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Le Mouk
Published on 07/04/07 at 07:26
Noise Gate pedal format, a potentiometer, and that's it!
See you in, it's more or less depending on the cool mug that has!
UTILIZATION
So config ultra-simple (easy there would be more than the red LED!)
Good, with a potentiometer least we would better reflect his face ...
SOUND QUALITY
I use a JCM800 and a MIG50 in stereo, speakers of Engl 4x12 Vintage Marshall and 1960A, respectively. As guitar, I mainly use a Washburn Idol and a Les Paul Custom, both equipped with Seymour Duncan. My main distortion is a Rocktron Silver Dragon.
The Decimator is the best noise gate pedal format market, competition and even some gate rack (Rocktron Hush, etc.). I have always found that the noise-gate misrepresented the sound of the guitar, prevented the use of controlled feedback, sustain and puffed ...
Decimator not! He respects the guitar, the amp, and especially the game! Despite the fact that there is a potentiometer, it is so reactive that the setting is still quite late! In my case, to-35db is not enough,-40db is enough! In addition, I feel that this pedal acts like a compressor, the rendering is surgical precision ...
For cons, I disconnected for leads (I configure for more precise rhythmic) and for clean sounds. However, I think with a proper setting, one can imagine letting the permanently switched on without it negatively affects the sound produced, clean or saturated ...
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for 2-3 months.
I did not a priori need a noise gate. Since all I had tried so far does not satisfy me, I made compromises on my sound so that you do not have too much blast or untimely feedback. And it worked well, provided they play with the volume of the guitar or removing the distortion for some cuts in the pieces.
But after trying the Decimator, I wonder how I managed without it! Not only is there a breath to the amp, but the sustain is preserved, and the only alteration of sound, which I like more than it bothers me is the slight compression, very useful for fast riffs staccato. Also, I could gain back a little, so I can still play with Larsen and with the volume knobs on the guitar, which I'm fond of!
This pedal is a bit expensive, but the quality is really at the meeting. For metalheads, this is a must! I bought it and told me that at worst she would later (I plan to change my amp to the "higher-gain") but trying to adopt ... definitely ...
See you in, it's more or less depending on the cool mug that has!
UTILIZATION
So config ultra-simple (easy there would be more than the red LED!)
Good, with a potentiometer least we would better reflect his face ...
SOUND QUALITY
I use a JCM800 and a MIG50 in stereo, speakers of Engl 4x12 Vintage Marshall and 1960A, respectively. As guitar, I mainly use a Washburn Idol and a Les Paul Custom, both equipped with Seymour Duncan. My main distortion is a Rocktron Silver Dragon.
The Decimator is the best noise gate pedal format market, competition and even some gate rack (Rocktron Hush, etc.). I have always found that the noise-gate misrepresented the sound of the guitar, prevented the use of controlled feedback, sustain and puffed ...
Decimator not! He respects the guitar, the amp, and especially the game! Despite the fact that there is a potentiometer, it is so reactive that the setting is still quite late! In my case, to-35db is not enough,-40db is enough! In addition, I feel that this pedal acts like a compressor, the rendering is surgical precision ...
For cons, I disconnected for leads (I configure for more precise rhythmic) and for clean sounds. However, I think with a proper setting, one can imagine letting the permanently switched on without it negatively affects the sound produced, clean or saturated ...
OVERALL OPINION
I use it for 2-3 months.
I did not a priori need a noise gate. Since all I had tried so far does not satisfy me, I made compromises on my sound so that you do not have too much blast or untimely feedback. And it worked well, provided they play with the volume of the guitar or removing the distortion for some cuts in the pieces.
But after trying the Decimator, I wonder how I managed without it! Not only is there a breath to the amp, but the sustain is preserved, and the only alteration of sound, which I like more than it bothers me is the slight compression, very useful for fast riffs staccato. Also, I could gain back a little, so I can still play with Larsen and with the volume knobs on the guitar, which I'm fond of!
This pedal is a bit expensive, but the quality is really at the meeting. For metalheads, this is a must! I bought it and told me that at worst she would later (I plan to change my amp to the "higher-gain") but trying to adopt ... definitely ...