The Skinny Little Pedal Thread: Mooer vs Donner, Eno, Maleko, etc…

[Aceman]

Re: The Skinny Little Pedal Thread: Mooer vs Donner, Eno, Maleko, etc…

Re: The Skinny Little Pedal Thread: Mooer vs Donner, Eno, Maleko, etc…

Well, I got a bunch of Mooers since this....

Solo - a great all around Distortion sound based on the Suhr Riot. Not as close as my US Dream, but pretty dang enjoyable
Black Secret - based on Rat. I like it. Had a real 80's rat on board for a year or more. Didn't dig the bottom end. Might be better goosing an amp. The 18v mode was vicious!
Pure Boost - Great boost. Wish the level was the big knob, not gain.
Ensemble King - One sound chorus, but a fantastic sound!!!
Reecho - I use the analog mode and really dig it. Has two other modes that are only slightly different to my ears.

 

[Coma]

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Re: The Skinny Little Pedal Thread: Mooer vs Donner, Eno, Maleko, etc…

Tone City Bad Horse. Sounds good, feels as sturdy as anything else I've come across. Will try out more of their stuff if I can motivate getting more pedals. Right now, its definitely more 'want' than 'need'.
Personally, I like the smaller enclosures. Saves space and the switches are no harder to hit than on larger stompboxes.

 

[Progbusters]

Re: The Skinny Little Pedal Thread: Mooer vs Donner, Eno, Maleko, etc…

Re: The Skinny Little Pedal Thread: Mooer vs Donner, Eno, Maleko, etc…

I just got a Donner Echo Square. Its a digital delay pedal. I have analog delay pedals but this is my first digital and I like it for my style of music. It sounds pretty good so far and tweaking is not so difficult. I hate tweaking.

I also got a Tone City Wildfire last year. Its a Suhr Riot clone. Its pretty good if you dial it in for some of the amps I have.

 

[sonnyblu]

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Re: The Skinny Little Pedal Thread: Mooer vs Donner, Eno, Maleko, etc…

Just saw a shootout on YouTube... An Angry Charlie vs Tone City Black Tea...
I know it's just YouTube but... First impression... Amazing!
Thought the Black Tea was supposed to be a Vox... Sounds more like a Gov'ner
I must ck out the Wildfire now...

Have been trying to choose between a J Rockett 45 (and boost it) or the Newest version JHS Andy T (w/boost built in) I would set the gain low...
And of course... Wampler Plexi, Bogner La Grange... and all the others ( I think the Tech 21 Hot Rod Plexi sounds great too!)
So confused...

And Now... These Tone City pedals have really got me off course...

 

[PFDarkside]

Re: The Skinny Little Pedal Thread: Mooer vs Donner, Eno, Maleko, etc…

Re: The Skinny Little Pedal Thread: Mooer vs Donner, Eno, Maleko, etc…

After buying quite a few Overdrives and Plexi style pedals, I’ve come to the realization (that is inevitable) that they are more similar than they are different. The Tone City would probably be great.

 

[Phantasmagoria]

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Re: The Skinny Little Pedal Thread: Mooer vs Donner, Eno, Maleko, etc…

Just got a Donner "Harmony Square" Harmonizer/Pitch-Shifter type pedal. I already have a Mooer Pitchbox which sounds great, But the Harmony Square lets you blend in the wet & dry signals as desired & that really makes a difference when you want to detune using just the pedal :bigthumb:

..messing with the wet/dry signal also helps you cut through really well for Andy LaRocque-type harmonizer solo's.. (whereas the Mooer Pitch-box tended to get a bit mushy with those sometimes.). Another cool thing I noticed is with certain settings it makes your sustained notes go into infinite sustain/natural harmonics ..like with a cranked amp, but at any volume. Sweet!

 

[Phantasmagoria]

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Re: The Skinny Little Pedal Thread: Mooer vs Donner, Eno, Maleko, etc…

And here's a short test/demo I just did :bigthumb:

Direct recording with the Donner pedal & my Mooer Radar IR loader (loaded with Celestion IR's...a Gold open-back 1x12 for the solo & V30 (4x12) & Creamback (2x12) for the L-R rhythm tracks..)

 

[Aceman]

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Re: The Skinny Little Pedal Thread: Mooer vs Donner, Eno, Maleko, etc…

Cool. I'm always watching for a pitch box cheap. This seems even better.

FYI - we did an open mic audition, and I had to use my Mooer board (described a couple of posts above) into a clean Roland Cube.
Worked great and we got not one but two gigs out of it!

I had it in my gig bag, JIC - and it was a good thing!

 

[Phantasmagoria]

Re: The Skinny Little Pedal Thread: Mooer vs Donner, Eno, Maleko, etc…

Re: The Skinny Little Pedal Thread: Mooer vs Donner, Eno, Maleko, etc…

Yeah, this IS better! I mean if I were to guess..it's probably a Pitch-box that's been modded a bit to include the wet/dry controls 'cause they both sound really similar.

I don't use a pedal-board, I just pick up stuff like this for recording & messing around lol, but if I did..I get one like yours for sure

I mean ...these things (mooers/hotones/donners etc) all sound very usable & actually pretty damn good, especially live & there's nothing to beat them for sheer convenience when you're gigging :bigthumb: