talk about them. You just need to try them with your rig to know for sure.

Anyhow, the pedals I plan on getting are things like the Pigtronix Envelope/Phaser, Option 5 Destination Rotation, Fulltone Ultimate Octave, and Fulltone Mini Dejavibe or other good vibe pedal like Sweetsound. I'll probably sell some junk to aquire those.
 
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Gearjoneser said:
Just demoed it, and yeah, I think it's a greatly overlooked OD pedal. I sure wouldn't mind having one.....maybe I should buy Curly's.

The dirt boxes I currently own are the first version Klon Centaur, CS Fulltone white FDII, T.Rex Mudhoney, and Dunlop Hendrix Fuzzface. I love them all, but wouldn't mind having a Maxon OD820, Fulltone OCD version 3 or 4, Carl Martin Plexitone, and Lovetone Eternity. So many good ones out there, it's almost redundant to talk about them. You just need to try them with your rig to know for sure.

Anyhow, the pedals I plan on getting are things like the Pigtronix Envelope/Phaser, Option 5 Destination Rotation, Fulltone Ultimate Octave, and Fulltone Mini Dejavibe or other good vibe pedal like Sweetsound. I'll probably sell some junk to aquire those.
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I almost pulled the trigger on a Klon but I decided to give the OD820 a 2nd look. It's the only pedal besides the OD9 that sounds good on any amp I play. I don't think there's another pedal that blends with amp tone that good. I'm floored by it. For $217 it's the best kept secret in effects pedals!
 
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Empty Pockets said:
what were you smoking that made you think a broken amp would be a good template for testing a new pedal on? my guy is out so if you could hook me up it would make my night.
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Eh because I knew it would have a great clean channel to test the pedal with. Like I said only channel 2 was broken.

Man I'm sorry dude I can't hook you up with any guys today :( You will have to wait until your guy gets back :1:
 
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