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Picked up a used Lovepedal Les Lius and it arrived yesterday night! I had been looking at one as I LOVE the sound of my overdriven 5E3, however it's just out of control loud when I do, and the attenuator is good, but creates limitations of it's own. So, I was after something to get that tone except with my larger amps.
Had been watching them on ebay and I ended up finding a dude in Edmonton who had one on Kijiji. We made a deal and he sold it to me for $150 shipped. This was good because most of the USA sellers on ebay refuse to ship to Canada.
In terms of gain, the LL is very close to my Barber 1/2 Gainer. They're definitely in the same ballpark. If I had to rate the difference, the 1/2 Gainer is more of a "Blackface" overdrive tone, whereas the LL is a "tweed" OD tone. It does make me wonder if I opened up my 1/2 Gainer and played with the presence and bass controls if I could get the two pedals sounding nearly identical.
So far, I'm LOVING the Twin setting on the LL! Sounds very open with a good grind and chime quality. I sort of wondered, but now know for sure - the LL is a fixed gain pedal. The knob on the left is just volume, and the right just controls the amount of EXTRA gain you want to add when you engage the stack button.
The LL takes the place of the Barber Direct Drive that I had on the board. The DD is a great pedal, just not the flavor of OD that I like. Probably sending that one to Kijiji soon.
Had been watching them on ebay and I ended up finding a dude in Edmonton who had one on Kijiji. We made a deal and he sold it to me for $150 shipped. This was good because most of the USA sellers on ebay refuse to ship to Canada.
In terms of gain, the LL is very close to my Barber 1/2 Gainer. They're definitely in the same ballpark. If I had to rate the difference, the 1/2 Gainer is more of a "Blackface" overdrive tone, whereas the LL is a "tweed" OD tone. It does make me wonder if I opened up my 1/2 Gainer and played with the presence and bass controls if I could get the two pedals sounding nearly identical.
So far, I'm LOVING the Twin setting on the LL! Sounds very open with a good grind and chime quality. I sort of wondered, but now know for sure - the LL is a fixed gain pedal. The knob on the left is just volume, and the right just controls the amount of EXTRA gain you want to add when you engage the stack button.
The LL takes the place of the Barber Direct Drive that I had on the board. The DD is a great pedal, just not the flavor of OD that I like. Probably sending that one to Kijiji soon.
