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«  A killer! »

Published on 08/22/14 at 05:12
RAS, everything has been said. Manufacturing quality and durability beyond reproach.

UTILIZATION

It could not be simpler because a single knob. The big problem with this pedal is that we want to put it everywhere so it sounds. So I'll take a 2nd to get one in front and one in the chain. Arf

SOUND QUALITY

I play with a standard strat and strat rise EMG SA.
The sound is simply HUGE. It has a light color in the top medium that brings so much heat that I have to play in his underwear.

Nothing flashy, not characterized control to the equa amp, shit; there is just a little je ne sais quoi in addition that brings a hell of fishing to your rig. Placed in front, knob at 11am, we really gaining momentum with an intake of discreet but effective gain, and already with a noticeable increase in volume. Really, it's very hard to turn it off once it has begun.

You push the knob in the last quarter and then it starts really cruncher, not to mention the onslaught of decibels that takes in esgourdes.
Note that the sound is slightly cramped. It is still very far from TS like in terms of "nasality."

It goes very well in reinforcement of a more hairy distortion, the micro amp giving the dynamic potential that could break said pedal (it is thanks to him that I did not throw my little big muff, and finally for the moment).

In the loop, the pedal proves just as effective. You lose the contribution of gain to win only on the volume (which is the goal), while keeping the slight coloration makes it really formidable. It transcends the sound on a solo or a riff that we need to attack with more fishing.

OVERALL OPINION

I use the micro amp for 2 years and have therefore placed at all possible, parts of my rig.

It's very subjective, but I find it gives the best of itself between 11am and 15:00. In real thing, is connected and gets a big mandala. I would not have imagined that a boost pedal, which is reluctant to buy a little at the beginning to its very appearance "utility" would be such a pillar of my sound.

You'll like her or not, but in any case it really worth trying.