Analog Man

- True Bypass - High quality components, durable, well built - True analog chips (1024 stage bucket brigade) - Powered 9v (can take up to 12v) batter or boss style adapter. Inserting an adapter disables the battery drain - Internal gain trimpot - Can be ordered in stereo, with depth mods. - Looks tasty! UTILIZATION Very very simple to use. Two knobs, speed and depth. Its pretty difficult to get a bad sound out of this pedal no matter what you do, definitely not one you need to spend hours tweaking. For some people, a good pedal is one that can be plugged in, and immediately sound fantastic. This is one of those. If you get any distortion for some reason, pop it open and roll off the internal gain trimpot. The pedal draws a very low current (about 10mA), so battery operation is viable. One really cool power related feature is the ability to plug in an adapter and disable battery use. So you can keep a battery in there fully charged, ready to be pulled off your board and used independently. SOUND QUALITY The Analogman chorus was originally a clone of the Electro-Harmonic small clone, and has been modified quite a bit since then. It claims to be there first boutique chorus pedal. It now sounds substantially better than a small clone. One of the best sounding chorus pedals out there in my opinion and experience, rivaled only by the Jam Pedals Waterfall. It is very warm and lush sounding, not too bright or glassy. It can go from light shimmer to full out throbbing seascapes. The AM chorus has very little of the cheesy factor that most chorus pedals are known and hated for. It really just opens up your sound. OVERALL OPINION Really just a fantastic chorus pedal at a very affordable price. It is probably the chorus that I recommend most frequently. Other comparable options are (cheaper) the Malekko Omicron and Cmatmods chorus, or if you want to spend a little more money, the Red Witch Empress, and the Jam Pedals Waterfall. But the Analogman is really the most viable in terms of quality for price, and definitely a solid choice. Highly recommended.

I use a Fender Super Sonic 22. The King Of Tone has joined my pedalboard to complete it in the disto / od / boost section. I use it with all my electric guitars – Strat, Tele, Les Paul, SG, ES335. The stompbox is supplied by an external supply – so no battery. It is very stable and sturdy. The quality of the knobs ans switch is good. The pedal features three settings par "side". Actually the King Of Tone is a double pedal. Since I didn’t take the optional boost, the first is a light overdrive, but I took the 3-position switch option which makes it a bit fiercer. The other “side” is a distortion. The settings are very efficient, especially the tone. I bought it after testing it, and I’m happy with the result. It perfectly complements my Diamond Blaze and allows me to have complementary saturation levels. At lower settings, the first “side” allows to make the amp crunch even at low volume, ans since the Super Sonic takes effect pedals really well I’m more than happy. I can only recommend this pedal, but it takes time to get one (if you want it new): at least one year on a waiting list.

This is a Fuzz pedal from the Analog Man company. This is an analog pedal, which is all that Analog Man makes. Thus, there is no digital technology, hence no Computer or MIDI capabilities. The pedal is definitely not rackable. There are simply the 1/4" input and output, as well as a power out for a 9V adaptor. UTILIZATION Editing this pedal is pretty simple, there are only three knobs. There is a basic volume knob, which obviously controls the volume of the wet signal. The second knob is a fuzz know, which controls the amount of fuzz in the signal. A third knob, called the Buzz knob, controls the kind of fuzz that comes out of the pedal. This gives the pedal a little bit more versatility and is a nice welcome addition to a fuzz pedal. The manual will explain all of these knobs, setup, and troubleshooting well, as it doesn't take much to really get into it. Since the knobs aren't labeled, the manual is more necessary than usual. SOUND QUALITY I really liked this pedal, but it wasn't a very universal pedal. Mainly, I was disappointed that it didn't really work with my Strat very well. The tone was brittle and weak. However, it really sounded great with a Les Paul. That guitar's humbucking pickups and really solid build helped bring out the power of this pedal to the max. I think that the best approximation of tones would have to be Neil Young (with Crazy Horse) or something like Dinosaur Jr but more tame. I think that this Fuzz pedal is unique, it's not a weak 60s fuzz but it doesn't try to rip your head off like the Big Muff or Fuzz factory pedals do (for better or worse). Instead, the tone is great for ringing out bright, loud, tough chords. The combination of these qualities is unique and very welcome. OVERALL OPINION The best thing about this pedal was the buzz knob, I think that having that extra amount of control over the tone made it very versatile and gave it a serious flexibility. It'd be good for a guitarist who needs fuzz at different levels, but who doesn't necessarily need a ton of it to drown his sound. The pedal isn't really all that expensive, it shouldn't cost you too much more than most good pedals. I'd recommend this to Les Paul owners and other guitarists that have humbuckers and like loud fuzz that doesn't crush your tone.

After about one year wait I final got my KoT in the mail. There was such a hype around this pedal which was fun but sort of disappointing if it doesn't live up to that hype. I found out that I was on that latter side. I was so hyped up about it that how can any piece of gear live up to. You could buy it for around $250 if I remember correctly and sell it on ebay for over $400 making an instant profit. Let me be clear this pedal does sound very good and is extremely transparent. I guess the hype was so high and I was looking for it to do something it wasn't capable of doing. In the right setting I think this pedal shines and that setting being in front of an overdriven amp or used as boost to another pedal. It is so clean and transparent to which I believe the reason for the name King of Tone. It is really two overdrives in one box with the same controls as follows... Volume, Drive, and Tone x2. with some dip switches on the inside that control the clipping and distortion. I found myself really blazing this pedal out and it really doesn't saturate too much. It really just adds to your existing tone if you need to sweeten it up a little bit. I have owned numerous Analogman pedals and trust his mods and pedals so much but this I think was a little bit of a let down for me. Not that it would be for someone else who is more into classic rock or clean guitar tones that just want a bit of a push. I play hard rock/ metal and at the time of purchase I was using it for my church band. I already owned several pedals such as a TS9 (from Analogman), SD-1, and an OD-2 from Boss. These seemed to fit my style a bit more so I dumped it. UTILIZATION It is like any other pedal with volume and distortion and tone. It came with two sides which was cool and I found myself using both sides at the same time all the time. The dip switches on the inside are kind of a pain to use. I think they would be better suited on the front of the box or on the sides next to the input guitar jacks. But your probably going to set it and forget it anyway. The manual I didn't even read too much since I'm a guy and we never ask for directions. So that was a moot point. Though I did read a little about the dip switches since this was unique to me and to this pedal. SOUND QUALITY The sound was really just enhancing your existing guitar tone. I didn't find it to change or color it at all. So if you are happy with what you sound like and want just a little more, than this will be for you if you can wait long enough to get one. I used it with a Strat into a Fender Hot Rod Deluxe. I had typically been using a Boss OD-2 and I switched it out one day at church for the KoT. To be completely honest I wasn't that found of the pedal. I really liked what my OD-2 was doing and this didn't live up to the hype or sound I was wanting to get. I think this unit is made for adding to other pedals or boosting an overdriven amp. By it self I felt it was pretty weak and sort of dull. So that was my first experiment. Then I ran it with the OD-2 and that is where is lived. But then I had to change my setting a little bit on the OD-2 to compensate for the added effect. OVERALL OPINION Quite honestly I did not like this pedal at all. The year wait and the price was just not what I was looking for. Others may rave about it but I think it just lacked in what I was hoping it to do. So I sold it for a profit and called it a day. Since then I have bought many other products from Analogman and most likely will in the future. Currently I have 3 pedals of his on my pedal board. This to me is a miss and I would only recommend it to someone who knows that this pedal is exactly what they are looking for in an OD box. If I would have used it simply as a boost pedal I think I would have liked it more. I guess I was searching for something at the time and didn't find it in the hype.

This is a pretty standard chorus pedal. It's made by Analog man, so that indicates that it is an analog pedal. There are only the standard 1/4" input and output, which are true bypass. There are no MIDI or Computer editing capabilities, and the pedal is not rackable. UTILIZATION The effects editing on this pedal is really basic. There are only two knobs which control speed and depth, respectively. There is really no need to use the manual unless you have a problem, but even then there's not a whole lot of useful information. I think that one of the cool features of this pedal is that it is easy to adjust on the fly, as it's not too difficult with only the two knobs. SOUND QUALITY I use this with a Stratocaster and a Telecaster. I like to run it through my Marshall, as it doesn't sound as good through the twin. I actually wasn't as impressed with this chorus as I was with some of the other Analog Man pedals I've tried. I think it just affects the signal too much, I lose much of the character of my guitars' natural tone. I'm not sure if this is something that would only bother me personally or what, but I guess I expected a less drastic effect out of a pedal called mini chorus. I prefer to keep these settings on low, which is kind of a shame as I feel like I have a less subtle approach to the editing. I may just be spoiled, this thing sounds good just not for my musical taste. OVERALL OPINION I think that for the price, I would certainly have preferred to get something else. Luckily I only held onto this for a few days before I sold it to my friend, who liked it a lot, apparently. So I guess if you really want to color your tone, this is the way to go, otherwise, stay away.

This is a cool pedal in the sense that it combines two pedals, a boost and a fuzz. It took two classic pedal designs from the 60s (the names escape me right now) and combined them into one pedal. It has the classic 1/4" inputs with true bypass, which is nice. The pedal is analog, as the brand name implies. There are no MIDI capabilities, no computer edits, and there is definitely no racking. UTILIZATION The editing on this pedal seems like a lot at first, but when you imagine it as two pedals, you'll be glad they are so close together. First of all, there is a switch for both the boost and fuzz effects. There are also separate controls for each effect. The boost effect has a knob that controls the level of the boost, as well as a switch to choose which frequency range to boost. The tricky thing about this is that the highest setting on the switch controls the midrange, the center controls treble, and the bottom controls the low end. It seems as though the top two are out of whack. Anyway, the other side, the fuzz effect, has a few controls of its own. There is a volume knob, a fuzz level knob, as well as the interesting "Sun" knob, which controls the effect of the pedal, making it go from a guttural, dirty, murky fuzz to a bright, less fuzzy rock tone. SOUND QUALITY I love using this with my Strat more than anything, especially through my Twin. I love the sounds that both parts of the pedal achieve, especially when used in tandem with each other. The fuzz is a classic, awesome sound, great for really rocking out the rhythm parts. The boost is great when you want to switch to a lead tone (which is what I usually have it set to do). However, there are a ton of uses for both of these effects and the combinations that are possible are truly impressive. OVERALL OPINION The combination of effects with this pedal is amazing. However, it was so expensive that it almost bankrupted me, and I unfortunately had to resell it. The best thing about it was the tone, hands down. If you can find one of these, grab it and don't let go of it (at least not until you call me and try and sell me it!).

This is a basic compression pedal. It has a 1/4" input and output. It cannot be edited with a Mac or PC, and is not MIDI-capable. There are no other outputs on this pedal. It is an analog compressor with unique features. It is not rackable, it's a foot pedal. UTILIZATION The effects editing on this pedal could not be easier. It is simply one knob. If you want more effects editing, or to make the pedal a little bit more personal, you can open the circuit board and adjust the internal bias. The setup is basically really simple. Most people don't actually have to adjust the bias to make it better (I never did). The manual is pretty much pointless, except for the fact that it reveals how to adjust the internal bias, which might be difficult for some people. SOUND QUALITY I used to have a rather narrow-minded view of compression when it came to guitar playing. As far as pedal compressors go, I thought that it would be unwise to use one for rhythm playing. This is mostly because I was working with a compressor (or a few compressors) that weren't particularly suited to the kinds of rhythm tones I was happy with. I also tend to think compression isn't the best thing for a rhythm guitar. However, I was pretty happy with the sound I got with this pedal, especially with my Strat and Fender twin combo. It makes a great rhythm tone for R&B and highly rhythmic rock songs. WIth a clean tone, this thing can fatten up the sound without losing key frequencies, making it tighter without sacrificing tone. This is a very rare pedal in that respect, as one of my main beefs with compressors is that they frequently rob a guitar player of tone. With this pedal, that sacrifice is rarely made. This doesn't work as well for the guitar players who like to have the high, sustaining lead tones for great rock solos, there's plenty of other compressors that can do that far more effectively. OVERALL OPINION I like the unique way that this pedal suits a rhythm guitar player, and that it has a limited amount of functionality, to make for easy, quick adjustments. The sound quality is great for a particular type of player. I have played countless compressors, and own a few, and I'd say that this is a particularly good one for its specific purposes.

Being a hand-made pedal the Sun Face comes with a lot of cool boutique options. Unfortunately I bought mine used, so while I'm sure I have the "Sun Dial" (which controls bias and compensates for temperature differences) and the NKT 275 (vintage correct germanium transistors), I'm still not sure if mine is considered "high gain" or not. Keep that in mind as you read, because my main complaint about this pedal is that the gain is a little higher than I'd like, and that may be because there's a chance I've got a special ordered high gain pedal and don't realize it. This is a "clone" of a 1960s Fuzz Face. I've never played a real vintage Fuzz Face. I've played the reissue Fuzz Face and don't think it sounds good. This pedal sounds a lot better than that. Three knobs - volume and fuzz, and then the optional bias knob. True bypass foot switch. No power jack. I think you can special order one with a jack for a power adapter, but it's going to sound better with batteries anyway. UTILIZATION This is not the easiest pedal in the world to use. It does give you two really great sounds, a kind of treble-boosted sparkly sound with the Fuzz (or your guitar's volume) down and a freaked-out psychedelic sound when the Fuzz is all the way up. The difficulty is that it can sometimes be hard to control which is which. In some ways that can be good -- it has personality and it responds to subtle shifts in playing dynamics, sometimes, by completely switching gears. But I never feel like this pedal is really under my control. Also, the two sounds it makes don't have a lot of internal variation, if you know what I mean. It's not like you can transition smoothly between or within each gear. SOUND QUALITY Two good sounds, which I've been describing, but there's not, like, a lot of subtle shades of sonic change between them. Also, and this might not bother most people, the sound coming out of the pedal has no really clear relation to the sound of your guitar. With the guitar's volume and the fuzz knob all the way up playing hard or soft gives you exactly the same sound. Even turning your tone knob down doesn't really change the sound! I'm comparing this to my other Fuzz Face style pedal, the Fulltone '69, which has a lot less gain and less treble-boosty-ness, but which really lets the guitar's own personality shine through, and covers less sonic territory, but lets you find a lot of different flavors and intensities of fuzz within that more narrow range. Again, this is not a bad sounding pedal AT ALL! But it pretty much blots out the personality of your guitar or your playing when it's on. Some will not mind this because it gives you such a cool sparkle-growl of a fuzz tone, but some people want to have more of the power in their hands, and I guess I'm one of the latter. OVERALL OPINION A couple things I haven't yet mentioned. The pedal looks really cool and seems to be built really well. There is no LED, which is pretty annoying, but I believe what Analog Man says about the LED messing up the tone. The LED thing makes me not want to use the pedal live, but I've used it recording a bunch, particularly using it as a booster by turning the guitar's volume down and letting the transistors rev up the tone. This is not my main fuzz pedal, but I certainly wouldn't want to sell it.

- Two SEPARATE delay pedals in one - 2 separate controls for each of delay speed, decay, and mix - Totally Analog - True bypass - Top mounted jacks - Powered by 9v battery or standard boss style adapter - Effects loop - 600-650ms of delay time - Compatible with the AMAZE0 for tap tempo, modulation UTILIZATION Piece of cake. Though I will note that the top mounted jacks aren’t labeled, so it does take a second to figure out where to plug in. Standard delay controls, separated onto two lines for easy mode differentiation. Having two totally separate delay settings on an analog pedal is unprecedented to my knowledge. Pedals like the Diamond Memory Lane 2 feature two delays, but not independent controls for each. Analogman recently released the AMAZE0 which enables further control and versatility with tap tempo and modulation. I’m not really a fan of having a separate box and cost for this, but it does allow users to decide how complicated of a pedal they want. The top mounted jacks make it easy to fit onto a crowded board. 600 ms could be a little limiting, but is well within standard times for analog delays. SOUND QUALITY It actually sounds fantastic, I was very happy with the delay tones from this unit. A great mix of analog warmth and a clarity reminiscent of digital pedals. I would recommend this for players looking for more of a standard delay, than an atmospheric tool. The repeats tend to fade away and don’t blend into a cloud of sound. Really just depends on what you are looking for. I didn’t have a chance to test the AMAZE0, so cannot comment on the quality of the modulation, though I’ve been hearing positive reviews. OVERALL OPINION A great, versatile analog delay, and yet another excellent offering from Analogman. The selling point of this one is really the dual controls. Instead of buying two pedals to cover your delay needs, this one presents a highly useful combination. 600 ms, top mounted jacks, and the option to add tap tempo and modulation make it a solid contender on the analog delay market. I’d highly recommend it, particularly as a live pedal.

Analog Man makes some really cool pedals, up there with some of the best. This one is a fuzz pedal that is a bit lighter than some of the fuzz pedals I've used before. It has two 1/4" connections (in and out), and it also has a connection for a PV power adapter, it can also use a battery. This is totally analog, and as such, there are no MIDI or USB connections, and the unit is not rackable in any way. UTILIZATION The sound editing on this pedal is pretty easy. There's really only three knobs. Volume, tone, and Fuzz are those knobs. They each do pretty much exactly what they say. There's no need for a manual, I haven't read one, but I'm sure that you can read it easily to find what you need to know. SOUND QUALITY I like the sound of this with a Les Paul and a Telecaster the most. It definitely responds better to the Les Paul, though. I like it with my Fender Twin the best, it really rips a lot. This pedal is different because it doesn't quite annihilate the tone the way a lot of (admittedly, awesome) fuzz pedals do. In fact, when it's cranked all the way up, I don't really think it's that good. I actually prefer it with the fuzz setting on light, when it acts more as a distortion/boost. It'll pick up your rhythm tones from being slightly overdriven to being loud and rocking. It has a decent amount of variety for a fuzz pedal, one of the reasons it's good, I suppose. OVERALL OPINION While this certainly is far from my favorite fuzz pedal, I'd have to say I enjoy it quite a bit. It works really well as a boost/distortion as well as a fuzz, and it's easy to use. It has no noise, and is true-bypass, which works well for me. I'd recommend it if you find that a lot of fuzz pedals are too much for you.

This is a box that I have quite frankly been looking for for quite a while. It is a variation of the typical A/B switch, which will switch between two outputs (will basically allow the player to switch between amplifiers). The cool thing about this one, however, is the fact that it will let you switch not only between the two, but will also give you the option of playing both amps at the same time. This is amazing for people who have a dirty sound that they like from one amp, and a clean from the other, and wouldn't mind combining the two for leads. This isn't the only application, but it's the one that I use the most. The setup of this pedal is pretty easy. Just plug your guitar in, and run it from A to the first amp and from B to the second. The hardest part about setting this up is just having to set up two different amps. There's not really a need for a manual as the pedal is pretty basic. I can't really comment on the sound quality of this pedal, as that's not what it's about. The pedal doesn't have any qualities of sound of its own. I will say that it doesn't really color the sound of the guitar or amps I'm using at all. This is a good thing. However, I'd be remiss to not mention how many tonal capabilities open up with this pedal. There are simply so many options between tones that you'll have after using this pedal. If you need an enormous wall of sound than two amps playing simultaneously will get you that. Not many other boxes can let you do that. Not to mention that if you don't necessarily want both at once, having the option to switch between amps can give you a wide variety of tones. Having a great clean Fender twin going on A, with a nice Crate Blue Voodoo on B giving you great distorted tones will be awesome. Throw a Big Muff after the A output, and hit BOTH, and you'll have a monster lead tone. The possibilities are endless. I like the fact that this pedal can give me sounds that I have never been able to accomplish before. Quite honestly there isn't anything negative to say about it. I think that for the price it's worth it, and the customer service is top notch (though I haven't needed it). I highly recommend this pedal.

This is something that I wish I had discovered a long time ago. I have had to get rid of many pedals over the years because they did not have "true" bypass. This means that even when the pedals were switched off, I noticed that they still were coloring my sound (almost always negatively). Mostly they would rob me of midrange or high end that I really didn't feel like I wanted to lose. I often replaced these pedals with others that were true bypass, which was expensive. This box solves that problem. It is an analog box and cannot be edited with Computers or controlled by MIDI. The bypass box will simply route the pedals through a send/return loop. The setup is pretty easy. All you need to do is run a cable from your amp to this box, and then from this box to your guitar. In the meantime, have your pedalboard set up the way you normally would, and then route the first pedal to the send input, and then the last pedal to the return connection. From there, if you need to bypass those pedals, simply hit the switch on this one. The cool thing about this is that you can leave those pedals on and then just hit the switch on the bypass pedal and return to a nice clean tone. This is a great pedal. It doesn't matter what instrument or amp you use them with. Using this pedal simply ensures that you will get the tone that comes naturally from your guitar-amp combo, regardless of the pedals you have plugged in. For this reason along I gave it 5 stars. It doesn't color the sound at all, which is the reason I bought it. I like the fact that is truly bypasses all pedals regardless of their quality. It makes me wish I hadn't sold some of the previous pedals, as they would no longer have any of their negative side effects. They really aren't that expensive, if you have a lot of pedals that are killing your tone, spending less than $100 would be a lifesaver to regain your natural clean sound. If you don't ever play guitar with a clean sound, than this one will probably not be worth it for you, though.