Re: NPD -- TC Mimiq
I was curious about this pedal and had a chance to try it in a store yesterday under VERY suboptimal conditions:
Two single speaker combo amps, couldn't crank them (because shared amp room).
Speakers were placed no more than a meter apart, and one of them was more or less hidden behind a wall of other amps. In other words, no proper stero field, and couldn't properly position myself between them.
My observations:
The effect is DEFINITELY there, IF you really crank the pedal. In mono mode, it sounds more like its fattening the sound (think increased distortion and bottom end) more than its recreating the sound of double tracking or having an extra guitarist onstage.
It works better in stereo obviously, but again, due to the situation, couldn't really notce a HUGE difference.
It also painted in what is ppossibly the UGLIEST shade I've ever seen on a stompbox
So my verdict based on the hour or so I spent with the pedal - if you have acess to two rigs but only one guitarist and your amps can be turned up and separated, yeah, I could see the value of this pedal. But in a mono setup - no, not so much. Ended up buying a Flashback instead.
