drpietrzak
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Hello!
It arrived this afternoon. I tried it for about 2 hours after I came back from the hosptial today. I ran it into my Blues Jr and used a stock SD-1 as a boost in front of it for the heck of it. I wanted to see how it worked as this is a common portable rig for me and I wanted to see if I could get into the game with my favorite rig (El Diablo 60 C).
It operates like an additional gain stage in your preamp. Nice and smooth gain range running from no gain to smooth Mesa levels of gain (but way smoother that most of the rectifier versions more Mark IIIc smooth). I REALLY liked it as a 2 tube, 2 channel OD-Distortion pedal. It is not as ratty as the Silver Dragon so I will still use the Dragon for the Tweedy gain sound when I need that ratty vibe. But, for everything else in this area this will be the main go to pedal for a long while I suspect.
It takes being hit with a boost just like a preamp. So it gets louder only until the tube's gain is maxed then it just picks up more gain and no volume. If ou hit the lead channel with a boost it will give you a violin like sustain that last for a long, long time.
It reacted very transparently to my amps eq settings and guitars settings. It really allowed the global EQ to seve as a tweak to the amp eq and shape the gain stages. Roll the guitar volume back and it cleans up, just like a standard tube amp. It makes me think it would work well into my ADA Microcab for recording direct as well. I have not tried it though.
I used it for a blues just break tone, classic rock tone, gain tone and violin like Santana-ish tone. It did them all better than any single pedal I have, or have ever had or heard. Better than the Tonebones, Jack Hammer, Modded DS-1's and all other high/low end stuff I have or have used over the years. An excellent real all tube OD-Distortion pedal for me. A great one.
It does not do the ratty tweed-marshall voice as nicely as other pedals I have though, but the real ratty tone is had by a lot of pedals these days. This pedal has a sweet and nice gain tone. It is a tone that I have not been able to get from any other pedal I have tried at all. This tone and it has 2 channls as well! While I did not need a second eq on the lead channel I would have liked one here.
This pedal is easily worth every penny. It would be the first pedal I would recommend to anyone in the OD-distortion area. While, like no pedal can, it can't do everything, it does nearly every thing. Further, it does nearly everything better than any of the other stuff I have tried. A++
Dale
It arrived this afternoon. I tried it for about 2 hours after I came back from the hosptial today. I ran it into my Blues Jr and used a stock SD-1 as a boost in front of it for the heck of it. I wanted to see how it worked as this is a common portable rig for me and I wanted to see if I could get into the game with my favorite rig (El Diablo 60 C).
It operates like an additional gain stage in your preamp. Nice and smooth gain range running from no gain to smooth Mesa levels of gain (but way smoother that most of the rectifier versions more Mark IIIc smooth). I REALLY liked it as a 2 tube, 2 channel OD-Distortion pedal. It is not as ratty as the Silver Dragon so I will still use the Dragon for the Tweedy gain sound when I need that ratty vibe. But, for everything else in this area this will be the main go to pedal for a long while I suspect.
It takes being hit with a boost just like a preamp. So it gets louder only until the tube's gain is maxed then it just picks up more gain and no volume. If ou hit the lead channel with a boost it will give you a violin like sustain that last for a long, long time.
It reacted very transparently to my amps eq settings and guitars settings. It really allowed the global EQ to seve as a tweak to the amp eq and shape the gain stages. Roll the guitar volume back and it cleans up, just like a standard tube amp. It makes me think it would work well into my ADA Microcab for recording direct as well. I have not tried it though.
I used it for a blues just break tone, classic rock tone, gain tone and violin like Santana-ish tone. It did them all better than any single pedal I have, or have ever had or heard. Better than the Tonebones, Jack Hammer, Modded DS-1's and all other high/low end stuff I have or have used over the years. An excellent real all tube OD-Distortion pedal for me. A great one.
It does not do the ratty tweed-marshall voice as nicely as other pedals I have though, but the real ratty tone is had by a lot of pedals these days. This pedal has a sweet and nice gain tone. It is a tone that I have not been able to get from any other pedal I have tried at all. This tone and it has 2 channls as well! While I did not need a second eq on the lead channel I would have liked one here.
This pedal is easily worth every penny. It would be the first pedal I would recommend to anyone in the OD-distortion area. While, like no pedal can, it can't do everything, it does nearly every thing. Further, it does nearly everything better than any of the other stuff I have tried. A++
Dale
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